Whitt parlayed his popularity into the publication of an autobiography, " Catch: A Major League Life ," providing an insider's glimpse into both the 1988 season and Whitt's early days coming up through the minors.

Whitt saw very little playing time with the Blue Jays in 1977, as in 23 games, he hit. 171 with 0 HR and 6 RBI.

In 1979, Whitt spent the entire season with the Syracuse Chiefs, the Blue Jays AAA affiliate in the International League.

In 1980, Whitt became the Blue Jays starting catcher, as he appeared in 106 games, hitting. 237 with 6 HR and 34 RBI.

Whitt broke out offensively in 1982, as in 105 games, he hit. 261 with 11 HR and 42 RBI for the Blue Jays.

During the season, Whitt hit. 245 with 19 HR and 64 RBI, as he helped the Blue Jays make the playoffs for the first time in team history.

In the 1985 ALCS against the Kansas City Royals, Whitt appeared in all seven games, hitting. 190 with 0 HR and 2 RBI as the Blue Jays lost the series.

Whitt had a very memorable game in 1987, as on September 14, Whitt had three home runs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles, helping the Blue Jays hit a major league record ten home runs in the game, as Toronto defeated the Orioles 18-3.

In the playoffs, Whitt played in all five games against the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 ALCS, batting. 125 with 1 HR and 3 RBI, as the Blue Jays lost the series.

To make room for young catchers Pat Borders and Greg Myers on the major league roster, on December 17, 1989, the Blue Jays traded Whitt and Kevin Batiste to the Atlanta Braves for Ricky Trlicek.

Whitt was the last player from the expansion 1977 team to play for the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays ' fan support was at a peak during Whitt's tenure, and he became one of the more popular players ; fans at Exhibition Stadium frequently chanted his first name when he stepped into the batter's box, an event which was captured in a commemorative Ernie Whitt bobblehead issued by the team in the first decade of the Twenty-First Century.

Whitt appeared in 1328 games over his career, 1218 of them with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Given his years of promoting baseball in Canada while a member of the Blue Jays, Whitt remained active as an ambassador of Canadian baseball Indeed, Whitt's coaching career first came to prominence in his capacity as manager of the Canadian national baseball team.

Whitt also served as both the Blue Jays ' bench coach and first base coach starting in 2005, and was rumoured to be a potential replacement for then-incumbent manager John Gibbons until Gibbons and several coaches were fired midway through the 2008 season.

With Hartsfield's departure prior to the 1980 season, new manager Bobby Mattick expanded Whitt's role as a player, and Whitt remained with the club for the next ten years.

Ernie Whitt was named the manager for the 2009 season after Shines was promoted to base coach for the New York Mets.

Whitt had another very solid season in 1986, batting. 268 with 16 HR and 56 RBI in 131 games played.

Whitt had a productive 1988 season, batting. 251 with 16 HR and 70 RBI in 127 games played.

Whitt joined the Atlanta Braves for the 1990 season, and had a very disappointing season, as he hit. 172 with 2 HR and 10 RBI in 67 games.

* Stock, D. W. and Whitt, G. S. ( 1992 ).

* Les Whitt, director of the municipal zoo in Alexandria, Louisiana, and a musician who sometimes played with B. B.

Now a co-host of RAGE with Ritchie Whitt on 105. 3FM The Fan in Dallas.

On March 2, 1921, the Welch City Council met to discuss impeachment of then Mayor J. H. Whitt.

Whitt showed up at the meeting and disrupted the proceedings.

to investigate Whitt.

Later that same day, Mayor Whitt shot and killed McDowell County Deputy Sheriff William Johnson Tabor who was investigating the matter.

Whitt left the area for parts unknown on September 27, 1921.

Jada moved to Los Angeles and stayed with LaVern Whitt, former stuntwoman, now producer and longtime family friend, who got her started in the industry.

Leo Ernest " Ernie " Whitt ( born June 13, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan ) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and coach.

Whitt 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, pinch hitting for Carlton Fisk in the seventh inning, as Whitt grounded out.

Whitt recorded his first career hit on September 21, hitting a home run off of Jim Colborn of the Milwaukee Brewers in a 3-1 loss.

His books include What If ( 2002 ), an alternate history in which the author speculates about how history would have been different if in 1890 events had taken a different path in the second rise of Israel on the way to becoming a nation state ; Fall of the Spanish Inquisition ( 2002 ), and Code Name: Amnon: The Life And Times Of A Haganah Fighter 1943-1949 ( 2003 ), an autobiography of the author's involvement with the Haganah since 1943 to 1949, during the dramatic and violent years leading up to the creation of the State of Israel.

In his autobiography, Culhane speculates that Gillett suffered from bipolar disorder and notes that he swung from excessive enthusiasm to violent rages to paranoia ( once attacking Culhane himself with a spindle when they worked together at Van Beuren's studio ), and that he was eventually institutionalized for many years.

In her autobiography, Iwasaki speculates that she may have inadvertently doomed the profession.

Goossen speculates that the two and three-color paintings ( such as Three Panels: Red Yellow Blue, I 1963 ) for which Kelly is so well known can be traced to his bird watching, and his study of the two and three-color birds he saw so frequently at an early age.

However, fellow wrestling manager Percy Pringle speculates that it may have been prostate cancer.

Russian historian Roy Medvedev speculates in his book, Neizvestnyi Stalin, that Stalin had made Suslov his " secret heir ".

" Van Ash speculates that Fu Manchu had been a member of the Imperial family who backed the losing side in the Boxer Rebellion.

Lieber reveals that, in 1996, " ADM CEO, Mr. Dwayne Andreas, told The Washington Post that he had known about Whitacre's frauds for three years ” and speculates that Whitacre was fired and turned over to the Federal authorities only after ADM learned he had been working as an FBI mole.

In 1974, when a shorter version of the story appeared, a suit was brought on behalf of Mayling, and Cowles testified ( perhaps to protect Wilkie ) that the affair was “ impossible .” Taylor speculates that Willkie, who had several drinks when he talked to Cowles, had exaggerated or misled his young friend who had imagined the rest.

Besnier speculates that Lucius Furius had evoked the chief god of the enemy and built a temple to him in Rome outside the pomerium.

Emma Mason speculates that Cnut had build a royal residence in the vicinity of the Abbey, or that Westminster held some significance to the Danish Kings of England, which would also explain why Harthacnut would not allow a usurper to be buried there.

In the novel, Turtledove speculates that while in exile Justinian had reconstructive surgery done to fix his damaged nose.

Biographer S. R. Shutt speculates that it was either inspired by Elliott Avenue, a street that Smith had lived on in Portland, or that it was suggested by his then-girlfriend.

Norman Del Mar speculates that “ there would be considerable loss if the solution were to be found, much of the work ’ s attraction lying in the impenetrability of the riddle itself ”, that interest in the work would not be as strong had the Enigma been solved during Elgar's lifetime.

Sheppard Frere wonders how Carausius was able to win support from the army when his command had been sea-based, and speculates that he had perhaps been involved in an unrecorded victory in Britain, connected with Diocletian's assumption of the title Britannicus Maximus in 285, and signs of destruction in Romano-British towns at this time.

Treebeard speculates that Saruman had crossbred Orcs and Men.

He speculates that had the 33rd Armoured Brigade, the 49th ( West Riding ) Infantry Division and the 7th Armoured Division's infantry brigade landed on schedule, XXX Corps might have been able to secure Villers-Bocage before the arrival of substantial German forces.

( Hall speculates that the brothers had a falling out, but notes that their later working relationship appears to have been amicable.

Matthisen speculates that he may have been a relative or " even the son " of the Hilarius who had been prefect of Gaul in 396 and of Rome in 408.

Graves speculates that the discrepancies in the proportions of killed and wounded men between British and American casualties may be accounted for by the Americans not collating their casualty returns until five days after the battle, when some of those originally listed as missing were confirmed to have been killed, and some severely wounded men had died of their wounds.

Ian Wood speculates that Gundobad's departure may have been connected with the arrival of a new emperor, Julius Nepos, who had the support of the Roman Emperor in Constantinople.

One scholar speculates the public had grown weary of King Arthur – the greatest of all giant killers – and Jack was created to fill his shoes.

Barbara Gordon speculates Crane may be alive and manipulating Batman to become the " Identity Thief ", while the Joker also comments Scarecrow had survived the previous game.

In her 2005 profile of Applewhite, Susan Raine speculates that he had a schizophrenic episode around this time.

Lewis speculates that Applewhite settled on suicide because he had said that the group would ascend during his lifetime and thus appointing a successor was unfeasible.

Lalich speculates that they were willing to follow Applewhite in suicide because they had become totally dependent upon him, and hence were poorly suited for life in his absence.