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Ed Macauley

Charles Edward Macauley Jr. (Ed, Easy Ed)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: March 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri
Died: November 9, 2011
High School: Saint Louis University High School in St. Louis, Missouri
College: Saint Louis University
Draft: St. Louis Bombers, 1949 BAA Draft (territorial selection)
NBA Debut: November 1, 1949
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1960 (Full List)
As Coach: 2 Yrs, 89-48, .650 W-L% (Full Record)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 25, 2013 11:17 AM
All-Time Rank: #167. Norm Nixon… #168. Richie Guerin… #169. Toni Kukoc… #170. ED MACAULEY… #171. Tom Heinsohn… #172. Terry Porter… #173. Cliff Hagan… 

Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1949-50 21 STB NBA 67 351 882 .398 379 528 .718 200 221 1081
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 68 459 985 .466 466 614 .759 616 252 205 1384
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 66 2631 384 888 .432 496 621 .799 529 232 174 1264
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 69 2902 451 997 .452 500 667 .750 629 280 188 1402
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 71 2792 462 950 .486 420 554 .758 571 271 168 1344
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 71 2706 403 951 .424 442 558 .792 600 275 171 1248
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 71 2354 420 995 .422 400 504 .794 422 211 158 1240
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 72 2582 414 987 .419 359 479 .749 440 202 206 1187
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 72 1908 376 879 .428 267 369 .724 478 143 156 1019
1958-59 30 STL NBA C 14 196 22 75 .293 21 35 .600 40 13 20 65
Career NBA 641 18071 3742 8589 .436 3750 4929 .761 4325 2079 1667 11234

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1949-50 21 STB NBA 67 5.2 13.2 .398 5.7 7.9 .718 3.0 3.3 16.1
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 68 6.8 14.5 .466 6.9 9.0 .759 9.1 3.7 3.0 20.4
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 66 39.9 5.8 13.5 .432 7.5 9.4 .799 8.0 3.5 2.6 19.2
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 69 42.1 6.5 14.4 .452 7.2 9.7 .750 9.1 4.1 2.7 20.3
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 71 39.3 6.5 13.4 .486 5.9 7.8 .758 8.0 3.8 2.4 18.9
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 71 38.1 5.7 13.4 .424 6.2 7.9 .792 8.5 3.9 2.4 17.6
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 71 33.2 5.9 14.0 .422 5.6 7.1 .794 5.9 3.0 2.2 17.5
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 72 35.9 5.8 13.7 .419 5.0 6.7 .749 6.1 2.8 2.9 16.5
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 72 26.5 5.2 12.2 .428 3.7 5.1 .724 6.6 2.0 2.2 14.2
1958-59 30 STL NBA C 14 14.0 1.6 5.4 .293 1.5 2.5 .600 2.9 0.9 1.4 4.6
Career NBA 641 35.7 5.8 13.4 .436 5.9 7.7 .761 7.5 3.2 2.6 17.5

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1949-50 21 STB NBA 67 .398 .718
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 68 .466 .759
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 66 2631 5.3 12.2 .432 6.8 8.5 .799 7.2 3.2 2.4 17.3
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 69 2902 5.6 12.4 .452 6.2 8.3 .750 7.8 3.5 2.3 17.4
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 71 2792 6.0 12.2 .486 5.4 7.1 .758 7.4 3.5 2.2 17.3
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 71 2706 5.4 12.7 .424 5.9 7.4 .792 8.0 3.7 2.3 16.6
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 71 2354 6.4 15.2 .422 6.1 7.7 .794 6.5 3.2 2.4 19.0
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 72 2582 5.8 13.8 .419 5.0 6.7 .749 6.1 2.8 2.9 16.5
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 72 1908 7.1 16.6 .428 5.0 7.0 .724 9.0 2.7 2.9 19.2
1958-59 30 STL NBA C 14 196 4.0 13.8 .293 3.9 6.4 .600 7.3 2.4 3.7 11.9
Career NBA 641 18071 5.8 13.4 .436 5.8 7.5 .761 7.4 3.2 2.5 17.5

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1949-50 21 STB NBA 67 .485 .398 9.7 0.9 10.6
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 68 .551 .466 14.1 1.8 15.9
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 66 2631 22.6 .544 .432 11.3 2.6 13.8 .252
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 69 2902 24.3 .543 .452 12.2 2.3 14.5 .239
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 71 2792 23.4 .563 .486 13.1 1.5 14.6 .252
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 71 2706 18.6 .522 .424 7.5 1.4 8.9 .157
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 71 2354 18.3 .510 .422 6.2 1.6 7.8 .158
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 72 2582 16.8 .496 .419 6.1 2.2 8.3 .154
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 72 1908 18.4 .489 .428 4.5 1.8 6.3 .157
1958-59 30 STL NBA C 14 196 7.6 .360 .293 -0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.041
Career NBA 641 18071 20.4 .522 .436 84.4 16.1 100.4 .196

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 2 17 36 .472 10 16 .625 18 8 4 44
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 3 129 27 49 .551 16 19 .842 33 11 11 70
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 6 278 31 71 .437 39 54 .722 58 21 23 101
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 5 127 8 22 .364 9 13 .692 21 21 14 25
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 7 283 43 93 .462 41 54 .759 52 32 21 127
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 3 73 12 30 .400 7 11 .636 15 5 6 31
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 10 297 44 109 .404 54 74 .730 62 22 39 142
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 11 227 36 89 .404 36 50 .720 62 18 23 108
Career NBA 47 1414 218 499 .437 212 291 .729 321 138 141 648

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 2 8.5 18.0 .472 5.0 8.0 .625 9.0 4.0 2.0 22.0
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 3 43.0 9.0 16.3 .551 5.3 6.3 .842 11.0 3.7 3.7 23.3
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 6 46.3 5.2 11.8 .437 6.5 9.0 .722 9.7 3.5 3.8 16.8
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 5 25.4 1.6 4.4 .364 1.8 2.6 .692 4.2 4.2 2.8 5.0
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 7 40.4 6.1 13.3 .462 5.9 7.7 .759 7.4 4.6 3.0 18.1
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 3 24.3 4.0 10.0 .400 2.3 3.7 .636 5.0 1.7 2.0 10.3
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 10 29.7 4.4 10.9 .404 5.4 7.4 .730 6.2 2.2 3.9 14.2
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 11 20.6 3.3 8.1 .404 3.3 4.5 .720 5.6 1.6 2.1 9.8
Career NBA 47 31.4 4.6 10.6 .437 4.5 6.2 .729 6.8 2.9 3.0 13.8

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 2 .472 .625
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 3 129 7.5 13.7 .551 4.5 5.3 .842 9.2 3.1 3.1 19.5
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 6 278 4.0 9.2 .437 5.1 7.0 .722 7.5 2.7 3.0 13.1
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 5 127 2.3 6.2 .364 2.6 3.7 .692 6.0 6.0 4.0 7.1
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 7 283 5.5 11.8 .462 5.2 6.9 .759 6.6 4.1 2.7 16.2
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 3 73 5.9 14.8 .400 3.5 5.4 .636 7.4 2.5 3.0 15.3
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 10 297 5.3 13.2 .404 6.5 9.0 .730 7.5 2.7 4.7 17.2
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 11 227 5.7 14.1 .404 5.7 7.9 .720 9.8 2.9 3.6 17.1
Career NBA 47 1414 5.1 11.8 .437 5.1 7.0 .729 7.7 3.3 3.5 15.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 2 .511 .472 0.3 0.1 0.4
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 3 129 25.4 .610 .551 20.9 0.6 0.1 0.7 .251
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 6 278 18.0 .533 .437 17.9 0.7 0.1 0.8 .139
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 5 127 12.7 .451 .364 32.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 .063
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 7 283 18.1 .544 .462 17.5 0.8 -0.1 0.7 .126
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 3 73 14.3 .445 .400 11.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 .100
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 10 297 15.5 .502 .404 11.8 0.7 0.1 0.8 .131
1957-58 29 STL NBA C 11 227 17.2 .486 .404 12.2 0.5 0.1 0.6 .128
Career NBA 47 1414 17.4 .517 .437 16.9 3.9 0.5 4.4 .134

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 1 7 12 .583 6 7 .857 6 1 3 20
1951-52 23 BOS NBA C 1 1 28:00 3 7 .429 9 9 1.000 7 3 2 15
1952-53 24 BOS NBA C 1 1 35:00 5 12 .417 8 8 1.000 7 3 2 18
1953-54 25 BOS NBA C 1 1 25:00 4 11 .364 5 6 .833 1 3 2 13
1954-55 26 BOS NBA C 1 1 27:00 1 5 .200 4 5 .800 4 2 1 6
1955-56 27 BOS NBA C 1 0 20:00 1 9 .111 2 4 .500 2 3 3 4
1956-57 28 STL NBA PF 1 0 19:00 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 5 3 0 7
Career NBA 7 4 154 24 62 .387 35 41 .854 32 18 13 83

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ed Macauley 15.9 14.6 14.5 13.8 10.6 8.9 8.3 7.8 6.3 -0.2
Moses Malone 92.8 15.4 15.1 14.1 13.7 11.9 10.2 9.5 8.7 6.1 1.9
Dwight Howard 92.1 14.4 13.8 13.2 12.9 9.7 8.6 7.7 7.6 7.3
Walt Bellamy 89.9 16.3 14.4 13.7 12.1 11.1 10.4 9.5 8.8 6.2 4.9
Zelmo Beaty 86.6 16.0 15.1 11.8 10.8 10.3 9.0 8.4 5.2 4.8 4.5
Patrick Ewing 83.9 13.5 13.1 13.0 10.9 10.6 10.0 9.6 8.1 3.5 3.1
Shaquille O'Neal 82.8 18.6 16.9 14.9 14.0 13.2 10.4 10.2 9.0 8.0 6.9
Hakeem Olajuwon 82.3 15.8 14.3 12.4 11.2 10.9 10.7 10.2 9.8 9.5 8.6
Bob Lanier 81.7 14.4 12.4 10.6 10.3 10.1 10.1 8.4 7.4 5.9 5.2
Dan Issel 81.6 15.8 13.8 13.5 12.5 11.5 11.1 10.9 10.7 9.8 9.3
Bill Russell 76.7 17.3 16.9 15.5 13.8 13.5 13.0 12.9 11.7 11.3 6.2
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
Ed Macauley 15.9 14.6 14.5 13.8 10.6 8.9 8.3 7.8 6.3 -0.2
Dwight Howard 92.1 14.4 13.8 13.2 12.9 9.7 8.6 7.7 7.6 7.3
Zelmo Beaty 85.1 16.0 15.1 11.8 10.8 10.3 9.0 8.4 7.7 5.2 4.8 4.5 2.3
Walt Bellamy 78.3 16.3 14.4 13.7 12.1 11.1 10.4 10.3 9.5 8.8 7.1 6.2 5.4 4.9 0.1
Neil Johnston 75.6 18.3 15.4 15.3 13.9 13.7 11.3 3.4 0.7
Patrick Ewing 73.1 13.5 13.1 13.0 10.9 10.6 10.0 9.8 9.6 8.1 6.8 4.8 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.0 1.4
Bob McAdoo 72.9 17.8 15.3 12.3 10.9 9.6 5.8 3.8 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.0 1.5 0.7 0.2
Willis Reed 72.8 14.7 14.6 10.6 10.0 7.9 5.8 5.5 3.6 1.5 0.6
Bob Lanier 71.4 14.4 12.4 10.6 10.3 10.1 10.1 8.4 7.4 6.8 6.7 6.6 5.9 5.2 2.3
Dave Cowens 70.6 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.5 9.3 6.4 5.4 4.8 4.4 2.6
Alonzo Mourning 66.3 12.9 9.9 9.4 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.4 6.3 4.8 3.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.6

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
1945-46 17 STLOUIS 23 94 71 259 11.3
1946-47 18 STLOUIS 28 141 104 386 13.8
1947-48 19 STLOUIS 27 132 324 104 159 368 .407 .654 13.6
1948-49 20 STLOUIS 26 144 275 116 153 404 .524 .758 15.5
Career 104 511 599 395 312 1417 .853 1.266 13.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1951 NBA
1952 NBA
1953 NBA
1954 NBA
1955 NBA
1956 NBA
1957 NBA
Awards
1950-51 NBA All-Star Game MVP
Honors
1947-48 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1948-49 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1950-51 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1951-52 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1952-53 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1953-54 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1958 St. Louis Hawks (NBA)
Games
1950-51 NBA 68 (3)
1951-52 NBA 66 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 72 (1)
Minutes Played
1951-52 NBA 2631 (5)
1952-53 NBA 2902 (3)
1953-54 NBA 2792 (4)
1954-55 NBA 2706 (7)
1956-57 NBA 2582 (6)
Field Goals
1949-50 NBA 351 (7)
1950-51 NBA 459 (3)
1951-52 NBA 384 (6)
1952-53 NBA 451 (4)
1953-54 NBA 462 (3)
1954-55 NBA 403 (10)
1955-56 NBA 420 (9)
Field Goal Attempts
1950-51 NBA 985 (8)
1952-53 NBA 997 (7)
1953-54 NBA 950 (7)
Free Throws
1949-50 NBA 379 (4)
1950-51 NBA 466 (2)
1951-52 NBA 496 (2)
1952-53 NBA 500 (3)
1953-54 NBA 420 (6)
1954-55 NBA 442 (7)
1955-56 NBA 400 (7)
Career NBA 3750 (81)
Career 3750 (85)
Free Throw Attempts
1949-50 NBA 528 (3)
1950-51 NBA 614 (2)
1951-52 NBA 621 (2)
1952-53 NBA 667 (2)
1953-54 NBA 554 (4)
1954-55 NBA 558 (8)
1955-56 NBA 504 (7)
1956-57 NBA 479 (8)
Career NBA 4929 (79)
Career 4929 (83)
Total Rebounds
1950-51 NBA 616 (9)
Assists
1950-51 NBA 252 (9)
1952-53 NBA 280 (6)
1953-54 NBA 271 (9)
1954-55 NBA 275 (10)
Points
1949-50 NBA 1081 (5)
1950-51 NBA 1384 (3)
1951-52 NBA 1264 (4)
1952-53 NBA 1402 (4)
1953-54 NBA 1344 (3)
1954-55 NBA 1248 (10)
1955-56 NBA 1240 (8)
1956-57 NBA 1187 (9)
Field Goal Pct
1949-50 NBA .398 (9)
1950-51 NBA .466 (2)
1951-52 NBA .432 (3)
1952-53 NBA .452 (1)
 1953-54 NBA .486 (1)
 1954-55 NBA .424 (8)
1956-57 NBA .419 (8)
1957-58 NBA .428 (8)
Free Throw Pct
1953-54 NBA .758 (10)
Minutes Per Game
1951-52 NBA 39.9 (7)
1952-53 NBA 42.1 (2)
1953-54 NBA 39.3 (4)
1954-55 NBA 38.1 (7)
Career NBA 35.7 (62)
Career 35.7 (64)
Points Per Game
1949-50 NBA 16.1 (7)
1950-51 NBA 20.4 (3)
1951-52 NBA 19.2 (4)
1952-53 NBA 20.3 (3)
1953-54 NBA 18.9 (3)
1954-55 NBA 17.6 (10)
1955-56 NBA 17.5 (8)
1956-57 NBA 16.5 (9)
Rebounds Per Game
1950-51 NBA 9.1 (9)
Assists Per Game
1952-53 NBA 4.1 (7)
1953-54 NBA 3.8 (9)
1954-55 NBA 3.9 (10)
Player Efficiency Rating
1951-52 NBA 22.6 (4)
1952-53 NBA 24.3 (4)
1953-54 NBA 23.4 (5)
Career NBA 20.4 (55)
Career 20.4 (57)
True Shooting Pct
1949-50 NBA .485 (6)
1950-51 NBA .551 (2)
1951-52 NBA .544 (4)
1952-53 NBA .543 (1)
 1953-54 NBA .563 (1)
 1954-55 NBA .521 (3)
1955-56 NBA .509 (7)
1956-57 NBA .495 (10)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1949-50 NBA .398 (9)
1950-51 NBA .466 (2)
1951-52 NBA .432 (3)
1952-53 NBA .452 (2)
1953-54 NBA .486 (1)
 1954-55 NBA .424 (8)
1956-57 NBA .419 (8)
1957-58 NBA .428 (8)
Offensive Win Shares
1949-50 NBA 9.7 (3)
1950-51 NBA 14.1 (3)
1951-52 NBA 11.3 (2)
1952-53 NBA 12.2 (2)
1953-54 NBA 13.1 (2)
1954-55 NBA 7.5 (3)
1955-56 NBA 6.2 (7)
1956-57 NBA 6.1 (10)
Career NBA 84.4 (29)
Career 84.4 (34)
Win Shares
1949-50 NBA 10.6 (4)
1950-51 NBA 15.9 (3)
1951-52 NBA 13.8 (3)
1952-53 NBA 14.5 (3)
1953-54 NBA 14.6 (3)
1954-55 NBA 8.9 (6)
1955-56 NBA 7.8 (9)
1956-57 NBA 8.3 (9)
Career NBA 100.4 (71)
Career 100.4 (75)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1951-52 NBA .252 (4)
1952-53 NBA .239 (2)
1953-54 NBA .252 (4)
1955-56 NBA .159 (8)
Career NBA .196 (21)
Career .196 (21)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.984 (41)
NBA Elo Player Rating
174th (overall) as of May 25, 2013, 5:02AM
  

Transactions

March 21, 1949: Drafted by the St. Louis Bombers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1949 BAA Draft.

April 25, 1950: Drafted by the Boston Celtics from the St. Louis Bombers in the dispersal draft.

April 30, 1956: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Cliff Hagan to the St. Louis Hawks for Bill Russell.

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