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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-26 / in Starts: 12-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	71 (39-16-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (35-24-13)

Most Driven In
B Southworth	2
F Mollwitz	1
G Cutshaw	1
W Cooper	1
C Bigbee	0
V Saier	0
F Nicholson	0

Most Driven In By
Z Terry	2
C Stengel	2
B Southworth	1
W Barbare	1
G Cutshaw	1
W Schmidt	1
V Saier	1
M Carey	0

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	95	1	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.56	-0.007	1.51	-0.01%	-0.12	SS
2	96	2	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.286	.375	.286	.661	1	.81	0.069	2.00	0.10%	0.35	SS
3	97	3	Apr 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.417	.222	.639	1	1.24	-0.013	3.38	-0.02%	-0.16	SS
4	98	4	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.375	.231	.606	1	1.04	-0.068	3.37	-0.13%	-0.53	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	99	19 (14)	May 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.353	.214	.567	9	1.61	-0.042	3.85	-0.06%	-0.18	PH
6	100	24 (4)	May 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.200	.533	9	.10	-0.003	.24	0.00%	-0.13	PH
7	101	25	May 26	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.200	.533	2						SS
8	102	27 (1)	May 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-2	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.368	.250	.618	8	1.87	0.074	3.26	0.08%	0.37	PH
9	103	28	May 29	PIT		CIN	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.350	.235	.585	1	2.32	-0.052	4.57	-0.06%	-0.26	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	104	47 (18)	Jun 18	PIT		BSN	L,5-6	11-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.381	.235	.616	9	2.35	0.091	6.71	0.16%	0.24	PH
11	105	48	Jun 19	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.190	.320	.190	.510	1	1.70	0.093	4.43	0.15%	-0.60	CF
12	106	51 (2)	Jun 22	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	9-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.346	.190	.537	9	1.27	0.070	3.74	0.12%	0.36	PH
13	107	53 (1)	Jun 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.333	.182	.515	2	.59	-0.023	2.05	-0.05%	-1.08	PH SS
14	108	54	Jun 25	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.154	.290	.154	.444	2	1.51	-0.149	4.82	-0.29%	-0.93	SS
15	109	55	Jun 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.172	.294	.241	.535	2	.37	0.063	1.54	0.16%	0.39	SS
16	110	56	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.289	.242	.532	2	1.24	-0.081	4.78	-0.19%	-0.61	SS
17	111	57	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.286	.243	.529	2	1.07	-0.013	3.42	-0.02%	-0.14	SS
18	112	58	Jun 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		1		.244	.326	.293	.619	2	.61	0.099	1.47	0.14%	0.69	SS
19	113	59	Jun 30	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.227	.320	.273	.593	2	.92	-0.023	2.23	-0.03%	-0.22	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	114	60	Jul 1	PIT		STL	W,11-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.234	.333	.277	.610	2	.71	0.063	1.72	0.09%	0.61	SS
21	115	61	Jul 2	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.220	.328	.260	.588	2	.63	-0.012	1.62	-0.02%	-0.43	3B SS
22	116	62	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.226	.328	.264	.592	6	.56	-0.031	1.41	-0.05%	-0.83	3B
23	117	63	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.228	.323	.298	.621	6	.36	-0.013	1.06	-0.02%	0.07	3B
24	118	64	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.319	.283	.602	6	.75	0.053	1.83	0.08%	0.49	3B
25	119	65	Jul 5	PIT		CHC	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.301	.266	.567	7	.61	-0.103	1.04	-0.11%	-1.19	3B
26	120	66	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.299	.254	.552	6	1.15	-0.081	2.06	-0.09%	-0.82	3B
27	121	67	Jul 6 susp	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.291	.246	.538	6	1.23	-0.045	1.65	-0.04%	-0.35	3B
28	122	68	Jul 7	PIT		STL	W,14-9	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.205	.301	.260	.561	7	.34	-0.020	.22	-0.01%	1.31	3B
29	123	69	Jul 8	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.291	.250	.541	7	.87	-0.066	.65	-0.03%	-0.49	3B
30	124	70	Jul 9	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.188	.278	.238	.515	7	1.62	-0.183	.93	-0.06%	-1.70	3B
31	125	71	Jul 11	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.193	.287	.241	.528	7	.66	0.152	.40	0.06%	1.66	3B
32	126	72	Jul 12	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.276	.230	.505	7	1.00	-0.165	.81	-0.08%	-1.76	3B
33	127	73	Jul 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.189	.277	.233	.511	7	1.38	-0.009	1.29	-0.01%	0.50	3B
34	128	74	Jul 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.191	.276	.245	.521	7	.97	0.069	.64	0.03%	0.46	3B
35	129	82 (7)	Jul 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.274	.242	.516	1	.35	-0.009	.04	0.00%	-0.08	PH
36	130	83	Jul 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	7-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.278	.240	.517	7	2.14	-0.096	.11	0.00%	0.28	SS
37	131	86 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.186	.275	.237	.512	9	.72	-0.021	.01	0.00%	-0.66	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	132	90 (3)	Aug 2	PIT		BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.178	.265	.228	.493	7	1.04	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.99	SS
39	133	99 (8)	Aug 15 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-3	15-GF(15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.178	.265	.228	.493	5						3B
40	134	105 (5)	Aug 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.263	.225	.489	7	1.33	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.20	SS
							14-26		120	102	13	18	1	2	0	5	12	0	10	0	5		3		2		.176	.263	.225	.489		.96	-0.568	1.88	-0.22%	-6.68

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