Personal information | |
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Born | Detroit, Michigan | September 13, 1977
Nationality | American / Filipino |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Livonia, Churchill |
College | Michigan–Dearborn (1996–1998) |
PBA draft | 2000: direct hire |
Selected by the Tanduay Rhum Masters | |
Playing career | 1999–2013 |
Position | Power forward |
Career history | |
1999 | Laguna Lakers |
2000 | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
2001 | Pop Cola Panthers |
2002–2005 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
2006–2007, 2010–2011, 2012–2013 | Barangay Ginebra Kings / Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Rudolph Conse "Rudy" Hatfield II (born September 13, 1977) is an American-Filipino retired professional basketball player who played for Laguna Lakers in the Metropolitan Basketball Association and for Tanduay Rhum Masters, Pop Cola Panthers, Coca-Cola Tigers and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the Philippine Basketball Association. [1]
After Hatfield's stint with Laguna Lakers in the Metropolitan Basketball Association, he was one of the two former MBA players signed by the Tanduay Rhum Masters beginning the 2000 PBA season. He played secondary role to Eric Menk and Sonny Alvarado. Hatfield was obtained by Pop Cola the following season in a trade with Noli Locsin which involved two other players.
He turned into Pop Cola's most reliable frontline player as he made it to the Mythical Second Team for the second straight year. Hatfield finished 14th in scoring with 13 points per game average.[ citation needed ]
After playing for the Pop Cola Panthers, Hatfield was acquired by the Coca-Cola Tigers in 2002 and played with All-Stars Jeffrey Cariaso and Johnny Abarrientos. He became a power player here and helped the team win the 2002 All-Filipino Cup and the 2003 Reinforced Conference. He had a number of awards that include the Mythical and All-Defensive teams. He was also an All-Star in 2003.
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2000 | Tanduay | 43 | 37.6 | .544 | .250 | .617 | 9.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .4 | 13.3 |
2001 | Pop Cola | 51 | 42.0 | .441 | .206 | .665 | 12.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 13.0 |
2002 | Coca-Cola | 17 | 32.3 | .398 | .408 | .653 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 12.5 |
2003 | Coca-Cola | 65 | 38.0 | .444 | .274 | .575 | 10.7 | 4.3 | 1.8 | .5 | 13.7 |
2004–05 | Coca-Cola | 16 | 32.3 | .460 | .167 | .623 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 1.4 | .3 | 11.4 |
2006–07 | Barangay Ginebra | 35 | 33.0 | .515 | .273 | .614 | 11.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | .5 | 15.1 |
2009–10 | Barangay Ginebra | 21 | 21.7 | .455 | .000 | .473 | 7.7 | .8 | .8 | .2 | 7.0 |
2010–11 | Barangay Ginebra | 45 | 29.1 | .454 | .235 | .584 | 10.2 | 2.1 | .8 | .4 | 8.5 |
2011–12 | Barangay Ginebra | 28 | 24.9 | .480 | .000 | .366 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .2 | 6.6 |
2012–13 | Barangay Ginebra | 37 | 24.9 | .435 | .000 | .551 | 5.7 | 1.3 | .5 | .2 | 4.0 |
Career | 358 | 32.3 | .466 | .266 | .593 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .4 | 10.9 |
Hatfield lives in Detroit, Michigan with his wife and six children.
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