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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.6

151

136

ERA

3.38

480

377

2652.0

1491

WHIP

1.243

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-11 / in Starts: 21-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	226	5	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.50	1.92	22	10	6	0	2	4	62			2	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.122	1.49	0.14%	1.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2	227	9	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	L,2-8	GS-3	L(0-2)	5	2.2	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	7.27	2.59	17	3	3	0	1	8	17			2	1	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.353	1.96	-0.46%	-4.88	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d6
3	228	14	Apr 22	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.08	2.70	33	13	10	1	2	6	71			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.228	1.69	0.26%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	229	19	Apr 29	LAD	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-3)	6	7.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.28	2.67	25	11	7	1	1	2	70			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.26	0.156	2.50	0.19%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	230	24	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.94	2.97	35	15	7	0	3	7	67			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.140	1.05	0.18%	2.22	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a5
6	231	29	May 11	LAD		STL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-4)	5	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.88	3.08	26	12	6	1	1	5	62			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.020	1.90	0.02%	0.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d2
7	232	33	May 15	LAD		PIT	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	11	6	6	1	5	2	0	3.59	3.40	33	8	8	0	1	11	35			2	1	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	1	.98	-0.212	1.66	-0.22%	-2.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
8	233	38	May 21	LAD		SFG	W,4-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	5	6.2	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.31	3.39	26	6	9	1	3	7	60			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.240	2.21	0.34%	1.89	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a3
9	234	43	May 27	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-4)	5	6.2	2	1	0	3	5	0	0	2.95	3.29	26	7	9	0	2	2	70			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.200	3.13	0.27%	1.60	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	235	48	Jun 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-6	L(4-5)	5	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.22	3.60	24	5	9	1	0	7	43			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.196	.82	-0.19%	-1.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	236	53	Jun 7	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.16	3.57	29	3	9	0	2	8	58			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.150	1.74	0.12%	1.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
12	237	58	Jun 12	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	GS-8	W(5-5)	4	7.2	6	4	4	3	2	3	0	3.31	4.02	31	5	15	5	3	6	50			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.041	1.08	-0.03%	-0.56	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a1
13	238	63	Jun 17	LAD		MON	L,3-6	GS-3	L(5-6)	4	2.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.66	4.02	14	2	3	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.386	2.20	-0.34%	-3.45	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d1
14	239	68	Jun 23	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-6)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.30	3.87	33	11	12	0	0	2	83			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.691	2.60	0.75%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	240	73	Jun 28	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-6	W(7-6)	4	6.0	4	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.28	4.01	27	6	9	0	2	4	54			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.148	1.72	0.12%	1.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	241	79	Jul 3	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-7)	4	5.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.45	4.05	25	10	4	0	1	8	38			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.352	2.11	-0.44%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d2
17	242	84	Jul 8(1)	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.18	3.99	33	8	18	1	0	5	73			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	.43	0.198	1.03	0.28%	2.70	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
18	243	91	Jul 16(2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-9	W(9-7)	7	8.1	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.18	3.84	34	13	11	6	1	2	59			2	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.202	2.29	0.26%	1.55	1b start a 2	9b 12- 1 out a3
19	244	96	Jul 21	LAD		STL	W,7-5	GS-9	W(10-7)	4	8.1	8	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.32	3.89	36	8	14	0	0	8	47			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.010	2.43	0.01%	-1.15	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a3
20	245	101	Jul 26	LAD		CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.24	3.73	35	10	15	8	2	0	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.42	0.187	.95	0.25%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	246	106	Aug 1	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS-9	L(11-8)	5	8.1	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.12	3.66	33	11	12	1	1	5	70			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	0.292	3.42	0.48%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out tie
22	247	111	Aug 6	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.99	3.56	33	11	10	1	2	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	0.211	2.32	0.43%	2.86	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
23	248	116	Aug 11	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.01	3.50	31	8	11	0	3	6	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.56	0.141	8.14	0.44%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
24	249	121	Aug 17	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-9	W(13-8)	5	8.2	7	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.97	3.51	36	12	15	2	2	6	59			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.158	4.55	0.35%	1.32	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a3
25	250	126	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-9	W(14-8)	5	8.0	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.93	3.49	33	6	12	2	3	9	56			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.162	5.37	0.38%	1.04	1b start tie	9b -23 0 out a3
26	251	131	Aug 28	LAD		MON	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.79	3.43	31	9	14	0	3	4	81			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.499	4.10	1.25%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	252	135	Sep 2(1)	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	W(16-8)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.76	3.43	34	11	12	2	1	6	70			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.445	5.33	1.06%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	253	140	Sep 7	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-7	W(17-8)	4	7.0	6	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.75	3.45	31	12	8	1	0	6	54			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.62	0.106	5.71	0.22%	0.88	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
29	254	145	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0	SHO	W(18-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.64	3.42	33	7	14	4	0	5	78			0	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.503	3.40	0.92%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
30	255	150	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(18-9)	4	6.0	6	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.65	3.39	26	4	13	0	3	6	51			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.098	.04	0.00%	-0.35	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
31	256	155	Sep 23	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	GS-7	W(19-9)	5	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	0	2.68	3.47	25	7	8	0	0	6	55			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.080	.07	-0.01%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
32	257	160	Sep 29	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(19-10)	5	8.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.71	3.42	32	13	7	0	0	7	59			3	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.090	.00	0.00%	0.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							21-11		W-L:19-10	4.5	236.0	196	74	71	61	104	17	0	2.71	3.42	942	0.87		6%	8%	180	59		---%	22	12	2	868	26	5	4	13	4	8	1.02	3.401	2.54	7.03%	27.69

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