The Ottawa Titans (French: ''Titans d'Ottawa''), officially ''Ottawa Titans Baseball Club'' (Club de baseball des Titans d'Ottawa), are a professional

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team based in

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. The Titans compete in the

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(FL) as a member of the North Division in the Atlantic Conference. Since 2022, the team has played its home games at Ottawa Stadium, originally known as JetForm Park. The Titans became the city's 8th professional baseball franchise succeeding the Eastern League's

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, the

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and

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, the

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, as well as the

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and

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. Founded in 2020, the Titans played their inaugural season in 2022 due to the prolonged

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. The franchise was created as part of the planned 2021 Frontier League expansion. The Titans have made it to the playoffs two times in franchise history, in 2022 and 2024. They however lost both times in the semifinal round against their fierce rivals, the

Québec Capitales The Québec Capitales ( French: Capitales de Québec and often referred to as the Caps) are a professional baseball team based in Quebec City. The Capitales compete in the Frontier League (FL) as a member of the North Division in the Atlantic Confe ...

. The Titans mascot is Cappy.

History

After the 2019 season, the

merged with the

, with five of the six remaining teams joining the league. The remaining team, the

, were not invited to take part, but it was not immediately clear if they would fold or go on hiatus as owner Miles Wolff, looked to sell the team. He could not find a buyer, and the team folded operations. In September 2020, the FL decided to expand to Ottawa, granting a franchise to a group led by

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, the former mayor of

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and owner of the

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of the American Association;

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, who owns the Ottawa 67’s junior hockey team and the

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of the

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; and local lawyer Jacques J.M. Shore. Following a contest, the team was named the Titans. On 6 October 2020, Ottawa announced Steve Brook as the team's inaugural manager. Brook previously managed the

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in the FL from 2010 to 2019. He led the Rascals to a 488–373 record over his nine seasons at the helm including the 2010 and 2019 championships. In December 2020, Ottawa announced the team name as Ottawa Titans a result of a name-the-team contest, and the team colours in the tradition of Ottawa sports franchises such as the

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, and

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. With the Canada-United states border closing in March 2020, the Titans' inaugural season was deferred to 2022. In 2021, the Canadian players from the Ottawa Titans,

and Trois-Rivières Aigles were combined to create a single team called . The team played away from home in the first half of the season, returning to Canada in late July to play 21 home games, shared between

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in Quebec City and

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in Trois-Rivières. On 30 July 2021, Équipe Québec hosted the

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at Stade Canac and won the game 10–8 in front of 2,800 spectators, the maximum number that was allowed due to the government of Quebec's public health restrictions. On 12 September 2021, Équipe Québec qualified for the playoffs, and they faced the

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in the best-of-five Frontier League Division Series (FLDS). The crowd of 3,750 gathered at Stade Canac during Game 3 represented more than 900 people than the number allowed due to public health restrictions, and Québec were able to pull a 3–2 win over the Wild Things. They however lost Game 4 and 5, which ended their very unique season. Équipe Québec finished the season first place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 52 wins and 44 losses with an average of 2,288 fans in 24 home games, including the playoffs. In October 2021, Bobby Brown was hired as the Titans

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for the 2022 season, after Steve Brook, on a one-year contract, became the

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manager. On 13 May 2022, Ottawa opened their inaugural season with a 10–6 road victory against the

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. After a nine-game road trip, the team hosted the

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in its home opener on 24 May. The Titans won the game by a final score of 2–0 with Evan Grills pitching eight scoreless innings with 15 strikeouts in front of a crowd of 3,458. The Titans won seven games out of nine in their final homestand, ending on 1 September. The next day, Ottawa qualified for the playoffs on the road with a 4–1 victory over the Trois-Rivières Aigles, clinching the Wild Card spot. On 7 September, the Titans defeated the

in the Wild Card Game by a 8–2 score to advance to the Division Series. They however lost in the semifinals to the eventual champions, the Québec Capitales 2 games to 1. In their first season in Ottawa, the Titans averaged 1,211 fans per game. On 31 August 2023, a franchise record crowd of more than 4,600 fans attended the last regular season home game of the season against the Trois-Rivières Aigles. The Titans lost 6–1 to the Aigles and did not qualify for the playoffs. Their average attendance increased by 27% from 2022 to an average of 1,540 per game, for a total of 78,495 over 51 home games. OttawaBaseballPlayoff

On 17 April 2024, the Ottawa Titans announced that their assistant general manager Sébastien Boucher will have his number 18 retired by the Québec Capitales on 18 August at Stade Canac as part of their 25th anniversary season of the team. Ottawa made it to the playoffs again in 2024, and faced the

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in the Wild Card Game. They defeated the ValleyCats 5–2, but however lost to the Capitales again in the FLDS 2 games to 1. Third baseman AJ Wright was selected as the 2024 Third Baseman Of The Year by the Frontier League, and team play-by-play broadcaster Davide Disipio received the Robert Ford Broadcaster of the Year award. The Titans' home average attendance increased once again from 2023, to an average of over 1,900 fans per game. The Titans were able to break their franchise record crowd from 2023 during their 2025 home opener against the

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, winning 7–6 in front of 7,152 people at Ottawa Stadium.

Season-by-season record

*In 2021, Équipe Québec, a combination of the Ottawa Titans, Québec Capitales and Trois-Rivières Aigles, played in the Frontier League. With a record of 52–44, they finished first place in the Atlantic Division, but lost the FLDS to the

3 games to 2.

Current roster

Notable alumni

Evan Grills Evan B. Grills (born June 13, 1992) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Ottawa Titans of the Frontier League. He has previously played in Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the CTBC Brothers. Career Houston Astros Gr ...

(2022) * Joey Terdoslavich (2023)

References

External links

* {{Baseball in Canada Frontier League teams Baseball teams in Ottawa Baseball teams established in 2020 2020 establishments in Ontario