page_title: Joe Panik
section_title: Draft and minor leagues
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Panik / Professional career / Draft and minor leagues
caption_attribution_description: Joe Panik
context_page_description: Joseph Matthew Panik is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. Panik was an All-Star in 2015 and won a Gold Glove Award in 2016.
context_section_description: Out of St. John's, the Giants drafted Panik in the first round, with the 29th overall selection, of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. Panik made his professional debut with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. He led the league with a .341 batting average, 49 runs scored, 54 RBI and a .401 on-base percentage (OBP) for Salem-Keizer, winning the league's Most Valuable Player award. He was rated the tenth best second base prospect prior to the 2012 season and was invited to spring training.
  Panik spent the 2012 season with the San Jose Giants of the Class A-Advanced California League, batting .297 with 27 doubles, seven home runs, and 76 RBI in 130 games.  In 2013, Panik was promoted to the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Class AA Eastern League, where he was moved to second base and recorded a .333 on-base percentage and 27 doubles, four triples, four homers.  In 2014, Panik started the season with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, where he hit .321, with five home runs, 45 RBIs, and 50 runs scored in 74 games.
caption: Panik with the Richmond Flying Squirrels in 2013
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