Howdy Caton

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-6, 165lb (168cm, 74kg)

Born: July 16, 1894 in Zanesville, OH us

Died: January 8, 1948 in Zanesville, OH

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, OH

Debut: September 17, 1917 (Age 23-063d, 4,637th in major league history)
vs. BSN 6 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 6, 1920 (Age 26-052d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1918 season

Full Name: James Howard Caton

Nicknames: Buster

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

814

184

.226

RBI

OBP

.301

SLG

.288

OPS

.588

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-40 / in Starts: 39-40
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	80 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 344 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	161 (74-47-40)
Avg. MLBer w/ 344 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	211 (101-70-39)

Most Driven In
G Cutshaw	4
W Schmidt	3
B McKechnie	3
B Hinchman	2
W Cooper	2
C Stengel	1
F Miller	1
L King	1

Most Driven In By
G Cutshaw	6
M Carey	6
F Mollwitz	5
B Southworth	4
C Bigbee	3
B Hinchman	2
C Stengel	2
B McKechnie	2

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	15	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.000	.250	.000	.250	1	.68	-0.007	2.09	-0.01%	-0.12	SS
2	16	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.333	.143	.476	1	.44	-0.010	1.24	-0.02%	0.01	SS
3	17	3	Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.286	.167	.452	1	.60	-0.069	1.87	-0.13%	-0.59	SS
4	18	4	Apr 22	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.263	.176	.440	1	1.05	-0.130	3.13	-0.23%	-0.90	SS
5	19	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		1		.200	.304	.200	.504	1	1.43	0.048	4.42	0.09%	0.14	SS
6	20	6	Apr 25	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.208	.296	.208	.505	1	.75	-0.013	2.08	-0.02%	-0.29	SS
7	21	7	Apr 26	PIT		CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.214	.290	.214	.505	1	.79	0.017	2.18	0.03%	0.23	SS
8	22	8	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.286	.194	.479	1	.87	-0.051	2.58	-0.09%	-0.54	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	23	9	May 1	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.222	.300	.222	.522	1	1.05	0.070	3.01	0.12%	0.43	SS
10	24	10	May 2	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.205	.279	.205	.484	1	.80	-0.057	1.92	-0.08%	-0.60	SS
11	25	11	May 3	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1		.205	.271	.205	.475	1	.68	0.001	1.73	0.00%	-0.35	SS
12	26	12	May 4	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.283	.286	.569	1	1.39	0.092	2.98	0.12%	0.10	SS
13	27	13	May 5 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.281	.283	.564	1	1.14	-0.067	2.93	-0.10%	-0.48	SS
14	28	14	May 5 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.246	.306	.298	.605	1	.71	0.037	1.53	0.05%	0.34	SS
15	29	15	May 6	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.279	.333	.328	.661	1	.69	0.065	1.84	0.10%	0.45	SS
16	30	16	May 7	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.266	.329	.313	.641	1	.64	-0.020	1.79	-0.03%	-0.24	SS
17	31	17	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.311	.294	.605	1	.53	-0.055	1.60	-0.10%	-1.19	SS
18	32	18	May 9	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.247	.304	.288	.591	1	2.00	-0.033	5.34	-0.05%	-0.58	SS
19	33	19	May 10	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.247	.301	.286	.587	1	.39	0.021	.97	0.03%	-0.10	SS
20	34	20	May 11	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.247	.299	.309	.607	1	1.09	0.036	3.13	0.06%	0.58	SS
21	35	21	May 14	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.256	.304	.314	.618	1	1.94	0.046	6.35	0.09%	0.28	SS
22	36	22	May 15	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.323	.333	.656	1	.85	-0.004	1.70	0.00%	0.03	SS
23	37	23	May 16	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.320	.340	.660	1	1.49	-0.087	2.87	-0.10%	-0.54	SS
24	38	24	May 17	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.263	.305	.323	.628	1	1.27	-0.143	2.76	-0.19%	-1.35	SS
25	39	25	May 18	PIT		BRO	W,11-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.262	.303	.320	.623	6	.43	-0.034	.83	-0.04%	0.34	SS
26	40	26	May 20	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.262	.301	.318	.619	6	.48	0.006	1.01	0.01%	-0.01	SS
27	41	27	May 22	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.248	.286	.301	.587	6	2.22	-0.278	4.89	-0.37%	-1.72	SS
28	42	28	May 23	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0		.243	.293	.296	.588	6	2.09	0.086	5.02	0.12%	0.19	SS
29	43	29	May 24	PIT		BSN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.299	.303	.602	6	.32	-0.003	.63	0.00%	0.61	SS
30	44	30	May 27	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.298	.301	.599	6	2.30	-0.217	4.15	-0.24%	-0.92	SS
31	45	31	May 28	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.260	.304	.339	.642	6	.40	0.104	.67	0.11%	1.62	SS
32	46	32	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.254	.302	.331	.633	6	.96	-0.090	1.62	-0.09%	-0.85	SS
33	47	33	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.296	.323	.619	6	.88	-0.059	1.50	-0.06%	-0.59	SS
34	48	34	May 31	PIT		STL	W,12-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.243	.295	.316	.611	6	1.09	-0.011	1.49	-0.01%	-0.47	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	49	35	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.295	.312	.607	7	1.21	-0.071	2.61	-0.09%	-0.52	SS
36	50	36	Jun 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.241	.301	.312	.613	7	1.39	-0.013	2.41	-0.01%	0.02	SS
37	51	37	Jun 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.301	.313	.614	7	.64	-0.027	1.25	-0.03%	-0.16	SS
38	52	38	Jun 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.296	.306	.602	7	.95	-0.076	1.49	-0.07%	-0.94	SS
39	53	39	Jun 6	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.240	.296	.313	.610	7	.85	0.043	.68	0.02%	0.45	SS
40	54	40	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		1		.242	.301	.314	.615	7	.62	0.056	.55	0.03%	0.86	SS
41	55	41	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.236	.294	.306	.600	7	1.20	-0.116	1.01	-0.06%	-0.78	SS
42	56	42	Jun 10	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		0		0		.234	.305	.304	.608	7	1.64	0.062	1.13	0.03%	0.46	SS
43	57	43	Jun 11	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG(16)	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.233	.306	.301	.606	1	2.20	0.160	1.18	0.05%	0.14	SS
44	58	44	Jun 12	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.229	.301	.295	.596	1	1.84	-0.116	1.24	-0.05%	-0.74	SS
45	59	45	Jun 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.299	.294	.594	1	1.02	-0.063	.57	-0.02%	-0.48	SS
46	60	46	Jun 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.240	.307	.303	.610	1	.49	0.037	.23	0.01%	1.23	SS
47	61	47	Jun 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.301	.296	.597	1	.37	-0.036	.15	-0.01%	-0.58	SS
48	62	48	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG(10)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.234	.302	.293	.595	1	2.07	-0.200	.52	-0.03%	-0.87	SS
49	63	49	Jun 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.306	.294	.600	1	1.75	-0.070	.38	-0.01%	-0.14	SS
50	64	50	Jun 19	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.300	.288	.588	1	1.20	-0.115	.23	-0.01%	-0.69	SS
51	65	51	Jun 20	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.236	.304	.292	.596	1	.93	0.105	.13	0.01%	0.89	SS
52	66	52	Jun 21	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.236	.303	.291	.594	1	.53	-0.039	.08	0.00%	-0.05	SS
53	67	53	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.306	.292	.598	1	.63	0.014	.14	0.00%	0.08	SS
54	68	54	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.234	.305	.288	.593	1	.70	-0.013	.09	0.00%	0.15	SS
55	69	55	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,15-1	CG	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.229	.302	.281	.583	1	.95	0.133	.13	0.01%	0.58	SS
56	70	56	Jun 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	5	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.312	.299	.611	1	.51	0.058	.08	0.01%	1.81	SS
57	71	57	Jun 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.306	.292	.598	1	.96	-0.136	.11	-0.01%	-1.44	SS
58	72	58	Jun 28	PIT	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.228	.300	.286	.585	1	.30	-0.033	.03	0.00%	-1.03	SS
59	73	59	Jun 29 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.228	.299	.285	.584	1	.79	0.011	.07	0.00%	0.07	SS
60	74	60	Jun 29 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.228	.298	.284	.583	6	1.59	0.009	.16	0.00%	-0.28	SS
61	75	61	Jun 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		1		.230	.298	.285	.584	6	1.66	0.069	.16	0.00%	0.53	SS
62	76	62	Jun 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG(11)	6	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.234	.304	.301	.605	1	1.32	0.332	.08	0.01%	1.40	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
63	77	63	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.235	.303	.300	.604	1	.94	0.012	.07	0.00%	0.27	SS
64	78	64	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.309	.304	.612	1	1.83	0.202	.09	0.01%	0.92	SS
65	79	65	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.307	.302	.608	1	1.41	0.094	.08	0.00%	0.04	SS
66	80	66	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.237	.305	.300	.605	1	.80	-0.124	.05	-0.01%	-1.81	SS
67	81	67	Jul 5	PIT		NYG	W,10-4	CG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		0		0		.239	.314	.301	.615	1	.37	0.030	.05	0.00%	0.63	SS
68	82	68	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,17-1	CG	6	5	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.246	.321	.314	.635	1	.35	0.072	.04	0.01%	1.43	SS
69	83	69	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.323	.321	.644	1	.94	0.064	.16	0.01%	0.81	SS
70	84	70	Jul 8	PIT		BSN	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.246	.319	.316	.635	1	.46	-0.044	.09	-0.01%	-0.73	SS
71	85	72 (1)	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	L,4-9	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.245	.320	.315	.635	1	.47	0.031	.12	0.01%	0.32	SS
72	86	78 (5)	Jul 17	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.319	.314	.633	1	2.16	-0.052	.32	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
73	87	79	Jul 18	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.240	.316	.308	.624	1	1.97	-0.033	.33	0.00%	-0.32	SS
74	88	80	Jul 19	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.318	.309	.627	1	.67	0.025	.07	0.00%	0.19	SS
75	89	81	Jul 20 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.318	.305	.623	1	.90	-0.029	.15	0.00%	-0.01	SS
76	90	82	Jul 20 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.235	.314	.301	.615	1	1.26	-0.105	.31	-0.02%	-0.72	SS
77	91	83	Jul 22	PIT		BSN	W,7-2	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.237	.315	.302	.617	1	.97	0.024	.16	0.00%	0.16	SS
78	92	84	Jul 24	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.317	.303	.620	1	1.58	-0.008	.36	0.00%	-0.10	SS
79	93	85	Jul 25 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.313	.299	.612	1	.29	-0.027	.08	-0.01%	-0.63	SS
80	94	86	Jul 25 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.234	.312	.297	.609	1	.41	-0.026	.09	0.00%	-0.63	SS
							40-40		344	303	37	71	5	7	0	19	32	1	14	2	5		7		12		.234	.312	.297	.609		1.04	-0.738	1.32	-1.29%	-7.50

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