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1952-53 Baltimore Bullets Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 84.4 (6th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 90.9 (10th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 18-52 (9th of 10)

Arena: Baltimore Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -5.80 (9th of 10)

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

1952-53 Baltimore Bullets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 December 9, 1927 R Eastern Kentucky University
17 Don Barksdale F-C 6-6 200 March 31, 1923 1 University of California, Los Angeles
9 Dick Bunt G 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 F-C 6-7 225 October 10, 1929 R University of California
11 Paul Hoffman G-F 6-2 195 April 12, 1922 3 Purdue University
9 George Kaftan F 6-3 190 February 22, 1928 4 College of the Holy Cross
12 Jack Kerris F-C 6-6 215 January 30, 1925 3 Loyola University of Chicago
8 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 July 11, 1923 4 New York University
10 George McLeod F 6-5 200 January 3, 1931 R Texas Christian University
15 Eddie Miller C-F 6-8 225 June 18, 1931 R Syracuse University
Jim Mooney F 6-5 215 July 8, 1930 R Villanova University
20 Ralph O'Brien G 5-9 160 April 8, 1928 1 Butler University
7 Kevin O'Shea G 6-2 175 July 10, 1925 2 University of Notre Dame
10-9 Bob Priddy F 6-3 190 March 24, 1930 R New Mexico State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 70 2083 5615 .371 1745 2542 .686 3727 1514 2141 5911 84.4
Opponent 70 6360 90.9

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Eddie Miller 21 70 2018 273 781 .350 187 287 .652 669 115 250 733
3 Paul Hoffman 30 69 1955 240 656 .366 224 342 .655 317 237 282 704
4 Jim Baechtold 25 64 1893 242 621 .390 177 240 .738 219 154 203 661
5 Don Henriksen 23 68 2263 199 475 .419 176 281 .626 506 129 242 574
6 Ray Lumpp 29 49 1323 180 476 .378 141 194 .727 123 156 160 501
7 Jack Kerris 28 69 1424 93 256 .363 88 140 .629 295 156 165 274
8 Ralph O'Brien 24 55 758 96 286 .336 78 92 .848 70 56 74 270
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 Bob Priddy 22 16 149 14 38 .368 8 14 .571 36 7 36 36
12 George McLeod 22 10 85 2 16 .125 8 15 .533 21 4 16 12
13 Blaine Denning 22 1 9 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 4 0 3 5
14 Dick Bunt 22
15 Jim Mooney 22

Per Game

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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 35.4 4.9 12.8 .387 4.0 6.2 .641 9.2 2.6 4.2 13.8
2 Eddie Miller 21 70 28.8 3.9 11.2 .350 2.7 4.1 .652 9.6 1.6 3.6 10.5
3 Jim Baechtold 25 64 29.6 3.8 9.7 .390 2.8 3.8 .738 3.4 2.4 3.2 10.3
4 Paul Hoffman 30 69 28.3 3.5 9.5 .366 3.2 5.0 .655 4.6 3.4 4.1 10.2
5 Ray Lumpp 29 49 27.0 3.7 9.7 .378 2.9 4.0 .727 2.5 3.2 3.3 10.2
6 Don Henriksen 23 68 33.3 2.9 7.0 .419 2.6 4.1 .626 7.4 1.9 3.6 8.4
7 George Kaftan 24 23 16.5 2.0 6.2 .317 1.9 2.9 .657 3.3 1.3 2.6 5.8
8 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
9 Ralph O'Brien 24 55 13.8 1.7 5.2 .336 1.4 1.7 .848 1.3 1.0 1.3 4.9
10 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
11 Jack Kerris 28 69 20.6 1.3 3.7 .363 1.3 2.0 .629 4.3 2.3 2.4 4.0
12 Bob Priddy 22 16 9.3 0.9 2.4 .368 0.5 0.9 .571 2.3 0.4 2.3 2.3
13 George McLeod 22 10 8.5 0.2 1.6 .125 0.8 1.5 .533 2.1 0.4 1.6 1.2
14 Dick Bunt 22
15 Jim Mooney 22

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Don Barksdale 29 65 2298 5.0 13.0 .387 4.0 6.3 .641 9.4 2.6 4.3 14.1
3 Ray Lumpp 29 49 1323 4.9 13.0 .378 3.8 5.3 .727 3.3 4.2 4.4 13.6
4 Eddie Miller 21 70 2018 4.9 13.9 .350 3.3 5.1 .652 11.9 2.1 4.5 13.1
5 Paul Hoffman 30 69 1955 4.4 12.1 .366 4.1 6.3 .655 5.8 4.4 5.2 13.0
6 Ralph O'Brien 24 55 758 4.6 13.6 .336 3.7 4.4 .848 3.3 2.7 3.5 12.8
7 George Kaftan 24 23 380 4.3 13.5 .317 4.2 6.3 .657 7.1 2.9 5.6 12.7
8 Jim Baechtold 25 64 1893 4.6 11.8 .390 3.4 4.6 .738 4.2 2.9 3.9 12.6
9 Kevin O'Shea 27 46 643 4.0 10.6 .376 2.7 4.5 .593 4.3 4.9 4.6 10.6
10 Don Henriksen 23 68 2263 3.2 7.6 .419 2.8 4.5 .626 8.0 2.1 3.8 9.1
11 Bob Priddy 22 16 149 3.4 9.2 .368 1.9 3.4 .571 8.7 1.7 8.7 8.7
12 Jack Kerris 28 69 1424 2.4 6.5 .363 2.2 3.5 .629 7.5 3.9 4.2 6.9
13 George McLeod 22 10 85 0.8 6.8 .125 3.4 6.4 .533 8.9 1.7 6.8 5.1
14 Dick Bunt 22
15 Jim Mooney 22

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Don Henriksen 23 68 2263 12.9 .479 .419 2.9 0.5 3.5
2 Don Barksdale 29 65 2298 16.7 .447 .387 2.5 0.6 3.1
3 Jim Baechtold 25 64 1893 12.9 .455 .390 2.3 0.4 2.6
4 Paul Hoffman 30 69 1955 14.4 .436 .366 1.8 0.5 2.2
5 Ray Lumpp 29 49 1323 13.9 .446 .378 1.6 0.3 1.8
6 Jack Kerris 28 69 1424 11.8 .431 .363 0.8 0.4 1.2
7 Kevin O'Shea 27 46 643 12.2 .423 .376 0.3 0.1 0.5
8 Ralph O'Brien 24 55 758 10.7 .414 .336 0.0 0.1 0.2
9 Blaine Denning 22 1 9 18.8 .460 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Bob Priddy 22 16 149 7.7 .408 .368 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Eddie Miller 21 70 2018 15.3 .404 .350 -0.6 0.6 0.0
12 George Kaftan 24 23 380 11.2 .391 .317 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
13 George McLeod 22 10 85 2.9 .265 .125 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
14 Dick Bunt 22
15 Jim Mooney 22

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Jim Baechtold 25 2 86 16 30 6 11 8 11 9 38 .533 .545 43.0 19.0 4.0 5.5
2 Eddie Miller 21 2 93 13 34 7 16 36 5 9 33 .382 .438 46.5 16.5 18.0 2.5
3 Don Henriksen 23 2 94 10 15 5 9 24 8 11 25 .667 .556 47.0 12.5 12.0 4.0
4 Ray Lumpp 29 2 75 7 33 7 10 8 5 8 21 .212 .700 37.5 10.5 4.0 2.5
5 Paul Hoffman 30 2 81 5 28 7 12 7 11 10 17 .179 .583 40.5 8.5 3.5 5.5
6 Jack Kerris 28 2 31 2 10 3 3 2 0 4 7 .200 1.000 15.5 3.5 1.0 0.0
7 Ralph O'Brien 24 1 18 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 .000 1.000 18.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
8 Bob Priddy 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Dick Bunt 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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