Burt Hooton
Burt Carlton Hooton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 7, 1950 in Greenville, TX
High School: King (Corpus Christi, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1971
Final Game: September 6, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 CHC NL 21 P 3 3 21.1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.27 1.00 .975 1.90 0.77
1972 CHC NL 22 P 33 31 218.1 49 13 35 1 2 .980 1.98 1.45 .949 1.78 0.73
1973 CHC NL 23 P 42 34 239.2 57 21 32 4 0 .930 1.99 1.26 .951 1.88 0.73
1974 CHC NL 24 P 48 21 176.1 55 15 39 1 1 .982 2.76 1.13 .942 1.88 0.71
1975 TOT NL 25 P 34 33 234.2 43 13 29 1 0 .977 1.61 1.24 .944 1.86 0.72
1975 CHC NL 25 P 3 3 11.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 5.73 2.33 .943 1.88 0.73
1975 LAD NL 25 P 31 30 223.2 36 12 23 1 0 .972 1.41 1.13 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 LAD NL 26 P 33 33 226.2 37 6 31 0 0 1.000 1.47 1.12 .949 1.88 0.72
1977 LAD NL 27 P 32 31 223.1 42 11 31 0 4 1.000 1.69 1.31 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 LAD NL 28 P 32 32 236.0 46 12 33 1 4 .978 1.72 1.41 .950 1.91 0.72 CYA-2,MVP-15
1979 LAD NL 29 P 29 29 212.0 38 12 26 0 3 1.000 1.61 1.31 .947 1.80 0.66
1980 LAD NL 30 P 34 33 206.2 53 23 26 4 2 .925 2.13 1.44 .953 1.91 0.69
1981 LAD NL 31 P 23 23 142.1 22 4 18 0 2 1.000 1.39 0.96 .959 1.97 0.68 AS
1982 LAD NL 32 P 21 21 120.2 30 9 21 0 1 1.000 2.24 1.43 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 LAD NL 33 P 33 27 160.0 34 8 24 2 1 .941 1.80 0.97 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 LAD NL 34 P 54 6 110.0 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.72 0.39 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 TEX AL 35 P 29 20 124.0 23 9 13 1 0 .957 1.60 0.76 .952 1.86 0.70
15 Seasons P 480 377 2652.0 554 165 373 16 21 .971 1.83 1.12 .949 1.88 0.70
15 Seasons TOT 480 377 2652.0 554 165 373 16 21 .971 1.83 1.12 .921 1.88 0.70
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 CHC NL 21 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 22 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 23 42 34 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHC NL 24 48 21 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 25 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 26 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 LAD NL 27 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 28 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 29 30 29 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 LAD NL 30 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 LAD NL 31 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 32 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 LAD NL 33 33 27 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 LAD NL 34 54 6 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 35 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 481 357 452 480 480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1971 CHC NL 21 84 62% 36% 1 0% 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 22 959 78% 32% 40 90% 1 13 3 8 35 26 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 10 90%
1973 CHC NL 23 1050 80% 33% 38 92% 0 23 4 17 32 26 1 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 92%
1974 CHC NL 24 828 82% 36% 47 91% 2 13 1 9 40 35 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 9 78%
1975 LAD NL 25 918 77% 25% 33 91% 0 14 0 5 24 24 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1975 CHC NL 25 58 84% 21% 7 100% 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1976 LAD NL 26 962 82% 24% 33 94% 0 7 0 4 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 80%
1977 LAD NL 27 931 77% 25% 38 95% 0 10 2 4 32 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 10 100%
1978 LAD NL 28 978 83% 27% 40 90% 0 11 4 3 33 24 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 5 100%
1979 LAD NL 29 901 78% 23% 37 95% 1 13 5 6 30 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 6 100%
1980 LAD NL 30 910 80% 23% 34 85% 0 20 2 16 26 21 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 5 40%
1981 LAD NL 31 599 82% 31% 19 95% 1 5 1 3 19 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 100%
1982 LAD NL 32 545 84% 29% 24 92% 0 9 1 8 21 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1983 LAD NL 33 722 80% 26% 29 90% 0 8 0 6 24 21 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1984 LAD NL 34 486 78% 24% 12 100% 0 6 0 3 14 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1985 TEX AL 35 560 82% 29% 16 100% 0 9 2 5 13 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Seasons 11491 80% 28% 448 92% 5 165 25 99 380 312 27 16 1 9 6 8 20 13 16 4 89 87%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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