Hooton, making only the fourth start of his Major League career, went on to strike out seven Phillies, while also issuing seven walks in front of the home-town fans at Wrigley Field, completing the game in 2 hours and 22 minutes.
The 4-0 win was helped by two RBIs by catcher Randy Hundley, as well as an RBI by second baseman Glenn Beckert, with future Hall of Famers Billy Williams and Ron Santo each collecting three hits and scoring a run.
Hooton would go on to have a nice first full-season in 1972, posting an ERA of .280, though his record betrayed the year, finishing at 11-14.
He would go on to have an excellent 15-year run, mainly with the Los Angeles Dodgers, which saw him be a part of three National League champion teams, as well as a World Championship in 1981.
His post-season resume was very good, finishing at 6-3 with an ERA at 3.17 over eleven starts, with 33 strikeouts and a complete game.
His final regular season numbers: 151 wins against 136 losses, a very nice 3.38 ERA and 1491 strikeouts in 480 appearances (377 of those starts), and 2652 innings pitched, with 29 shutouts and seven saves.
