Burt Hooton Trades and Transactions

The Burt Hooton trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Burt Hooton has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Burt Hooton

Burt Hooton Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#113)

Burt Hooton Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#113)
 

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Birth Name:   Burt Carlton Hooton
Nickname:   Happy or Hootie
Born On:   02-07-1950  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Greenville, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   King High School (Corpus Christi, TX)
College:   University of Texas at Austin
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   06-17-1971 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-06-1985
Draft:   1971 : 1st Round (2nd)
Burt Hooton

Trades & Transactions

06-07-1968: Selected by New York Mets in the 5th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
06-08-1971: Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) — secondary phase (or secondary phase delayed) — free-agent draft.
05-02-1975: Traded by Chicago Cubs to Los Angeles Dodgers for Geoff Zahn and Eddie Solomon.
11-08-1984: Granted free agency.
12-20-1984: Signed by Texas Rangers.
03-27-1986: Released by Texas Rangers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Burt Hooton trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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