| Shayne Bennett | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: 10 April 1972 Adelaide, Australia |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| 22 August, 1997 for the Montreal Expos | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| 15 August, 1999 for the Montreal Expos | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win-loss record | 5-7 |
| Earned run average | 5.87 |
| Strikeouts | 71 |
| Teams | |
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Shayne Anthony Bennett (born 10 April 1972 in Adelaide, Australia) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and a right-handed pitcher, who last played in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos on 15 August 1999.
The younger brother of fellow North Adelaide footballer Peter Bennett, Bennett was a leading junior footballer for North Adelaide and was drafted by Victorian Football League (VFL) team Collingwood at the 1989 VFL Draft with the 56th selection.[1]
He never made his senior debut for Collingwood, and instead Bennett travelled to the United States[2] and started playing baseball at the College of DuPage. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft in the 25th round, and after three years playing in the minor leagues, he was traded to the Montreal Expos in January 1996. He went on to play for the Expos in the major league for part of 1997, all of 1998, and part of 1999. His final professional season was 2000, when he pitched for the Expos' top farm team, the Ottawa Lynx. He was also a member of the Australia national baseball team that finished in sixth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]