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Whitt also served as Toronto's first base coach for most of the 2005 season, after former first base coach Mickey Brantley was switched to the position of hitting coach to replace the fired Mike Barnett. He reverted back to his bench coach position after Marty Pevey, the manager of the Syracuse Chiefs (the Blue Jays' AAA affiliate), was called up in September to fill the vacant first base coach role. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Charles Mickey Brantley (born June 17, 1961) is a former major league baseball player and the current hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays. ... Michael Lee Barnett (b. ... Marty Pevey (born September 18, 1961 in Statesboro, Georgia) is the current first base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team. ... The Syracuse SkyChiefs are a minor league baseball team based in Syracuse, New York, once known as simply the Syracuse Chiefs. ...

Whitt managed the Canadian National Team to a 3rd place finish in Pool B at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. The World Baseball Classic, sometimes abbreviated WBC, is an international baseball tournament, first held in March 2006. ...

Career

Whitt, a catcher, was selected in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox, and he made his major league debut on September 12, 1976. He was left unprotected in the expansion draft that transpired after the 1976 season, and was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays, a team he stayed with through 1989. The position of the catcher Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket. ... See also: 1971 in sports, other events of 1972, 1973 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: February 20: A.J. Foyt won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty Indianapolis 500 - Mark Donohue USAC Racing - Joe Leonard won the season championship Formula... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds... is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1975 in sports, other events of 1976, 1977 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: February 15David Pearson won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford USAC Racing - Gordon Johncock won the season championship Formula One Championship... See also: 1988 in sports, other events of 1989, 1990 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Darrell Waltrip won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Rusty Wallace CART Racing - season championship won by Emerson Fittipaldi Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi Formula One Championship - Alain...

It was during this time with Toronto that he would have his most success. Although he spent most of this time platooning behind the plate with Buck Martinez, Ernie had several very productive seasons. In 1985, he hit .245 with 19 HRs and 64 RBIs. In 1987, he bettered himself to .269 (a career high), 19 HRs and 75 RBIs (also a career high). He is widely regarded as the Blue Jays' greatest catcher, and remains involved with the organization. John Albert Buck Martinez (born November 7, 1948 in Redding, California) is a former catcher, manager and is currently a play-by-play commentator in Major League Baseball. ... See also: 1984 in sports, other events of 1985, 1986 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Ken Schrader enters NASCAR CART Racing - Al Unser Sr won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Danny... Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ... See also: 1986 in sports, other events of 1987, 1988 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - Bobby Rahal won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr. ...

After his playing days, Ernie has been involved in the coaching and administrative side of baseball. For the past few years, he has been the manager of the Canadian national baseball team. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he guided the team to a 4th-place finish in the baseball tournament. A notable coaching incident with the Blue Jays occurred when he glared menacingly at Alex Rodriguez during the famous Howie Clark pop-up incident. In the baseball game, the coach is a member of the team at bat stationed near first or third base to signal and direct the runners and batters. ... New York Yankees manager Joe Torre returning to the dugout (September 2005). ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... Athens is the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ... Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on two separate diamonds within the Helliniko Olympic Complex, from August 15 to August 25. ...

See also

• Top 500 home run hitters of all time
• Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

In the sport of baseball, a home run is the act of hitting the ball in such a manner, whether out of the park or in (see inside the park home run), that allows the batter to safely reach home and score in one play. ... Listed below are the occurrences of Major League Baseball players who have hit three home runs in a single game. ...

External links

• Baseball Reference
• Team Canada Profile -Ernie Whitt