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Howdy Caton

James Howard Caton (Buster)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 16, 1894 in Zanesville, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1917
Team: Pirates 1917-1920

Final Game: September 6, 1920
Died: January 8, 1948 in Zanesville, OH
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, OH
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1917 22 PIT NL 14 63 57 6 12 1 2 0 4 0 6 7 .211 .286 .298 .584 76 17 0 0 6
1918 23 PIT NL 80 344 303 37 71 5 7 0 17 12 32 16 .234 .312 .297 .609 83 90 2 8 6
1919 24 PIT NL 39 120 102 13 18 1 2 0 5 2 12 10 .176 .263 .225 .489 45 23 0 6 65/8O
1920 25 PIT NL 98 395 352 29 83 11 5 0 27 4 9 33 19 .236 .305 .295 .600 71 104 2 7 6
4 Yrs 231 922 814 85 184 18 16 0 53 18 9 83 52 .226 .301 .287 .588 72 234 4 21
162 Game Avg. 162 647 571 60 129 13 11 0 37 13 58 36 .226 .301 .287 .588 72 164 3 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1917 22 PIT NL 14 63 -2 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .487 .499 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 6
1918 23 PIT NL 80 344 -5 -0 0 7 5 7 0.8 10 16 1.8 .511 .505 1.0 1.5 9 $ 6
1919 24 PIT NL 39 120 -6 -0 0 -1 2 -6 -0.8 3 -3 -0.4 .481 .495 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 65/8O
1920 25 PIT NL 98 395 -12 -2 0 -3 6 -10 -1.2 12 2 -0.1 .488 .493 0.3 0.3 5 $ 6
4 Seasons 231 922 -25 -2 0 2 14 -11 -1.4 26 16 1.3 .495 .498 1.1 1.9 14 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1917 22 PIT NL 63 45 5 3.0 81 .240 .211 .261 .286 .319 .298 .345 .584 .664 76 .451 -1.7 -0.2 .511 .193 .088
1918 23 PIT NL 344 240 28 3.2 82 .247 .234 .266 .312 .324 .297 .343 .609 .667 83 .461 -6.1 -0.7 .586 .208 .063 .0
1919 24 PIT NL 120 90 6 1.8 85 .196 .176 .269 .263 .324 .225 .353 .489 .677 45 .223 -6.8 -0.8 .440 .186 .049 .0
1920 25 PIT NL 395 285 30 2.9 93 .249 .236 .280 .305 .334 .295 .372 .600 .706 71 .366 -13.0 -1.4 .482 .139 .060 .0
4 Yrs 922 660 69 2.8 87 .241 .226 .272 .301 .328 .287 .357 .588 .685 72 .390 -27.6 -3.1 .516 .174 .061 .0
162 Game Avg. 647 463 48 2.8 87 .241 .226 .272 .301 .328 .287 .357 .588 .685 72 .390 -27.6 -3.1 .516 .174 .061

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 23 PIT NL 344 0.0% 4.7% 9.3% 3.5% 17% 0.50 18.9 17.8 83%
1919 24 PIT NL 120 0.0% 8.3% 10.0% 2.5% 17% 0.83 10.2 20.4 77%
1920 25 PIT NL 395 0.0% 4.8% 8.4% 4.1% 19% 0.58 18.5 13.0 84%
4 Yrs 859 0.0% 6.1% 9.7% 4.0% 19% 0.63 15.7 15.4 89%
MLB Averages 0.7% 11.3% 10.0% 7.0% 22% 1.13 10.7 187.1 10.1 109%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1917 22 14 63 57 6 12 1 2 0 4 0 6 7 .211 .286 .298 .584 76 17 0 0
1918 23 94 407 360 43 83 6 9 0 21 12 38 23 .231 .308 .297 .605 82 107 2 8
1919 24 133 527 462 56 101 7 11 0 26 14 50 33 .219 .298 .281 .579 74 130 2 14
1920 25 231 922 814 85 184 18 16 0 53 18 9 83 52 .226 .301 .287 .588 72 234 4 21

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1917 22 15 68 61 8 14 1 2 0 5 0 7 7 .230 .309 .311 .620 6 14
1918 23 102 453 395 55 99 7 10 0 25 17 45 20 .251 .332 .319 .651 41 80
1919 24 45 142 120 17 23 1 3 0 7 3 15 12 .192 .281 .250 .531 8 39
1920 25 103 421 375 33 92 12 6 0 31 4 37 20 .245 .316 .309 .626 36 98
4 Yrs 265 1084 951 113 228 21 21 0 68 24 104 59 .240 .318 .306 .624 91 231
162 Game Avg. 162 663 581 69 139 13 13 0 42 15 64 36 .240 .318 .306 .624 56 231

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1918 NL  1.5 (3rd)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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