Burt Hooton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: February 7, 1950 in Greenville, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 5th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Richard King HS (Corpus Christi, TX) and the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Richard King HS (Corpus Christi, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: June 17, 1971 (Age 21-130d, 13,128th in major league history)
vs. STL 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 6, 1985 (Age 35-211d)
vs. CHW 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Burt Carlton Hooton

Nicknames: Happy

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.6

151

136

ERA

3.38

480

377

2652.0

1491

WHIP

1.243

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	GS	26	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
2	7 (3)	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	W,18-9	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	11 (3)	Apr 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	15 (3)	Apr 27	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS	21	4.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
5	17 (1)	Apr 29	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-18		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	20 (2)	May 3	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	GS	31	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	25 (4)	May 10	CHC		NYM	L,2-7	GS	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
8	29 (3)	May 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	37	10.1	2	4	0	6	0	P
9	34 (4)	May 20	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
10	39 (4)	May 26	CHC		STL	L,1-7	GS	31	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
11	43 (3)	May 31	CHC		LAD	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	47 (3)	Jun 5	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	51 (3)	Jun 9	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
14	55 (3)	Jun 14	CHC		HOU	W,10-7	GS	22	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	57 (1)	Jun 16	CHC		HOU	W,2-1	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	58	Jun 17	CHC		SDP	L,5-7		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	60 (1)	Jun 19	CHC		SDP	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	64 (3)	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	66 (1)	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	67	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	GF	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
21	69 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,8-7		14	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	72 (2)	Jun 30	CHC	@	MON	L,2-10		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	79 (6)	Jul 6	CHC		ATL	L,2-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	81 (1)	Jul 9	CHC		CIN	L,5-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	83 (1)	Jul 11	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	85 (1)	Jul 13	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-4		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	86	Jul 14	CHC	@	HOU	L,6-7		11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	89 (2)	Jul 17	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-7		7	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	93 (3)	Jul 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS	22	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	94	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-10	GS	23	4.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
31	98 (3)	Jul 29	CHC		STL	L,4-11	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	100 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		MON	L,4-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	102 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4		8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
34	106 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	107	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	110 (2)	Aug 9	CHC		SFG	L,0-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	112 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-6		8	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	119 (6)	Aug 19	CHC		LAD	L,7-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	121 (1)	Aug 21	CHC		LAD	L,5-7	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	123 (1)	Aug 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1		9	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	P
41	126 (2)	Aug 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS	23	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	132 (5)	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,4-11		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	135 (2)	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	GS	30	6.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
44	139 (3)	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,4-12		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	145 (5)	Sep 14	CHC	@	NYM	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
46	149 (3)	Sep 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	153 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	CHC		MON	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	157 (3)	Sep 27	CHC		STL	L,4-10		8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
							48gm		176.1	15	39	1	55	1