Ralph O'Brien

Ralph E. O'Brien (Buckshot, Buck)

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 5-9 ▪ Weight: 160 lbs.
Born: April 8, 1928 in Henshaw, Kentucky
High School: Washington in Indianapolis, Indiana
College: Butler University
Draft: Indianapolis Olympians, 6th round, 1950 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 1951

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	64	1577	228	613	.372	122	149	.819	122	124	115	578
1952-53	24	TOT	NBA	PG	55	758	96	286	.336	78	92	.848	70	56	74	270
1952-53	24	INO	NBA		34	526	59	190	.311	57	65	.877	50	35	37	175
1952-53	24	FTW	NBA		7	50	10	24	.417	3	5	.600	0	4	7	23
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	14	182	27	72	.375	18	22	.818	20	17	30	72
Career			NBA		119	2335	324	899	.360	200	241	.830	192	180	189	848

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	64	24.6	3.6	9.6	.372	1.9	2.3	.819	1.9	1.9	1.8	9.0
1952-53	24	TOT	NBA	PG	55	13.8	1.7	5.2	.336	1.4	1.7	.848	1.3	1.0	1.3	4.9
1952-53	24	INO	NBA		34	15.5	1.7	5.6	.311	1.7	1.9	.877	1.5	1.0	1.1	5.1
1952-53	24	FTW	NBA		7	7.1	1.4	3.4	.417	0.4	0.7	.600	0.0	0.6	1.0	3.3
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	14	13.0	1.9	5.1	.375	1.3	1.6	.818	1.4	1.2	2.1	5.1
Career			NBA		119	19.6	2.7	7.6	.360	1.7	2.0	.830	1.6	1.5	1.6	7.1

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	64	1577	5.2	14.0	.372	2.8	3.4	.819	2.8	2.8	2.6	13.2
1952-53	24	TOT	NBA	PG	55	758	4.6	13.6	.336	3.7	4.4	.848	3.3	2.7	3.5	12.8
1952-53	24	INO	NBA		34	526	4.0	13.0	.311	3.9	4.4	.877	3.4	2.4	2.5	12.0
1952-53	24	FTW	NBA		7	50	7.2	17.3	.417	2.2	3.6	.600	0.0	2.9	5.0	16.6
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	14	182	5.3	14.2	.375	3.6	4.4	.818	4.0	3.4	5.9	14.2
Career			NBA		119	2335	5.0	13.9	.360	3.1	3.7	.830	3.0	2.8	2.9	13.1

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	64	1577	12.7	.426	.372	1.1	1.5	2.6	.079
1952-53	24	TOT	NBA	PG	55	758	11.9	.414	.336	0.0	0.5	0.5	.034
1952-53	24	INO	NBA		34	526	11.7	.400	.311	-0.2	0.5	0.3	.024
1952-53	24	FTW	NBA		7	50	11.6	.439	.417	0.0	0.0	0.1	.071
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	14	182	12.6	.441	.375	0.2	0.0	0.2	.055
Career			NBA		119	2335	12.4	.422	.360	1.1	2.0	3.1	.064

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	2	49	5	11	.455	5	5	1.000	3	3	1	15
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	1	18	0	2	.000	2	2	1.000	1	0	2	2
Career			NBA		3	67	5	13	.385	7	7	1.000	4	3	3	17

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	2	24.5	2.5	5.5	.455	2.5	2.5	1.000	1.5	1.5	0.5	7.5
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	1	18.0	0.0	2.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0
Career			NBA		3	22.3	1.7	4.3	.385	2.3	2.3	1.000	1.3	1.0	1.0	5.7

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	2	49	3.7	8.1	.455	3.7	3.7	1.000	2.2	2.2	0.7	11.0
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	1	18	0.0	4.0	.000	4.0	4.0	1.000	2.0	0.0	4.0	4.0
Career			NBA		3	67	2.7	7.0	.385	3.8	3.8	1.000	2.1	1.6	1.6	9.1

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1951-52	23	INO	NBA	SG	2	49	16.0	.568	.455	12.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	.177
1952-53	24	BLB	NBA	PG	1	18	0.3	.347	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.033
Career			NBA		3	67	11.8	.529	.385	8.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	.120

April 25, 1950: Drafted by the Indianapolis Olympians in the 6th round (69th pick) of the 1950 NBA Draft.

January 14, 1953: Waived by the Indianapolis Olympians.

January 19, 1953: Claimed on waivers by the Fort Wayne Pistons from the Indianapolis Olympians

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