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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
6	6	Apr 25	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 26	PIT		CIN	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
10	10	May 2	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
11	11	May 3	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
12	12	May 4	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
13	13	May 5 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
14	14	May 5 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	15	May 6	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
16	16	May 7	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	3	6	0
17	17	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
18	18	May 9	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
19	19	May 10	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
20	20	May 11	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
21	21	May 14	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	22	May 15	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
23	23	May 16	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	2	7	1
24	24	May 17	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
25	25	May 18	PIT		BRO	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
26	26	May 20	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
27	27	May 22	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	50	12.0	5	4	0	9	1
28	28	May 23	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	29	May 24	PIT		BSN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 27	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 28	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
32	32	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
33	33	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
34	34	May 31	PIT		STL	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	36	Jun 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	37	Jun 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
38	38	Jun 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	3	4	1	8	1
39	39	Jun 6	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
41	41	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	44	11.2	1	5	1	7	2
42	42	Jun 10	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 11	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	63	16.0	5	5	1	11	0
44	44	Jun 12	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	7	2	11	1
46	46	Jun 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
47	47	Jun 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
48	48	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	47	9.1	2	2	0	4	1
49	49	Jun 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 19	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	5	8	1	14	1
51	51	Jun 20	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
52	52	Jun 21	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
54	54	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
55	55	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,15-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
56	56	Jun 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
58	58	Jun 28	PIT	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
59	59	Jun 29 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
60	60	Jun 29 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
62	62	Jun 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	3	3	1	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
64	64	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	65	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	3	6	0	9	2
66	66	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
67	67	Jul 5	PIT		NYG	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
68	68	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,17-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
69	69	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	70	Jul 8	PIT		BSN	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
71	72 (1)	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	L,4-9	GS	25	4.0	2	1	0	3	1
72	79 (6)	Jul 18	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	CG	47	13.0	2	8	0	10	0
73	80	Jul 19	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
74	81	Jul 20 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	82	Jul 20 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
76	83	Jul 22	PIT		BSN	W,7-2	GS	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	84	Jul 24	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	10	0	11	0
78	85	Jul 25 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
79	86	Jul 25 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
							79gm		705.0	136	276	32	444	38