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1972 NBC TOURNAMENT

NBC WORLD SERIES
1962-63-64-
65-69-70-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-80-83-84-85-86-00-02-03-05

LAWRENCE-DUMONT STADIUM - WICHITA, KS

    
National Baseball Congress

NATIONAL BASEBALL CONGRESS WORLD SERIES
N. B.C. Website | N.B.C. Statistics

SIX-TIME NBC NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1972-73-74-76-80-02

ALL TIME PANNER WICHITA RECORD - 117-42
PANNERS/PILOTS 14 NBC GAMES; PANNERS 8, PILOTS 6

KERRY DINEEN,
1972 MVP
 
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Wichita

Tourney

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Steve Swisher belted a tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning to give the Goldpanners a 3-2 championship- game victory over Anchorage in a rematch of the 1971 NBC title game.  Center fielder Kerry Dineen of Fairbanks, then a senior at the University of San Diego, was chosen as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.  He hit .480 with 12 hits in 25 trips and stole five bases.  Dave Winfield, after appearing in five games as a pitcher in 1971, played mostly left field for Fairbanks and batted .222 with two homers.


1972 NBC AWARDS:

Best Young Team, Team Traveling the Farthest, Most Extra Base Hits,
Best Defensive Team, Best Pitching, Most Valuable Player (Kerry Dineen), Leading HItter (Kerry Dineen).

ALL-AMERICAN TEAM MEMBERS: Jim Dietz, manager; Jackson Todd, p; Kerry Dineen, of.


How Panners won the N.B.C. title:

Worthington, Ohio3Goldpanners2
Goldpanners7  Albuquerque, N.M.4
Goldpanners7  Newport, Ark.3
Goldpanners2  Lubbock, Tex.0
Goldpanners3  Midlothian, Ill.0
Goldpanners8  Liberal, Kan.2
Goldpanners5  Boulder, Colo.0
Goldpanners3  Anchorage, AK2

1972 NBC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

CatcherBob Reece, BoulderThird BaseEd Bowman, Eureka
CatcherSteve Hilterbran, LiberalShortstopRoy Smalley, Anchorage
PitcherDanny Wright, DurantOutfieldKerry Dineen, Goldpanners
PitcherJackson Todd, GoldpannersOutfieldJoe Simpson, Liberal
PitcherEddie Bane, BoulderOutfieldBobby Tucker, Boulder
PitcherRob DiPietro, AnchorageUtilityAlan Bannister, Boulder
PitcherRuss McQueen, EurekaUtilityRich Dauer, Eureka
First BaseMickey Aguirre, Anchorage
Second BaseDan Oliver, Anchorage

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

OutfieldKerry Dineen, Goldpanners