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Howdy Caton
James Howard Caton (Buster)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 17, 1917
Final Game September 6, 1920
Born July 16, 1896 in Zanesville, OH
Died January 8, 1948 in Zanesville, OH

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 20 PIT NL  14   57    6   12   1  2   0    4   0      6   7  .211  .286  .298   77   17   0           0    
 1918 21 PIT NL  80  303   37   71   5  7   0   17  12     32  16  .234  .312  .297   83   90   8           2    
 1919 22 PIT NL  39  102   13   18   1  2   0    5   2     12  10  .176  .263  .225   45   23   6           0    
 1920 23 PIT NL  98  352   29   83  11  5   0   27   4  9  33  19  .236  .305  .295   71  104   7           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      231  814   85  184  18 16   0   53  18  9  83  52  .226  .301  .287   73  234  21   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        571   60  129  13 11   0   37  13  6  58  36  .226  .301  .287   73  164  15   0   0   3   0
 Career High     98  352   37   83  11  7   0   27  12  9  33  19  .236  .312  .297   83  104   8   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 20 PIT NL   63   45    5   3.0    81| .211  .260| .286  .318| .298  .343| .584  .661|  77  .451  -1.7  -0.2     
 1918 21 PIT NL  345  240   28   3.2    82| .234  .265| .312  .323| .297  .342| .609  .664|  83  .461  -5.8  -0.7     
 1919 22 PIT NL  120   90    6   1.8    85| .176  .269| .263  .324| .225  .353| .488  .677|  45  .223  -6.8  -0.8     
 1920 23 PIT NL  394  285   30   2.9    93| .236  .280| .305  .334| .295  .372| .600  .706|  71  .367 -13.0  -1.4  30%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       922  660   69   2.8    87| .226  .271| .301  .327| .287  .356| .588  .684|  73  .390 -27.3  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 20 PIT NL SS 14 21 47 8 5 .895 .932 4.86 5.15 1918 21 PIT NL SS 79 136 276 32 35 .928 .934 5.22 5.63 1919 22 PIT NL SS 17 24 27 4 3 .927 .943 3.00 5.49 3B 14 12 25 2 1 .949 .946 2.64 3.10 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 1 0 1920 23 PIT NL SS 96 191 296 37 40 .929 .941 5.07 5.47
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 22 PIT NL 3B 14 12 25 2 1 .949 .946 2.64 3.10 1919 22 PIT NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 1 0 1917 20 PIT NL SS 14 21 47 8 5 .895 .932 4.86 5.15 1918 21 PIT NL SS 79 136 276 32 35 .928 .934 5.22 5.63 1919 22 PIT NL SS 17 24 27 4 3 .927 .943 3.00 5.49 1920 23 PIT NL SS 96 191 296 37 40 .929 .941 5.07 5.47
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 206 372 646 81 83 .926 .938 4.94 5.51 3B 14 12 25 2 1 .949 .946 2.64 3.10 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 221 386 671 83 84 .927 .938 4.78 5.34
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.

Youngest Player
1917 NL-20-9

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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