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Bailey Howell

Bailey E. Howell

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: January 20, 1937 in Middleton, Tennessee
High School: Middleton in Middleton, Tennessee
College: Mississippi State University
Draft: Detroit Pistons, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1959 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 18, 1959
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1997 (Full List)

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Hall of Fame

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:53AM
All-Time Rank: #142. Jason Terry… #143. Paul Silas… #144. BAILEY HOWELL… #145. Rod Strickland… #146. Terry Porter… 

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
1959-60 23 DET NBA 75 2346 510 1119 .456 312 422 .739 790 63 282 1332
1960-61 24 DET NBA 77 2952 607 1293 .469 601 798 .753 1111 196 297 1815
1961-62 25 DET NBA 79 2857 553 1193 .464 470 612 .768 996 186 317 1576
1962-63 26 DET NBA 79 2971 637 1235 .516 519 650 .798 910 232 300 1793
1963-64 27 DET NBA 77 2700 598 1267 .472 470 581 .809 776 205 290 1666
1964-65 28 BAL NBA 80 2975 515 1040 .495 504 629 .801 869 208 345 1534
1965-66 29 BAL NBA 79 2328 481 986 .488 402 551 .730 773 155 306 1364
1966-67 30 BOS NBA 81 2503 636 1242 .512 349 471 .741 677 103 296 1621
1967-68 31 BOS NBA 82 2801 643 1336 .481 335 461 .727 805 133 285 1621
1968-69 32 BOS NBA 78 2527 612 1257 .487 313 426 .735 685 137 285 1537
1969-70 33 BOS NBA 82 2078 399 931 .429 235 308 .763 550 120 261 1033
1970-71 34 PHI NBA 82 1589 324 686 .472 230 315 .730 441 115 234 878
Career NBA 951 30627 6515 13585 .480 4740 6224 .762 9383 1853 3498 17770

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
1959-60 23 DET NBA 75 31.3 6.8 14.9 .456 4.2 5.6 .739 10.5 0.8 3.8 17.8
1960-61 24 DET NBA 77 38.3 7.9 16.8 .469 7.8 10.4 .753 14.4 2.5 3.9 23.6
1961-62 25 DET NBA 79 36.2 7.0 15.1 .464 5.9 7.7 .768 12.6 2.4 4.0 19.9
1962-63 26 DET NBA 79 37.6 8.1 15.6 .516 6.6 8.2 .798 11.5 2.9 3.8 22.7
1963-64 27 DET NBA 77 35.1 7.8 16.5 .472 6.1 7.5 .809 10.1 2.7 3.8 21.6
1964-65 28 BAL NBA 80 37.2 6.4 13.0 .495 6.3 7.9 .801 10.9 2.6 4.3 19.2
1965-66 29 BAL NBA 79 29.5 6.1 12.5 .488 5.1 7.0 .730 9.8 2.0 3.9 17.3
1966-67 30 BOS NBA 81 30.9 7.9 15.3 .512 4.3 5.8 .741 8.4 1.3 3.7 20.0
1967-68 31 BOS NBA 82 34.2 7.8 16.3 .481 4.1 5.6 .727 9.8 1.6 3.5 19.8
1968-69 32 BOS NBA 78 32.4 7.8 16.1 .487 4.0 5.5 .735 8.8 1.8 3.7 19.7
1969-70 33 BOS NBA 82 25.3 4.9 11.4 .429 2.9 3.8 .763 6.7 1.5 3.2 12.6
1970-71 34 PHI NBA 82 19.4 4.0 8.4 .472 2.8 3.8 .730 5.4 1.4 2.9 10.7
Career NBA 951 32.2 6.9 14.3 .480 5.0 6.5 .762 9.9 1.9 3.7 18.7

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
1959-60 23 DET NBA 75 2346 7.8 17.2 .456 4.8 6.5 .739 12.1 1.0 4.3 20.4
1960-61 24 DET NBA 77 2952 7.4 15.8 .469 7.3 9.7 .753 13.5 2.4 3.6 22.1
1961-62 25 DET NBA 79 2857 7.0 15.0 .464 5.9 7.7 .768 12.6 2.3 4.0 19.9
1962-63 26 DET NBA 79 2971 7.7 15.0 .516 6.3 7.9 .798 11.0 2.8 3.6 21.7
1963-64 27 DET NBA 77 2700 8.0 16.9 .472 6.3 7.7 .809 10.3 2.7 3.9 22.2
1964-65 28 BAL NBA 80 2975 6.2 12.6 .495 6.1 7.6 .801 10.5 2.5 4.2 18.6
1965-66 29 BAL NBA 79 2328 7.4 15.2 .488 6.2 8.5 .730 12.0 2.4 4.7 21.1
1966-67 30 BOS NBA 81 2503 9.1 17.9 .512 5.0 6.8 .741 9.7 1.5 4.3 23.3
1967-68 31 BOS NBA 82 2801 8.3 17.2 .481 4.3 5.9 .727 10.3 1.7 3.7 20.8
1968-69 32 BOS NBA 78 2527 8.7 17.9 .487 4.5 6.1 .735 9.8 2.0 4.1 21.9
1969-70 33 BOS NBA 82 2078 6.9 16.1 .429 4.1 5.3 .763 9.5 2.1 4.5 17.9
1970-71 34 PHI NBA 82 1589 7.3 15.5 .472 5.2 7.1 .730 10.0 2.6 5.3 19.9
Career NBA 951 30627 7.7 16.0 .480 5.6 7.3 .762 11.0 2.2 4.1 20.9

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
1959-60 23 DET NBA 75 2346 18.1 .510 .456 5.7 1.9 7.6 .156
1960-61 24 DET NBA 77 2952 21.2 .552 .469 10.1 1.6 11.7 .190
1961-62 25 DET NBA 79 2857 19.1 .539 .464 7.6 3.1 10.7 .180
1962-63 26 DET NBA 79 2971 21.6 .589 .516 11.1 2.9 14.0 .226
1963-64 27 DET NBA 77 2700 21.1 .547 .472 8.5 1.4 9.8 .175
1964-65 28 BAL NBA 80 2975 18.9 .582 .495 9.9 10.1 0.7 10.9 .175
1965-66 29 BAL NBA 79 2328 19.0 .555 .488 9.1 6.8 1.9 8.7 .179
1966-67 30 BOS NBA 81 2503 19.5 .559 .512 5.9 8.0 3.8 11.8 .226
1967-68 31 BOS NBA 82 2801 18.1 .527 .481 6.7 5.6 4.5 10.1 .174
1968-69 32 BOS NBA 78 2527 19.4 .532 .487 8.2 6.4 4.9 11.3 .215
1969-70 33 BOS NBA 82 2078 14.0 .484 .429 7.9 0.7 2.4 3.1 .072
1970-71 34 PHI NBA 82 1589 17.0 .532 .472 12.4 10.2 3.2 1.8 5.0 .152
Career NBA 951 30627 19.1 .544 .480 12.4 8.2 83.8 31.0 114.8 .180

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
1959-60 23 DET NBA 2 72 14 41 6 8 17 3 8 34 .341 .750 36.0 17.0 8.5 1.5
1960-61 24 DET NBA 5 154 20 57 16 23 46 22 22 56 .351 .696 30.8 11.2 9.2 4.4
1961-62 25 DET NBA 10 378 69 163 62 75 96 23 48 200 .423 .827 37.8 20.0 9.6 2.3
1962-63 26 DET NBA 4 163 24 64 23 27 42 11 19 71 .375 .852 40.8 17.8 10.5 2.8
1964-65 28 BAL NBA 9 350 67 130 53 70 105 19 38 187 .515 .757 38.9 20.8 11.7 2.1
1965-66 29 BAL NBA 3 94 23 50 8 11 30 2 13 54 .460 .727 31.3 18.0 10.0 0.7
1966-67 30 BOS NBA 9 241 59 122 20 30 66 5 35 138 .484 .667 26.8 15.3 7.3 0.6
1967-68 31 BOS NBA 19 597 135 264 74 107 146 22 84 344 .511 .692 31.4 18.1 7.7 1.2
1968-69 32 BOS NBA 18 551 112 229 46 64 118 19 84 270 .489 .719 30.6 15.0 6.6 1.1
1970-71 34 PHI NBA 7 122 19 45 9 18 31 4 25 47 .422 .500 17.4 6.7 4.4 0.6
Career NBA 86 2722 542 1165 317 433 697 130 376 1401 .465 .732 31.7 16.3 8.1 1.5

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
1959-60 23 DET NBA 2 72 10.0 .382 .341 6.7 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.034
1960-61 24 DET NBA 5 154 12.2 .417 .351 18.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 .015
1961-62 25 DET NBA 10 378 15.7 .510 .423 8.1 0.8 0.1 0.8 .108
1962-63 26 DET NBA 4 163 14.1 .468 .375 10.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 .079
1964-65 28 BAL NBA 9 350 19.4 .581 .515 7.7 1.2 0.3 1.4 .199
1965-66 29 BAL NBA 3 94 17.3 .492 .460 3.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 .076
1966-67 30 BOS NBA 9 241 15.3 .510 .484 3.0 0.5 0.2 0.7 .141
1967-68 31 BOS NBA 19 597 17.2 .553 .511 5.4 1.6 0.6 2.2 .176
1968-69 32 BOS NBA 18 551 14.7 .525 .489 5.1 1.2 0.4 1.6 .142
1970-71 34 PHI NBA 7 122 9.1 .444 .422 11.4 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001
Career NBA 86 2722 15.6 .517 .465 11.4 6.7 5.2 2.0 7.2 .128

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
1960-61 24 DET NBA 1 0 16:00 5 10 .500 3 4 .750 3 3 4 13
1961-62 25 DET NBA 1 0 8:00 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 1 2
1962-63 26 DET NBA 1 0 11:00 2 3 .667 0 0 1 1 2 4
1963-64 27 DET NBA 1 0 6:00 1 3 .333 0 0 2 0 0 2
1965-66 29 BAL NBA 1 1 26:00 3 11 .273 1 2 .500 2 2 4 7
1966-67 30 BOS NBA 1 1 14:00 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 2 1 1 4
Career NBA 6 2 81 13 33 .394 6 8 .750 10 8 12 32

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Bailey Howell 14.0 11.8 11.7 11.3 10.9 10.7 10.1 9.8 8.7 7.6 5.0 3.1
Paul Pierce 94.0 12.9 12.4 11.5 11.2 10.4 10.3 10.1 8.3 8.2 7.1 5.4 4.9
Kevin McHale 93.5 14.8 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.5 10.2 10.1 7.9 7.5 7.5 4.7 4.0
Adrian Dantley 92.3 14.6 13.6 12.8 12.6 12.2 10.5 10.3 9.8 9.4 8.0 5.7 4.3
Dominique Wilkins 91.7 12.2 11.4 11.1 10.8 10.5 10.4 9.8 8.4 7.6 7.0 5.8 5.1
Chet Walker 91.3 14.5 10.9 10.9 10.6 10.1 9.8 9.8 8.2 7.8 5.4 5.3 3.7
Rick Barry 91.3 14.4 12.7 11.1 10.4 10.4 10.2 9.7 9.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.8
Larry Nance 89.7 12.2 10.7 10.5 10.3 10.2 9.8 9.8 8.4 8.0 7.9 6.5 2.4
Shawn Marion 88.3 14.6 13.0 12.5 12.0 11.7 9.8 9.1 7.4 5.6 5.2 5.0 4.1
Scottie Pippen 87.6 13.1 12.7 12.3 11.8 11.2 11.2 8.6 6.6 5.7 4.9 4.0 2.3
John Havlicek 86.9 12.5 12.4 12.1 10.6 9.7 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.3 6.4 4.5 4.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Bailey Howell 14.0 11.8 11.7 11.3 10.9 10.7 10.1 9.8 8.7 7.6 5.0 3.1
Chet Walker 92.3 14.5 10.9 10.9 10.6 10.5 10.1 9.8 9.8 8.2 7.8 5.4 5.3 3.7
Kevin McHale 92.2 14.8 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.5 10.2 10.1 7.9 7.5 7.5 4.7 4.0 2.8
Paul Pierce 92.0 12.9 12.4 11.6 11.5 11.2 10.4 10.3 10.1 8.3 8.2 7.1 5.4 4.9
Larry Nance 88.8 12.2 10.7 10.5 10.3 10.2 9.8 9.8 8.4 8.0 7.9 6.5 2.8 2.4
Dominique Wilkins 88.6 12.2 11.4 11.1 10.8 10.5 10.4 9.8 8.4 7.6 7.0 5.8 5.1 3.9 3.4 0.3
Shawn Marion 88.3 14.6 13.0 12.5 12.0 11.7 9.8 9.1 7.4 5.6 5.2 5.0 4.1
Rick Barry 88.3 14.4 12.7 11.1 10.4 10.4 10.2 9.7 9.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.8 4.2 3.4
Adrian Dantley 87.9 14.6 13.6 12.8 12.6 12.2 10.5 10.3 9.8 9.4 8.0 7.4 5.7 4.3 3.1 0.1
Jerry Lucas 86.5 12.7 11.2 10.5 10.1 9.9 9.5 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 3.4
Scottie Pippen 85.0 13.1 12.7 12.3 11.8 11.2 11.2 8.6 7.8 6.6 5.7 5.1 4.9 4.0 3.8 3.7 2.3 0.3

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1956-57 20 MISSST 25 217 382 213 285 492 647 .568 .747 25.9 19.7
1957-58 21 MISSST 25 226 439 243 315 406 695 .515 .771 27.8 16.2
1958-59 22 MISSST 25 231 464 226 292 379 688 .498 .774 27.5 15.2
Career 75 674 1285 682 892 1277 2030 .525 .765 27.1 17.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
1964 NBA
1966 NBA
1967 NBA
Honors
1957-58 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1958-59 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1962-63 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1960-61 NBA 0.024 (8)
Career 0.024 (133)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1968 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1969 Boston Celtics (NBA)
Games
1959-60 NBA 75 (2)
1964-65 NBA 80 (1)
1966-67 NBA 81 (1)
1967-68 NBA 82 (2)
1969-70 NBA 82 (1)
1970-71 NBA 82 (2)
Minutes Played
1960-61 NBA 2952 (10)
1962-63 NBA 2971 (8)
1964-65 NBA 2975 (9)
Field Goals
1962-63 NBA 637 (7)
1966-67 NBA 636 (10)
Career NBA 6515 (73)
Career 6515 (77)
Field Goal Attempts
Career NBA 13585 (81)
Career 13585 (87)
Field Goal Pct
1959-60 NBA .456 (8)
1960-61 NBA .469 (5)
1962-63 NBA .516 (4)
1963-64 NBA .472 (8)
1964-65 NBA .495 (5)
1965-66 NBA .488 (6)
1966-67 NBA .512 (3)
Free Throws
1960-61 NBA 601 (4)
1961-62 NBA 470 (9)
1962-63 NBA 519 (6)
1963-64 NBA 470 (7)
1964-65 NBA 504 (4)
Career NBA 4740 (33)
Career 4740 (38)
Free Throw Attempts
1960-61 NBA 798 (4)
1961-62 NBA 612 (8)
1962-63 NBA 650 (6)
1963-64 NBA 581 (8)
1964-65 NBA 629 (5)
1965-66 NBA 551 (8)
Career NBA 6224 (31)
Career 6224 (37)
Free Throw Pct
1963-64 NBA .809 (7)
Total Rebounds
1960-61 NBA 1111 (5)
1961-62 NBA 996 (7)
1962-63 NBA 910 (9)
Career NBA 9383 (40)
Career 9383 (46)
Personal Fouls
1959-60 NBA 282 (3)
1960-61 NBA 297 (6)
1961-62 NBA 317 (4)
1962-63 NBA 300 (2)
1963-64 NBA 290 (9)
1964-65 NBA 345 (1)
1965-66 NBA 306 (6)
1966-67 NBA 296 (6)
Career NBA 3498 (25)
Career 3498 (27)
Points
1960-61 NBA 1815 (9)
1962-63 NBA 1793 (6)
1963-64 NBA 1666 (8)
1964-65 NBA 1534 (8)
1966-67 NBA 1621 (9)
Career NBA 17770 (66)
Career 17770 (68)
Minutes Per Game
1960-61 NBA 38.3 (7)
1962-63 NBA 37.6 (8)
Points Per Game
1960-61 NBA 23.6 (7)
1962-63 NBA 22.7 (6)
1963-64 NBA 21.6 (8)
1964-65 NBA 19.2 (10)
Career NBA 18.7 (79)
Career 18.7 (89)
Rebounds Per Game
1960-61 NBA 14.4 (5)
1961-62 NBA 12.6 (8)
1962-63 NBA 11.5 (9)
Career NBA 9.9 (46)
Career 9.9 (55)
Player Efficiency Rating
1960-61 NBA 21.2 (5)
1962-63 NBA 21.6 (7)
1963-64 NBA 21.1 (7)
1964-65 NBA 18.9 (9)
1965-66 NBA 19.0 (7)
1966-67 NBA 19.5 (7)
1968-69 NBA 19.4 (9)
Career NBA 19.1 (85)
Career 19.1 (90)
True Shooting Pct
1959-60 NBA .510 (7)
1960-61 NBA .552 (2)
1961-62 NBA .539 (3)
1962-63 NBA .589 (1)
1963-64 NBA .547 (6)
1964-65 NBA .583 (1)
1965-66 NBA .555 (3)
1966-67 NBA .559 (5)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1959-60 NBA .456 (8)
1960-61 NBA .469 (5)
1962-63 NBA .516 (4)
1963-64 NBA .472 (8)
1964-65 NBA .495 (5)
1965-66 NBA .488 (6)
1966-67 NBA .512 (3)
Offensive Win Shares
1960-61 NBA 10.1 (3)
1961-62 NBA 7.6 (7)
1962-63 NBA 11.1 (4)
1963-64 NBA 8.5 (8)
1964-65 NBA 10.1 (4)
1965-66 NBA 6.8 (8)
1966-67 NBA 8.0 (5)
Career NBA 83.8 (30)
Career 83.8 (35)
Defensive Win Shares
1966-67 NBA 3.8 (8)
1967-68 NBA 4.5 (6)
1968-69 NBA 4.9 (8)
Win Shares
1960-61 NBA 11.7 (6)
1961-62 NBA 10.7 (8)
1962-63 NBA 14.0 (5)
1963-64 NBA 9.8 (9)
1964-65 NBA 10.9 (7)
1965-66 NBA 8.7 (10)
1966-67 NBA 11.8 (5)
1967-68 NBA 10.1 (7)
1968-69 NBA 11.3 (6)
Career NBA 114.8 (44)
Career 114.8 (49)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1960-61 NBA .190 (8)
1961-62 NBA .180 (8)
1962-63 NBA .226 (3)
1963-64 NBA .175 (10)
1964-65 NBA .175 (9)
1965-66 NBA .179 (5)
1966-67 NBA .226 (3)
1967-68 NBA .174 (5)
1968-69 NBA .215 (3)
Career NBA .180 (34)
Career .180 (37)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.918 (59)
NBA Elo Player Rating
144th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:53AM
 

Transactions

March 31, 1959: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1959 NBA Draft.

June 18, 1964: Traded by the Detroit Pistons with Bob Ferry, Les Hunter, Wali Jones and Don Ohl to the Baltimore Bullets for Terry Dischinger, Don Kojis and Rod Thorn.

September 1, 1966: Traded by the Baltimore Bullets to the Boston Celtics for Mel Counts.

May 11, 1970: Drafted by the Buffalo Braves from the Boston Celtics in the NBA expansion draft.

May 11, 1970: Traded by the Buffalo Braves to the Philadelphia 76ers for Bob Kauffman and a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Spencer Haywood).

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