1948-49 BAA Rookies

1947-48 Rookies 1949-50 Rookies

League Champion: Minneapolis Lakers

Rookie of the Year: Howie Shannon

PPG Leader: George Mikan (28.3)

APG Leader: Bob Davies (5.4)

WS Leader: George Mikan (20.9)

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Career Stats

1948-49 Stats

Rookies

Career BAA/NBA Stats

Rookies Table
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Curly Armstrong	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	30	3	153		347	1176			346	500		89	358				466	1040	.295		.692		6.8	2.3	2.3
2	Johnny Bach	Nov 4, '48, BOS @ PHW	24	1	34		34	119			51	75			25				24	119	.286		.680		3.5		0.7
3	Gale Bishop	Nov 4, '48, PHW vs. BOS	26	1	56		170	523			127	195			92				137	467	.325		.651		8.3		1.6
4	Charlie Black	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	27	3	136	117	435	1535			375	624		31	312				551	1245	.283		.601	9.0	9.2	2.4	2.3
5	Jake Bornheimer	Feb 10, '49, PHW vs. INJ	21	2	75		122	414			98	146			53				158	342	.295		.671		4.6		0.7
6	Price Brookfield	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	28	2	61		187	661			102	138			137				152	476	.283		.739		7.8		2.2
7	Bob Brown	Feb 1, '49, PRO @ PHW	25	2	82		313	875			206	299			115				336	832	.358		.689		10.1		1.4
8	Darrel Brown	Nov 4, '48, BLB vs. MNL	25	1	3		2	6			0	2			0				3	4	.333		.000		1.3		0.0
9	Jim Browne	Nov 21, '48, CHS @ FTW	19	2	35		18	50			14	29			8				20	50	.360		.483		1.4		0.2
10	Walt Budko	Nov 4, '48, BLB vs. MNL	23	4	253	1126	684	2000			669	884		684	471				859	2037	.342		.757	17.9	8.1	5.4	1.9
11	Bill Calhoun	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	21	7	442	8221	1171	3431			1098	1565		1292	1036				836	3440	.341		.702	31.9	7.8	4.0	2.3
12	Joe Colone	Feb 6, '49, NYK vs. CHS	25	1	15		35	113			13	19			9				25	83	.310		.684		5.5		0.6
13	Dillard Crocker	Nov 25, '48, FTW @ BLB	24	4	154	1559	444	1407			464	657		215	205				557	1352	.316		.706	15.7	8.8	2.2	1.3
14	Fran Curran	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	26	2	123		159	403			284	367			149				231	602	.395		.774		4.9		1.2
15	Bob Davies*	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	29	7	462	8617	2292	6067			2010	2647		980	2250				1566	6594	.378		.759	31.3	14.3	2.9	4.9
16	Andy Duncan	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	26	3	136		294	720			158	265		30	101				371	746	.408		.596		5.5	2.1	0.7
17	Jack Dwan	Nov 4, '48, MNL @ BLB	27	1	60		121	380			34	69			129				157	276	.318		.493		4.6		2.2
18	Lonnie Eggleston	Nov 1, '48, STB @ INJ	30	1	2		1	4			2	3			1				3	4	.250		.667		2.0		0.5
19	Ray Ellefson	Nov 19, '48, MNL @ CHS	26	2	6		1	9			4	4		8	0				8	6	.111		1.000		1.0	2.7	0.0
20	Jack Eskridge	Dec 23, '48, CHS @ BLB	25	1	23		25	69			14	20			14				25	64	.362		.700		2.8		0.6
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
21	Phil Farbman	Nov 3, '48, PHW @ WSC	24	1	48		50	163			55	81			36				86	155	.307		.679		3.2		0.8
22	Arnie Ferrin	Nov 28, '48, MNL vs. PHW	23	3	178		381	1147			275	401		271	278				509	1037	.332		.686		5.8	4.0	1.6
23	Donnie Forman	Nov 28, '48, MNL vs. PHW	23	1	44		68	231			43	67			74				94	179	.294		.642		4.1		1.7
24	Harry Gallatin*	Nov 20, '48, NYK vs. PHW	21	10	682	15813	2810	7057			3223	4167		6684	1208				2086	8843	.398		.773	31.9	13.0	11.9	1.8
25	Earl Gardner	Nov 4, '48, MNL @ BLB	25	1	50		38	101			13	28			19				50	89	.376		.464		1.8		0.4
26	George Glamack	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	30	1	11		30	121			42	55			19				28	102	.248		.764		9.3		1.7
27	Joe Graboski	Nov 6, '48, CHS vs. BLB	19	13	845	22665	3433	9763			2414	3447		5999	1502				2591	9280	.352		.700	30.5	11.0	8.1	1.8
28	Bruce Hale	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	30	3	142		444	1334			409	536		49	424				285	1297	.333		.763		9.1	1.9	3.0
29	Ralph Hamilton	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	27	1	48		114	447			61	91			83				67	289	.255		.670		6.0		1.7
30	John Hazen	Nov 4, '48, BOS @ PHW	21	1	6		6	17			6	7			3				10	18	.353		.857		3.0		0.5
31	Bill Henry	Jan 8, '49, FTW @ PHW	24	2	95		185	578			243	379			103				232	613	.320		.641		6.5		1.1
32	Doug Holcomb	Feb 5, '49, BLB vs. INJ	27	1	3		3	12			9	14			5				5	15	.250		.643		5.0		1.7
33	Red Holzman*	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	28	6	358	2106	830	2622			506	742		344	721				478	2166	.317		.682	13.0	6.1	1.5	2.0
34	Gene James	Feb 17, '49, NYK @ PHW	23	3	88		116	347			64	114		141	95				191	296	.334		.561		3.4	2.9	1.1
35	Arnie Johnson	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	28	5	332	4142	808	1934			1272	1741		1272	731				1338	2888	.418		.731	30.5	8.7	6.2	2.2
36	Whitey Kachan	Nov 6, '48, CHS vs. BLB	23	1	52		38	142			36	56			37				81	112	.268		.643		2.2		0.7
37	George Kaftan	Feb 1, '49, BOS vs. ROC	20	5	212	1335	586	1585			422	649		424	399				388	1594	.370		.650	17.8	7.5	3.1	1.9
38	Leo Katkaveck	Nov 4, '48, WSC @ PRO	25	2	107		185	583			87	127			136				212	457	.317		.685		4.3		1.3
39	Tom Kelly	Dec 6, '48, BOS vs. ROC	24	1	27		73	218			45	73			38				73	191	.335		.616		7.1		1.4
40	Bob Kinney	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	28	2	118		394	1116			337	554			177				475	1125	.353		.608		9.5		1.5
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
41	Walt Kirk	Nov 6, '48, FTW @ STB	24	3	118	396	265	868			377	525		44	249				329	907	.305		.718	36.0	7.7	4.0	2.1
42	Leo Klier	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	25	2	113		282	1008			238	327			177				301	802	.280		.728		7.1		1.6
43	Andy Kostecka	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	27	1	21		46	110			43	70			14				48	135	.418		.614		6.4		0.7
44	Dan Kraus	Nov 4, '48, BLB vs. MNL	25	1	13		5	35			11	24			7				24	21	.143		.458		1.6		0.5
45	Herb Krautblatt	Nov 4, '48, BLB vs. MNL	22	1	10		4	18			5	11			4				14	13	.222		.455		1.3		0.4
46	Andrew Levane	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	28	3	103	68	197	635			69	109		9	204				158	463	.310		.633	9.7	4.5	1.3	2.0
47	Freddie Lewis	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	28	2	95		318	1018			163	213			132				207	799	.312		.765		8.4		1.4
48	Al Lucas	Nov 9, '48, BOS vs. MNL	26	1	2		1	3			0	0			2				0	2	.333				1.0		1.0
49	Ray Lumpp	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	25	5	300	2739	895	2444			672	876		391	654				793	2462	.366		.767	23.4	8.2	2.2	2.2
50	Jack Maddox	Dec 23, '48, INJ vs. FTW	29	1	1		0	0			0	0			1				0	0					0.0		1.0
51	Lionel Malamed	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	24	1	44		97	290			64	77			61				53	258	.334		.831		5.9		1.4
52	John Mandic	Nov 5, '48, INJ vs. NYK	29	2	81		119	377			97	147			88				205	335	.316		.660		4.1		1.1
53	Mel McGaha	Nov 3, '48, NYK @ FTW	22	1	51		62	195			52	88			51				104	176	.318		.591		3.5		1.0
54	Ed Mikan	Nov 6, '48, CHS vs. BLB	23	6	323	2779	799	2493			565	747		1093	296				919	2163	.320		.756	20.3	6.7	5.5	0.9
55	George Mikan*	Nov 4, '48, MNL @ BLB	24	7	439	8350	3544	8783			3068	3924		4167	1245				1862	10156	.404		.782	34.4	23.1	13.4	2.8
56	Bill Miller	Dec 28, '48, CHS @ BOS	24	1	28		21	72			11	20			20				32	53	.292		.550		1.9		0.7
57	Fritz Nagy	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	25	1	50		94	271			65	97			68				84	253	.347		.670		5.1		1.4
58	Paul Napolitano	Dec 7, '48, INJ vs. WSC	25	1	1		0	0			0	0			0				0	0					0.0		0.0
59	Jack Nichols	Jan 1, '49, WSC vs. CHS	22	9	505	10703	2022	5493			1225	1628		2793	965				1518	5269	.368		.752	26.9	10.4	6.9	1.9
60	Richie Niemiera	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	27	2	115		225	681			236	304			212				192	686	.330		.776		6.0		1.8
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
61	Mike Novak	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	33	3	125	24	161	519			98	173		2	175				336	420	.310		.566	4.8	3.4	0.4	1.4
62	Dermie O'Connell	Feb 1, '49, BOS vs. ROC	20	2	82		198	740			77	145			156				131	473	.268		.531		5.8		1.9
63	Fred Paine	Nov 4, '48, PRO vs. WSC	23	1	3		3	19			1	5			1				3	7	.158		.200		2.3		0.3
64	Easy Parham	Nov 1, '48, STB @ INJ	27	3	133		263	831			186	356		9	285				294	712	.316		.522		5.4	1.3	2.1
65	Jake Pelkington	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	33	1	54		193	469			211	267			131				216	597	.412		.790		11.1		2.4
66	Jim Pollard*	Nov 4, '48, MNL @ BLB	26	7	438	9391	2299	6379			1164	1552		2487	1417				1145	5762	.360		.750	35.4	13.2	7.8	3.2
67	Les Pugh	Nov 4, '48, PRO vs. WSC	26	2	116		236	829			240	303			75				286	712	.285		.792		6.1		0.6
68	Roy Pugh	Nov 3, '48, PHW @ WSC	26	1	23		13	51			6	19			9				17	32	.255		.316		1.4		0.4
69	Howie Rader	Nov 4, '48, BLB vs. MNL	27	1	13		7	45			3	10			14				25	17	.156		.300		1.3		1.1
70	Ray Ramsey	Dec 29, '48, BLB vs. PRO	27	1	2		0	1			2	2			0				0	2	.000		1.000		1.0		0.0
71	Arnie Risen*	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	24	10	637	12690	2610	6850			2413	3451		5011	1058				2449	7633	.381		.699	28.3	12.0	9.7	1.7
72	Tex Ritter	Nov 3, '48, NYK @ FTW	24	3	151		262	753			265	393		65	145				224	789	.348		.674		5.2	1.9	1.0
73	Bill Roberts	Nov 6, '48, CHS vs. BLB	23	2	117		166	489			72	102			65				203	404	.339		.706		3.5		0.6
74	Kenny Rollins	Nov 6, '48, CHS vs. BLB	25	3	168	426	326	1056			165	220		45	344				342	817	.309		.750	9.9	4.9	1.0	2.0
75	Herm Schaefer	Nov 4, '48, MNL @ BLB	30	2	123		336	886			260	314			388				225	932	.379		.828		7.6		3.2
76	Otto Schnellbacher	Dec 22, '48, PRO @ WSC	25	1	43		93	280			89	133			64				109	275	.332		.669		6.4		1.5
77	Howie Shannon	Nov 4, '48, PRO vs. WSC	25	2	122		514	1448			295	371			299				302	1323	.355		.795		10.8		2.5
78	Dick Shrider	Nov 5, '48, NYK @ INJ	25	1	4		0	0			1	3			2				2	1			.333		0.3		0.5
79	Jack Smiley	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	26	2	118		239	935			248	365			299				395	726	.256		.679		6.2		2.5
80	Don Smith	Nov 4, '48, MNL @ BLB	28	1	8		2	13			2	3			2				6	6	.154		.667		0.8		0.3
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
81	Odie Spears	Nov 6, '48, CHS vs. BLB	24	8	479	8104	1488	4066			1185	1554		1409	917				1580	4161	.366		.763	22.9	8.7	4.0	1.9
82	Jim Springer	Jan 28, '49, INJ vs. FTW	22	1	2		0	0			1	1			0				0	1			1.000		0.5		0.0
83	Jim Spruill	Feb 7, '49, INJ vs. PHW	25	1	1		1	3			0	0			0				3	2	.333				2.0		0.0
84	Hal Tidrick	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	33	1	61		194	616			164	205			101				191	552	.315		.800		9.0		1.7
85	Andy Tonkovich	Nov 4, '48, PRO vs. WSC	26	1	17		19	71			6	9			10				12	44	.268		.667		2.6		0.6
86	Bob Tough	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	28	2	82		226	814			127	178			137				141	579	.278		.713		7.1		1.7
87	Blackie Towery	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	28	2	128		425	1449			348	465			313				487	1198	.293		.748		9.4		2.4
88	Dick Triptow	Nov 3, '48, FTW vs. NYK	26	2	59		116	422			104	143			97				112	336	.275		.727		5.7		1.6
89	Brady Walker	Nov 4, '48, PRO vs. WSC	27	4	228	699	673	1772			257	406		549	328				320	1603	.380		.633	20.0	7.0	5.4	1.4
90	Bobby Wanzer*	Nov 6, '48, ROC vs. INJ	27	9	568	12128	2268	5768			2388	2976		1979	1830				1275	6924	.393		.802	32.5	12.2	4.5	3.2
91	Dick Wehr	Nov 1, '48, INJ vs. STB	23	1	9		5	21			2	6			3				12	12	.238		.333		1.3		0.3
92	D.C. Wilcutt	Nov 1, '48, STB @ INJ	25	2	59		42	124			44	60			80				36	128	.339		.733		2.2		1.4
93	Ward Williams	Nov 14, '48, FTW vs. INJ	25	1	53		61	257			93	124			82				158	215	.237		.750		4.1		1.5
94	Matt Zunic	Nov 3, '48, WSC vs. PHW	29	1	56		98	323			77	109			50				182	273	.303		.706		4.9		0.9