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2009 Goldpanners Yearbook
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 And Speaking of David Clyde...

Overall first draft pick David Clyde, who was set to pitch in Growden Park in June of 1973, found himself instead pitching in Arlington Stadium for the Texas Rangers. This sort of meteoric rise is well known to the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks. In fact, out of twenty players to have made their professional debut in the majors, six are Goldpanners ! They are: Dave Winfield (June 1973 with San Diego), Eddie Bane (June 1972 with Minnesota), Dave Roberts (June 1971 with San Diego), Pete Broberg (June 1971 with Washington) , Steve Dunning (June 1967 with Cleveland) and Mike Adamson (June 1967 with Baltimore). One of the others to have made the leap, Burt Hooten, was the winning pitcher against the Goldpanners in the 1969 Midnight Sun Game!


TEN GOLDPANNERS WERE CALLED UP TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES IN BOTH 1988 & 1993

2005 CALLUPS

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2004 CALLUPS

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Greg Dobbs (00)
8/8/4


David Bush (99 MVP)
7/2/04

2003 CALLUPS

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Bobby Crosby (99)
September 2


Aaron Heilman (98 MVP)
June 26


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Dave Dowling MLB#1

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Bruce Robinson


Barry Bonds


Bob Hamelin
MLB#150



APPEARED ON SAME DAY:

Chuck Baker
Don Reynolds
April 7, 1978

Mike Fuentes
Harold Reynolds
Sept. 2, 1983

Billy Bean
Joe Magrane
April 25, 1987

Brad Brink
Benji Figueroa
May 17, 1992

Pat Meares
Greg Brummett
May 2, 1993

Mike Kelly
Keith Lockhart
April 5, 1994

Todd Steverson
Gary Wilson
April 28, 1995

Major League Goldpanners

 Among the 1,200 rostered players and coaches through the 2008 season to have donned a Goldpanners uniform, hundreds have continued their careers into professional baseball, with 190 players having made it all the way to the pinnacle of baseball in the major leagues. The all-time team roster also includes many great coaches and field managers, including current MLB managers Don Wakamatsu (83) Terry Francona (78), and Major League Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Dave Winfield.

If the truest measure of the quality of an amateur team is the number of players it sends to the professional ranks, then the Goldpanners certainly rank as the greatest program in baseball history. In addition to having sent hundreds of players to the professional ranks, the Goldpanners also celebrate one of the most colorful and decorated draft histories of amateur baseball.. and one that crosses traditional boundaries into other major sports as well.

In June of 2008, many more former Goldpanner athletes were added to the list of those who have been drafted or signed into professional ball. Topping the list was 2005 Goldpanners infielder Allan Dykstra (05), who was the first round draft pick of the San Diego Padres.   In 2007, Goldpanners infielder Beau Mills (06) also joined the long list of players to have gone from Fairbanks to the first round of the MLB player draft. On June 7th, he was chosen 13th overall by the Cleveland Indians.  In 2008 the Goldpanners repeated the feat when Allan Dykstra (05) was drafted 23rd overall by San Diego.

Through the years, the Goldpanners have enjoyed an amazing string of first round draft picks. In addition to the many first round draft picks, the club has also had many players chosen first overall, starting with the first player ever drafted - Rick Monday.

In addition to those taken first overall is a list of players who were mere days away from making their Goldpanner debuts before being drafted first overall and choosing to sign professional deals instead. Included in this group are Ron Blomberg, Steve Foli, Jeff Burroughs, Danny Goodwin and David Clyde.

A letter from Clyde actually survives in which he expressed his profound disappointment at not being able to be a Goldpanner. Darryl Strawberry, first overall choice of the New York Mets in 1980, was actually in uniform with the eventual NBC champion Goldpanners before being instructed by his agent to leave the club prior to his debut.

One other name worth mentioning in this category is Roger Clemens, who was set to play for the Goldpanners before being drafted and signed by the Red Sox. Had he pitched for the team, there would have been two future MLB Hall of Famers - Clemens and Barry Bonds - on a single Panner ballclub!

In addition to having had draft picks in the baseball ranks, the Goldpanners have also seen their athletes tabbed for selection by other major sports as well. NFL picks include Dan Pastorini, who was taken third overall in the 1971 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers, and Dave Winfield, who was drafted in the 13th round by the Minnesota Vikins in 1973. Winfield actually has the distinction of being the only player in history to have been drafted by four teams in three different sports. In addition to Dave’s selection by the Vikings, he was also chosen by the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks in the 5th round, by the ABA’s Utah Stars in a supplemental round, and also by the San Diego Padres -- with whom he eventually starred -- as the fourth overall pick in the 1973 MLB amateur draft.

More recently, the Goldpanners had two first rounders taken in the 2001 draft : Aaron Heilman of the New York Mets, and Bobby Crosby of the Oakland A’s. Other notable first round draftees include Goldpanners Field Manager Tim Gloyd, who was picked 18th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1977 amateur entry draft. For more information on all of the 2007 draft picks, visit the Goldpanners Professionals Page.

1961

  • Leppert, Don, 97, 061861

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

  • Paul,Mike,052768

  • Messersmith,Andy,65,070468

  • Leon,Eddie,65,090968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

  • Wilkins,Eric,76,041179

  • Graham,Dan,74,060879

  • Wihtol,Sandy,74,090779

  • Schuler,Dave,74-75,091779

1980

  • Smith, Dave,75-76,041180

  • Law,Vance,77,060180

  • Kinnunen,Mike,76-77-78,061280

  • Lollar,Tim,77,062880

  • Mitchell,Bobby,76,090180

  • Edler,Dave,77,090480

  • Wallach, Tim,78,090680

  • Butcher,John,76,090880

  • Phelps,Ken,74,092080

1981

1982

1983

  • Couchee,Mike,76,040583

  • McReynolds,Kevin,80,060283

  • *Fuentes,Mike,79,090283

  • *Reynolds, Harold,80,090283

  • Doyle,Jeff,D,76,091383

  • Decker,Marty,78,092083

1984

  • Meier,Dave,79-,80,040384

  • Romanick,Ron,80,040584

  • Davis, Alvin,79-80,041184

  • Cornell,Jeff,78,060284

  • Amelung, Ed,79-80,072884

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

  • *Brink, Brad,84,051792

  • *Figueroa,Benji,83-84,051792

  • Linton,Doug,86,080392

  • Barton,Shawn,83,080692

  • Boone,Bret,88,081992

1993

  • Meares,Pat,89,050593

  • *Brummett, Greg,88,052993

  • *Higgins, Kevin,87,052993

  • Scott,Daryl,87,053193

  • Vanburkleo,Ty,84,072893

  • Turang,Brian,87,081393

  • Smithberg,Roger,87,090193

  • Helfand,Eric,89,090493

  • Hamelin,Bob,86,091293

  • Ronan,Marc,88-89,092193

1994

  • *Kelly,Mike,89,040594

  • *Lockhart, Keith,85,040594

  • Tabaka,Jeff,85,041994

  • Schullstrom,Eric,88,071894

1995

  • *Steverson,Todd,89,042895

  • *Wilson,Gary,90-91,042895

  • Rodriguez, Steve,90,043095

  • Giambi,Jason,90,050895

  • Santangelo,FP,88,080295

  • May,Darrell,91,091095

1996

  • Naulty,Dan,89,040296

  • Williams,Shad,90,051896

  • Robertson,Mike,88,090696

1997

  • Cruz,Jose,93,053197

  • Rohrmeier,Dan,86,090397

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2007

2008

2009

MLB COACHES/FRONT OFFICE NOT LISTED ABOVE:
Ben Hines | Sam Suplizio | Earl Frishman | Larry Corrigan | Rick Ragazzo