:Howdy Caton

{{Short description|American baseball player (1894–1948)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Howdy Caton

|position=Shortstop

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|7|16}}

|birth_place=Zanesville, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1948|1|8|1894|7|16}}

|death_place=Zanesville, Ohio

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 17

|debutyear=1917

|debutteam= Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 6

|finalyear=1920

|finalteam= Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.226

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=53

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1917}}–{{baseball year|1920}})

}}

James Howard "Howdy" Caton (July 16, 1894 – January 8, 1948) was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop over parts of four seasons (1917–20) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. For his career, he compiled a .226 batting average in 814 at-bats, with 53 runs batted in.

He was born and later died in Zanesville, Ohio at the age of 53.