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John Battle

John Sidney Battle (Cricket, Pickle, J.B.)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: November 9, 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: McKinley in Washington, District of Columbia
College: Rutgers University
Draft: Atlanta Hawks, 4th round (14th pick, 84th overall), 1985 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 26, 1985

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 23 ATL NBA 64 0 639 101 222 .455 0 7 .000 75 103 .728 12 50 62 74 23 3 47 80 277
1986-87 24 ATL NBA 64 8 804 144 315 .457 0 10 .000 93 126 .738 16 44 60 124 29 5 60 76 381
1987-88 25 ATL NBA 67 1 1227 278 613 .454 16 41 .390 141 188 .750 26 87 113 158 31 5 75 84 713
1988-89 26 ATL NBA 82 0 1672 287 628 .457 11 34 .324 194 238 .815 30 110 140 197 42 9 104 125 779
1989-90 27 ATL NBA 60 48 1477 275 544 .506 2 13 .154 102 135 .756 27 72 99 154 28 3 89 115 654
1990-91 28 ATL NBA 79 2 1863 397 862 .461 14 49 .286 270 316 .854 34 125 159 217 45 6 113 145 1078
1991-92 29 CLE NBA 76 2 1637 316 659 .480 2 17 .118 145 171 .848 19 93 112 159 36 5 91 116 779
1992-93 30 CLE NBA 41 0 497 83 200 .415 1 6 .167 56 72 .778 4 25 29 54 9 5 22 39 223
1993-94 31 CLE NBA 51 1 814 130 273 .476 5 19 .263 73 97 .753 7 32 39 83 22 1 41 66 338
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 28 0 280 43 114 .377 11 31 .355 19 26 .731 3 8 11 37 8 1 17 28 116
Career NBA 612 62 10910 2054 4430 .464 62 227 .273 1168 1472 .793 178 646 824 1257 273 43 659 874 5338

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 23 ATL NBA 64 0 10.0 1.6 3.5 .455 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.6 .728 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.3 4.3
1986-87 24 ATL NBA 64 8 12.6 2.3 4.9 .457 0.0 0.2 .000 1.5 2.0 .738 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.2 6.0
1987-88 25 ATL NBA 67 1 18.3 4.1 9.1 .454 0.2 0.6 .390 2.1 2.8 .750 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.3 10.6
1988-89 26 ATL NBA 82 0 20.4 3.5 7.7 .457 0.1 0.4 .324 2.4 2.9 .815 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.5 9.5
1989-90 27 ATL NBA 60 48 24.6 4.6 9.1 .506 0.0 0.2 .154 1.7 2.3 .756 0.5 1.2 1.7 2.6 0.5 0.1 1.5 1.9 10.9
1990-91 28 ATL NBA 79 2 23.6 5.0 10.9 .461 0.2 0.6 .286 3.4 4.0 .854 0.4 1.6 2.0 2.7 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.8 13.6
1991-92 29 CLE NBA 76 2 21.5 4.2 8.7 .480 0.0 0.2 .118 1.9 2.3 .848 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.1 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.5 10.3
1992-93 30 CLE NBA 41 0 12.1 2.0 4.9 .415 0.0 0.1 .167 1.4 1.8 .778 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.0 5.4
1993-94 31 CLE NBA 51 1 16.0 2.5 5.4 .476 0.1 0.4 .263 1.4 1.9 .753 0.1 0.6 0.8 1.6 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.3 6.6
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 28 0 10.0 1.5 4.1 .377 0.4 1.1 .355 0.7 0.9 .731 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.6 1.0 4.1
Career NBA 612 62 17.8 3.4 7.2 .464 0.1 0.4 .273 1.9 2.4 .793 0.3 1.1 1.3 2.1 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.4 8.7

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 23 ATL NBA 64 0 639 5.7 12.5 .455 0.0 0.4 .000 4.2 5.8 .728 0.7 2.8 3.5 4.2 1.3 0.2 2.6 4.5 15.6
1986-87 24 ATL NBA 64 8 804 6.4 14.1 .457 0.0 0.4 .000 4.2 5.6 .738 0.7 2.0 2.7 5.6 1.3 0.2 2.7 3.4 17.1
1987-88 25 ATL NBA 67 1 1227 8.2 18.0 .454 0.5 1.2 .390 4.1 5.5 .750 0.8 2.6 3.3 4.6 0.9 0.1 2.2 2.5 20.9
1988-89 26 ATL NBA 82 0 1672 6.2 13.5 .457 0.2 0.7 .324 4.2 5.1 .815 0.6 2.4 3.0 4.2 0.9 0.2 2.2 2.7 16.8
1989-90 27 ATL NBA 60 48 1477 6.7 13.3 .506 0.0 0.3 .154 2.5 3.3 .756 0.7 1.8 2.4 3.8 0.7 0.1 2.2 2.8 15.9
1990-91 28 ATL NBA 79 2 1863 7.7 16.7 .461 0.3 0.9 .286 5.2 6.1 .854 0.7 2.4 3.1 4.2 0.9 0.1 2.2 2.8 20.8
1991-92 29 CLE NBA 76 2 1637 6.9 14.5 .480 0.0 0.4 .118 3.2 3.8 .848 0.4 2.0 2.5 3.5 0.8 0.1 2.0 2.6 17.1
1992-93 30 CLE NBA 41 0 497 6.0 14.5 .415 0.1 0.4 .167 4.1 5.2 .778 0.3 1.8 2.1 3.9 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.8 16.2
1993-94 31 CLE NBA 51 1 814 5.7 12.1 .476 0.2 0.8 .263 3.2 4.3 .753 0.3 1.4 1.7 3.7 1.0 0.0 1.8 2.9 14.9
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 28 0 280 5.5 14.7 .377 1.4 4.0 .355 2.4 3.3 .731 0.4 1.0 1.4 4.8 1.0 0.1 2.2 3.6 14.9
Career NBA 612 62 10910 6.8 14.6 .464 0.2 0.7 .273 3.9 4.9 .793 0.6 2.1 2.7 4.1 0.9 0.1 2.2 2.9 17.6

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1985-86 23 ATL NBA 64 639 11.7 .518 .455 2.1 8.6 5.3 16.3 1.7 0.3 15.0 20.1 104 108 0.4 0.6 1.0 .074
1986-87 24 ATL NBA 64 804 13.8 .514 .457 2.2 5.9 4.0 22.3 1.8 0.4 13.9 22.0 107 109 0.7 0.8 1.5 .092
1987-88 25 ATL NBA 67 1227 16.3 .512 .467 2.3 7.9 5.1 20.0 1.3 0.2 9.7 26.4 108 111 1.5 0.8 2.3 .092
1988-89 26 ATL NBA 82 1672 13.5 .532 .466 1.9 7.3 4.6 17.1 1.2 0.3 12.4 20.4 110 112 2.2 1.0 3.2 .092
1989-90 27 ATL NBA 60 1477 12.6 .542 .507 2.1 5.8 3.9 15.3 0.9 0.1 12.9 19.7 110 117 1.7 0.0 1.7 .055
1990-91 28 ATL NBA 79 1863 16.4 .538 .469 1.9 7.6 4.7 18.4 1.2 0.2 10.1 24.7 112 114 3.4 0.6 4.0 .102
1991-92 29 CLE NBA 76 1637 12.6 .530 .481 1.3 6.1 3.8 14.5 1.1 0.2 11.0 22.0 106 113 1.3 0.7 2.0 .059
1992-93 30 CLE NBA 41 497 11.1 .481 .418 1.0 5.5 3.3 15.6 0.9 0.6 8.7 22.6 102 111 0.1 0.3 0.5 .047
1993-94 31 CLE NBA 51 814 12.2 .535 .485 1.0 4.6 2.8 16.2 1.4 0.1 11.5 19.6 108 110 0.9 0.5 1.4 .084
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 28 280 10.8 .462 .425 1.3 3.7 2.5 24.6 1.6 0.3 11.9 24.4 98 109 0.0 0.3 0.2 .038
Career NBA 612 10910 13.7 .526 .471 1.8 6.6 4.2 17.4 1.2 0.2 11.5 22.2 108 112 12.3 5.6 17.9 .079

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1985-86 23 ATL NBA 6 27 4 11 0 1 3 4 0 4 2 2 0 3 5 11 .364 .000 .750 4.5 1.8 0.7 0.3
1986-87 24 ATL NBA 8 78 15 34 2 5 21 23 2 10 8 1 0 7 13 53 .441 .400 .913 9.8 6.6 1.3 1.0
1987-88 25 ATL NBA 12 166 32 67 0 2 17 25 2 20 26 2 0 11 14 81 .478 .000 .680 13.8 6.8 1.7 2.2
1988-89 26 ATL NBA 5 118 20 46 0 6 9 12 5 13 16 2 0 5 13 49 .435 .000 .750 23.6 9.8 2.6 3.2
1990-91 28 ATL NBA 5 107 16 44 2 5 24 25 4 10 11 1 0 9 11 58 .364 .400 .960 21.4 11.6 2.0 2.2
1991-92 29 CLE NBA 15 202 34 82 0 2 21 23 4 12 15 5 1 18 11 89 .415 .000 .913 13.5 5.9 0.8 1.0
1992-93 30 CLE NBA 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 .000 6.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
1993-94 31 CLE NBA 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 8.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 2 7 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 .667 .000 3.5 2.0 0.0 0.5
Career NBA 55 719 124 289 4 22 95 112 17 72 80 13 1 55 70 347 .429 .182 .848 13.1 6.3 1.3 1.5

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1985-86 23 ATL NBA 6 27 6.3 .431 .364 0.0 16.3 8.2 10.1 3.6 0.0 19.0 24.5 79 107 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.080
1986-87 24 ATL NBA 8 78 17.2 .601 .471 3.0 11.8 7.4 17.6 0.7 0.0 13.7 29.2 117 111 0.2 0.1 0.3 .159
1987-88 25 ATL NBA 12 166 14.1 .519 .478 1.4 13.3 7.2 22.6 0.6 0.0 12.4 23.6 106 117 0.1 0.0 0.1 .039
1988-89 26 ATL NBA 5 118 12.4 .478 .435 5.2 9.0 7.0 25.2 0.9 0.0 8.9 21.9 109 118 0.1 0.0 0.1 .049
1990-91 28 ATL NBA 5 107 13.3 .527 .386 3.9 5.7 4.8 19.1 0.5 0.0 14.1 26.3 107 119 0.1 0.0 0.1 .042
1991-92 29 CLE NBA 15 202 8.5 .483 .415 2.5 4.4 3.5 11.8 1.3 0.3 16.3 24.7 92 114 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.036
1992-93 30 CLE NBA 1 6 -20.0 .000 .000 0.0 20.7 10.3 21.9 0.0 0.0 66.7 23.1 16 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.580
1993-94 31 CLE NBA 1 8 16.2 1.000 1.000 0.0 34.2 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9 200 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 .123
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 2 7 21.9 .667 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.7 136 115 0.0 0.0 0.0 .208
Career NBA 55 719 12.0 .513 .436 2.8 9.1 5.9 18.5 0.9 0.1 14.0 24.4 102 116 0.1 0.3 0.4 .026

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
John Battle 4.0 3.2 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.2
Dudley Bradley 92.7 3.9 3.1 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.0
Jim King 90.6 3.7 3.5 2.5 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.4 -0.1
Frank Johnson 90.1 4.3 3.0 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.5
Clint Richardson 87.6 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.1 1.0
Marquis Daniels 86.4 4.2 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.6
Fatty Taylor 83.8 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.3 1.2 0.4
Tyronn Lue 83.2 3.7 3.7 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.0 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.2
Rod Thorn 82.8 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.1
Danny Young 81.0 4.8 3.0 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.4 0.2 -0.1
Tony Delk 80.6 4.6 4.6 2.5 2.1 1.6 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
John Battle 4.0 3.2 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.2
Dudley Bradley 92.7 3.9 3.1 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.0
Jim King 90.6 3.7 3.5 2.5 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.4 -0.1
Frank Johnson 90.1 4.3 3.0 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.5
Clint Richardson 87.6 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.1 1.0
Marquis Daniels 86.4 4.2 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.6
Keyon Dooling 86.3 3.7 3.7 2.9 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0
Jacque Vaughn 85.3 3.5 3.0 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.4
Tyronn Lue 84.5 3.7 3.7 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2
Fatty Taylor 83.8 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.3 1.2 0.4
Devean George 83.2 4.2 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 -0.3

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1981-82 19 RUTGERS 29 373 29 67 12 28 29 8 1 31 70 .433 .429 12.9 2.4 1.0
1982-83 20 RUTGERS 31 443 68 139 9 18 37 51 48 12 1 46 182 .489 .500 .725 14.3 5.9 1.5
1983-84 21 RUTGERS 25 814 207 420 111 153 78 30 3 49 525 .493 .725 32.6 21.0 3.1
1984-85 22 RUTGERS 29 1017 231 470 17 58 129 177 115 15 6 76 608 .491 .293 .729 35.1 21.0 4.0
Career 114 2647 535 1096 26 76 289 409 270 65 11 202 1385 .488 .342 .707 23.2 12.1 2.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games
1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (802)

Transactions

August 12, 1981: Traded by the New Jersey Nets (as a 1985 4th round draft pick) with Rory Sparrow to the Atlanta Hawks for a 1982 4th round draft pick (James Griffin).

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 4th round (84th pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1991: Released by the Atlanta Hawks.

July 17, 1991: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Atlanta Hawks NBA $70,000
1987-88 Atlanta Hawks NBA $100,000
1988-89 Atlanta Hawks NBA $350,000
1990-91 Atlanta Hawks NBA $590,000
1991-92 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $700,000
1992-93 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $910,000
1993-94 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,120,000
1994-95 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,330,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,170,000

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