Earl Tatum 
#6 SG | 6-4, 202lbs | Cavaliers | Experience: 7 years
Born: 7/26/1953 (30) | College: Marquette

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $83,250  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 7                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA CLE 79 0 10.7 2.5 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.37 1.0 0.2 2.0 .354 .688 .000  
 1982 NBA CLE 61 0 10.2 3.0 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.09 0.7 0.1 1.4 .368 .830 .000  
 1981 NBA CLE 82 0 17.1 4.5 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.02 1.3 0.3 2.6 .379 .830 .000  
 1980 NBA CLE 82 0 17.5 5.1 0.6 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.95 1.2 0.2 2.5 .415 .785 .000  
 1979 NBA CLE 17 0 3.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 6.00 0.4 0.1 0.5 .067 .900 .000  
 1978 NBA BOS 79 0 15.6 7.7 0.5 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.83 1.0 0.4 2.1 .447 .732 .000  
 1977 NBA LAL 82 0 30.8 14.3 1.0 2.6 3.6 2.2 1.61 1.7 0.5 3.1 .469 .781 .000  
 1976 NBA LAL 68 0 18.4 9.4 1.2 2.3 1.7 0.0 118.00 1.3 0.3 2.5 .466 .720 .000  
 Career     550 0 17.0 6.6 0.6 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.44 1.1 0.3 2.3 .434 .775 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA CLE 1.1 3.1 .354 0.3 0.4 .688 0.5 0.9 .557 0.6 2.2 .273 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NBA CLE 1.2 3.2 .368 0.6 0.8 .830 0.5 0.8 .592 0.7 2.3 .298 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NBA CLE 1.8 4.6 .379 1.0 1.2 .830 0.8 1.2 .627 1.0 3.3 .293 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1980 NBA CLE 2.1 5.0 .415 1.0 1.3 .785 0.9 1.3 .645 1.2 3.6 .332 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NBA CLE 0.1 0.9 .067 0.5 0.6 .900 0.1 0.2 .250 0.0 0.6 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NBA BOS 3.5 7.9 .447 0.7 0.9 .732 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA LAL 6.2 13.3 .469 1.9 2.4 .781 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NBA LAL 4.2 8.9 .466 1.1 1.5 .720 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     2.8 6.5 .434 0.9 1.2 .775 0.4 0.6 .609 0.5 1.6 .299 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 79 0 844 87 246 22 32 0 0 196 24 94 67 76 49 76 15 160 126 
 1982 61 0 622 71 193 39 47 0 3 181 19 66 38 40 35 40 8 88 -165 
 1981 82 0 1406 144 380 83 100 0 5 371 34 136 95 104 93 104 24 211 75 
 1980 82 0 1437 169 407 84 107 0 2 422 47 145 90 99 95 99 17 203 -47 
 1979 17 0 58 1 15 9 10 0 0 11 3 6 6 6 1 6 1 9 -16 
 1978 79 0 1233 280 627 52 71 0 0 612 41 125 73 78 88 78 34 165 0 
 1977 82 0 2522 510 1087 153 196 0 0 1173 79 295 296 140 184 140 40 257 0 
 1976 68 0 1249 283 607 72 100 0 0 638 83 236 118 85 0 85 22 168 0 
 Career 550 0 9371 1545 3562 514 663 0 10 3604 330 1103 783 628 545 628 161 1261 -27 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA CLE .377 0.80 17.8 13.0 16.0 3.4 9.2 6.4 7.0 -43.5 -1.5 1.6 103.9 96.1  
 1982 NBA CLE .421 0.94 13.2 12.2 17.7 3.5 9.4 6.3 8.8 -15.8 -0.5 -2.7 94.4 111.2  
 1981 NBA CLE .439 0.98 15.5 15.2 15.6 3.0 8.3 5.8 7.7 -58.1 -1.9 0.9 104.0 101.5  
 1980 NBA CLE .465 1.04 14.1 14.9 16.7 3.8 8.3 6.0 9.6 -19.1 -0.6 -0.6 99.0 101.1  
 1979 NBA CLE .316 0.73 23.1 3.8 15.4 5.8 6.0 5.9 8.1 -2.1 -0.1 -0.9 96.6 111.3  
 1978 NBA BOS .465 0.98 8.9 10.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA LAL .500 1.08 17.9 11.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NBA LAL .490 1.05 15.3 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .468 1.01 15.1 10.5 7.6 3.5 8.6 6.1 7.7 -138.5 -4.6 0.0 100.9 101.8  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA CLE 5 0 10.2 2.4 0.2 1.4 0.6 0.2 3.00 0.8 0.0 2.0 .462 .000 .000  
 Career     5 0 10.2 2.4 0.2 1.4 0.6 0.2 3.00 0.8 0.0 2.0 .462 .000 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA CLE 1.2 2.6 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .500 0.8 1.8 .444 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     1.2 2.6 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .500 0.8 1.8 .444 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 5 0 51 6 13 0 0 0 0 12 1 8 3 4 1 4 0 10 20 
 Career 5 0 51 6 13 0 0 0 0 12 1 8 3 4 1 4 0 10 20 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA CLE .462 0.92 17.6 5.9 16.0 2.0 13.7 8.0 7.4 -2.4 -0.1 4.0 110.6 89.6  
 Career     .462 0.92 17.6 5.9 11.3 2.0 13.7 8.0 7.4 -2.4 -0.1 4.0 110.6 89.6  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 10 2 4 5 4 2 4 4 7 3 4 0 0  
 Playoff 4 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0  
 Career 16 2 7 5 5 2 5 8 14 6 6 0 2  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 PHX L 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7
 10/19 CHI L 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 -4
 10/21 PHX W 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 5
 10/25 ATL W 11 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 4
 10/27 POR L 10 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 -6
 10/28 IND L 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 2
 11/1 PHI L 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 -10
 11/2 PHI W 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 -1
 11/4 DET W 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 -1
 11/6 ATL W 15 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 -2
 11/7 NOJ L 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 -3
 11/9 SAS W 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3
 11/11 SDC L 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -2
 11/12 WAS W 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -4
 11/24 MIL W 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1
 11/26 PHI W 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 7
 11/28 NJN L 18 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 -18
 12/2 MIL L 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
 12/3 DET W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 -4
 12/7 CHI W 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 3 9
 12/8 ATL W 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
 12/10 BOS L 12 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 -9
 12/11 NYK W 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 4
 12/15 PHX W 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 7
 12/17 MIL W 17 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 18
 12/18 NOJ W 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 2 -4
 12/20 NOJ W 17 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 11
 12/22 SAC W 12 0 4 3 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
 12/26 CHI W 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 9
 12/27 WAS W 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2
 12/31 PHI W 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 9
 1/2 WAS W 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 8
 1/3 MIA W 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 22
 1/6 DAL W 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 12
 1/7 DEN L 11 2 5 1 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 6
 1/9 WAS W 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 -9
 1/11 CHI L 18 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0
 1/13 CHI L 10 3 6 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 3 0
 1/15 BOS W 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 1/16 MIA W 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -8
 1/19 MIA W 10 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8
 1/21 POR W 9 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 2 1
 1/23 SAS L 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
 1/25 STL W 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 4
 1/27 HOU W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -4
 1/30 HOU W 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 -2
 2/1 WAS W 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
 2/2 NYK L 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 3
 2/4 DET W 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1
 2/6 MIL W 19 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 1 2 0 4 12
 2/8 NJN L 13 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 -9
 2/9 NYK W 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3
 2/14 IND L 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5
 2/15 NOJ W 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 7
 2/18 MIA L 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 7
 2/19 BOS L 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 -10
 2/21 DET L 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 -1
 2/23 GSW L 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 3 0 1 1 3 2
 2/25 SEA W 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2
 2/26 SLS L 13 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 -5
 2/29 BOS L 16 4 7 1 2 0 0 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 -14
 3/1 SDC W 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 1
 3/5 NJN L 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3
 3/6 SLS L 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 -1
 3/9 NYK W 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
 3/10 SAC W 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 4
 3/12 PHX L 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -5
 3/14 DEN W 17 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 21
 3/16 NOJ W 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 -7
 3/17 MIL L 11 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -5
 3/20 MIA W 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 5
 3/22 IND W 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 5
 3/23 CHI L 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
 3/27 NJN W 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4
 3/28 DET L 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1
 4/1 IND L 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4
 4/2 ATL W 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
 4/4 DAL W 11 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 9
 4/7 POR W 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 4/8 LAL W 10 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 9
 4/11 NYK L 11 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -2
 4/12 SEA L 14 4 6 2 2 0 0 10 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
 4/16 LAL L 11 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2
 4/17 ATL W 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
 4/19 PHI W 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 13
 4/21 BOS L 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 -11
 4/22 BOS L 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 11
 4/24 BOS W 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 13
 4/25 BOS W 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 7
 4/27 BOS L 10 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award

 Transactions
 Date Action
 7/21/1980 Re-signed with the Cavaliers for $112,080 over 3 years.
 7/27/1983 Re-signed with the Cavaliers for $83,250 over one year.

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