On the blog today, we have a 1973 "nickname" card for former pitcher Burt Hooton, aka "Happy", who had himself a very nice 15-year Major League career:
Hooton
was just coming off his first full season in the Big Leagues when this
card would have seen the light of day, posting an excellent 2.80 earned
run average over 33 appearances with three shutouts.
The
highlight of course would be April 16th of 1972, making just his fourth
start of his career, when he no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 at
Wrigley Field.
As I stated earlier, 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.
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.
