# List of Evansville Purple Aces baseball seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Evansville Purple Aces baseball team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Since the team's creation in 1924, the Purple Aces have participated in over 3,000 officially sanctioned games.
Evansville began competing as an Independent from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1946 to 1950. In 1951, the Purple Aces started to compete in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) before becoming Independent again for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. In 1981, the Aces joined the Midwestern City Conference (MCC) and continued to play in the conference before joining the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in 1995, of which they have been a member since.

## Seasons

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| John Harmon (Independent) (1924–1926) ||||||
| 1924 | John Harmon | 3–7 | | | |
| 1925 | John Harmon | 5–1 | | | |
| 1926 | John Harmon | 4–10 | | | |
| 1927–1945 | No team | | | | |
| Emerson Henke (Independent) (1946–1946) ||||||
| 1946 | Emerson Henke | 0–5 | | | |
| Don Ping (Independent) (1947–1950) ||||||
| 1947 | Don Ping | 3–4 | | | |
| 1948 | Don Ping | 7–4–1 | | | |
| 1949 | Don Ping | 5–6–1 | | | |
| 1950 | Don Ping | 6–5 | | | |
| Don Ping (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1951–1966) ||||||
| 1951 | Don Ping | 7–4–1 | | 1st | |
| 1952 | Don Ping | 6–5 | | | |
| 1953 | Don Ping | 6–4 | | | |
| 1954 | Don Ping | 3–7 | | | |
| 1954 | Don Ping | 3–7 | | | |
| 1955 | Don Ping | 5–5 | | | |
| 1956 | Don Ping | 12–3–1 | | | |
| 1957 | Don Ping | 8–6–1 | | | |
| 1958 | Don Ping | 5–7 | | | |
| 1959 | Don Ping | 1–4 | | | |
| 1960 | Don Ping | 0–6 | | | |
| 1961 | Don Ping | 1–7 | | | |
| 1962 | Don Ping | 5–5–1 | | | |
| 1963 | Don Ping | 3–8 | | | |
| 1964 | Don Ping | 2–11 | | | |
| 1965 | Don Ping | 4–6 | | | |
| 1966 | Don Ping | 4–7 | | | |
| Dave Daviess (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1967–1969) ||||||
| 1967 | Dave Daviess | 3–8 | | | |
| 1968 | Dave Daviess | 4–9 | | | |
| 1969 | Dave Daviess | 9–7–1 | | | |
| Wayne Boultinghouse (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1970–1974) ||||||
| 1970 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 7–7 | | | |
| 1971 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 3–12 | | | |
| 1972 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 14–15–2 | | | |
| 1973 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 21–11–1 | | | |
| 1974 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 35–21 | | | |
| Bob Hodges (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1975–1976) ||||||
| 1975 | Bob Hodges | 17–14 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Mideast Regional |
| 1976 | Bob Hodges | 21–16 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Mideast Regional |
| Mike Platt (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1977–1978) ||||||
| 1977 | Mike Platt | 13–29 | 6–5 | T–2nd | |
| 1978 | Mike Platt | 22–18 | 6–5 | 3rd | |
| Gary Crum (Independent) (1979) ||||||
| 1979 | Gary Crum | 4–27 | | | |
| Jim Brownlee (Independent) (1980) ||||||
| 1980 | Jim Brownlee | 7–37–1 | | | |
| Jim Brownlee (Midwestern City / Midwestern Collegiate Conference) (1981–1994) ||||||
| 1981 | Jim Brownlee | 26–24 | 3–5 | 2nd (South) | |
| 1982 | Jim Brownlee | 21–41 | 0–8 | 3rd (South) | |
| 1983 | Jim Brownlee | 25–20–1 | 2–6 | 3rd (South) | |
| 1984 | Jim Brownlee | 33–28–1 | 7–5 | 3rd (South) | |
| 1985 | Jim Brownlee | 38–26 | 7–5 | 2nd (South) | MCC Tournament |
| 1986 | Jim Brownlee | 24–30 | 4–2 | 2nd (South) | MCC Tournament |
| 1987 | Jim Brownlee | 29–30 | 4–4 | 2nd (South) | MCC Tournament |
| 1988 | Jim Brownlee | 44–20 | 11–1 | 1st (South) | NCAA Division I Tempe Regional |
| 1989 | Jim Brownlee | 36–26 | 12–3 | 1st (South) | MCC Tournament |
| 1990 | Jim Brownlee | 27–25 | 11–3 | 1st (South) | MCC Tournament |
| 1991 | Jim Brownlee | 40–18–1 | 19–5 | 1st | MCC Tournament |
| 1992 | Jim Brownlee | 32–28 | 14–5 | 2nd | MCC Tournament |
| 1993 | Jim Brownlee | 43–18 | 19–8 | 2nd | MCC Tournament |
| 1994 | Jim Brownlee | 31–28 | 10–8 | 3rd | MCC Tournament |
| Jim Brownlee (Missouri Valley Conference) (1995–2002) ||||||
| 1995 | Jim Brownlee | 32–25 | 18–13 | T–3rd | MVC Tournament |
| 1996 | Jim Brownlee | 31–24 | 14–13 | 4th | MVC Tournament |
| 1997 | Jim Brownlee | 29–30 | 13–19 | 5th | MVC Tournament |
| 1998 | Jim Brownlee | 28–30 | 13–18 | 4th | MVC Tournament |
| 1999 | Jim Brownlee | 32–25 | 17–13 | 4th | MVC Tournament |
| 2000 | Jim Brownlee | 41–22 | 19–12 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Tallahassee Regional |
| 2001 | Jim Brownlee | 35–21 | 17–11 | T–3rd | MVC Tournament |
| 2002 | Jim Brownlee | 22–33 | 12–20 | 8th | |
| Dave Schrage (Missouri Valley Conference) (2003–2006) ||||||
| 2003 | Dave Schrage | 24–31 | 12–20 | 9th | |
| 2004 | Dave Schrage | 28–32 | 12–20 | T–5th | MVC Tournament |
| 2005 | Dave Schrage | 35–23 | 12–12 | 4th | MVC Tournament |
| 2006 | Dave Schrage | 43–22 | 16–8 | 1st | NCAA Division I Charlottesville Regional |
| David Seifert (Missouri Valley Conference) (2007–2008) ||||||
| 2007 | David Seifert | 35–23 | 13–11 | T–3rd | MVC Tournament |
| 2008 | David Seifert | 14–42 | 4–20 | 9th | |
| Wes Carroll (Missouri Valley Conference) (2009–present) ||||||
| 2009 | Wes Carroll | 25–30 | 7–17 | 8th | |
| 2010 | Wes Carroll | 32–27 | 10–11 | 5th | MVC Tournament |
| 2011 | Wes Carroll | 28–25 | 7–13 | 7th | MVC Tournament |
| 2012 | Wes Carroll | 32–27 | 10–11 | 4th | MVC Tournament |
| 2013 | Wes Carroll | 24–34 | 10–10 | 4th | MVC Tournament |
| 2014 | Wes Carroll | 34–21 | 15–6 | 1st | MVC Tournament |
| 2015 | Wes Carroll | 29–24 | 8–13 | 6th | MVC Tournament |
| 2016 | Wes Carroll | 29–27 | 9–12 | 5th | MVC Tournament |
| 2017 | Wes Carroll | 18–39 | 8–12 | 6th | MVC Tournament |
| 2018 | Wes Carroll | 12–39 | 3–18 | 8th | MVC Tournament |
| 2019 | Wes Carroll | 24–29 | 11–10 | T–4th | MVC Tournament |
| 2020 | Wes Carroll | 5–11 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Wes Carroll | 28–27 | 11–16 | 7th | MVC Tournament |
| 2022 | Wes Carroll | 32–24 | 14–6 | 2nd | MVC Tournament |
| 2023 | Wes Carroll | 37–24 | 15–12 | T–3rd | MVC Tournament |
| 2024 | Wes Carroll | 39–26 | 17–10 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Knoxville Super Regional |
| 2025 | Wes Carroll | 0–0 | 0–0 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1,565–1,508–13 | | | |
| National champions   College World Series participants   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
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