1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 107.3 (8th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.5 (2nd of 8)
SRS: -4.14 (7th of 8)
Expected W-L: 28-47 (7th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Armory ▪ Attendance: 106,859 (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

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
22	Elgin Baylor	SF	6-5	225	September 16, 1934	1	Seattle University
30	Boo Ellis	PF	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	SG	6-3	189	July 25, 1933	4	Niagara University
14	Larry Foust	C	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	SF	6-6	190	November 30, 1935	1	Morehead State University
20	Tom Hawkins	SF	6-5	210	December 22, 1936	R	University of Notre Dame
33	Hot Rod Hundley	SG	6-4	185	October 26, 1934	2	West Virginia University
32	Jim Krebs	C	6-8	230	September 8, 1935	2	Southern Methodist University
35	Rudy LaRusso	PF	6-7	220	November 11, 1937	R	Dartmouth College
21	Slick Leonard	PG	6-3	185	July 17, 1932	3	Indiana University
16	Nick Mantis	SG	6-3	190	December 7, 1935	R	Northwestern University
70	Frank Selvy	SG	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	PG	6-3	185	September 21, 1934	3	DePaul University

Team and Opponent Stats

	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	75	3040	7884	.386	1965	2691	.730	5432	1444	1813	8045	107.3
Lg Rank		8	6	8	4	3	5	4	8	7	8	8
Opponent	75										8362	111.5
Lg Rank											2	2

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	28	47	-4.23	0.09	-4.14				.386			.249					Minneapolis Armory	106,859
Lg Rank	7	7	7	5	7				8			4						7

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Elgin Baylor	25	70	2873	25.2	.489	.424	7.4	4.1	11.5	.192
2	Rudy LaRusso	22	71	2092	14.9	.456	.389	1.6	2.3	3.9	.091
3	Hot Rod Hundley	25	73	2279	12.9	.410	.358	-0.7	2.7	1.9	.041
4	Frank Selvy	27	43	1091	12.0	.462	.396	1.0	0.9	1.9	.083
5	Dick Garmaker	27	44	1187	12.3	.430	.377	0.2	1.2	1.4	.057
6	Jim Krebs	24	75	1269	11.0	.430	.392	0.0	1.2	1.2	.045
7	Tom Hawkins	23	69	1467	10.7	.419	.380	-0.4	1.5	1.2	.038
8	Ed Fleming	26	27	413	14.5	.499	.418	0.7	0.4	1.2	.136
9	Ray Felix	29	31	696	12.0	.441	.402	0.2	0.9	1.1	.073
10	Boo Ellis	23	46	671	10.5	.410	.346	-0.2	0.8	0.6	.041
11	Steve Hamilton	24	15	247	8.2	.436	.377	0.0	0.2	0.3	.049
12	Ron Sobie	25	1	13	-0.8	.225	.250	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.121
13	Slick Leonard	27	73	2074	8.0	.373	.322	-2.2	2.0	-0.1	-0.003
14	Bobby Smith	22	10	130	7.4	.303	.241	-0.4	0.2	-0.3	-0.095
15	Nick Mantis	24	10	71	1.7	.263	.256	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.201
16	Larry Foust	31	47
17	Chuck Share	32	3

Playoffs Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elgin Baylor	25	9	408	111	234	.474	79	94	.840	127	31	38	301
2	Frank Selvy	27	9	330	55	153	.359	31	44	.705	55	29	21	141
3	Rudy LaRusso	22	9	321	56	132	.424	27	35	.771	70	22	34	139
4	Hot Rod Hundley	25	9	337	41	122	.336	24	37	.649	61	55	18	106
5	Tom Hawkins	23	8	119	22	45	.489	15	18	.833	21	3	24	59
6	Slick Leonard	27	9	207	20	67	.299	18	28	.643	10	45	17	58
7	Ray Felix	29	8	147	17	41	.415	18	25	.720	53	9	34	52
8	Jim Krebs	24	9	157	23	55	.418	5	10	.500	47	8	31	51
9	Chuck Share	32	9	123	6	14	.429	10	11	.909	34	5	26	22
10	Boo Ellis	23	3	36	2	10	.200	4	8	.500	12	2	3	8

Playoffs Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elgin Baylor	25	9	45.3	12.3	26.0	.474	8.8	10.4	.840	14.1	3.4	4.2	33.4
2	Frank Selvy	27	9	36.7	6.1	17.0	.359	3.4	4.9	.705	6.1	3.2	2.3	15.7
3	Rudy LaRusso	22	9	35.7	6.2	14.7	.424	3.0	3.9	.771	7.8	2.4	3.8	15.4
4	Hot Rod Hundley	25	9	37.4	4.6	13.6	.336	2.7	4.1	.649	6.8	6.1	2.0	11.8
5	Tom Hawkins	23	8	14.9	2.8	5.6	.489	1.9	2.3	.833	2.6	0.4	3.0	7.4
6	Ray Felix	29	8	18.4	2.1	5.1	.415	2.3	3.1	.720	6.6	1.1	4.3	6.5
7	Slick Leonard	27	9	23.0	2.2	7.4	.299	2.0	3.1	.643	1.1	5.0	1.9	6.4
8	Jim Krebs	24	9	17.4	2.6	6.1	.418	0.6	1.1	.500	5.2	0.9	3.4	5.7
9	Boo Ellis	23	3	12.0	0.7	3.3	.200	1.3	2.7	.500	4.0	0.7	1.0	2.7
10	Chuck Share	32	9	13.7	0.7	1.6	.429	1.1	1.2	.909	3.8	0.6	2.9	2.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elgin Baylor	25	9	408	9.8	20.6	.474	7.0	8.3	.840	11.2	2.7	3.4	26.6
2	Tom Hawkins	23	8	119	6.7	13.6	.489	4.5	5.4	.833	6.4	0.9	7.3	17.8
3	Rudy LaRusso	22	9	321	6.3	14.8	.424	3.0	3.9	.771	7.9	2.5	3.8	15.6
4	Frank Selvy	27	9	330	6.0	16.7	.359	3.4	4.8	.705	6.0	3.2	2.3	15.4
5	Ray Felix	29	8	147	4.2	10.0	.415	4.4	6.1	.720	13.0	2.2	8.3	12.7
6	Jim Krebs	24	9	157	5.3	12.6	.418	1.1	2.3	.500	10.8	1.8	7.1	11.7
7	Hot Rod Hundley	25	9	337	4.4	13.0	.336	2.6	4.0	.649	6.5	5.9	1.9	11.3
8	Slick Leonard	27	9	207	3.5	11.7	.299	3.1	4.9	.643	1.7	7.8	3.0	10.1
9	Boo Ellis	23	3	36	2.0	10.0	.200	4.0	8.0	.500	12.0	2.0	3.0	8.0
10	Chuck Share	32	9	123	1.8	4.1	.429	2.9	3.2	.909	10.0	1.5	7.6	6.4

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Elgin Baylor	25	9	408	26.2	.547	.474	14.2	2.0	0.2	2.2	.265
2	Rudy LaRusso	22	9	321	13.7	.472	.424	10.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	.088
3	Tom Hawkins	23	8	119	13.8	.557	.489	4.0	0.4	0.0	0.5	.184
4	Chuck Share	32	9	123	8.0	.584	.429	5.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	.098
5	Ray Felix	29	8	147	13.0	.500	.415	8.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	.111
6	Jim Krebs	24	9	157	9.6	.429	.418	7.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	.033
7	Hot Rod Hundley	25	9	337	11.9	.383	.336	23.8	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.004
8	Frank Selvy	27	9	330	11.6	.409	.359	13.7	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.005
9	Slick Leonard	27	9	207	9.3	.366	.299	30.6	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.016
10	Boo Ellis	23	3	36	6.7	.296	.200	7.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.101

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