Burt Hooton
American baseball pitcher and coach (born 1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Burt Hooton | |
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Pitcher | |
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 | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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.