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This is a list of Evansville Purple Aces baseball players that have been drafted into Major League Baseball (MLB). Since the team's creation in 1924, 47 players have been drafted into the MLB.
| Year
|
Round
|
Pick
|
Overall
|
Player
|
Position
|
Team
|
Notes
|
| 1983
|
4
|
2
|
82
|
Mike Goedde
|
RHP
|
Cincinnati Reds
|
|
| 1987
|
16
|
19
|
415
|
Darren Niethammer
|
C
|
Texas Rangers
|
| 1988
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Andy Benes†
|
RHP
|
San Diego Padres
|
|
| 6
|
|
141
|
Rob Maurer
|
1B
|
Texas Rangers
|
| 1990
|
6
|
|
175
|
Brad Tyler
|
|
Baltimore Orioles
|
| 1991
|
35
|
|
930
|
John MacCauley*
|
|
Chicago White Sox
|
|
| 1992
|
6
|
|
153
|
Jeff Tenbarge
|
|
Houston Astros
|
| 1993
|
22
|
|
621
|
Curtis Broome
|
|
Chicago White Sox
|
| 37
|
|
1,029
|
Sal Fasano
|
|
Kansas City Royals
|
| 42
|
|
1,179
|
Greg Willming
|
|
Texas Rangers
|
| 1994
|
36
|
|
989
|
Chris Helfrich
|
|
Oakland Athletics
|
| 1995
|
20
|
|
547
|
Adam Benes
|
|
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| 43
|
|
1,206
|
Jason Imrisek
|
|
New York Yankees
|
| 1996
|
14
|
|
400
|
Jamey Carroll
|
|
Montreal Expos
|
| 24
|
|
713
|
Mike Zywica
|
|
Texas Rangers
|
| 1997
|
17
|
|
512
|
Chris Luttig
|
|
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| 1998
|
13
|
|
399
|
John Kremer*
|
|
Baltimore Orioles
|
|
| 31
|
|
919
|
Brian McMillin
|
|
Minnesota Twins
|
| 1999
|
19
|
|
591
|
John Kremer
|
|
New York Yankees
|
| 31
|
|
929
|
Ryan Miller*
|
|
New York Yankees
|
|
| 2000
|
9
|
|
261
|
Ryan Miller
|
|
Milwaukee Brewers
|
| 2001
|
2
|
|
55
|
Preston Larrison
|
|
Detroit Tigers
|
| 6
|
|
167
|
Vince Serafini
|
|
Minnesota Twins
|
| 37
|
|
1,100
|
Wes Carroll
|
|
Philadelphia Phillies
|
| 43
|
|
1,284
|
Matt Serafini
|
|
Milwaukee Brewers
|
| 2002
|
1
|
37
|
37
|
Steve Obenchain^
|
|
Oakland Athletics
|
|
| 13
|
|
387
|
Blake Whealy
|
|
New York Mets
|
| 24
|
|
713
|
Andy Rohleder
|
|
Florida Marlins
|
| 43
|
|
1,301
|
Joey Vandever
|
|
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| 2004
|
12
|
|
348
|
Cody Strait
|
|
Cincinnati Reds
|
| 2005
|
9
|
|
285
|
Erik Lis
|
|
Minnesota Twins
|
| 28
|
|
850
|
Michael Greenhouse
|
|
Chicago Cubs
|
| 2006
|
31
|
|
930
|
Adam Rogers
|
|
Toronto Blue Jays
|
| 2007
|
24
|
|
726
|
Ben Norton
|
|
Kansas City Royals
|
| 32
|
|
982
|
Kirk Bacsu
|
|
Philadelphia Phillies
|
| 33
|
|
1,021
|
Fred Jones
|
|
New York Yankees
|
| 40
|
|
1,197
|
Kai Tuomi
|
|
Washington Nationals
|
| 2008
|
40
|
|
1,206
|
Wade Kapteyn*
|
RHP
|
Minnesota Twins
|
|
| 2009
|
24
|
|
720
|
Wade Kapteyn
|
|
Detroit Tigers
|
| 2011
|
23
|
|
721
|
Cody Fick
|
|
Philadelphia Phillies
|
| 2012
|
6
|
|
207
|
Eric Stamets
|
|
Los Angeles Angels
|
| 2013
|
29
|
|
868
|
Kyle Lloyd
|
|
San Diego Padres
|
| 2014
|
1
|
8
|
8
|
Kyle Freeland
|
|
Colorado Rockies
|
| 20
|
|
603
|
Kyle Pollock
|
|
Kansas City Royals
|
| 31
|
|
934
|
Sam Johns
|
|
Washington Nationals
|
| 2015
|
9
|
|
269
|
Kevin Kaczmarski
|
OF
|
New York Mets
|
| 2017
|
9
|
|
280
|
Connor Strain
|
P
|
Los Angeles Dodgers
|
| 34
|
|
1,009
|
Trey Hair
|
3B/1B
|
Tampa Bay Rays
|
| 2019
|
12
|
|
349
|
Adam Lukas
|
P
|
Kansas City Royals
|
| 2022
|
16
|
|
490
|
Shane Gray
|
P
|
New York Yankees
|
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