Chatham pitching coach Eric Beattie has been named the team’s interim manager for the remainder of the 2024 season. The move comes after the resignation of former manager Jeremy “Sheets” Sheetinger, who cited personal reasons for his departure. Sheetinger was in his first year as Chatham’s manager.

Prior to the 2024 season, Beattie joined Chatham’s coaching staff. He spent the previous two seasons with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. In 2022, as interim manager, he earned the CCBL Manager of the Year award. The following year. he took over the full-time role. Across two summers with Hyannis, Beattie led the Harbor Hawks to a 47-33-8 record.

As a player, Beattie played on the Cape with the Bourne Braves while attending Tampa University. In one season with Bourne, Beattie accumulated a 4-0 record and led the league with a 0.39 ERA — the third-lowest ERA in league history. Beattie let up just two earned runs in 46 innings and struck out 51 batters. In 2014, Beattie was inducted to the CCBL Hall of Fame.

From 2002-04 at Tampa, Beattie dominated. He pitched 288 innings across three seasons and fanned 278 batters. Beattie holds Tampa’s single-season wins record with 15 in 2004 as well as its shutouts record, completing three in 2003. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers. Over a three-year professional career, Beattie spent time in Detroit’s minor league system as well as the Boston Red Sox organization.

Following his playing days, Beattie became a coach at Strawberry Crest High School. He’s spent over a decade with the program, working his way up to the head coaching position.

Beattie’s first game as interim manager is tonight in Bourne when the Anglers take on the Braves at 6 p.m.