1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

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Record: 25-50, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Castellani (11-25), Jim Pollard (14-25)

Executive: Bob Short

PTS/G: 107.3 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 111.5 (2nd of 8)

SRS: -4.14 (7th of 8) Pace: 121.2 (7th of 8)

Off Rtg: 87.7 (8th of 8) Def Rtg: 91.2 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: -3.5 (7th of 8)

Expected W-L: 28-47 (7th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Armory

NBA 1960 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-4) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS/G
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	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
3	Rudy LaRusso	22	71	29.5	5.0	12.9	.389	3.7	5.0	.742	9.6	1.2	3.1	13.7
4	Slick Leonard	27	73	28.4	3.2	9.8	.322	1.9	2.6	.705	3.4	3.5	2.3	8.2
5	Dick Garmaker	27	44	27.0	4.5	11.9	.377	2.7	3.7	.718	4.3	3.0	2.9	11.7
6	Frank Selvy	27	43	25.4	3.9	9.9	.396	2.8	3.7	.763	3.0	1.9	1.8	10.7
7	Ray Felix	29	31	22.5	3.4	8.4	.402	1.6	2.5	.646	8.3	0.9	4.3	8.4
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	Steve Hamilton	25	15	16.5	1.9	5.1	.377	1.2	1.5	.783	3.9	0.5	2.6	5.1
11	Ed Fleming	26	27	15.3	2.2	5.2	.418	2.0	2.6	.768	3.2	1.4	1.7	6.3
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	Ron Sobie	25	1	13.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.0
15	Nick Mantis	24	10	7.1	1.0	3.9	.256	0.1	0.2	.500	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.1
16	Larry Foust	31	47
17	Chuck Share	32	3

Totals

Per 36 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Elgin Baylor	25	70	2873	25.2	.489	.432	7.4	4.1	11.5	.192
2	Hot Rod Hundley	25	73	2279	12.9	.410	.268	-0.7	2.7	1.9	.041
3	Rudy LaRusso	22	71	2092	14.9	.456	.391	1.6	2.3	3.9	.091
4	Slick Leonard	27	73	2074	8.0	.373	.269	-2.2	2.0	-0.1	-0.003
5	Tom Hawkins	23	69	1467	10.7	.419	.283	-0.4	1.5	1.2	.038
6	Jim Krebs	24	75	1269	11.0	.430	.225	0.0	1.2	1.2	.045
7	Dick Garmaker	27	44	1187	12.3	.430	.310	0.2	1.2	1.4	.057
8	Frank Selvy	27	43	1091	12.0	.462	.375	1.0	0.9	1.9	.083
9	Ray Felix	29	31	696	12.0	.441	.303	0.2	0.9	1.1	.073
10	Boo Ellis	23	46	671	10.5	.410	.411	-0.2	0.8	0.6	.041
11	Ed Fleming	26	27	413	14.5	.499	.489	0.7	0.4	1.2	.136
12	Steve Hamilton	25	15	247	8.2	.436	.299	0.0	0.2	0.3	.049
13	Bobby Smith	22	10	130	7.4	.303	.296	-0.4	0.2	-0.3	-0.095
14	Nick Mantis	24	10	71	1.7	.263	.051	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.201
15	Ron Sobie	25	1	13	-0.8	.225	.250	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.121
16	Larry Foust	31	47
17	Chuck Share	32	3

Adjusted Shooting

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG	FT	FTA	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS/G
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	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
3	Frank Selvy	27	9	36.7	6.1	17.0	.359	3.4	4.9	.705	6.1	3.2	2.3	15.7
4	Rudy LaRusso	22	9	35.7	6.2	14.7	.424	3.0	3.9	.771	7.8	2.4	3.8	15.4
5	Slick Leonard	27	9	23.0	2.2	7.4	.299	2.0	3.1	.643	1.1	5.0	1.9	6.4
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	Jim Krebs	24	9	17.4	2.6	6.1	.418	0.6	1.1	.500	5.2	0.9	3.4	5.7
8	Tom Hawkins	23	8	14.9	2.8	5.6	.489	1.9	2.3	.833	2.6	0.4	3.0	7.4
9	Chuck Share	32	9	13.7	0.7	1.6	.429	1.1	1.2	.909	3.8	0.6	2.9	2.4
10	Boo Ellis	23	3	12.0	0.7	3.3	.200	1.3	2.7	.500	4.0	0.7	1.0	2.7

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS	FTr	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Elgin Baylor	25	9	408	26.2	.547	.402	14.2	2.0	0.2	2.2	.265
2	Hot Rod Hundley	25	9	337	11.9	.383	.303	23.8	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.004
3	Frank Selvy	27	9	330	11.6	.409	.288	13.7	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.005
4	Rudy LaRusso	22	9	321	13.7	.472	.265	10.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	.088
5	Slick Leonard	27	9	207	9.3	.366	.418	30.6	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.016
6	Jim Krebs	24	9	157	9.6	.429	.182	7.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	.033
7	Ray Felix	29	8	147	13.0	.500	.610	8.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	.111
8	Chuck Share	32	9	123	8.0	.584	.786	5.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	.098
9	Tom Hawkins	23	8	119	13.8	.557	.400	4.0	0.4	0.0	0.5	.184
10	Boo Ellis	23	3	36	6.7	.296	.800	7.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.101

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