Shayne Bennett

{{short description|Australian rules footballer and baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Shayne Bennett

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|4|10}}

|birth_place=Adelaide, South Australia

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=22 August

|debutyear=1997

|debutteam=Montreal Expos

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=15 August

|finalyear=1999

|finalteam=Montreal Expos

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=5–7

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.87

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=71

|stat2league = KBO

|stat21label=Win–loss record

|stat21value=0–2

|stat22label=Earned run average

|stat22value=7.32

|stat23label=Strikeouts

|stat23value=16

|stat3league = CPBL

|stat31label=Win–loss record

|stat31value=0–2

|stat32label=Earned run average

|stat32value=7.48

|stat33label=Strikeouts

|stat33value=18

|teams=

Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1997}}–{{mlby|1999}})
Doosan Bears ({{by|2001}})
Macoto Gida ({{by|2003}})

| hofcolor= #00843D

| hoflink= Baseball Australia Hall of Fame

| hoftype= Australian

| hofdate= 2008

}}

Shayne Anthony Bennett (born 10 April 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and was a right-handed baseball pitcher, who last played in Major League Baseball with the Montreal Expos on 15 August 1999.

The youngest brother to fellow North Adelaide footballer Peter Bennett, Shayne 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.{{cite book|title=AFL Record 2005: Guide to Season|editor=Lovett, Michael|year=2005|page=350|publisher=Australian Football League Publishing/Geoff Slattery Publishing Pty Limited |isbn=0-9580300-6-5}}

Bennett never made his senior debut for Collingwood. Instead, he travelled to the United States[http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/1997/sportsf/sf970919.htm Athlete Talent Search Programs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726214409/http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/1997/sportsf/sf970919.htm |date=26 July 2008 }}; The Sports

Factor (19 September 1997) 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, was traded to the Montreal Expos in January 1996. He played with the Expos in the majors for part of {{Baseball year|1997}}, all of {{Baseball year|1998}}, and part of {{Baseball year|1999}}.

His final professional baseball season was {{Baseball year|2000}}, when he pitched with the top Montreal farm team, the Ottawa Lynx in the International League.

He was also a member of the Australia national baseball team, which finished in sixth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/sports/baseball.htm Baseball at the Sydney Olympics]