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1952-53 Baltimore Bullets Roster and Stats

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Record: 16-54, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Chick Reiser (0-3), Clair Bee (16-51)

PTS/G: 84.4 (6th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 90.9 (10th of 10)
SRS: -5.80 (9th of 10)
Expected W-L: 18-52 (9th of 10)

Arena: Baltimore Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knicks

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Jim Baechtold SF 6-4 205 December 9, 1927 R Eastern Kentucky University
17 Don Barksdale PF 6-6 200 March 31, 1923 1 University of California, Los Angeles
Don Boven F-G 6-4 210 March 6, 1925 2 Western Michigan University
9 Dick Bunt PG 6-0 170 July 13, 1930 R New York University
Blaine Denning G 6-2 175 September 19, 1930 R Lawrence Technological University
16 Don Henriksen C 6-7 225 October 10, 1929 R University of California
11 Paul Hoffman SG 6-2 195 April 12, 1922 3 Purdue University
9 George Kaftan SF 6-3 190 February 22, 1928 4 College of the Holy Cross
12 Jack Kerris PF 6-6 215 January 30, 1925 3 Loyola University of Chicago
Frank Kudelka G-F 6-2 193 June 25, 1925 3 Saint Mary's College of California
8 Ray Lumpp PG 6-1 178 July 11, 1923 4 New York University
10 George McLeod F 6-5 200 January 3, 1931 R Texas Christian University
Stan Miasek C-F 6-5 210 August 8, 1924 5
15 Eddie Miller C 6-8 225 June 18, 1931 R Syracuse University
Dave Minor G-F 6-2 185 February 24, 1922 1 University of California, Los Angeles
20 Ralph O'Brien PG 5-9 160 April 8, 1928 1 Butler University
7 Kevin O'Shea SG 6-2 175 July 10, 1925 2 University of Notre Dame
9-10 Bob Priddy F 6-3 190 March 24, 1930 R New Mexico State University
George Ratkovicz PF 6-6 220 November 13, 1922 3
Fred Scolari PG 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 6 University of San Francisco

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 70 2083 5615 .371 1745 2542 .686 3727 1514 2141 5911 84.4
Lg Rank 3 1 5 6 5 8 4 4 2 6 6
Opponent 70 6360 90.9
Lg Rank 10 10

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 18 52 -6.41 0.61 -5.80 .371 .311 Baltimore Coliseum
Lg Rank 9 9 9 2 9 5 7

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Don Barksdale 29 65 2298 321 829 .387 257 401 .641 597 166 273 899
2 Paul Hoffman 30 69 1955 240 656 .366 224 342 .655 317 237 282 704
3 Eddie Miller 21 60 1858 258 725 .356 178 270 .659 609 109 224 694
4 Jim Baechtold 25 64 1893 242 621 .390 177 240 .738 219 154 203 661
5 Fred Scolari 30 46 1618 216 647 .334 220 259 .849 162 196 158 652
6 Don Henriksen 23 68 2263 199 475 .419 176 281 .626 506 129 242 574
7 Ray Lumpp 29 49 1323 180 476 .378 141 194 .727 119 153 161 501
8 Stan Miasek 28 25 835 98 242 .405 87 126 .690 199 72 104 283
9 Kevin O'Shea 27 46 643 71 189 .376 48 81 .593 76 87 82 190
10 George Kaftan 24 23 380 45 142 .317 44 67 .657 75 31 59 134
11 Don Boven 27 23 329 30 97 .309 46 59 .780 61 23 68 106
12 Jack Kerris 28 17 442 34 77 .442 27 41 .659 88 48 48 95
13 Dave Minor 30 19 301 34 95 .358 20 26 .769 41 23 35 88
14 Frank Kudelka 27 16 227 28 84 .333 23 36 .639 43 29 49 79
15 Ralph O'Brien 24 14 182 27 72 .375 18 22 .818 20 17 30 72
16 Dick Bunt 22 12 125 17 52 .327 17 23 .739 15 7 22 51
17 George Ratkovicz 30 10 197 16 43 .372 19 37 .514 52 18 33 51
18 Bob Priddy 22 16 149 14 38 .368 8 14 .571 36 7 36 36
19 George McLeod 22 10 85 2 16 .125 8 15 .533 21 4 16 12
20 Blaine Denning 22 1 9 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 4 0 3 5

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Fred Scolari 30 46 35.2 4.7 14.1 .334 4.8 5.6 .849 3.5 4.3 3.4 14.2
2 Don Barksdale 29 65 35.4 4.9 12.8 .387 4.0 6.2 .641 9.2 2.6 4.2 13.8
3 Eddie Miller 21 60 31.0 4.3 12.1 .356 3.0 4.5 .659 10.2 1.8 3.7 11.6
4 Stan Miasek 28 25 33.4 3.9 9.7 .405 3.5 5.0 .690 8.0 2.9 4.2 11.3
5 Jim Baechtold 25 64 29.6 3.8 9.7 .390 2.8 3.8 .738 3.4 2.4 3.2 10.3
6 Paul Hoffman 30 69 28.3 3.5 9.5 .366 3.2 5.0 .655 4.6 3.4 4.1 10.2
7 Ray Lumpp 29 49 27.0 3.7 9.7 .378 2.9 4.0 .727 2.4 3.1 3.3 10.2
8 Don Henriksen 23 68 33.3 2.9 7.0 .419 2.6 4.1 .626 7.4 1.9 3.6 8.4
9 George Kaftan 24 23 16.5 2.0 6.2 .317 1.9 2.9 .657 3.3 1.3 2.6 5.8
10 Jack Kerris 28 17 26.0 2.0 4.5 .442 1.6 2.4 .659 5.2 2.8 2.8 5.6
11 George Ratkovicz 30 10 19.7 1.6 4.3 .372 1.9 3.7 .514 5.2 1.8 3.3 5.1
12 Ralph O'Brien 24 14 13.0 1.9 5.1 .375 1.3 1.6 .818 1.4 1.2 2.1 5.1
13 Blaine Denning 22 1 9.0 2.0 5.0 .400 1.0 1.0 1.000 4.0 0.0 3.0 5.0
14 Frank Kudelka 27 16 14.2 1.8 5.3 .333 1.4 2.3 .639 2.7 1.8 3.1 4.9
15 Don Boven 27 23 14.3 1.3 4.2 .309 2.0 2.6 .780 2.7 1.0 3.0 4.6
16 Dave Minor 30 19 15.8 1.8 5.0 .358 1.1 1.4 .769 2.2 1.2 1.8 4.6
17 Dick Bunt 22 12 10.4 1.4 4.3 .327 1.4 1.9 .739 1.3 0.6 1.8 4.3
18 Kevin O'Shea 27 46 14.0 1.5 4.1 .376 1.0 1.8 .593 1.7 1.9 1.8 4.1
19 Bob Priddy 22 16 9.3 0.9 2.4 .368 0.5 0.9 .571 2.3 0.4 2.3 2.3
20 George McLeod 22 10 8.5 0.2 1.6 .125 0.8 1.5 .533 2.1 0.4 1.6 1.2

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Blaine Denning 22 1 9 8.0 20.0 .400 4.0 4.0 1.000 16.0 0.0 12.0 20.0
2 Dick Bunt 22 12 125 4.9 15.0 .327 4.9 6.6 .739 4.3 2.0 6.3 14.7
3 Fred Scolari 30 46 1618 4.8 14.4 .334 4.9 5.8 .849 3.6 4.4 3.5 14.5
4 Ralph O'Brien 24 14 182 5.3 14.2 .375 3.6 4.4 .818 4.0 3.4 5.9 14.2
5 Don Barksdale 29 65 2298 5.0 13.0 .387 4.0 6.3 .641 9.4 2.6 4.3 14.1
6 Ray Lumpp 29 49 1323 4.9 13.0 .378 3.8 5.3 .727 3.2 4.2 4.4 13.6
7 Eddie Miller 21 60 1858 5.0 14.0 .356 3.4 5.2 .659 11.8 2.1 4.3 13.4
8 Paul Hoffman 30 69 1955 4.4 12.1 .366 4.1 6.3 .655 5.8 4.4 5.2 13.0
9 George Kaftan 24 23 380 4.3 13.5 .317 4.2 6.3 .657 7.1 2.9 5.6 12.7
10 Jim Baechtold 25 64 1893 4.6 11.8 .390 3.4 4.6 .738 4.2 2.9 3.9 12.6
11 Frank Kudelka 27 16 227 4.4 13.3 .333 3.6 5.7 .639 6.8 4.6 7.8 12.5
12 Stan Miasek 28 25 835 4.2 10.4 .405 3.8 5.4 .690 8.6 3.1 4.5 12.2
13 Don Boven 27 23 329 3.3 10.6 .309 5.0 6.5 .780 6.7 2.5 7.4 11.6
14 Kevin O'Shea 27 46 643 4.0 10.6 .376 2.7 4.5 .593 4.3 4.9 4.6 10.6
15 Dave Minor 30 19 301 4.1 11.4 .358 2.4 3.1 .769 4.9 2.8 4.2 10.5
16 George Ratkovicz 30 10 197 2.9 7.9 .372 3.5 6.8 .514 9.5 3.3 6.0 9.3
17 Don Henriksen 23 68 2263 3.2 7.6 .419 2.8 4.5 .626 8.0 2.1 3.8 9.1
18 Bob Priddy 22 16 149 3.4 9.2 .368 1.9 3.4 .571 8.7 1.7 8.7 8.7
19 Jack Kerris 28 17 442 2.8 6.3 .442 2.2 3.3 .659 7.2 3.9 3.9 7.7
20 George McLeod 22 10 85 0.8 6.8 .125 3.4 6.4 .533 8.9 1.7 6.8 5.1

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Don Henriksen 23 68 2263 12.9 .479 .419 2.9 0.5 3.5 .074
2 Don Barksdale 29 65 2298 16.7 .447 .387 2.5 0.6 3.1 .065
3 Jim Baechtold 25 64 1893 12.9 .455 .390 2.3 0.4 2.6 .067
4 Paul Hoffman 30 69 1955 14.5 .436 .366 1.8 0.5 2.2 .055
5 Ray Lumpp 29 49 1323 13.7 .446 .378 1.5 0.3 1.8 .065
6 Stan Miasek 28 25 835 16.4 .476 .405 1.4 0.2 1.6 .094
7 Fred Scolari 30 46 1618 14.6 .428 .334 1.1 0.3 1.5 .044
8 Jack Kerris 28 17 442 13.8 .500 .442 0.7 0.1 0.8 .087
9 Kevin O'Shea 27 46 643 12.3 .423 .376 0.3 0.1 0.5 .035
10 Eddie Miller 21 60 1858 15.9 .411 .356 -0.2 0.6 0.4 .011
11 Don Boven 27 23 329 10.6 .431 .309 0.2 0.1 0.3 .039
12 Ralph O'Brien 24 14 182 12.6 .441 .375 0.2 0.0 0.2 .055
13 George Ratkovicz 30 10 197 12.8 .430 .372 0.1 0.1 0.2 .040
14 Dave Minor 30 19 301 10.2 .413 .358 0.0 0.1 0.1 .013
15 Dick Bunt 22 12 125 9.8 .410 .327 0.0 0.0 0.0 .003
16 Blaine Denning 22 1 9 18.9 .460 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 .095
17 Frank Kudelka 27 16 227 11.8 .396 .333 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.002
18 Bob Priddy 22 16 149 7.8 .408 .368 0.0 0.0 0.0 .006
19 George Kaftan 24 23 380 11.3 .391 .317 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.018
20 George McLeod 22 10 85 2.9 .265 .125 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.115

Playoffs Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jim Baechtold 25 2 86 16 30 .533 6 11 .545 8 11 9 38
2 Eddie Miller 21 2 93 13 34 .382 7 16 .438 36 5 9 33
3 Don Henriksen 23 2 94 10 15 .667 5 9 .556 24 8 11 25
4 Ray Lumpp 29 2 75 7 33 .212 7 10 .700 8 5 8 21
5 Paul Hoffman 30 2 81 5 28 .179 7 12 .583 7 11 10 17
6 Jack Kerris 28 2 31 2 10 .200 3 3 1.000 2 0 4 7
7 Ralph O'Brien 24 1 18 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 0 2 2
8 Bob Priddy 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Dick Bunt 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jim Baechtold 25 2 43.0 8.0 15.0 .533 3.0 5.5 .545 4.0 5.5 4.5 19.0
2 Eddie Miller 21 2 46.5 6.5 17.0 .382 3.5 8.0 .438 18.0 2.5 4.5 16.5
3 Don Henriksen 23 2 47.0 5.0 7.5 .667 2.5 4.5 .556 12.0 4.0 5.5 12.5
4 Ray Lumpp 29 2 37.5 3.5 16.5 .212 3.5 5.0 .700 4.0 2.5 4.0 10.5
5 Paul Hoffman 30 2 40.5 2.5 14.0 .179 3.5 6.0 .583 3.5 5.5 5.0 8.5
6 Jack Kerris 28 2 15.5 1.0 5.0 .200 1.5 1.5 1.000 1.0 0.0 2.0 3.5
7 Ralph O'Brien 24 1 18.0 0.0 2.0 .000 2.0 2.0 1.000 1.0 0.0 2.0 2.0
8 Bob Priddy 22 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
9 Dick Bunt 22 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jim Baechtold 25 2 86 6.7 12.6 .533 2.5 4.6 .545 3.3 4.6 3.8 15.9
2 Eddie Miller 21 2 93 5.0 13.2 .382 2.7 6.2 .438 13.9 1.9 3.5 12.8
3 Ray Lumpp 29 2 75 3.4 15.8 .212 3.4 4.8 .700 3.8 2.4 3.8 10.1
4 Don Henriksen 23 2 94 3.8 5.7 .667 1.9 3.4 .556 9.2 3.1 4.2 9.6
5 Jack Kerris 28 2 31 2.3 11.6 .200 3.5 3.5 1.000 2.3 0.0 4.6 8.1
6 Paul Hoffman 30 2 81 2.2 12.4 .179 3.1 5.3 .583 3.1 4.9 4.4 7.6
7 Ralph O'Brien 24 1 18 0.0 4.0 .000 4.0 4.0 1.000 2.0 0.0 4.0 4.0
8 Bob Priddy 22 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0
9 Dick Bunt 22 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Don Henriksen 23 2 94 20.7 .659 .667 19.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 .220
2 Jim Baechtold 25 2 86 22.7 .545 .533 34.9 0.3 0.0 0.4 .218
3 Bob Priddy 22 1 1 -24.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .007
4 Ralph O'Brien 24 1 18 0.3 .347 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.033
5 Eddie Miller 21 2 93 18.9 .402 .382 13.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .003
6 Dick Bunt 22 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .007
7 Jack Kerris 28 2 31 -0.6 .309 .200 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.151
8 Ray Lumpp 29 2 75 2.1 .281 .212 14.5 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.246
9 Paul Hoffman 30 2 81 2.8 .255 .179 27.7 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.220