1953-54 NBA Rookies

1952-53 Rookies 1954-55 Rookies

League Champion: Minneapolis Lakers

Rookie of the Year: Ray Felix (17.6/13.3/1.1)

PPG Leader: Neil Johnston (24.4)

RPG Leader: Harry Gallatin (15.3)

APG Leader: Bob Cousy (7.2)

WS Leader: Neil Johnston (18.3)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Career Stats

1953-54 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	Don Ackerman	Oct 31, '53, NYK vs. MNL	23	1	28	220	14	63			15	28		15	23				43	43	.222		.536	7.9	1.5	0.5	0.8
2	Don Asmonga	Dec 29, '53, BLB @ ROC	25	1	7	46	2	15			1	1		1	5				12	5	.133		1.000	6.6	0.7	0.1	0.7
3	Ernie Barrett	Nov 1, '53, BOS vs. MNL	24	2	131	2092	267	724			107	143		343	229				300	641	.369		.748	16.0	4.9	2.6	1.7
4	Ernie Beck	Oct 31, '53, PHW vs. SYR	22	7	371	7054	929	2425			467	613		1191	669				667	2325	.383		.762	19.0	6.3	3.2	1.8
5	Irv Bemoras	Oct 30, '53, MLH vs. MNL	23	2	131	2479	309	890			209	311		341	125				228	827	.347		.672	18.9	6.3	2.6	1.0
6	Bill Bolger	Nov 14, '53, BLB vs. NYK	22	1	20	202	24	59			8	13		36	11				27	56	.407		.615	10.1	2.8	1.8	0.6
7	Walt Davis	Oct 31, '53, PHW vs. SYR	23	5	325	5344	623	1651			312	449		1397	231				915	1558	.377		.695	16.4	4.8	4.3	0.7
8	Gene Dyker	Dec 5, '53, MLH @ BOS	23	1	11	91	6	26			4	8		16	5				21	16	.231		.500	8.3	1.5	1.5	0.5
9	Ed Earle	Oct 31, '53, SYR @ PHW	26	1	2	12	1	2			2	4		2	0				0	4	.500		.500	6.0	2.0	1.0	0.0
10	Ray Felix	Oct 31, '53, BLB @ ROC	23	9	637	15187	2406	5841			2162	3187		5654	456				2419	6974	.412		.678	23.8	10.9	8.9	0.7
11	Jim Fritsche	Oct 30, '53, MNL @ MLH	22	2	84	1372	132	427			62	84		249	77				131	326	.309		.738	16.3	3.9	3.0	0.9
12	Jack George	Oct 31, '53, PHW vs. SYR	25	8	506	15860	1901	5226			1351	1918		2129	2169				1242	5153	.364		.704	31.3	10.2	4.2	4.3
13	Bato Govedarica	Oct 31, '53, SYR @ PHW	25	1	23	258	25	79			25	37		18	24				44	75	.316		.676	11.2	3.3	0.8	1.0
14	Norm Grekin	Oct 31, '53, PHW vs. SYR	23	1	1	1	0	0			0	0		0	0				1	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Rollen Hans	Oct 31, '53, BLB @ ROC	22	2	80	1734	221	582			114	205		176	207				192	556	.380		.556	21.7	7.0	2.2	2.6
16	Bob Houbregs*	Oct 30, '53, MLH vs. MNL	21	5	281	6725	906	2245			799	1108		1552	500				690	2611	.404		.721	23.9	9.3	5.5	1.8
17	Billy Kenville	Oct 31, '53, SYR @ PHW	23	6	345	6778	848	2337			738	974		1206	715				670	2434	.363		.758	19.6	7.1	3.5	2.1
18	Dick Knostman	Oct 31, '53, SYR @ PHW	22	1	5	47	3	10			7	11		17	6				9	13	.300		.636	9.4	2.6	3.4	1.2
19	Clyde Lovellette*	Oct 30, '53, MNL @ MLH	24	11	704	19075	4784	10795			2379	3141		6663	1097				2289	11947	.443		.757	27.1	17.0	9.5	1.6
20	Jim Luisi	Jan 2, '54, BLB vs. BOS	25	1	31	367	31	95			27	41		25	35				45	89	.326		.659	11.8	2.9	0.8	1.1
					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	Jack Molinas	Nov 7, '53, FTW @ ROC	22	1	32	958	114	292			142	187		228	51				83	370	.390		.759	29.9	11.6	7.1	1.6
22	Jim Neal	Oct 31, '53, SYR @ PHW	23	2	80	1093	129	428			92	153		304	33				161	350	.301		.601	13.7	4.4	3.8	0.4
23	Paul Nolen	Nov 7, '53, BLB @ SYR	24	1	1	2	0	1			0	0		1	0				1	0	.000			2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
24	Bob Peterson	Oct 31, '53, BLB @ ROC	22	3	103	1342	186	482			107	160		389	78				218	479	.386		.669	13.0	4.7	3.8	0.8
25	Jim Phelan	Nov 7, '53, PHW vs. BOS	24	1	4	33	0	6			3	6		5	2				9	3	.000		.500	8.3	0.8	1.3	0.5
26	Connie Rea	Jan 30, '54, BLB vs. PHW	23	1	20	154	9	43			5	16		31	16				13	23	.209		.313	7.7	1.2	1.6	0.8
27	Frank Reddout	Nov 7, '53, ROC vs. FTW	22	1	7	18	5	6			3	4		9	0				6	13	.833		.750	2.6	1.9	1.3	0.0
28	Al Roges	Oct 31, '53, BLB @ ROC	23	2	84	2138	243	675			145	203		237	179				197	631	.360		.714	25.5	7.5	2.8	2.1
29	Ed Smith	Oct 31, '53, NYK vs. MNL	24	1	12	127	14	49			7	13		32	10				17	35	.286		.538	10.6	2.9	2.7	0.8
30	Joe Smyth	Dec 30, '53, NYK @ BLB	24	1	40	495	48	138			35	65		98	49				53	131	.348		.538	12.4	3.3	2.5	1.2
31	Don Sunderlage	Oct 30, '53, MLH vs. MNL	24	2	113	2636	287	881			300	410		281	224				320	874	.326		.732	23.3	7.7	2.5	2.0
32	Norm Swanson	Oct 31, '53, ROC @ BLB	23	1	63	611	31	137			38	64		110	33				91	100	.226		.594	9.7	1.6	1.7	0.5
33	Hal Uplinger	Oct 31, '53, BLB @ ROC	24	1	23	268	33	94			20	22		31	26				42	86	.351		.909	11.7	3.7	1.3	1.1
34	Isaac Walthour	Oct 30, '53, MLH vs. MNL	23	1	4	30	1	6			0	0		1	2				6	2	.167			7.5	0.5	0.3	0.5
35	George Yardley*	Nov 1, '53, FTW vs. MLH	25	7	472	15767	3193	7572			2677	3434		4220	815				1426	9063	.422		.780	33.4	19.2	8.9	1.7