TRADED- 1975 BURT HOOTON

I love creating these cards, so forgive me for adding yet another “traded” card to the 1975 set, my Burt Hooton edition for the overlooked reliable starter who found himself as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers after four+ seasons with the Chicago Cubs:

Making three starts with the Cubs to open the 1975 season, Hooton was traded to the Dodgers on May 2nd for pitchers Eddie Solomon and Geoff Zahn, and he would not disappoint, going 18-7 the rest of the way with an ERA at 2.82.
He would then give Los Angeles a reliable starter of the next nine seasons, posting 4 years of sub-3.00 ERAs and even coming in second in the NL Cy Young Award in 1978 when he went 19-10 with a 2.71 ERA.
Between 1972 and 1980 he threw over 200 innings eight of nine seasons, and by the time he retired after a year with the Texas Rangers in 1985, he finished with a record of 151-136, with a very nice 3.38 ERA over 480 appearances, tossing 29 shutouts while striking out 1491 batters.