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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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 7)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
3	3	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
4	4	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	47	13.0	4	3	1	8	0
5	5	Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
7	7	Apr 23	PIT		STL	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 24	PIT		STL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	55	15.0	4	5	2	11	0
10	10	Apr 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	2	6	1
11	11	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PIT		CIN	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
13	13	May 2	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
14	14	May 5	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
15	15	May 6	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
16	16	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
17	17	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
19	19	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
20	20	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	21	May 15	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	22	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	CG	61	15.0	3	2	0	5	0
23	23	May 18	PIT		BSN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
24	24	May 19	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
25	25	May 20	PIT		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
26	26	May 21	PIT		BSN	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
27	27	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
28	28	May 23	PIT	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 24	PIT		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
30	30	May 25	PIT		BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
31	31	May 26	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
32	32	May 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
33	33	May 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	34	May 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	35	May 31 (1)	PIT		STL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	36	May 31 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,4-5	CG	64	15.0	2	8	3	13	0
38	38	Jun 2	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 6	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	2	6	0	8	2
40	40	Jun 9	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	48	9.1	5	5	2	12	0
41	41	Jun 10	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	1	1	4	1
42	42	Jun 11	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
43	52 (9)	Jun 25	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	53	Jun 26	PIT		CHC	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
45	54	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	55	Jun 28 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	56	Jun 28 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
48	57	Jun 29 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	6	1	0	7	1
49	58	Jun 29 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-14	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	59	Jun 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	60	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	31	7.1	3	5	0	8	2
52	61	Jul 2	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	62	Jul 3	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
54	63	Jul 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	3
55	64	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	65	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	2	3	1	6	0
57	66	Jul 6	PIT		CIN	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	67	Jul 7	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
59	72 (4)	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	73	Jul 13	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
61	74	Jul 14	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
62	75	Jul 15	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
63	76	Jul 16	PIT		NYG	L,0-7	CG	71	17.0	1	9	2	12	0
64	77	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	78	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
66	79	Jul 20	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
67	80	Jul 21	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
68	81	Jul 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
69	82	Jul 23	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	83	Jul 24	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
71	84	Jul 25	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	85	Jul 26	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
73	89 (3)	Jul 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	4	9	2
74	90	Jul 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
75	91	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	92	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	93	Aug 2	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
78	94	Aug 3	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	95	Aug 4	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	96	Aug 5	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	10.0	2	5	0	7	2
81	97	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
82	98	Aug 8	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
83	99	Aug 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-9	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
84	100	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	101	Aug 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	102	Aug 12	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	103	Aug 13	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
88	104	Aug 14 (1)	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
89	106 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	4	7	1	12	0
90	107	Aug 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	123 (15)	Sep 1	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
92	124	Sep 2	PIT		NYG	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
93	125	Sep 3	PIT		CHC	L,2-4	CG	51	13.0	0	4	1	5	0
94	126	Sep 4	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
95	127	Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
96	128	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
							96gm		879.0	191	296	37	524	40