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1958 NBA Draft

1957 NBA Draft 1959 NBA Draft

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1958

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 88 (26 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Elgin Baylor (104.2 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: E. Baylor (104.2), H. Greer (102.7) and W. Embry (37.8)

All-Stars: 6 (E. Baylor, W. Embry, H. Greer, D. Ohl, G. Rodgers and A. Smith)

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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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88 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

88 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	5	PHW	Guy Rodgers	Temple	12	892	28663	10415	3791	6917	.378		.721	32.1	11.7	4.3	7.8	33.3	.056
2	1	MNL	Elgin Baylor	Seattle University	14	846	33863	23149	11463	3650	.431		.780	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3	104.2	.148
3	2	CIN	Archie Dees	Indiana	4	190	3092	1548	907	132	.402		.794	16.3	8.1	4.8	0.7	5.4	.084
4	3	NYK	Mike Farmer	San Francisco	7	423	8818	2816	1950	550	.393		.814	20.8	6.7	4.6	1.3	6.3	.035
5	4	NYK	Pete Brennan	UNC	1	16	136	40	31	6	.302		.560	8.5	2.5	1.9	0.4	-0.1	-.030
6	6	SYR	Connie Dierking	Cincinnati	10	706	15474	7094	4757	1053	.417		.697	21.9	10.0	6.7	1.5	13.3	.041
7	7	STL	Dave Gambee	Oregon State	12	750	14665	7935	3891	757	.420		.822	19.6	10.6	5.2	1.0	35.9	.117
8	8	BOS	Bennie Swain	Texas Southern	1	58	708	265	262	29	.406		.609	12.2	4.6	4.5	0.5	1.9	.128
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
9	9	MNL	Steve Hamilton	Morehead State University	2	82	1094	368	278	43	.372		.697	13.3	4.5	3.4	0.5	0.9	.040
10	10	CIN	Vern Hatton	Kentucky	4	225	3666	1244	531	310	.344		.735	16.3	5.5	2.4	1.4	0.2	.002
11	11	DET	Barney Cable	Bradley	6	362	6817	2372	1884	381	.420		.665	18.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	6.5	.046
12	12	NYK	Joe Quigg	UNC
13	13	PHW	Lloyd Sharrar	West Virginia
14	14	SYR	Hal Greer	Marshall	15	1122	39788	21586	5665	4540	.452		.801	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0	102.7	.124
15	15	STL	Hub Reed	Oklahoma City University	7	479	7870	2618	2449	367	.436		.724	16.4	5.5	5.1	0.8	9.3	.057
16	16	BOS	Jimmy Smith	Franciscan University of Steubenville
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
17	17	MNL	Boo Ellis	Niagara University	2	118	1873	607	616	86	.402		.695	15.9	5.1	5.2	0.7	3.1	.079
18	18	CIN	Bucky Bockhorn	Dayton	7	474	14791	5430	2234	1645	.403		.748	31.2	11.5	4.7	3.5	7.9	.026
19	19	DET	Roy DeWitz	Kansas State
20	20	NYK	John Lee	Yale
21	21	PHW	Frank Howard	Ohio State
22	22	SYR	John Nacincik	Maryland
23	23	STL	Wayne Embry	Miami University	11	831	21763	10380	7544	1194	.440		.640	26.2	12.5	9.1	1.4	37.8	.083
24	24	BOS	Jim Cunningham	Fordham
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
25	25	MNL	George Kline	Minnesota
26	26	CIN	Phil Murrell	Drake University
27	27	DET	Ralph Crosthwaite	Western Kentucky
28	28	NYK	Johnny Cox	Kentucky	1	73	1685	573	280	142	.421		.704	23.1	7.8	3.8	1.9	0.5	.015
29	29	PHW	Temple Tucker	Rice University
30	30	SYR	Tommy Kearns	UNC	1	1	7	2	0	0	1.000			7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.230
31	31	STL	Julius Pegues	Pitt
32	32	BOS	Dom Flora	Washington & Lee University
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
33	33	MNL	Quitman Sullins	Murray State
34	34	CIN	Jim Fulmer	Alabama
35	35	DET	Hank Morano	Saint Peter's College
36	36	NYK	Don Lane	Dayton
37	37	PHW	Don Ohl	Illinois	10	727	22413	11549	2163	2243	.434		.732	30.8	15.9	3.0	3.1	30.2	.065
38	38	SYR	Fred Grim	Arkansas
39	39	STL	Rick Herrscher	SMU
40	40	BOS	Gene Brown	San Francisco
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
41	41	MNL	Al Inniss	St. Francis College
42	42	CIN	Jim McClellan	Saint Francis University
43	43	DET	Shellie McMillon	Bradley	4	263	4977	2397	1571	232	.434		.634	18.9	9.1	6.0	0.9	8.1	.078
44	44	NYK	Joe King	Oklahoma
45	45	PHW	Bucky Allen	Duke
46	46	SYR	Jack Mimlitz	Saint Louis
47	47	STL	John Crawford	Iowa State
48	48	BOS	Dave Keleher	Morehead State University
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
49	49	MNL	Jim Bond	Point Loma Nazarene
50	50	CIN	Wayne Stevens	Cincinnati	1	8	49	13	16	4	.158		.700	6.1	1.6	2.0	0.5	-0.2	-.169
51	51	DET	Ed Blair	Western Michigan
52	52	NYK	Owen Lawson	Western Kentucky
53	53	PHW	Jay Norman	Temple
54	54	SYR	Pete Tillotson	Michigan
55	55	STL	Ken Sidle	Ohio State
56	56	BOS	Rudy Finderson	Brandeis University
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
57	57	MNL	Ed Brinkley	Clemson
58	58	CIN	Bob Mantz	Lafayette College
59	59	DET	Jack Quiggle	Michigan State
60	60	NYK	Milt Kane	Utah
61	61	PHW	Tom Brennan	Villanova
62	62	SYR	Ruel Tucker	Rockhurst University
63	63	STL	Bruno Boin	Washington
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
64	64	MNL	Joe Hobbs	Florida
65	65	CIN	Larry Staverman	Thomas More College	5	265	3380	1237	1019	251	.465		.785	12.8	4.7	3.8	0.9	6.9	.097
66	66	DET	Harry Marske	North Dakota State University
67	67	NYK	John McCarthy	Notre Dame
68	68	PHW	Nick Davis	Maryland
69	69	STL	Tink Van Patton	Temple
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
70	70	MNL	Shorty Patterson	Gustavus Adolphus
71	71	CIN	Jack Parr	Kansas State	1	66	1037	262	278	51	.355		.603	15.7	4.0	4.2	0.8	-0.3	-.014
72	72	DET	Pete Gaudin	Loyola New Orleans
73	73	PHW	Larry Hedden	Michigan State
74	74	STL	James Purcell	Coe College
			Round 11			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
75	75	MNL	Hal Duffy	Oregon
76	76	CIN	Frank Tartaron	Xavier
77	77	DET	Herb Merritt	Tennessee Technological University
78	78	STL	Don Klein	Rockhurst University
			Round 12			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
79	79	MNL	Gary Simmons	Idaho
80	80	CIN	Don Medsker	Iowa State
81	81	DET	Jim Dew	Alabama State University
82	82	STL	Joe Buckhalter	Tennessee State	2	65	740	375	265	43	.451		.627	11.4	5.8	4.1	0.7	1.2	.075
			Round 13			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
83	83	MNL	Gary Alcorn	Fresno State	2	78	844	261	329	24	.293		.598	10.8	3.3	4.2	0.3	-1.3	-.072
84	84	CIN	Jerry DuPont	Louisville
			Round 14			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
85	85	CIN	Jim Newcome	Duke
			Round 15			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
86	86	CIN	Adrian Smith	Kentucky	10	719	18324	8482	1580	1697	.429		.836	25.5	11.8	2.2	2.4	31.7	.083
			Round 16			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
87	87	CIN	Jack McCarthy	Dayton
			Round 17			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
88	88	CIN	John Powell	Miami University

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