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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{No footnotes|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Dave Batton
| image        = 
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| caption      =
| position     = 
| league       =
| team         =
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 10
| weight_lb    = 240
| number       = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1956|03|26}}
| birth_place  = [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]]
| nationality  = American
| high_school  = Delaware County<br />([[Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Springfield, Pennsylvania]])
| college      = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Notre Dame]] (1974–1978)
| draft_year   = 1978
| draft_round  = 3
| draft_pick   = 62
| draft_team   = [[New Jersey Nets]]
| career_start = 1978
| career_end   = 1983
| career_number   = 40, 45
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| coach_start     =
| coach_end       =
| years1          = 1978–1979
| team1           = [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Gabetti Cantù]]
| years2          = 1980–1981
| team2           = [[Mens Sana Basket|Antonini Siena]]
| years3          = {{nbay|1982|full=y}}
| team3           = [[Washington Bullets]]
| years4          = {{nbay|1983|start}}
| team4           = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
| bbr             = battoda01
| highlights      =
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion (1979)
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer]] (1979)
* Third-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1974)
}}

'''David Robert Batton''' (born March 26, 1956) is a retired American professional [[basketball]] player. At a height of {{convert|2.08|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall, he played at the [[center (basketball)|center]] position.

==College career==
Batton played [[college basketball]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]], with the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Fighting Irish]].

==Professional career==
After college, he was selected by the [[New Jersey Nets]], in the 3rd round (62nd pick overall), of the [[1978 NBA draft]]. He played for the [[Washington Bullets]] (1982–83), and [[San Antonio Spurs]] (1983–84), in the [[National Basketball Association]], in 58 games.

== NBA career statistics ==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=== Regular season ===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1982}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1982–83 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| '''54''' || '''5''' || '''10.3''' || .445 || .000 || '''.471''' || '''2.2''' || 0.5 || '''0.3''' || 0.2 || '''3.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1983}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1983–84 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 4 || 0 || 7.8 || '''.500''' || – || – || 1.0 || '''0.8''' || 0.0 || '''0.8''' || 2.5
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 58 || 5 || 10.2 || .448 || .000 || .471 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 3.2
{{S-end}}

==External links==
*{{basketballstats|bbr=b/battoda01|name=Dave Batton}}
*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=BAT-DAV Italian League Profile] {{in lang|it}}

{{FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Batton, Dave}}
[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Baltimore]]
[[Category:Centers (basketball)]]
[[Category:Mens Sana Basket players]]
[[Category:New Jersey Nets draft picks]]
[[Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Pallacanestro Cantù players]]
[[Category:Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)]]
[[Category:San Antonio Spurs players]]
[[Category:Washington Bullets players]]


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