Donnis Butcher Explained

Donnis Butcher
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:200
Birth Date:6 February 1936
Birth Place:Williamsport, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:Hartland, Michigan, U.S.
High School:Meade (Williamsport, Kentucky)
College:Pikeville
Draft Year:1961
Draft Round:7
Draft Pick:60
Draft Team:New York Knicks
Career Start:1961
Career End:1966
Career Number:19, 24
Career Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Years1:
Team1:New York Knicks
Years2:
Team2:Detroit Pistons
Cyears1:
Cteam1:Detroit Pistons
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1,696 (6.1 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:821 (2.9 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:585 (2.1 apg)
Bbr:butchdo01

Donnis Butcher (February 8, 1936 – October 8, 2012) was an American basketball player. A 6'1" guard from Pikeville College, Butcher was selected by the New York Knicks in the seventh round of the 1961 NBA draft.[1]

Career playing statistics

NBA

Source[2]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
New York47 10.2 .310 .609 1.7 1.1 2.9
New York68 17.5 .406 .675 2.6 2.0 7.0
New York26 16.1 .322 .636 2.6 2.5 4.5
Detroit52 29.9 .421 .616 5.0 3.4 8.6
Detroit71 16.3 .405 .618 2.8 1.7 5.8
Detroit15 19.0 .469 .529 2.2 2.0 7.2
Career279 18.2 .397 .629 2.9 2.1 6.1

Head coaching record

NBA

Source[3]

|-| align="left" |Detroit| align="left" ||8||2||6||.250|| align="center" |5th in Western||—||—||—||—| align="center" | Missed playoffs|-| align="left" |Detroit| align="left" ||82||40||42||.488|| align="center" |4th in Eastern||6||2||4||.333| align="center" |Lost in Division semifinals|- | align="left" |Detroit| align="left" ||22||10||12||.455|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||—| align="center" ||-class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan="2"|Career|112||52||60|||| ||6||2||4||||

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/sports/donnis-butcher-passes-at-the-age-of-76 Donnis Butcher passes at the age of 76
  2. Web site: Donnie Butcher NBA playing stats. Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 17 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Donnie Butcher NBA coaching stats. Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 18 January 2024.