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Harvey Catchings

Harvey Lee Catchings

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: September 2, 1951 in Jackson, Mississippi
High School: Jim Hill in Jackson, Mississippi
College: Hardin-Simmons University

Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 3rd round (6th pick, 42nd overall) of the 1974 NBA draft.

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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
1974-75 23 PHI NBA 37 528 41 74 .554 16 25 .640 49 104 153 21 10 60 82 98
1975-76 24 PHI NBA 75 1731 103 242 .426 58 96 .604 191 329 520 63 21 164 262 264
1976-77 25 PHI NBA 53 864 62 123 .504 33 47 .702 64 170 234 30 23 78 130 157
1977-78 26 PHI NBA 61 748 70 178 .393 34 55 .618 105 145 250 34 20 67 44 124 174
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 57 948 102 243 .420 60 78 .769 101 201 302 48 23 91 88 132 264
1978-79 27 PHI NBA 25 289 28 68 .412 13 17 .765 30 68 98 18 8 35 37 42 69
1978-79 27 NJN NBA 32 659 74 175 .423 47 61 .770 71 133 204 30 15 56 51 90 195
1979-80 28 MIL NBA 72 1366 97 244 .398 0 1 .000 39 62 .629 164 246 410 82 23 162 68 191 233
1980-81 29 MIL NBA 77 1635 134 300 .447 0 0 59 92 .641 154 319 473 99 33 184 105 284 327
1981-82 30 MIL NBA 80 9 1603 94 224 .420 0 0 41 69 .594 129 227 356 97 42 134 94 237 229
1982-83 31 MIL NBA 74 33 1554 90 197 .457 0 0 62 92 .674 132 276 408 77 26 148 83 224 242
1983-84 32 MIL NBA 69 3 1156 61 153 .399 0 1 .000 22 42 .524 89 182 271 43 25 81 57 172 144
1984-85 33 LAC NBA 70 14 1049 72 149 .483 0 1 .000 59 89 .663 89 173 262 14 15 57 55 162 203
Career NBA 725 59 13182 926 2127 .435 0 3 .000 483 747 .647 1267 2372 3639 608 261 1226 594 2000 2335

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
1974-75 23 PHI NBA 37 14.3 1.1 2.0 .554 0.4 0.7 .640 1.3 2.8 4.1 0.6 0.3 1.6 2.2 2.6
1975-76 24 PHI NBA 75 23.1 1.4 3.2 .426 0.8 1.3 .604 2.5 4.4 6.9 0.8 0.3 2.2 3.5 3.5
1976-77 25 PHI NBA 53 16.3 1.2 2.3 .504 0.6 0.9 .702 1.2 3.2 4.4 0.6 0.4 1.5 2.5 3.0
1977-78 26 PHI NBA 61 12.3 1.1 2.9 .393 0.6 0.9 .618 1.7 2.4 4.1 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.7 2.0 2.9
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 57 16.6 1.8 4.3 .420 1.1 1.4 .769 1.8 3.5 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.6 1.5 2.3 4.6
1978-79 27 PHI NBA 25 11.6 1.1 2.7 .412 0.5 0.7 .765 1.2 2.7 3.9 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.8
1978-79 27 NJN NBA 32 20.6 2.3 5.5 .423 1.5 1.9 .770 2.2 4.2 6.4 0.9 0.5 1.8 1.6 2.8 6.1
1979-80 28 MIL NBA 72 19.0 1.3 3.4 .398 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .629 2.3 3.4 5.7 1.1 0.3 2.3 0.9 2.7 3.2
1980-81 29 MIL NBA 77 21.2 1.7 3.9 .447 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 .641 2.0 4.1 6.1 1.3 0.4 2.4 1.4 3.7 4.2
1981-82 30 MIL NBA 80 9 20.0 1.2 2.8 .420 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .594 1.6 2.8 4.5 1.2 0.5 1.7 1.2 3.0 2.9
1982-83 31 MIL NBA 74 33 21.0 1.2 2.7 .457 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 .674 1.8 3.7 5.5 1.0 0.4 2.0 1.1 3.0 3.3
1983-84 32 MIL NBA 69 3 16.8 0.9 2.2 .399 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.6 .524 1.3 2.6 3.9 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.8 2.5 2.1
1984-85 33 LAC NBA 70 14 15.0 1.0 2.1 .483 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.3 .663 1.3 2.5 3.7 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.9
Career NBA 725 59 18.2 1.3 2.9 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .647 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.8 0.4 1.7 1.1 2.8 3.2

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
1974-75 23 PHI NBA 37 528 2.8 5.0 .554 1.1 1.7 .640 3.3 7.1 10.4 1.4 0.7 4.1 5.6 6.7
1975-76 24 PHI NBA 75 1731 2.1 5.0 .426 1.2 2.0 .604 4.0 6.8 10.8 1.3 0.4 3.4 5.4 5.5
1976-77 25 PHI NBA 53 864 2.6 5.1 .504 1.4 2.0 .702 2.7 7.1 9.7 1.2 1.0 3.2 5.4 6.5
1977-78 26 PHI NBA 61 748 3.4 8.6 .393 1.6 2.6 .618 5.1 7.0 12.0 1.6 1.0 3.2 2.1 6.0 8.4
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 57 948 3.9 9.2 .420 2.3 3.0 .769 3.8 7.6 11.5 1.8 0.9 3.5 3.3 5.0 10.0
1978-79 27 PHI NBA 25 289 3.5 8.5 .412 1.6 2.1 .765 3.7 8.5 12.2 2.2 1.0 4.4 4.6 5.2 8.6
1978-79 27 NJN NBA 32 659 4.0 9.6 .423 2.6 3.3 .770 3.9 7.3 11.1 1.6 0.8 3.1 2.8 4.9 10.7
1979-80 28 MIL NBA 72 1366 2.6 6.4 .398 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.6 .629 4.3 6.5 10.8 2.2 0.6 4.3 1.8 5.0 6.1
1980-81 29 MIL NBA 77 1635 3.0 6.6 .447 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 .641 3.4 7.0 10.4 2.2 0.7 4.1 2.3 6.3 7.2
1981-82 30 MIL NBA 80 9 1603 2.1 5.0 .420 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.5 .594 2.9 5.1 8.0 2.2 0.9 3.0 2.1 5.3 5.1
1982-83 31 MIL NBA 74 33 1554 2.1 4.6 .457 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 .674 3.1 6.4 9.5 1.8 0.6 3.4 1.9 5.2 5.6
1983-84 32 MIL NBA 69 3 1156 1.9 4.8 .399 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .524 2.8 5.7 8.4 1.3 0.8 2.5 1.8 5.4 4.5
1984-85 33 LAC NBA 70 14 1049 2.5 5.1 .483 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.1 .663 3.1 5.9 9.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 1.9 5.6 7.0
Career NBA 725 59 13182 2.5 5.8 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.0 .647 3.5 6.5 9.9 1.7 0.7 3.3 2.1 5.5 6.4

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
1974-75 23 PHI NBA 37 528 12.1 .576 .554 9.3 20.1 14.7 5.2 0.9 6.0 94 0.3 0.8 1.2
1975-76 24 PHI NBA 75 1731 9.6 .464 .426 10.7 18.3 14.5 4.5 0.5 4.9 96 0.0 2.3 2.3
1976-77 25 PHI NBA 53 864 10.0 .546 .504 7.8 18.7 13.5 4.3 1.2 4.5 95 0.2 1.5 1.7
1977-78 26 PHI NBA 61 748 11.2 .430 .393 14.8 19.0 16.9 5.5 1.2 4.6 17.9 12.5 96 97 0.2 1.1 1.4
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 57 948 11.1 .476 .420 11.0 22.5 16.7 6.5 1.1 5.1 24.1 14.6 90 98 -0.6 1.7 1.1
1978-79 27 PHI NBA 25 289 9.9 .457 .412 11.2 23.5 17.6 7.7 1.2 6.3 32.9 15.2 78 95 -0.5 0.6 0.1
1978-79 27 NJN NBA 32 659 11.6 .483 .423 10.9 22.1 16.3 6.0 1.0 4.6 20.2 14.4 95 99 0.0 1.1 1.0
1979-80 28 MIL NBA 72 1366 10.9 .429 .398 13.4 19.0 16.3 7.0 0.8 6.5 20.0 9.9 99 100 0.2 2.4 2.6
1980-81 29 MIL NBA 77 1635 10.4 .480 .447 10.7 21.0 16.0 7.0 0.9 6.3 23.6 10.7 97 98 0.0 3.2 3.1
1981-82 30 MIL NBA 80 1603 8.1 .450 .420 9.6 15.6 12.7 7.2 1.3 4.8 27.0 8.9 92 100 -0.6 3.0 2.3
1982-83 31 MIL NBA 74 1554 9.8 .510 .457 9.8 18.6 14.4 6.0 0.8 5.3 25.9 8.5 99 98 0.3 2.8 3.1
1983-84 32 MIL NBA 69 1156 6.7 .420 .399 9.1 17.2 13.3 4.6 1.1 4.1 24.9 8.4 88 101 -0.7 2.1 1.3
1984-85 33 LAC NBA 70 1049 7.8 .539 .483 9.7 17.7 13.8 1.6 0.7 2.9 22.6 9.5 101 109 0.1 1.0 1.1
Career NBA 725 13182 9.6 .475 .435 10.5 18.7 14.7 5.6 0.9 5.1 23.4 10.1 95 99 -0.5 21.8 21.2

Playoffs

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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
1975-76 24 PHI NBA 3 87 8 13 1 3 12 28 6 0 9 11 17 .615 .333 29.0 5.7 9.3 2.0
1976-77 25 PHI NBA 8 54 2 5 0 3 5 12 1 0 4 9 4 .400 .000 6.8 0.5 1.5 0.1
1977-78 26 PHI NBA 7 26 3 8 3 4 3 9 0 1 3 0 4 9 .375 .750 3.7 1.3 1.3 0.0
1978-79 27 NJN NBA 2 26 1 6 0 3 5 8 1 0 1 2 4 2 .167 .000 13.0 1.0 4.0 0.5
1979-80 28 MIL NBA 6 64 2 6 0 0 2 4 5 21 2 0 8 2 13 6 .333 .500 10.7 1.0 3.5 0.3
1980-81 29 MIL NBA 7 109 3 16 0 0 2 2 10 26 8 0 11 7 24 8 .188 1.000 15.6 1.1 3.7 1.1
1981-82 30 MIL NBA 6 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 3 3 9 4 .667 4.3 0.7 1.2 0.0
1982-83 31 MIL NBA 9 139 9 19 0 0 3 3 15 38 4 2 10 2 18 21 .474 1.000 15.4 2.3 4.2 0.4
1983-84 32 MIL NBA 5 25 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 2 7 3 .500 .500 5.0 0.6 1.0 0.2
Career NBA 53 556 31 78 0 0 12 24 60 154 23 3 49 18 99 74 .397 .500 10.5 1.4 2.9 0.4

Playoffs 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
1975-76 24 PHI NBA 3 87 14.0 .594 .615 14.5 20.8 17.5 8.7 0.0 6.0 101 0.2 0.1 0.2
1976-77 25 PHI NBA 8 54 4.3 .316 .400 9.6 13.0 11.3 2.2 0.0 3.8 102 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1977-78 26 PHI NBA 7 26 16.5 .461 .375 12.2 20.2 16.6 0.0 1.7 5.6 0.0 14.2 116 93 0.0 0.1 0.1
1978-79 27 NJN NBA 2 26 -0.5 .137 .167 16.5 11.9 14.4 4.4 0.0 1.9 21.5 12.8 52 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1979-80 28 MIL NBA 6 64 8.0 .387 .333 9.0 27.6 18.5 4.0 0.0 7.2 20.5 6.4 92 96 0.0 0.1 0.1
1980-81 29 MIL NBA 7 109 3.4 .237 .188 10.5 17.7 14.0 8.7 0.0 6.1 29.3 8.9 72 108 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1981-82 30 MIL NBA 6 26 4.0 .667 .667 13.4 21.8 17.2 0.0 0.0 7.1 50.0 9.8 76 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982-83 31 MIL NBA 9 139 11.3 .517 .474 11.6 19.1 15.2 3.7 0.7 4.2 9.0 6.7 126 101 0.2 0.2 0.4
1983-84 32 MIL NBA 5 25 0.1 .521 .500 9.9 12.6 11.4 5.3 0.0 0.0 41.0 8.4 83 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 53 556 8.0 .418 .397 11.6 19.0 15.3 5.1 0.3 5.1 20.9 8.4 92 103 0.0 0.7 0.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Blocks

1975-76 NBA 164 (5)
1979-80 NBA 162 (6)
1980-81 NBA 184 (5)
Career NBA 1226 (46)
Career 1226 (48)

Blocks Per Game

1975-76 NBA 2.2 (4)
1979-80 NBA 2.2 (6)
1980-81 NBA 2.4 (6)
Career NBA 1.7 (30)
Career 1.7 (31)

Block Pct

1975-76 NBA 4.9 (3)
1979-80 NBA 6.5 (3)
1980-81 NBA 6.3 (3)
1981-82 NBA 4.8 (4)
1982-83 NBA 5.3 (6)
Career NBA 5.1 (16)
Career 5.1 (16)

Defensive Rating

1980-81 NBA 98.2 (7)
Career NBA 98.9 (27)
Career 98.9 (27)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (961)
      

Transactions

January 26, 1973: Traded by the Kansas City-Omaha Kings (as a 1974 3rd round draft pick) with Tom Van Arsdale to the Philadelphia 76ers for John Block.

May 28, 1974: Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 3rd round (42nd pick) of the 1974 NBA Draft.

February 7, 1979: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers with Ralph Simpson and cash to the New Jersey Nets for Eric Money and Al Skinner.

May 31, 1979: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Milwaukee Bucks for John Gianelli and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Calvin Natt).

September 29, 1984: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with Junior Bridgeman, Marques Johnson and cash to the Los Angeles Clippers for Terry Cummings, Craig Hodges and Ricky Pierce.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $262,000
Career (may be incomplete) $262,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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