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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 Dave Gassner, Royce Ring, Ryan Garko 2004 CALLUPS Greg Dobbs (00) 8/8/4 David Bush (99 MVP) 7/2/04 2003 CALLUPS Bobby Crosby (99) September 2 Aaron Heilman (98 MVP) June 26 Dave Dowling MLB#1 Bruce Robinson  MLB #50 Barry Bonds MLB#100 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 1,160 rostered players and coaches through the 2007 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 Terry Francona, manager of the 2004 World Series champion Boston Red Sox, 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 2007, many more former Goldpanner athletes were added to the list of those who have been drafted or signed into professional ball. Topping the list is 2006 Goldpanners infielder Beau Mills, who 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. LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE MLB HEAD COACHES 1964 001,Dowling,Dave,63,100364 1965 002,Selma,Dick,78,090265 003,Hartenstein,Charlie,091165 1966 004,Williams,Jimy,64,042666 005,Monday,Rick,64,090366 006,Sutherland,Gary,091766 1967 007,Seaver,Tom,64-65,041367 008,Adamson,Mike,66,070167 009,Motton,Curt,070567 010,Frisella,Dan,072767 011,Nettles,Graig,64-65,090667 012,Schmelz,Al,65,090767 1968 013,Paul,Mike,052768 014,Messersmith,Andy,65,070468 015,Leon,Eddie,65,090968 1969 016,Lee,Bill,66-67,062569 1970 017,Hand,Rich,67-68,040970 018,Garrett,Greg,66,042470 019,Dunning,Steve,69,061470 020,Nettles,Jim,66-67,090770 1971 022,Broberg,Pete,69-70,062071 023,House,Tom,68,062371 024,Kingman,Dave,68-69,073071 025,Rose,Don,66,091571 1972 026,Gallagher,Bob,66-67-68,051772 027,Roberts,Dave,70-71,060772 028,Strom,Brent,67-68-69,073172 029,Boone,Bob,66-67-68,091072 1973 030,Andrews,John,69,040873 031,Troedson,Rich,69-70-71,040973 032,Winfield,Dave,71-72,061873 033,Casky,Craig,70-71,071973 1974 034,Sundberg,Jim,71,040474 035,Reinbach,Mike,69,040774 036,Swisher,Steve,72,061474 037,Bane,Eddie,82,070474 038,Gerhardt,Rusty,71,072774 1975 039,Umbarger,Jim,72-73,040875 040,Kineen,Kerry,72,061475 1976 041,Redfern,Pete,74-75,051576 042,Wheelock,Gary,73,091776 1977 043,Kemp,Steve,74-75,040777 044,Bannister,Floyd,74-75,041977 045,Todd,Jackson,72,050577 1978 *046,Baker,Chuck,73-74,040778 *047,Reynolds,Don,73-74,040778 048,Littlejohn,Dennis,75,070978 049,Sanderson,Scott,76-77,080678 050,Robinson,Bruce,72-73-74-75,081978 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 Boone,Dan,93-94-95-96,041181 Leary,Tim,77-78,041281 Garcia,Danny,74,042681 Harris,Greg,75-76,052081 Francona,Terry,78,081981 Roenicke,Ron,76,090281 Tolman,Tim,77,090981 Hostetler,Dave,77,091581 1982 VandeBerg,Ed,78-79,040782 Rajsich,Gary,75,040982 Slaught,Don,79,070682 Codiroli,Chris,77,091182 Baker,Dave,75-76-77,091282 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 McDowell,Oddibe,82-83,051985 Sebra,Bob,82,062685 Romine,Kevin,81,090585 1986 Plesac,Dan,81,041186 Bonds,Barry,83,053086 Moore,Billy,83,071986 Cochrane,Dave,81,090286 Dodson,Pat,79,090586 Arnsberg,Brad,83,090686 1987 *Billy Bean,85,042587 *Joe Magrane,83,042587 Mack,Shane,82-83,052587 Campbell,Mike,84,070487 Madrid,Alex,83,072087 Stapleton,Dave,83,091487 1988 Heinkel,Don,80,81,040788 Worthington,Craig,84,042688 August,Don,82,060288 Fishel,John,84,071488 Samuels,Roger,82,072088 Medina, Luis,83-84,090288 Harkey,Mike,86,090588 Cook,Dennis,83,091288 Kreuter,Chad,84,091488 Wilson,Steve,83,091688 1989 Stephenson,Phil,80-81,040589 Wetherby,Jeff,84,060789 Benjamin,Mike,85,070789 Ritz,Kevin,85,071589 Richie,Rob,85,081989 1990 Layana,Tim,85,040990 Faries,Paul,86,090690 Mayne,Brent,86,091890 Osuna,Al,86,092090 1991 Donnels,Chris,86,050791 Wakamatsu,Don,83,052291 Mota,Jose,84,052491 Barberie,Bret,86,061691 Davis,Mark,83-84,070291 Goodwin,Tom,87,090191 Zosky,Ed,86,090291 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 Lee,Travis,93-94,033198 Hughes, Bobby,89,040298 1999 Jones,Jacque,94,060999 Kennedy,Adam,95,082199 Ramsay,Robert,93,082799 Liniak,Cole,95,090399 DaVanon,Jeff,92-94,090799 2000 Riggan,Jerrod,94,082800 Belitz,Todd,96,090400 Young,Michael,96,090700 2001 Parker, Christian,95,040601 Pettyjohn, Adam,96,071601 Phillips, Jason,96,091901 2002 Lane, Jason,96-97,051002 Rushford, Jim,94,090302 2003 Aaron Heilman (98 MVP) 6/26/03 Bobby Crosby (99) 9/2/03 2004 David Bush (99 MVP) 7/2/04 Greg Dobbs (00) 9/8/04 2005 Dave Gassner (00 MVP) 4/16/05 Royce Ring (00) 4/29/5 Ryan Garko (00) 9/18/5 2007 Brendan Ryan (02) 7/2/7 2008 Mike Cervenak (98) 7/11/8 Brooks Conrad (99-00) 7/21/8 COACHES IN MLB NOT LISTED ABOVE: Don Leppert | Dwight Bernard | Ben Hines | Sam Suplizio | Don Wakamatsu

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