Born: (1950-02-07) February 7, 1950 (age 74) Greenville, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
June 17, 1971, for the Chicago Cubs
Last appearance
September 6, 1985, for the Texas Rangers
Career statistics
Win–loss record
151–136
Earned run average
3.38
Strikeouts
1,491
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1971–1975)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1975–1984)
Texas Rangers (1985)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1981)
World Series champion (1981)
NLCS MVP (1981)
Pitched a no-hitter on April 16, 1972
Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7, 1950), nicknamed "Happy", is an American former right-handed starting pitcher and former coach in Major League Baseball. He won 151 games over a 15-year career, mostly with the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Hooton's career began auspiciously with a no-hitter in his fourth major league game for the Cubs, and perhaps gained his widest recognition for his several playoff performances with the Dodgers. His only All-Star appearance was in 1981, when he also was named the NLCS Most Valuable Player on the way to helping the Dodgers to a World Series championship with four postseason wins in five appearances.
He was pitching coach of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Class-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres from 2013 to 2019.
Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7, 1950), nicknamed "Happy", is an American former right-handed starting pitcher and former coach in Major League Baseball...
and Cy Young awards. Joining Valenzuela in the rotation were veterans BurtHooton (11–6, 2.28) and Jerry Reuss (10–4, 2.30). The core of the position players...
Rookie Bob Welch was brought in to pitch the ninth to save the game for BurtHooton. The previous reliever, Terry Forster, had allowed Bucky Dent and Paul...
took the first game of the series behind the strong pitching of starter BurtHooton. For the first seven innings the game stayed close, with the only scoring...
third. Steve Garvey hit a home run in the ninth off of Sparky Lyle. BurtHooton pitched a five-hit complete game, allowing only run one in the fourth...
success in Major League Baseball include Roger Clemens, Calvin Schiraldi, BurtHooton, Keith Moreland, Spike Owen, Mark Petkovsek, Greg Swindell, Brandon Belt...
master. The most famous practitioners of this type of knuckle curve are BurtHooton, who pitched for the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers from the...
second inning, resulted in a four-pitch walk.) The first came off starter BurtHooton, and was a line drive shot into the lower right field seats at Yankee...
Preceded by Rick Wise No-hitter pitcher August 14, 1971 Succeeded by BurtHooton Preceded by Frank Robinson Don Drysdale Bill Singer Major League Baseball...
North, Fred Norman, Bill Madlock, Manny Trillo, Greg Gross, Rick Monday, BurtHooton, Bruce Sutter, Willie Hernández, Milt Wilcox, Joe Niekro, Dennis Eckersley...
Stadium on the way to an 8–4 victory. After Jackson's first home run off BurtHooton, Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda came to the mound to make a pitching change...
month award again in July, the third Dodger (along with Don Sutton and BurtHooton) to win it two months in a row. He was 4–0 with a 1.10 ERA in the month...
pitcher occurred near the beginning and the end of the 1972 season, by BurtHooton and Milt Pappas respectively. Not until Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia...
Angeles Dodgers Opening Day Starting pitcher 1972–1978 Succeeded by BurtHooton Preceded by Joe Torre Major League Player of the Month April 1972 Succeeded by...
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after Jerry Reuss was injured 24 hours before his scheduled start, and BurtHooton was not ready to fill in. Valenzuela shut out the Houston Astros 2–0...
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