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John Titus
John Franklin Titus (Silent John)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 156 lb.

Debut June 8, 1903
Final Game August 8, 1913
Born February 21, 1876 in St. Clair, PA
Died January 8, 1943 in St.Clair, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1903 27 PHI NL  72  280   38   80  15  6   2   34   5     19      .286  .340  .404  119  113  10           4    
 1904 28 PHI NL 146  504   60  148  25  5   4   55  15     46      .294  .362  .387  132  195   7           8    
 1905 29 PHI NL 147  548   99  169  36 14   2   89  11     69      .308  .397  .436  152  239   6          12    
 1906 30 PHI NL 145  484   67  129  22  5   1   57  12     78      .267  .378  .339  124  164  16           9    
 1907 31 PHI NL 145  523   72  144  23 12   3   63   9     47      .275  .345  .382  129  200  11           9    
 1908 32 PHI NL 149  539   75  154  24  5   2   48  27     53      .286  .365  .360  129  194  31          14    
 1909 33 PHI NL 151  540   69  146  22  6   3   46  23     66      .270  .367  .350  121  189  23          16    
 1910 34 PHI NL 143  535   91  129  26  5   3   35  20     93  44  .241  .358  .325   97  174  15           4    
 1911 35 PHI NL  76  236   35   67  14  1   8   26   3     32  16  .284  .372  .453  129  107   4           1    
 1912 36 TOT NL 141  502   99  155  32 11   5   70  11     82  34  .309  .416  .446  134  224  15          10    
         PHI NL  45  157   43   43   9  5   3   22   6     33  14  .274  .403  .452  128   71   3           1    
         BSN NL  96  345   56  112  23  6   2   48   5     49  20  .325  .422  .443  137  153  12           9    
 1913 37 BSN NL  87  269   33   80  14  2   5   38   4     35  22  .297  .392  .420  132  113   6           7    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1402 4960  738 1401 253 72  38  561 140  0 620 116  .282  .373  .385  127 1912 144   0   0  94   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   85  162  29  8   4   65  16  0  72  13  .282  .373  .385  127  221  17   0   0  11   0
 Career High    151  548   99  169  36 14   8   89  27  0  93  44  .309  .416  .453  152  239  31   0   0  16   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1903 27 PHI NL  313  210   37   4.6    86| .286  .268| .340  .330| .404  .349| .744  .678| 119  .573   6.4   0.7     
 1904 28 PHI NL  565  363   69   5.0    77| .294  .256| .362  .315| .387  .331| .749  .646| 132  .683  20.4   2.3     
 1905 29 PHI NL  635  385   92   6.4    81| .308  .260| .397  .321| .436  .339| .833  .660| 152  .746  38.7   4.3     
 1906 30 PHI NL  587  371   60   4.3    76| .267  .253| .378  .319| .339  .322| .717  .641| 124  .637  18.7   2.2     
 1907 31 PHI NL  590  390   67   4.5    74| .275  .251| .345  .317| .382  .319| .727  .636| 129  .671  17.3   2.0     
 1908 32 PHI NL  637  416   68   4.4    74| .286  .250| .365  .312| .360  .322| .725  .634| 129  .670  20.4   2.5     
 1909 33 PHI NL  645  417   66   4.3    77| .270  .253| .367  .321| .350  .326| .717  .647| 121  .624  17.1   2.0     
 1910 34 PHI NL  647  421   62   4.0    90| .241  .266| .358  .341| .325  .353| .683  .694|  97  .534   2.2   0.2     
 1911 35 PHI NL  273  173   40   6.2    96| .284  .269| .372  .347| .453  .371| .825  .718| 129  .691   9.6   1.0     
 1912 36 TOT NL  609  362   91   6.7   101| .309  .283| .416  .353| .446  .385| .862  .737| 134  .697  28.2   2.8     
         PHI NL  194  117   28   6.4   105| .274  .287| .403  .358| .452  .391| .855  .749| 128  .678   7.4   0.7     
         BSN NL  415  245   63   6.9   100| .325  .280| .422  .350| .443  .382| .865  .732| 137  .706  20.8   2.1     
 1913 37 BSN NL  317  195   43   5.9    91| .297  .270| .392  .334| .420  .367| .812  .701| 132  .686  13.2   1.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5818 3703  695   5.0    83| .282  .261| .373  .327| .385  .341| .758  .668| 127  .660 192.2  21.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1903 27 PHI NL OF 72 126 13 7 2 .952 .942 1.93 1.91 34 2 36 1904 28 PHI NL OF 140 258 21 14 7 .952 .947 1.99 1.86 105 2 33 1905 29 PHI NL OF 147 255 24 11 4 .962 .955 1.90 1.93 0 0 147 1906 30 PHI NL OF 142 236 23 7 5 .974 .959 1.82 1.86 0 8 134 1907 31 PHI NL OF 142 198 21 17 3 .928 .960 1.54 1.94 0 0 142 1908 32 PHI NL OF 149 215 22 9 3 .963 .960 1.59 1.99 0 0 149 1909 33 PHI NL OF 149 241 23 8 6 .971 .961 1.77 2.01 0 0 149 1910 34 PHI NL OF 142 226 22 6 4 .976 .959 1.75 2.10 1 0 142 1911 35 PHI NL OF 60 85 10 2 3 .979 .960 1.58 2.07 1 0 59 1912 36 TOT NL OF 138 205 14 11 2 .952 .956 1.59 2.16 1 0 138 PHI NL OF 42 53 2 5 1 .917 .957 1.31 2.16 0 0 42 BSN NL OF 96 152 12 6 1 .965 .956 1.71 2.16 1 0 96 1913 37 BSN NL OF 75 94 8 9 1 .919 .960 1.36 2.08 0 0 75
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1903 27 PHI NL OF 72 126 13 7 2 .952 .942 1.93 1.91 34 2 36 1904 28 PHI NL OF 140 258 21 14 7 .952 .947 1.99 1.86 105 2 33 1905 29 PHI NL OF 147 255 24 11 4 .962 .955 1.90 1.93 0 0 147 1906 30 PHI NL OF 142 236 23 7 5 .974 .959 1.82 1.86 0 8 134 1907 31 PHI NL OF 142 198 21 17 3 .928 .960 1.54 1.94 0 0 142 1908 32 PHI NL OF 149 215 22 9 3 .963 .960 1.59 1.99 0 0 149 1909 33 PHI NL OF 149 241 23 8 6 .971 .961 1.77 2.01 0 0 149 1910 34 PHI NL OF 142 226 22 6 4 .976 .959 1.75 2.10 1 0 142 1911 35 PHI NL OF 60 85 10 2 3 .979 .960 1.58 2.07 1 0 59 1912 36 TOT NL OF 138 205 14 11 2 .952 .956 1.59 2.16 1 0 138 PHI NL OF 42 53 2 5 1 .917 .957 1.31 2.16 0 0 42 BSN NL OF 96 152 12 6 1 .965 .956 1.71 2.16 1 0 96 1913 37 BSN NL OF 75 94 8 9 1 .919 .960 1.36 2.08 0 0 75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1356 2139 201 101 40 .959 .956 1.73 1.99 142 12 1204 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1356 2139 201 101 40 .959 .956 1.73 1.99
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1904 NL-.294-8
1905 NL-.308-8
1908 NL-.286-7

On-base %
1904 NL-.362-10
1905 NL-.397-7
1906 NL-.378-9
1908 NL-.365-4
1909 NL-.367-8
1912 NL-.416-7

Slugging %
1905 NL-.436-4
1912 NL-.446-10

OPS
1904 NL-.749-10
1905 NL-.834-5
1908 NL-.725-10
1912 NL-.862-6

Games
1909 NL-151-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1909 NL-645-7

Runs
1905 NL-99-7
1907 NL-72-9
1908 NL-75-7
1910 NL-91-8
1912 NL-99-5

Hits
1904 NL-148-9
1905 NL-169-8
1907 NL-144-9
1908 NL-154-7

Total Bases
1905 NL-239-5
1907 NL-200-7

Doubles
1904 NL-25-6
1905 NL-36-2
1906 NL-22-9
1907 NL-23-6
1908 NL-24-9
1912 NL-32-6

Triples
1905 NL-14-7
1907 NL-12-6

RBI
1905 NL-89-5
1907 NL-63-8

Bases on Balls
1905 NL-69-5
1906 NL-78-3
1909 NL-66-6
1910 NL-93-4
1912 NL-82-5

Singles
1908 NL-123-9

Adjusted OPS+
1904 NL-132-10
1905 NL-152-5
1908 NL-129-10
1912 NL-134-6

Runs Created
1904 NL-69-9
1905 NL-92-4
1907 NL-67-9
1908 NL-68-9
1912 NL-91-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1904 NL-20-9
1905 NL-39-4
1908 NL-20-8
1909 NL-17-9
1912 NL-28-5

Batting Wins
1904 NL-2.3-9
1905 NL-4.3-4
1906 NL-2.2-10
1908 NL-2.5-8
1909 NL-2.0-9
1912 NL-2.8-5

Extra-Base Hits
1904 NL-34-7
1905 NL-52-3
1907 NL-38-6
1912 NL-48-9

Times on Base
1905 NL-250-7
1908 NL-221-4
1909 NL-228-4
1910 NL-226-10
1912 NL-247-5

Offensive Win%
1904 NL-.683-9
1905 NL-.746-5
1908 NL-.670-10
1912 NL-.697-7

Hit By Pitch
1904 NL-8-9
1905 NL-12-5
1907 NL-9-5
1908 NL-14-2
1909 NL-16-1
1912 NL-10-3
1913 NL-7-5
Car-94-75

Sac. Hits
1908 NL-31-6

Oldest Player
1912 NL-36-6
1913 NL-37-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 78 (300) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (804) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1327) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 21, 1912: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Boston Braves for Doc Miller.


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