Doug Bennett

Douglas Lee Bennett

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

• School University of Arkansas
• High School Hillcrest High School

• Born March 5, 1970 in Springfield, MO USA
• Died September 3, 2022

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Biographical Information

Doug Bennett pitched for Team USA and in the minors.

Bennett was Gatorade Player of the Year for Missouri in 1988. He was on the US team that finished second in the 1988 World Junior Championship. He won Southwest Conference Newcomer of the Year in '89 and Arkansas made the 1989 College World Series.

He was 3-0 with a 2.72 ERA for Team USA in the summer of 1990, ahead of pitchers like Scott Klingenbeck and Paul Byrd. He won Bronze with the US in the 1990 Goodwill Games but was not with them for the 1990 Baseball World Cup. He was not the only Arkansas hurler on the team that year; Phil Stidham was also present.

The Los Angeles Dodgers took him in the 5th round of the 1991 amateur draft, two picks after William VanLandingham. He was 4-5 with a 3.30 ERA for the Yakima Bears that summer, allowing only 31 hits and striking out 65 in 57 1/3 IP but walking 45. He was 1-0 with a 2.61 ERA for the 1992 Bears to end his minor league career with a composite 5-5, 3.19 record.