What years did Burt Hooton play?

Burt Hooton played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1985.

Was Burt Hooton a pitcher?

Yes. Burt Hooton pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1491 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Burt Hooton hit?

Burt Hooton hit 4 career home runs with 92 hits.

Burt Hooton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1971-1985)

W–L 151–136

ERA 3.38

WHIP 1.24

SO 1,491

Pitcher PIV 24062.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 210 lb
Born: 2/7/1950 in Greenville, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1971-06-17
Last Game: 1985-09-06
Awards: All-Star · NLCS MVP

Full name: Burt Carlton Hooton

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
151	136	480	377	86	29	7	2652.0	2,497	996	193	799	1,491	3.38	24062.8

Career ERA 3.38 vs. league average 3.74 across their career seasons — 9.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1971	CHN	NL	2	0	3	3	2	1	0	21.3	8	5	10	22	2.11	3.47 (+39%)	243.8
1972	CHN	NL	11	14	33	31	9	3	0	218.3	201	68	81	132	2.80	3.26 (+14%)	988.9
1973	CHN	NL	14	17	42	34	9	2	0	239.7	248	98	73	134	3.68	3.75 (+2%)	4299.3
1974	CHN	NL	7	11	48	21	3	1	1	176.3	214	94	51	94	4.80	3.63 (-32%)	77.5
1975	CHN	NL	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	11.0	18	10	4	5	8.18	3.71 (-121%)	-391.0
1975	LAN	NL	18	7	31	30	12	4	0	223.7	172	70	64	148	2.82	3.71 (+24%)	3852.3
1976	LAN	NL	11	15	33	33	8	4	0	226.7	203	82	60	116	3.26	3.51 (+7%)	1068.3
1977	LAN	NL	12	7	32	31	6	2	1	223.3	184	65	60	153	2.62	4.00 (+35%)	5661.4
1978	LAN	NL	19	10	32	32	10	3	0	236.0	196	71	61	104	2.71	3.69 (+27%)	1680.3
1979	LAN	NL	11	10	29	29	12	1	0	212.0	191	70	63	129	2.97	4.00 (+26%)	4936.6
1980	LAN	NL	14	8	34	33	4	2	1	206.7	194	84	64	118	3.66	3.84 (+5%)	-421.2
1981	LAN	NL	11	6	23	23	5	4	0	142.3	124	36	33	74	2.28	3.58 (+36%)	3704.2
1982	LAN	NL	4	7	21	21	2	2	0	120.7	130	54	33	51	4.03	3.86 (-4%)	1801.8
1983	LAN	NL	9	8	33	27	2	0	0	160.0	156	75	59	87	4.22	3.87 (-9%)	-2580.7
1984	LAN	NL	3	6	54	6	0	0	4	110.0	109	42	43	62	3.44	3.81 (+10%)	1143.0
1985	TEX	AL	5	8	29	20	2	0	0	124.0	149	72	40	62	5.23	3.89 (-34%)	-2001.6
Career · 16 seasons			151	136	480	377	86	29	7	2,652.0	2,497	996	799	1,491	3.38	—	24,063

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
481	748	42	92	18	0	4	49	0	44	243	.123	.173	.163	.336	-5,298

Career AVG .123 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 52.3% below league average.

Career OBP .173 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 46.4% below league average.

Career SLG .163 vs. league average .380 across their career seasons — 57.1% below league average.

Career OPS .336 vs. league average .703 across their career seasons — 52.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1971	CHN	NL	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	CHN	NL	33	72	4	9	1	1	6	4	37	.125	.243 (-49%)	.310 (-45%)	.353 (-49%)	.664 (-47%)	-505.5
1973	CHN	NL	42	70	4	9	0	0	3	10	24	.129	.256 (-50%)	.325 (-27%)	.378 (-66%)	.703 (-48%)	-499.3
1974	CHN	NL	48	50	1	3	1	0	1	2	22	.060	.256 (-77%)	.324 (-65%)	.369 (-78%)	.693 (-72%)	-556.1
1975	CHN	NL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	LAN	NL	31	70	6	9	3	1	7	4	27	.129	.257 (-50%)	.327 (-46%)	.374 (-43%)	.701 (-44%)	0.0
1976	LAN	NL	33	62	2	6	1	0	4	3	28	.097	.255 (-62%)	.320 (-54%)	.360 (-69%)	.681 (-62%)	-600.8
1977	LAN	NL	32	67	1	11	2	0	3	2	15	.164	.264 (-38%)	.329 (-43%)	.401 (-52%)	.730 (-48%)	-512.9
1978	LAN	NL	32	67	4	10	1	0	2	7	15	.149	.257 (-42%)	.323 (-29%)	.378 (-57%)	.702 (-44%)	-442.5
1979	LAN	NL	30	75	5	11	3	0	5	1	18	.147	.265 (-45%)	.329 (-52%)	.397 (-53%)	.727 (-53%)	-637.2
1980	LAN	NL	34	64	4	4	0	1	6	3	15	.062	.264 (-76%)	.326 (-68%)	.387 (-72%)	.714 (-70%)	-709.0
1981	LAN	NL	23	42	3	8	3	0	3	4	13	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	LAN	NL	21	35	3	3	1	1	1	0	5	.086	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	LAN	NL	33	50	5	8	2	0	7	3	15	.160	.260 (-39%)	.324 (-36%)	.389 (-49%)	.714 (-43%)	-338.1
1984	LAN	NL	54	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	TEX	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			481	748	42	92	18	4	49	44	243	.123	—	—	—	—	-4,801

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	.050

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG
1981	NLCS	LAN	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1981	NWDIV	LAN	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	WS	LAN	2	4	1	0	0	1	3	.000
1978	NLCS	LAN	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1978	WS	LAN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	NLCS	LAN	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1977	WS	LAN	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
6	3	11	11	0	59.7	55	21	27	33	3.17

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1981	NLCS	LAN	2	0	2	2	14.7	11	0	6	7	0.00
1981	NWDIV	LAN	1	0	1	1	7.0	3	1	3	2	1.29
1981	WS	LAN	1	1	2	2	11.3	8	2	9	3	1.59
1978	NLCS	LAN	0	0	1	1	4.7	10	4	0	5	7.71
1978	WS	LAN	1	1	2	2	8.3	13	6	3	6	6.48
1977	NLCS	LAN	0	0	1	1	1.7	2	3	4	1	16.20
1977	WS	LAN	1	1	2	2	12.0	8	5	2	9	3.75

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	248	346	23	40	2	25	.116
Away	233	402	19	52	2	23	.129

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	247	1352.0	1298	522	401	767	3.47
Away	233	1300.0	1199	474	398	724	3.28

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1985-09-06	TEX	CHW	—	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	1
1985-09-03	TEX	BOS	—	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0
1985-08-29	TEX	CHW	—	3.2	7	4	4	2	1	1
1985-08-24	TEX	KCR	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	3	1
1985-08-17	TEX	BAL	L	2.2	7	6	6	2	3	0
1985-08-12	TEX	TOR	—	7.0	7	3	3	3	1	1
1985-08-08	TEX	MIL	L	6.0	9	3	3	3	3	0
1985-07-30	TEX	MIL	—	5.1	9	3	3	0	1	1
1985-07-24	TEX	CLE	L	3.0	6	6	6	2	1	2
1985-07-19	TEX	DET	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	480	377	165	373	16	21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1971	CHN	P	3	3	3	0	1	0
1972	CHN	P	33	31	13	35	1	2
1973	CHN	P	42	34	21	32	4	0
1974	CHN	P	48	21	15	39	1	1
1975	CHN	P	3	3	1	6	0	0
1975	LAN	P	31	30	12	23	1	0
1976	LAN	P	33	33	6	31	0	0
1977	LAN	P	32	31	11	31	0	4
1978	LAN	P	32	32	12	33	1	4
1979	LAN	P	29	29	12	26	0	3
1980	LAN	P	34	33	23	26	4	2
1981	LAN	P	23	23	4	18	0	2
1982	LAN	P	21	21	9	21	0	1
1983	LAN	P	33	27	8	24	2	1
1984	LAN	P	54	6	6	15	0	1
1985	TEX	P	29	20	9	13	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	480

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1983	Pitcher of the Month	June
1981	NLCS MVP
1975	Pitcher of the Month	August
1975	Pitcher of the Month	September
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-08-08

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1986	TEX	AL	$690,000
1985	TEX	AL	$565,000
Total Career Earnings			$1,255,000

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Texas at Austin	Austin	TX	1969, 1970, 1971

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1978	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	38.0	120	0
1978	Most Valuable Player	NL	15th	15.0	336	0

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Career Spans

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Frequently Asked Questions about Burt Hooton

What years did Burt Hooton play?: Burt Hooton played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1985.
Was Burt Hooton a pitcher?: Yes. Burt Hooton pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1491 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Burt Hooton hit?: Burt Hooton hit 4 career home runs with 92 hits.