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Burt Hooton

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Full Name: Burt Carlton Hooton Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/210 First Game: June 17, 1971
Birthdate: February 7, 1950 Final Game: September 6, 1985
Birthplace: Greenville, Texas MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on February 7, 1950 in Greenville, Texas, Burt Hooton (Burt Carlton Hooton) played for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers over the course of his 15 year career. Hooton broke into the bigs on June 17, 1971 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.80 ERA in 218.1 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Burt Hooton's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1975, when he posted a 3.07 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 153 batters. However, others believe that it was 1978, when he posted a 2.71 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 104 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1971 CHI N 3 3 2 0 2.11 22 5 5 2 1 0 21.1 8 2 10 0 1 0
1972 CHI N 33 31 11 14 2.80 132 78 68 9 3 0 218.1 201 13 81 7 8 1
1973 CHI N 42 34 14 17 3.68 134 107 98 9 2 0 239.2 248 12 73 7 9 4
1974 CHI N 48 21 7 11 4.80 94 112 94 3 1 1 176.1 214 16 51 6 7 3
1975 LA N 31 30 18 7 2.82 148 76 70 12 4 0 223.2 172 16 64 2 3 0
1975 CHI N 3 3 0 2 8.18 5 12 10 0 0 0 11 18 2 4 0 0 0
1975 TOT N 34 33 18 9 3.07 153 88 80 12 4 0 234.2 190 18 68 2 3 0
1976 LA N 33 33 11 15 3.26 116 93 82 8 4 0 226.2 203 16 60 6 2 1
1977 LA N 32 31 12 7 2.62 153 74 65 6 2 1 223.1 184 14 60 5 5 3
1978 LA N 32 32 19 10 2.71 104 74 71 10 3 0 236 196 17 61 4 3 0
1979 LA N 29 29 11 10 2.97 129 85 70 12 1 0 212 191 11 63 4 6 2
1980 LA N 34 33 14 8 3.66 118 90 84 4 2 1 206.2 194 22 64 1 4 0
1981 LA N 23 23 11 6 2.28 74 42 36 5 4 0 142.1 124 3 33 2 3 2
1982 LA N 21 21 4 7 4.03 51 57 54 2 2 0 120.2 130 5 33 2 4 2
1983 LA N 33 27 9 8 4.22 87 86 75 2 0 0 160 156 21 59 4 3 2
1984 LA N 54 6 3 6 3.44 62 43 42 0 0 4 110 109 5 43 6 2 0
1985 TEX A 29 20 5 8 5.23 62 78 72 2 0 0 124 149 18 40 2 2 0
Total NL 451 357 146 128 3.29 1429 1034 924 84 29 7 2528 2348 175 759 56 60 20
Total AL 29 20 5 8 5.23 62 78 72 2 0 0 124 149 18 40 2 2 0
Total 480 377 151 136 3.38 1491 1112 996 86 29 7 2652 2497 193 799 58 62 20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 CHI N P 3 3 21.1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .750
1972 CHI N P 33 31 218.1 13 35 1 2 0 3 25 5 1 .980
1973 CHI N P 42 34 239.2 21 32 4 0 0 3 13 6 3 .930
1974 CHI N P 48 21 176.1 15 39 1 1 0 5 21 6 0 .982
1975 LA N P 31 30 223.2 12 23 1 0 0 3 10 5 0 .972
1975 CHI N P 3 3 11 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.000
1975 TOT N P 34 33 234.2 13 29 1 0 0 3 12 7 0 .977
1976 LA N P 33 33 226.2 6 31 0 0 0 0 25 10 1 1.000
1977 LA N P 32 31 223.1 11 31 0 4 0 3 15 6 0 1.000
1978 LA N P 32 32 236 12 33 1 4 0 0 22 12 2 .978
1979 LA N P 29 29 212 12 26 0 3 0 0 14 7 0 1.000
1980 LA N P 34 33 206.2 23 26 4 2 0 2 35 8 1 .925
1981 LA N P 23 23 142.1 4 18 0 2 0 3 18 5 1 1.000
1982 LA N P 21 21 120.2 9 21 0 1 0 2 17 9 0 1.000
1983 LA N P 33 27 160 8 24 2 1 0 0 19 15 0 .941
1984 LA N P 54 6 110 6 15 0 1 0 1 12 9 1 1.000
1985 TEX A P 29 20 124 9 13 1 0 0 1 8 4 1 .957
Total P 480 377 2652 165 373 16 21 0 26 257 109 11 .971

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1971 CHI N 3 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHI N 33 72 4 9 1 6 .125 .171 .181 1 0 4 37 0 5 0 0 0
1973 CHI N 42 70 4 9 0 3 .129 .237 .129 0 0 10 24 0 5 0 0 1
1974 CHI N 48 50 1 3 0 1 .060 .113 .080 1 0 2 22 1 7 0 0 1
1975 LA N 31 70 6 9 1 7 .129 .176 .214 3 0 4 27 0 13 0 0 1
1975 CHI N 3 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TOT N 34 73 6 9 1 7 .123 .169 .205 3 0 4 27 0 13 0 0 1
1976 LA N 33 62 2 6 0 4 .097 .147 .113 1 0 3 28 1 13 0 0 0
1977 LA N 32 67 1 11 0 3 .164 .188 .194 2 0 2 15 0 14 0 0 0
1978 LA N 32 67 4 10 0 2 .149 .230 .164 1 0 7 15 0 18 0 0 2
1979 LA N 30 75 5 11 0 5 .147 .158 .187 3 0 1 18 0 8 0 0 0
1980 LA N 34 64 4 4 1 6 .063 .104 .109 0 0 3 15 0 14 0 0 0
1981 LA N 23 42 3 8 0 3 .190 .261 .262 3 0 4 13 0 7 0 0 0
1982 LA N 21 35 3 3 1 1 .086 .086 .200 1 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 0
1983 LA N 33 50 5 8 0 7 .160 .208 .200 2 0 3 15 0 4 0 0 1
1984 LA N 54 14 0 1 0 1 .071 .071 .071 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1985 TEX A 29 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 452 748 42 92 4 49 .123 .173 .163 18 0 44 243 2 117 0 0 6
Total AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 481 748 42 92 4 49 .123 .173 .163 18 0 44 243 2 117 0 0 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by New York Mets in the 5th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
  • Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Geoff Zahn and Eddie Solomon (May 2, 1975).
  • Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (December 20, 1984).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (March 27, 1986).

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