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.