Howdy Caton
James Howard Caton (Buster)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 16, 1896 in Zanesville, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1917
Final Game: September 6, 1920
Died: January 8, 1948 in Zanesville, OH
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Standard Batting

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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 20 PIT NL 14 63 57 6 12 1 2 0 4 0 6 7 .211 .286 .298 .584 77 17 0 0 6
1918 21 PIT NL 80 345 303 37 71 5 7 0 17 12 32 16 .234 .312 .297 .609 83 90 2 8 6
1919 22 PIT NL 39 120 102 13 18 1 2 0 5 2 12 10 .176 .263 .225 .489 45 23 0 6 65/O
1920 23 PIT NL 98 394 352 29 83 11 5 0 27 4 9 33 19 .236 .305 .295 .600 71 104 2 7 6
4 Seasons 231 922 814 85 184 18 16 0 53 18 9 83 52 .226 .301 .287 .588 73 234 4 21
162 Game Avg. 162 647 571 60 129 13 11 0 37 13 58 36 .226 .301 .287 .588 73 164 3 15

Advanced Batting

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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 20 PIT NL 63 45 5 3.0 81 .240 .211 .260 .286 .318 .298 .343 .584 .661 77 .451 -1.7 -0.2 .511 .193 .088
1918 21 PIT NL 345 240 28 3.2 82 .247 .234 .265 .312 .323 .297 .342 .609 .664 83 .461 -5.8 -0.7 .586 .208 .063 .0
1919 22 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 23 PIT NL 394 285 30 2.9 93 .249 .236 .280 .305 .334 .295 .372 .600 .706 71 .367 -13.0 -1.4 .482 .139 .060 .0
4 Seasons 922 660 69 2.8 87 .241 .226 .271 .301 .327 .287 .356 .588 .684 73 .390 -27.3 -3.1 .516 .174 .061 .0
162 Game Avg. 647 463 48 2.8 87 .241 .226 .271 .301 .327 .287 .356 .588 .684 73 .390 -27.3 -3.1 .516 .174 .061

Cumulative Batting

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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 20 14 63 57 6 12 1 2 0 4 0 6 7 .211 .286 .298 .584 77 17 0 0
1918 21 94 408 360 43 83 6 9 0 21 12 38 23 .231 .308 .297 .605 82 107 2 8
1919 22 133 528 462 56 101 7 11 0 26 14 50 33 .219 .298 .281 .579 74 130 2 14
1920 23 231 922 814 85 184 18 16 0 53 18 9 83 52 .226 .301 .287 .588 73 234 4 21

Neutralized Batting

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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 20 15 68 61 8 14 1 2 0 5 0 7 7 .230 .309 .311 .620 6 14
1918 21 102 446 397 56 101 7 10 0 26 17 46 20 .254 .336 .322 .659 42 80
1919 22 45 135 120 17 23 1 3 0 7 3 15 12 .192 .281 .250 .531 8 39
1920 23 103 408 371 33 88 12 5 0 31 4 35 20 .237 .306 .296 .603 34 98
4 Seasons 265 1057 949 114 226 21 20 0 69 24 103 59 .238 .316 .302 .618 90 231
162 Game Avg. 162 646 580 70 138 13 12 0 42 15 63 36 .238 .316 .302 .618 55 231

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1917 NL--born 1896-07-16--9th

                                         

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jack Farrell (987)
  2. Roy Grover (984)
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  4. Dan Sullivan (983)
  5. Dud Lee (982)
  6. Jerry Harrington (981)
  7. Pickles Dillhoefer (980)
  8. Coot Veal (980)
  9. Bob Ramazzotti (980)
  10. Kermit Wahl (979)
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