MLB / Players

John Titus

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 156 lb

BornFebruary 21, 1876 · St. Clair, PA, USA

MLB debutJune 8, 1903

Final gameAugust 8, 1913

Seasons11 (1903–1913)

Philadelphia Phillies 1903–1911; Boston Braves 1912; Philadelphia Phillies 1912; Boston Braves 1913

Percentile snapshot

1912 season — qualified batters

141

59.4

609

502

53.8

87.7

155

70.8

86.8

69.8

79.2

RBI

73.6

91.5

52.8

30.2

.309

72.6

OBP

.416

86.8

SLG

.446

75.5

OPS

.862

wRC+

132.7

77.4

OPS+

130.1

73.6

wOBA

.412

84.9

sWAR

3.8

of 107 qualified 1912 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

128.7

89.4

OPS+

126.7

87.2

sWAR

33.0

96.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1903	72	313	280	38	80	15	6	2	34	19	30	5	.286	.340	.404	.744	109.6	112.7	.355	1.1
1904	146	565	504	60	148	25	5	4	55	46	38	15	.294	.362	.387	.749	132.0	132.9	.363	3.5
1905	147	635	548	99	169	36	14	2	89	69	44	11	.308	.397	.436	.834	150.0	150.8	.401	5.4
1906	145	587	484	67	129	22	5	1	57	78	39	12	.267	.378	.339	.717	131.1	124.4	.364	3.5
1907	145	590	523	72	144	23	12	3	63	47	34	9	.275	.345	.382	.728	130.6	130.6	.358	3.4
1908	149	637	539	75	154	24	5	2	48	53	45	27	.286	.365	.360	.725	134.4	130.0	.357	3.8
1909	151	645	540	69	146	22	6	3	46	66	43	23	.270	.367	.350	.717	126.5	122.4	.358	3.3
1910	143	647	535	91	129	26	5	3	35	93	44	20	.241	.358	.325	.683	103.0	97.6	.345	1.7
1911	76	273	236	35	67	14	1	8	26	32	16	3	.284	.372	.453	.825	127.5	129.8	.391	1.5
1912	141	609	502	99	155	32	11	5	70	82	34	11	.309	.416	.446	.862	132.7	130.1	.412	3.8
1913	87	317	269	33	80	14	2	5	38	35	22	4	.297	.392	.420	.812	132.4	128.9	.388	1.9

Career totals

1,402

5,818

4,960

738

1,401

253

362nd-most career 3B

RBI

561

620

500th-most career BB

389

140

.2825

OBP

.3728

256th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.3855

OPS

.7583

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1907-05-11	STL @ PHI Gameday	5	3	4	2	1	0	2	0	8
1912-07-11	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	7
1907-09-20	PHI @ STL Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	7
1912-04-13	PHI @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	1	3	1	7
1913-07-07	ATL @ PHI Gameday	4	3	3	1	0	1	3	2	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1903-06-03	PHI @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1903-06-07	PHI @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1903-06-08	PHI @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1903-06-09	PHI @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1903-06-10	PHI @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.