Hooton compiled a 151-136 career record with 1491 strikeouts, a 3.38 ERA, 86 complete games, 29 shutouts, and 2652 innings pitched in 480 games. In eleven postseason games he went 6_3 with 33 strikeouts an a 3.17 ERA.
Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7, 1950 in Greenville, Texas), nicknamed "Happy", is a former right-handed starting pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Hooton attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he posted a 35-3 record including two no-hitters, and was selected by the Cubs with the second pick of the 1971 amateur draft.
Hooton started Game 3 of the 1977 NLCS against the Phillies, but was pulled after issuing three consecutive bases-loaded walks in the second inning; the Dodgers came back to win 6-5.
April 16, 1972: Cubs right-hander BurtHooton, a 22-year-old rookie, throws a no-hitter against the Phillies at Wrigley Field.
Hooton gave up three runs in three-plus innings, and was sent to Chicago's Triple-A farm club in Tacoma, Washington.
BurtHooton is generally remembered for two things: giving up the first of Reggie Jackson's three homers in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, and pioneering the knuckle-curve.
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