Draft:List of Evansville Purple Aces in the MLB Draft

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.

Player selections

*	= Player did not sign
^	= Supplemental selection
†	= MLB All-Star Game participant
‡	= National Baseball Hall of Famer

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