Burt Hooton

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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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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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

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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

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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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