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Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7, 1950 in Greenville, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs (1971-75), Los Angeles Dodgers (1975-84) and Texas Rangers (1985).

Hooton attended University of Texas at Austin and made his major league debut in 1971.

In a 15-season career, 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 and a 3.17 ERA.

Highlights

All-Star (1981)
NL Championship Series MVP (1981)
Won decisive 1981 World Series Game 6 against the Yankees
Won 12 straight games (1975)
Top 10 NL Cy Young Award (2nd, behind Gaylord Perry
, 1978)

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