Pat Cummings

Patrick Michael Cummings (Pat)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: July 11, 1956 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Died: June 26, 2012
High School: Johnstown in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
College: University of Cincinnati
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 3rd round (15th pick, 59th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 13, 1979

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	71		900	187	370	.505	0		94	123	.764	81	157	238	53	22	17	74	141	468
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	74		1084	248	460	.539	2	.000	99	140	.707	97	195	292	62	31	19	114	192	595
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	78	7	1132	219	430	.509	2	.000	67	91	.736	61	184	245	99	22	9	108	227	505
1982-83	26	DAL	NBA	C	81	71	2317	433	878	.493	1	.000	148	196	.755	225	443	668	144	57	35	162	296	1014
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	80	80	2492	452	915	.494	2	.000	141	190	.742	151	507	658	158	64	23	146	282	1045
1984-85	28	NYK	NBA	C	63	63	2069	410	797	.514	4	.000	177	227	.780	139	379	518	109	50	17	166	247	997
1985-86	29	NYK	NBA	C	31	30	1007	195	408	.478	2	.000	97	139	.698	92	188	280	47	27	12	87	136	487
1986-87	30	NYK	NBA	PF	49	11	1056	172	382	.450	0		79	110	.718	123	189	312	38	26	7	85	145	423
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	62	9	946	140	307	.456	1	.000	59	80	.738	82	153	235	37	20	10	65	143	339
1988-89	32	MIA	NBA	PF	53	28	1096	197	394	.500	2	.000	72	97	.742	84	197	281	47	29	18	111	160	466
1989-90	33	MIA	NBA	C	37	1	391	77	159	.484	0		21	37	.568	28	65	93	13	12	4	32	60	175
1990-91	34	UTA	NBA	PF	4	0	26	4	6	.667	0		7	10	.700	3	2	5	0	0	0	2	8	15
Career			NBA		683	300	14516	2734	5506	.497	16	.000	1061	1440	.737	1166	2659	3825	807	360	171	1152	2037	6529

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	71		12.7	2.6	5.2	.505	0.0		1.3	1.7	.764	1.1	2.2	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.0	6.6
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	74		14.6	3.4	6.2	.539	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.707	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.5	2.6	8.0
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	78	7	14.5	2.8	5.5	.509	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.736	0.8	2.4	3.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	1.4	2.9	6.5
1982-83	26	DAL	NBA	C	81	71	28.6	5.3	10.8	.493	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.755	2.8	5.5	8.2	1.8	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.7	12.5
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	80	80	31.2	5.7	11.4	.494	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.742	1.9	6.3	8.2	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.8	3.5	13.1
1984-85	28	NYK	NBA	C	63	63	32.8	6.5	12.7	.514	0.1	.000	2.8	3.6	.780	2.2	6.0	8.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	2.6	3.9	15.8
1985-86	29	NYK	NBA	C	31	30	32.5	6.3	13.2	.478	0.1	.000	3.1	4.5	.698	3.0	6.1	9.0	1.5	0.9	0.4	2.8	4.4	15.7
1986-87	30	NYK	NBA	PF	49	11	21.6	3.5	7.8	.450	0.0		1.6	2.2	.718	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.7	3.0	8.6
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	62	9	15.3	2.3	5.0	.456	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.738	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.3	5.5
1988-89	32	MIA	NBA	PF	53	28	20.7	3.7	7.4	.500	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.742	1.6	3.7	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	2.1	3.0	8.8
1989-90	33	MIA	NBA	C	37	1	10.6	2.1	4.3	.484	0.0		0.6	1.0	.568	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.7
1990-91	34	UTA	NBA	PF	4	0	6.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0		1.8	2.5	.700	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	3.8
Career			NBA		683	300	21.3	4.0	8.1	.497	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.737	1.7	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.7	3.0	9.6

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	71		900	7.5	14.8	.505	0.0		3.8	4.9	.764	3.2	6.3	9.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	3.0	5.6	18.7
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	74		1084	8.2	15.3	.539	0.1	.000	3.3	4.6	.707	3.2	6.5	9.7	2.1	1.0	0.6	3.8	6.4	19.8
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	78	7	1132	7.0	13.7	.509	0.1	.000	2.1	2.9	.736	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.1	0.7	0.3	3.4	7.2	16.1
1982-83	26	DAL	NBA	C	81	71	2317	6.7	13.6	.493	0.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.755	3.5	6.9	10.4	2.2	0.9	0.5	2.5	4.6	15.8
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	80	80	2492	6.5	13.2	.494	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.742	2.2	7.3	9.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	2.1	4.1	15.1
1984-85	28	NYK	NBA	C	63	63	2069	7.1	13.9	.514	0.1	.000	3.1	3.9	.780	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.9	0.9	0.3	2.9	4.3	17.3
1985-86	29	NYK	NBA	C	31	30	1007	7.0	14.6	.478	0.1	.000	3.5	5.0	.698	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.7	1.0	0.4	3.1	4.9	17.4
1986-87	30	NYK	NBA	PF	49	11	1056	5.9	13.0	.450	0.0		2.7	3.7	.718	4.2	6.4	10.6	1.3	0.9	0.2	2.9	4.9	14.4
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	62	9	946	5.3	11.7	.456	0.0	.000	2.2	3.0	.738	3.1	5.8	8.9	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.5	5.4	12.9
1988-89	32	MIA	NBA	PF	53	28	1096	6.5	12.9	.500	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.742	2.8	6.5	9.2	1.5	1.0	0.6	3.6	5.3	15.3
1989-90	33	MIA	NBA	C	37	1	391	7.1	14.6	.484	0.0		1.9	3.4	.568	2.6	6.0	8.6	1.2	1.1	0.4	2.9	5.5	16.1
1990-91	34	UTA	NBA	PF	4	0	26	5.5	8.3	.667	0.0		9.7	13.8	.700	4.2	2.8	6.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	11.1	20.8
Career			NBA		683	300	14516	6.8	13.7	.497	0.0	.000	2.6	3.6	.737	2.9	6.6	9.5	2.0	0.9	0.4	2.9	5.1	16.2

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	71	900	15.3	.552	.505	10.1	18.4	14.4	8.2	1.1	1.0	14.9	22.0	107	103	1.2	1.2	2.5	.131
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	74	1084	15.2	.570	.539	10.2	19.4	14.9	8.0	1.3	1.0	17.9	23.0	104	101	1.0	1.7	2.7	.121
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	78	1132	11.1	.537	.509	6.4	17.9	12.4	12.5	0.9	0.5	18.7	21.0	99	103	0.1	1.7	1.8	.078
1982-83	26	DAL	NBA	C	81	2317	14.6	.526	.493	10.3	21.0	15.5	8.4	1.1	0.8	14.4	19.2	106	108	2.5	1.5	4.0	.084
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	80	2492	13.8	.523	.494	7.0	23.6	15.3	8.7	1.2	0.5	12.8	19.2	105	107	1.6	2.7	4.2	.081
1984-85	28	NYK	NBA	C	63	2069	14.3	.556	.514	7.6	21.9	14.5	7.9	1.2	0.5	15.6	21.2	104	108	1.3	2.0	3.3	.077
1985-86	29	NYK	NBA	C	31	1007	14.0	.519	.478	9.9	22.2	15.7	7.5	1.3	0.7	15.6	23.1	98	103	0.0	1.5	1.5	.070
1986-87	30	NYK	NBA	PF	49	1056	11.4	.491	.450	13.0	20.3	16.6	5.3	1.2	0.4	16.5	20.4	97	110	-0.3	0.9	0.6	.025
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	62	946	9.6	.495	.456	9.6	19.1	14.2	5.6	1.0	0.7	16.0	17.5	99	107	0.0	1.1	1.1	.055
1988-89	32	MIA	NBA	PF	53	1096	11.0	.534	.500	8.3	21.0	14.4	6.8	1.3	1.0	20.3	20.3	95	108	-0.5	1.1	0.6	.026
1989-90	33	MIA	NBA	C	37	391	10.5	.499	.484	7.6	19.1	13.1	5.0	1.5	0.6	15.4	21.4	94	108	-0.3	0.4	0.1	.017
1990-91	34	UTA	NBA	PF	4	26	14.2	.721	.667	14.5	8.5	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.1	21.1	128	111	0.1	0.0	0.1	.208
Career			NBA		683	14516	13.3	.532	.497	8.9	20.9	14.8	8.0	1.2	0.7	15.8	20.5	102	106	6.7	15.8	22.6	.075

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	6		57	11	17	.647	5	6	.833	4	12	16	2	1	0	8	9	27
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	5		25	3	11	.273	3	4	.750	3	3	6	0	1	0	1	2	9
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	6		44	4	11	.364	1	2	.500	3	8	11	2	0	2	4	7	9
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	10		300	47	115	.409	14	15	.933	26	46	72	15	4	2	9	30	108
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	3	0	28	2	5	.400	3	4	.750	2	5	7	3	0	0	0	11	7
Career			NBA		30	0	454	67	159	.421	26	31	.839	38	74	112	22	6	4	22	59	160

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	6		9.5	1.8	2.8	.647	0.8	1.0	.833	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.5	4.5
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	5		5.0	0.6	2.2	.273	0.6	0.8	.750	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.8
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	6		7.3	0.7	1.8	.364	0.2	0.3	.500	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	1.5
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	10		30.0	4.7	11.5	.409	1.4	1.5	.933	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	3.0	10.8
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	3	0	9.3	0.7	1.7	.400	1.0	1.3	.750	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	2.3
Career			NBA		30	0	15.1	2.2	5.3	.421	0.9	1.0	.839	1.3	2.5	3.7	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.0	5.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	6		57	6.9	10.7	.647	3.2	3.8	.833	2.5	7.6	10.1	1.3	0.6	0.0	5.1	5.7	17.1
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	5		25	4.3	15.8	.273	4.3	5.8	.750	4.3	4.3	8.6	0.0	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.9	13.0
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	6		44	3.3	9.0	.364	0.8	1.6	.500	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.0	1.6	3.3	5.7	7.4
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	10		300	5.6	13.8	.409	1.7	1.8	.933	3.1	5.5	8.6	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.1	3.6	13.0
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	3	0	28	2.6	6.4	.400	3.9	5.1	.750	2.6	6.4	9.0	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.1	9.0
Career			NBA		30	0	454	5.3	12.6	.421	2.1	2.5	.839	3.0	5.9	8.9	1.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	4.7	12.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1979-80	23	MIL	NBA	C	6	57	13.5	.687	.647	8.0	23.3	15.8	5.6	0.9	0.0	28.9	20.3	99	101	0.0	0.1	0.1	.092
1980-81	24	MIL	NBA	C	5	25	7.9	.353	.273	13.8	14.5	14.1	0.0	2.0	0.0	7.3	22.5	91	109	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.004
1981-82	25	MIL	NBA	PF	6	44	4.0	.379	.364	7.9	25.8	16.0	6.4	0.0	2.8	25.2	15.3	74	113	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.094
1983-84	27	DAL	NBA	PF	10	300	11.8	.444	.409	9.0	18.6	13.4	7.7	0.7	0.4	6.9	18.6	103	114	0.1	0.1	0.2	.035
1987-88	31	NYK	NBA	PF	3	28	7.5	.518	.400	8.4	21.2	14.7	14.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.3	136	119	0.1	0.0	0.1	.112
Career			NBA		30	454	10.8	.463	.421	9.0	19.8	14.1	7.3	0.7	0.5	11.3	18.2	100	112	0.1	0.2	0.3	.032

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 12 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Pat Cummings		4.2	4.0	3.3	2.7	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1
Stromile Swift	89.2	4.8	3.7	3.3	2.9	2.5	1.9	1.4	1.0	-0.1
Shandon Anderson	88.3	4.9	4.2	3.9	2.7	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.4
Scott Williams	88.3	3.9	3.9	3.4	3.1	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.3	-0.1
Allan Bristow	88.3	4.4	4.3	3.5	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.9	1.9	0.5	0.2
James Jones	87.3	4.7	4.0	3.7	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.0
Fred Roberts	87.3	4.2	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.6	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.2
Reggie Evans	86.6	4.3	3.8	3.0	2.7	2.3	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.3	1.3	0.2
Othella Harrington	86.1	3.8	3.6	3.0	3.0	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
Keith Erickson	85.5	4.1	3.8	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.2	-0.2
Kwame Brown	85.4	4.9	3.6	3.5	2.5	1.9	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Pat Cummings		4.2	4.0	3.3	2.7	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1
Stromile Swift	89.2	4.8	3.7	3.3	2.9	2.5	1.9	1.4	1.0	-0.1
Shandon Anderson	88.3	4.9	4.2	3.9	2.7	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.4
Allan Bristow	88.3	4.4	4.3	3.5	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.9	1.9	0.5	0.2
Fred Roberts	87.3	4.2	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.6	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0
James Jones	87.3	4.7	4.0	3.7	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.0
Reggie Evans	86.6	4.3	3.8	3.0	2.7	2.3	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.3	1.3	0.2
Othella Harrington	86.1	3.8	3.6	3.0	3.0	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
Keith Erickson	85.5	4.1	3.8	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.2	-0.2
Kwame Brown	85.4	4.9	3.6	3.5	2.5	1.9	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.1
Ron Anderson	84.7	4.4	4.1	3.8	3.5	3.1	2.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	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
1974-75	18	CINCY	18	458	111	190			29	39		131						251	.584		.744	25.4	13.9	7.3
1975-76	19	CINCY	31	810	163	291			37	57		210						363	.560		.649	26.1	11.7	6.8
1977-78	21	CINCY	27	854	212	330			63	87		206						487	.642		.724	31.6	18.0	7.6
1978-79	22	CINCY	27	1013	270	490			121	147		304						661	.551		.823	37.5	24.5	11.3
Career			103	3135	756	1301			250	330		851						1762	.581		.758	30.4	17.1	8.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (741)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (741)

Transactions

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 3rd round (59th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

June 28, 1982: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Dallas Mavericks for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Fred Roberts).

June 27, 1984: Signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; the Dallas Mavericks received a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Leonard Allen) and a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Mark Price) as compensation.

August 1, 1988: Released by the New York Knicks.

August 29, 1988: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

March 1, 1990: Waived by the Miami Heat.

December 15, 1990: Signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz.

December 24, 1990: Waived by the Utah Jazz.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	New York Knicks	NBA	$612,500
1987-88	New York Knicks	NBA	$712,000
1988-89	Miami Heat	NBA	$525,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$1,849,500

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