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Ray Felix

Raymond Darlington Felix (Ray)

Position: Center ▪ Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: December 10, 1930 in New York, New York
Died: July 28, 1991
High School: Metropolitan in New York, New York
College: Long Island University
Draft: Baltimore Bullets, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1953 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 31, 1953

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All-Star

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 6:45AM
All-Time Rank: #435. Chris Ford… #436. RAY FELIX… #437. Manute Bol… #438. Brad Davis… 

Totals

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1953-54 23 BLB NBA 72 2672 410 983 .417 449 704 .638 958 82 253 1269
1954-55 24 NYK NBA 72 2024 364 832 .438 310 498 .622 818 67 286 1038
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 72 1702 277 668 .415 331 469 .706 623 47 293 885
1956-57 26 NYK NBA 72 1622 295 709 .416 277 371 .747 587 36 284 867
1957-58 27 NYK NBA 72 1709 304 688 .442 271 389 .697 747 52 283 879
1958-59 28 NYK NBA 72 1588 260 700 .371 229 321 .713 569 49 275 749
1959-60 29 TOT NBA 47 883 136 355 .383 70 112 .625 338 33 177 342
1959-60 29 NYK NBA 16 187 31 94 .330 19 33 .576 80 4 44 81
1959-60 29 MNL NBA 31 696 105 261 .402 51 79 .646 258 29 133 261
1960-61 30 LAL NBA 78 1510 189 508 .372 135 193 .699 539 37 302 513
1961-62 31 LAL NBA 80 1478 171 398 .430 90 130 .692 473 55 266 432
Career NBA 637 15188 2406 5841 .412 2162 3187 .678 5652 458 2419 6974

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1953-54 23 BLB NBA 72 37.1 5.7 13.7 .417 6.2 9.8 .638 13.3 1.1 3.5 17.6
1954-55 24 NYK NBA 72 28.1 5.1 11.6 .438 4.3 6.9 .622 11.4 0.9 4.0 14.4
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 72 23.6 3.8 9.3 .415 4.6 6.5 .706 8.7 0.7 4.1 12.3
1956-57 26 NYK NBA 72 22.5 4.1 9.8 .416 3.8 5.2 .747 8.2 0.5 3.9 12.0
1957-58 27 NYK NBA 72 23.7 4.2 9.6 .442 3.8 5.4 .697 10.4 0.7 3.9 12.2
1958-59 28 NYK NBA 72 22.1 3.6 9.7 .371 3.2 4.5 .713 7.9 0.7 3.8 10.4
1959-60 29 TOT NBA 47 18.8 2.9 7.6 .383 1.5 2.4 .625 7.2 0.7 3.8 7.3
1959-60 29 NYK NBA 16 11.7 1.9 5.9 .330 1.2 2.1 .576 5.0 0.3 2.8 5.1
1959-60 29 MNL NBA 31 22.5 3.4 8.4 .402 1.6 2.5 .646 8.3 0.9 4.3 8.4
1960-61 30 LAL NBA 78 19.4 2.4 6.5 .372 1.7 2.5 .699 6.9 0.5 3.9 6.6
1961-62 31 LAL NBA 80 18.5 2.1 5.0 .430 1.1 1.6 .692 5.9 0.7 3.3 5.4
Career NBA 637 23.8 3.8 9.2 .412 3.4 5.0 .678 8.9 0.7 3.8 10.9

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1953-54 23 BLB NBA 72 2672 5.5 13.2 .417 6.0 9.5 .638 12.9 1.1 3.4 17.1
1954-55 24 NYK NBA 72 2024 6.5 14.8 .438 5.5 8.9 .622 14.5 1.2 5.1 18.5
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 72 1702 5.9 14.1 .415 7.0 9.9 .706 13.2 1.0 6.2 18.7
1956-57 26 NYK NBA 72 1622 6.5 15.7 .416 6.1 8.2 .747 13.0 0.8 6.3 19.2
1957-58 27 NYK NBA 72 1709 6.4 14.5 .442 5.7 8.2 .697 15.7 1.1 6.0 18.5
1958-59 28 NYK NBA 72 1588 5.9 15.9 .371 5.2 7.3 .713 12.9 1.1 6.2 17.0
1959-60 29 TOT NBA 47 883 5.5 14.5 .383 2.9 4.6 .625 13.8 1.3 7.2 13.9
1959-60 29 NYK NBA 16 187 6.0 18.1 .330 3.7 6.4 .576 15.4 0.8 8.5 15.6
1959-60 29 MNL NBA 31 696 5.4 13.5 .402 2.6 4.1 .646 13.3 1.5 6.9 13.5
1960-61 30 LAL NBA 78 1510 4.5 12.1 .372 3.2 4.6 .699 12.9 0.9 7.2 12.2
1961-62 31 LAL NBA 80 1478 4.2 9.7 .430 2.2 3.2 .692 11.5 1.3 6.5 10.5
Career NBA 637 15188 5.7 13.8 .412 5.1 7.6 .678 13.4 1.1 5.7 16.5

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1953-54 23 BLB NBA 72 2672 22.7 .491 .417 7.6 1.0 8.6 .155
1954-55 24 NYK NBA 72 2024 20.4 .494 .438 4.8 2.5 7.2 .172
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 72 1702 18.6 .506 .415 4.3 1.2 5.5 .155
1956-57 26 NYK NBA 72 1622 18.8 .497 .416 4.2 1.3 5.5 .162
1957-58 27 NYK NBA 72 1709 18.9 .512 .442 4.5 1.3 5.8 .164
1958-59 28 NYK NBA 72 1588 14.0 .445 .371 1.0 1.0 2.0 .061
1959-60 29 TOT NBA 47 883 11.3 .423 .383 -0.1 0.9 0.8 .045
1959-60 29 NYK NBA 16 187 9.0 .373 .330 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.059
1959-60 29 MNL NBA 31 696 12.0 .441 .402 0.2 0.9 1.1 .073
1960-61 30 LAL NBA 78 1510 9.6 .433 .372 -0.1 1.9 1.8 .057
1961-62 31 LAL NBA 80 1478 9.2 .475 .430 0.8 1.5 2.3 .074
Career NBA 637 15188 16.9 .481 .412 26.9 12.7 39.6 .125

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1954-55 24 NYK NBA 3 63 2 16 13 21 12 1 6 17 .125 .619 21.0 5.7 4.0 0.3
1958-59 28 NYK NBA 2 45 12 28 2 4 23 2 12 26 .429 .500 22.5 13.0 11.5 1.0
1959-60 29 MNL NBA 8 147 17 41 18 25 53 9 34 52 .415 .720 18.4 6.5 6.6 1.1
1960-61 30 LAL NBA 12 339 46 109 30 39 125 10 52 122 .422 .769 28.3 10.2 10.4 0.8
1961-62 31 LAL NBA 13 242 29 59 26 38 77 7 39 84 .492 .684 18.6 6.5 5.9 0.5
Career NBA 38 836 106 253 89 127 290 29 143 301 .419 .701 22.0 7.9 7.6 0.8

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1954-55 24 NYK NBA 3 63 3.9 .337 .125 2.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.116
1958-59 28 NYK NBA 2 45 14.9 .437 .429 6.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 .081
1959-60 29 MNL NBA 8 147 13.0 .500 .415 8.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 .111
1960-61 30 LAL NBA 12 339 12.3 .484 .422 3.8 0.4 0.2 0.5 .076
1961-62 31 LAL NBA 13 242 12.1 .555 .492 3.8 0.5 0.1 0.6 .117
Career NBA 38 836 11.9 .487 .419 4.8 1.0 0.4 1.4 .080

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1953-54 23 BLB NBA 1 1 32:00 4 8 .500 5 5 1.000 11 1 4 13
Career NBA 1 1 32 4 8 .500 5 5 1.000 11 1 4 13

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 9 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ray Felix 8.6 7.2 5.8 5.5 5.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 0.8
Tom Boerwinkle 88.8 9.0 7.4 6.3 4.4 3.8 2.6 2.3 1.7 0.5
Marcus Camby 86.4 10.3 6.9 5.9 5.8 3.7 3.5 2.1 1.5 0.9
Sam Lacey 86.3 7.7 7.4 6.5 5.6 5.0 4.3 2.7 1.2 0.3
Mike Gminski 85.6 9.2 7.0 6.5 6.1 5.4 4.3 4.0 1.8 1.5
Elmore Smith 85.6 8.7 6.8 5.9 4.7 3.9 2.9 1.5 0.3
Emeka Okafor 85.1 8.2 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.0 1.0
Darryl Dawkins 84.4 7.9 6.4 6.3 5.7 4.6 4.0 2.9 2.1 0.1
Danny Schayes 83.0 8.8 5.6 4.6 4.5 3.9 2.8 2.0 1.7 1.2
Joe Barry Carroll 81.9 7.0 5.7 5.5 4.7 4.6 3.4 2.3 1.6 0.7
Rik Smits 81.7 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.0 4.3 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.7
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Ray Felix 8.6 7.2 5.8 5.5 5.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 0.8
Tom Boerwinkle 88.5 9.0 7.4 6.3 4.4 3.8 2.6 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.2
Elmore Smith 85.6 8.7 6.8 5.9 4.7 3.9 2.9 1.5 0.3
Emeka Okafor 85.1 8.2 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.0 1.0
Joe Barry Carroll 81.9 7.0 5.7 5.5 4.7 4.6 3.4 2.3 1.6 0.7 0.0
Chuck Share 79.6 8.6 8.1 6.7 4.2 4.0 3.3 1.3
Samuel Dalembert 79.4 6.9 6.9 6.2 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.6 2.9 0.3
Bill Walton 78.7 10.2 8.4 5.0 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.3 2.0 0.8 -0.1
Rony Seikaly 78.4 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.2 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.3 0.7 -0.3 -0.5
Red Rocha 78.2 7.8 7.2 7.0 6.5 5.1 5.0 4.6 3.6 1.0
Jim Fox 78.1 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 4.6 3.9 3.4 2.4 2.2 0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1954 NBA
Awards
1953-54 NBA Rookie of the Year
MVP Award Shares
1956-57 NBA 0.012 (8)
Career 0.012 (150)
Games
1953-54 NBA 72 (2)
1954-55 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
1957-58 NBA 72 (1)
1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
1961-62 NBA 80 (1)
Minutes Played
1953-54 NBA 2672 (10)
Field Goals
1953-54 NBA 410 (6)
Field Goal Attempts
1953-54 NBA 983 (5)
Field Goal Pct
1953-54 NBA .417 (5)
1954-55 NBA .438 (5)
1956-57 NBA .416 (10)
1957-58 NBA .442 (3)
Free Throws
1953-54 NBA 449 (3)
Free Throw Attempts
1953-54 NBA 704 (2)
1954-55 NBA 498 (10)
1955-56 NBA 469 (10)
Total Rebounds
1953-54 NBA 958 (4)
1954-55 NBA 818 (5)
Personal Fouls
1954-55 NBA 286 (3)
1955-56 NBA 293 (4)
1956-57 NBA 284 (5)
1957-58 NBA 283 (4)
1958-59 NBA 275 (7)
1960-61 NBA 302 (5)
Points
1953-54 NBA 1269 (5)
Points Per Game
1953-54 NBA 17.6 (5)
Rebounds Per Game
1953-54 NBA 13.3 (4)
1954-55 NBA 11.4 (6)
Career NBA 8.9 (80)
Career 8.9 (96)
Player Efficiency Rating
1953-54 NBA 22.7 (6)
1954-55 NBA 20.4 (8)
True Shooting Pct
1953-54 NBA .491 (7)
1954-55 NBA .494 (8)
1955-56 NBA .506 (9)
1956-57 NBA .497 (8)
1957-58 NBA .511 (6)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1953-54 NBA .417 (5)
1954-55 NBA .438 (5)
1956-57 NBA .416 (10)
1957-58 NBA .442 (3)
Offensive Win Shares
1953-54 NBA 7.6 (6)
Win Shares
1953-54 NBA 8.6 (10)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1954-55 NBA .172 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.002 (465)
NBA Elo Player Rating
436th (overall) as of Feb 12, 2012, 6:45AM
 

Transactions

April 24, 1953: Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1953 NBA Draft.

September 17, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Bullets with Chuck Grigsby to the New York Knicks for Alfred McGuire and Connie Simmons.

January 24, 1960: Traded by the New York Knicks with a 1960 4th round draft pick (Ben Warley) to the Minneapolis Lakers for Dick Garmaker and a 1960 2nd round draft pick (Dave Budd).

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