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Harvey Catchings
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Birthdate: 9/2/1951    
Height / Weight: 6' 9"  /  218 lbs. Position: C
College: Hardin-Simmons

Basketball Historian Biography

A quick-moving center, Harvey Catchings joined the Philadelphia 76ers of National Basketball Association after a stellar tenure with the Hardin-Simmons College basketball team. The 6-ft 9 inch, 218-pounder fit right in with head coach Gene Shue defensive-style of ballhawking and Harvey Catchings was an important spoke-in-the-wheel role player with the Sixers during the late-1970s. And during the early-1980 he had a few very solid seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, including five straight postseason playoffs. 1979-80 thru 1983-84.

In all, Harvey Catchings played in nine NBA postseasons. 556 minutes, scored 74 points, 154 reboounds in 53 games.  


Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
74-75 PHI (NBA) 37 14.27 1.1-2.00 .554 0.0-0.0 .000 0.4-0.7 .640 0.3 1.6 0.0 4.1 0.6 2.65
75-76 PHI (NBA) 75 23.08 1.4-3.23 .426 0.0-0.0 .000 0.8-1.3 .604 0.3 2.2 0.0 6.9 0.8 3.52
76-77 PHI (NBA) 53 16.30 1.2-2.32 .504 0.0-0.0 .000 0.6-0.9 .702 0.4 1.5 0.0 4.4 0.6 2.96
77-78 PHI (NBA) 61 12.26 1.1-2.92 .393 0.0-0.0 .000 0.6-0.9 .618 0.3 1.1 0.7 4.1 0.6 2.85
78-79 NJN (NBA) 32 20.59 2.3-5.47 .423 0.0-0.0 .000 1.5-1.9 .770 0.5 1.8 1.6 6.4 0.9 6.09
78-79 PHI (NBA) 25 11.56 1.1-2.72 .412 0.0-0.0 .000 0.5-0.7 .765 0.3 1.4 1.5 3.9 0.7 2.76
78-79 total (NBA) 57 16.63 1.8-4.26 .420 0.0-0.0 .000 1.1-1.4 .769 0.4 1.6 1.5 5.3 0.8 4.63
79-80 MIL (NBA) 72 18.97 1.3-3.39 .398 0.0-0.0 .000 0.5-0.9 .629 0.3 2.3 0.9 5.7 1.1 3.24
80-81 MIL (NBA) 77 21.23 1.7-3.90 .447 0.0-0.0 .000 0.8-1.2 .641 0.4 2.4 1.4 6.1 1.3 4.25
81-82 MIL (NBA) 80 20.04 1.2-2.80 .420 0.0-0.0 .000 0.5-0.9 .594 0.5 1.7 1.2 4.5 1.2 2.86
82-83 MIL (NBA) 74 21.00 1.2-2.66 .457 0.0-0.0 .000 0.8-1.2 .674 0.4 2.0 1.1 5.5 1.0 3.27
83-84 MIL (NBA) 69 16.75 0.9-2.22 .399 0.0-0.0 .000 0.3-0.6 .524 0.4 1.2 0.8 3.9 0.6 2.09
84-85 LAC (NBA) 70 14.99 1.0-2.13 .483 0.0-0.0 .000 0.8-1.3 .663 0.2 0.8 0.8 3.7 0.2 2.90
13 years   725 18.18 1.3-2.9 .435 0.0-0.0 .0 0.7-1.0 .647 0.4 1.7 0.8 5.0 0.8 3.22



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