Shane Monahan

Shane Monahan
Outfielder / Designated hitter
Born: (1974-08-12) August 12, 1974 (age 50)
Syosset, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 9, 1998, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1999, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Batting average.235
Home runs4
Runs batted in28
Teams

Shane Hartland Monahan (born August 12, 1974) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played his entire career for the Seattle Mariners (1998–99). He is a graduate of Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia and attended Clemson University. Monahan now lives in South Carolina. Monahan is arguably one of the top 5 greatest Clemson Tiger baseball players ever.

Monahan comes from a family that is well known in the National Hockey League. Monahan's father was Hartland Monahan, his maternal grandfather was Bernie Geoffrion, a Hall of Famer who is credited with inventing the slap shot in hockey, and his great-grandfather was NHL Hall of Famer Howie Morenz. He is the nephew of Danny Geoffrion and cousin of Blake Geoffrion.[1]

  1. ^ "Clubhouse culture led ex-Mariner to steroids and greenies". ESPN. December 28, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008.