You Are Here > Basketball-Reference.com > Teams > Minneapolis Lakers > 1959-60 Roster and Statistics

1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season

25-50, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Castellani (11-25), Jim Pollard (14-25)

Points Per Game: 107.3 (8th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.5 (2nd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 28-47 (7th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Armory ▪ Attendance: 106,859 (7th of 8)

SRS: -4.14 (7th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Detroit Pistons

1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers:

Roster

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 1 Seattle University
30 Boo Ellis F 6-5 185 February 11, 1936 1 Niagara University
14 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 December 10, 1930 6 Long Island University
50 Ed Fleming G-F 6-3 189 July 25, 1933 4 Niagara University
14 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 9 La Salle University
16 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 October 29, 1932 4 University of Minnesota
30 Steve Hamilton F-C 6-6 190 November 30, 1935 1 Morehead State University
20 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 December 22, 1936 R University of Notre Dame
33 Hot Rod Hundley G 6-4 185 October 26, 1934 2 West Virginia University
32 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 September 8, 1935 2 Southern Methodist University
35 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 November 11, 1937 R Dartmouth College
21 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 July 17, 1932 3 Indiana University
16 Nick Mantis G 6-3 190 December 7, 1935 R Northwestern University
70 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 November 9, 1932 4 Furman University
44 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 March 14, 1927 8 Bowling Green State University
24 Bobby Smith G 6-4 190 August 20, 1937 R West Virginia University
17 Ron Sobie G 6-3 185 September 21, 1934 3 DePaul University

Team and Opponent Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 75 3040 7884 .386 1965 2691 .730 5432 1444 1813 8045 107.3
Opponent 75 8362 111.5

Player Statistics

Totals

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Elgin Baylor 25 70 2873 755 1781 .424 564 770 .732 1150 243 234 2074
2 Rudy LaRusso 22 71 2092 355 913 .389 265 357 .742 679 83 222 975
3 Hot Rod Hundley 25 73 2279 365 1019 .358 203 273 .744 390 338 194 933
4 Slick Leonard 27 73 2074 231 717 .322 136 193 .705 245 252 171 598
5 Jim Krebs 24 75 1269 237 605 .392 98 136 .721 327 38 210 572
6 Tom Hawkins 23 69 1467 220 579 .380 106 164 .646 428 54 188 546
7 Dick Garmaker 27 44 1187 198 525 .377 117 163 .718 189 133 126 513
8 Frank Selvy 27 43 1091 169 427 .396 122 160 .763 127 81 76 460
9 Ray Felix 29 31 696 105 261 .402 51 79 .646 258 29 133 261
10 Boo Ellis 23 46 671 64 185 .346 51 76 .671 236 27 64 179
11 Ed Fleming 26 27 413 59 141 .418 53 69 .768 87 38 46 171
12 Steve Hamilton 24 15 247 29 77 .377 18 23 .783 58 7 39 76
13 Bobby Smith 22 10 130 13 54 .241 11 16 .688 33 14 10 37
14 Nick Mantis 24 10 71 10 39 .256 1 2 .500 6 9 8 21
15 Ron Sobie 25 1 13 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 2 2 4 2
16 Larry Foust 31 47
17 Chuck Share 32 3

Per Game

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Elgin Baylor 25 70 41.0 10.8 25.4 .424 8.1 11.0 .732 16.4 3.5 3.3 29.6
2 Rudy LaRusso 22 71 29.5 5.0 12.9 .389 3.7 5.0 .742 9.6 1.2 3.1 13.7
3 Hot Rod Hundley 25 73 31.2 5.0 14.0 .358 2.8 3.7 .744 5.3 4.6 2.7 12.8
4 Dick Garmaker 27 44 27.0 4.5 11.9 .377 2.7 3.7 .718 4.3 3.0 2.9 11.7
5 Frank Selvy 27 43 25.4 3.9 9.9 .396 2.8 3.7 .763 3.0 1.9 1.8 10.7
6 Ray Felix 29 31 22.5 3.4 8.4 .402 1.6 2.5 .646 8.3 0.9 4.3 8.4
7 Slick Leonard 27 73 28.4 3.2 9.8 .322 1.9 2.6 .705 3.4 3.5 2.3 8.2
8 Tom Hawkins 23 69 21.3 3.2 8.4 .380 1.5 2.4 .646 6.2 0.8 2.7 7.9
9 Jim Krebs 24 75 16.9 3.2 8.1 .392 1.3 1.8 .721 4.4 0.5 2.8 7.6
10 Ed Fleming 26 27 15.3 2.2 5.2 .418 2.0 2.6 .768 3.2 1.4 1.7 6.3
11 Steve Hamilton 24 15 16.5 1.9 5.1 .377 1.2 1.5 .783 3.9 0.5 2.6 5.1
12 Boo Ellis 23 46 14.6 1.4 4.0 .346 1.1 1.7 .671 5.1 0.6 1.4 3.9
13 Bobby Smith 22 10 13.0 1.3 5.4 .241 1.1 1.6 .688 3.3 1.4 1.0 3.7
14 Nick Mantis 24 10 7.1 1.0 3.9 .256 0.1 0.2 .500 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.1
15 Ron Sobie 25 1 13.0 1.0 4.0 .250 0.0 1.0 .000 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.0
16 Larry Foust 31 47
17 Chuck Share 32 3

Per 36 Minutes

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Elgin Baylor 25 70 2873 9.5 22.3 .424 7.1 9.6 .732 14.4 3.0 2.9 26.0
2 Rudy LaRusso 22 71 2092 6.1 15.7 .389 4.6 6.1 .742 11.7 1.4 3.8 16.8
3 Jim Krebs 24 75 1269 6.7 17.2 .392 2.8 3.9 .721 9.3 1.1 6.0 16.2
4 Dick Garmaker 27 44 1187 6.0 15.9 .377 3.5 4.9 .718 5.7 4.0 3.8 15.6
5 Frank Selvy 27 43 1091 5.6 14.1 .396 4.0 5.3 .763 4.2 2.7 2.5 15.2
6 Ed Fleming 26 27 413 5.1 12.3 .418 4.6 6.0 .768 7.6 3.3 4.0 14.9
7 Hot Rod Hundley 25 73 2279 5.8 16.1 .358 3.2 4.3 .744 6.2 5.3 3.1 14.7
8 Ray Felix 29 31 696 5.4 13.5 .402 2.6 4.1 .646 13.3 1.5 6.9 13.5
9 Tom Hawkins 23 69 1467 5.4 14.2 .380 2.6 4.0 .646 10.5 1.3 4.6 13.4
10 Steve Hamilton 24 15 247 4.2 11.2 .377 2.6 3.4 .783 8.5 1.0 5.7 11.1
11 Nick Mantis 24 10 71 5.1 19.8 .256 0.5 1.0 .500 3.0 4.6 4.1 10.6
12 Slick Leonard 27 73 2074 4.0 12.4 .322 2.4 3.4 .705 4.3 4.4 3.0 10.4
13 Bobby Smith 22 10 130 3.6 15.0 .241 3.0 4.4 .688 9.1 3.9 2.8 10.2
14 Boo Ellis 23 46 671 3.4 9.9 .346 2.7 4.1 .671 12.7 1.4 3.4 9.6
15 Ron Sobie 25 1 13 2.8 11.1 .250 0.0 2.8 .000 5.5 5.5 11.1 5.5
16 Larry Foust 31 47
17 Chuck Share 32 3

Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elgin Baylor 25 70 2873 25.2 .489 .424 7.4 4.1 11.5
2 Rudy LaRusso 22 71 2092 14.9 .456 .389 1.6 2.3 3.9
3 Hot Rod Hundley 25 73 2279 12.9 .410 .358 -0.7 2.7 1.9
4 Frank Selvy 27 43 1091 12.0 .462 .396 1.0 0.9 1.9
5 Dick Garmaker 27 44 1187 12.3 .430 .377 0.2 1.2 1.4
6 Jim Krebs 24 75 1269 11.0 .430 .392 0.0 1.2 1.2
7 Tom Hawkins 23 69 1467 10.7 .419 .380 -0.4 1.5 1.2
8 Ed Fleming 26 27 413 14.5 .499 .418 0.7 0.4 1.2
9 Ray Felix 29 31 696 12.0 .441 .402 0.2 0.9 1.1
10 Boo Ellis 23 46 671 10.5 .410 .346 -0.2 0.8 0.6
11 Steve Hamilton 24 15 247 8.2 .436 .377 0.0 0.2 0.3
12 Ron Sobie 25 1 13 -0.8 .225 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Slick Leonard 27 73 2074 8.0 .373 .322 -2.2 2.0 -0.1
14 Bobby Smith 22 10 130 7.4 .303 .241 -0.4 0.2 -0.3
15 Nick Mantis 24 10 71 1.7 .263 .256 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
16 Larry Foust 31 47
17 Chuck Share 32 3

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Elgin Baylor 25 9 408 111 234 79 94 127 31 38 301 .474 .840 45.3 33.4 14.1 3.4
2 Frank Selvy 27 9 330 55 153 31 44 55 29 21 141 .359 .705 36.7 15.7 6.1 3.2
3 Rudy LaRusso 22 9 321 56 132 27 35 70 22 34 139 .424 .771 35.7 15.4 7.8 2.4
4 Hot Rod Hundley 25 9 337 41 122 24 37 61 55 18 106 .336 .649 37.4 11.8 6.8 6.1
5 Tom Hawkins 23 8 119 22 45 15 18 21 3 24 59 .489 .833 14.9 7.4 2.6 0.4
6 Slick Leonard 27 9 207 20 67 18 28 10 45 17 58 .299 .643 23.0 6.4 1.1 5.0
7 Ray Felix 29 8 147 17 41 18 25 53 9 34 52 .415 .720 18.4 6.5 6.6 1.1
8 Jim Krebs 24 9 157 23 55 5 10 47 8 31 51 .418 .500 17.4 5.7 5.2 0.9
9 Chuck Share 32 9 123 6 14 10 11 34 5 26 22 .429 .909 13.7 2.4 3.8 0.6
10 Boo Ellis 23 3 36 2 10 4 8 12 2 3 8 .200 .500 12.0 2.7 4.0 0.7

Playoffs Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elgin Baylor 25 9 408 26.1 .547 .474 14.2 2.0 0.2 2.2
2 Rudy LaRusso 22 9 321 13.7 .472 .424 10.8 0.4 0.2 0.6
3 Tom Hawkins 23 8 119 13.7 .557 .489 4.0 0.4 0.0 0.5
4 Ray Felix 29 8 147 13.0 .500 .415 8.8 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Chuck Share 32 9 123 7.9 .584 .429 5.4 0.2 0.1 0.3
6 Jim Krebs 24 9 157 9.5 .429 .418 7.7 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Hot Rod Hundley 25 9 337 11.8 .383 .336 23.8 -0.2 0.2 0.0
8 Frank Selvy 27 9 330 11.6 .409 .359 13.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Boo Ellis 23 3 36 6.7 .296 .200 7.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Slick Leonard 27 9 207 9.3 .366 .299 30.6 -0.2 0.1 -0.1