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Burt Hooton

Birthdate:

2/7/1950

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 210 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Greenville, TX, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Burt Hooton was brought up to the big leagues in Sept. 1971 by the Chicago Cubs and in his first three starts held opposing batters to a mere .111 batting ave. The next season on April 16, Hooton pitched a no-hitter vs. the Phillies in his fourth major league start. In his rookie year, Hooton was 11-14 and an ERA of 2.80. His pitching declined after that year and he was traded to the L.A. Dodgers in 1975 and won 12 games in a row, finishing 18-9. In 1978, he went 19-10, a .271 ERA, started 32 games and completed 10 with 3 shutouts.

His knuckle-curve made him a mainstay of the Dodgers for nine seasons including helping win three pennants. Hooton beat the N.Y. Yankees in the final game of the 1981 World Series. In three League Championships Hooton was 2-0 and his record for three World Series was 3-3, a ERA of 3.69 - pitched in 32 innings. Burt Hooton lifetime stats: 151-136, a low 3.38 ERA, pitched in 2651 innings. Copyright 2005 baseballhistorian.com - from archives

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1971	CHC (NL)	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	21.1	8	5	5	2	10	0	22	1	0	0	2.11
1972	CHC (NL)	33	31	11	14	0	9	3	218.1	201	78	68	13	81	7	132	8	1	0	2.80
1973	CHC (NL)	42	34	14	17	0	9	2	239.2	248	107	98	12	73	7	134	9	4	1	3.68
1974	CHC (NL)	48	21	7	11	1	3	1	176.1	214	112	94	16	51	6	94	7	3	0	4.80
1975	CHC (NL)	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	18	12	10	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	8.18
1975	LAD (NL)	31	30	18	7	0	12	4	223.2	172	76	70	16	64	2	148	3	0	1	2.82
1976	LAD (NL)	33	33	11	15	0	8	4	226.2	203	93	82	16	60	6	116	2	1	0	3.26
1977	LAD (NL)	32	31	12	7	1	6	2	223.1	184	74	65	14	60	5	153	5	3	1	2.62
1978	LAD (NL)	32	32	19	10	0	10	3	236.0	196	74	71	17	61	4	104	3	0	0	2.71
1979	LAD (NL)	29	29	11	10	0	12	1	212.0	191	85	70	11	63	4	129	6	2	0	2.97
1980	LAD (NL)	34	33	14	8	1	4	2	206.2	194	90	84	22	64	1	118	4	0	1	3.66
1981	LAD (NL)	23	23	11	6	0	5	4	142.1	124	42	36	3	33	2	74	3	2	0	2.28
1982	LAD (NL)	21	21	4	7	0	2	2	120.2	130	57	54	5	33	2	51	4	2	0	4.03
1983	LAD (NL)	33	27	9	8	0	2	0	160.0	156	86	75	21	59	4	87	3	2	0	4.22
1984	LAD (NL)	54	6	3	6	4	0	0	110.0	109	43	42	5	43	6	62	2	0	0	3.44
1985	TEX (AL)	29	20	5	8	0	2	0	124.0	149	78	72	18	40	2	62	2	0	0	5.23
16 years		480	377	151	136	7	86	29	2652.0	2497	1112	996	193	799	58	1491	62	20	4	3.38

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1971	CHC (NL)	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.125	SLG
1972	CHC (NL)	33	72	4	9	1	0	1	6	4	37	0	0	0	0	5	0	.125	.171	SLG
1973	CHC (NL)	42	70	4	9	0	0	0	3	10	24	0	1	0	0	5	0	.129	.238	SLG
1974	CHC (NL)	48	50	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	22	0	0	0	1	7	0	.60	.113	SLG
1975	CHC (NL)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1975	LAD (NL)	31	70	6	9	3	0	1	7	4	27	0	0	0	0	13	0	.129	.176	SLG
1976	LAD (NL)	33	62	2	6	1	0	0	4	3	28	0	0	0	1	13	2	.97	.147	SLG
1977	LAD (NL)	32	67	1	11	2	0	0	3	2	15	0	0	0	0	14	0	.164	.188	SLG
1978	LAD (NL)	32	67	4	10	1	0	0	2	7	15	0	0	0	0	18	0	.149	.230	SLG
1979	LAD (NL)	30	75	5	11	3	0	0	5	1	18	0	0	0	0	8	0	.147	.158	SLG
1980	LAD (NL)	34	64	4	4	0	0	1	6	3	15	0	0	0	0	14	0	.63	.104	SLG
1981	LAD (NL)	23	42	3	8	3	0	0	3	4	13	0	0	0	0	7	0	.190	.261	SLG
1982	LAD (NL)	21	35	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	.86	.86	SLG
1983	LAD (NL)	33	50	5	8	2	0	0	7	3	15	0	0	0	0	4	0	.160	.208	SLG
1984	LAD (NL)	54	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	.71	.71	SLG
1985	TEX (AL)	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
16 years		481	748	42	92	18	0	4	49	44	243	0	1	0	2	117	2	.123	.173	.SLG

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