1954-55 NBA Rookies

1953-54 Rookies 1955-56 Rookies

League Champion: Syracuse Nationals

Rookie of the Year: Bob Pettit (20.4/13.8/3.2)

PPG Leader: Neil Johnston (22.7)

RPG Leader: Neil Johnston (15.1)

APG Leader: Bob Cousy (7.8)

WS Leader: Neil Johnston (15.4)

Career Stats

1954-55 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 Anielak	Nov 6, '54, NYK @ FTW	24	1	1	10	0	4			3	4		2	0				0	3	.000		.750	10.0	3.0	2.0	0.0
2	Tom Brennan	Nov 20, '54, PHW vs. FTW	24	1	11	52	5	11			0	0		5	2				5	10	.455			4.7	0.9	0.5	0.2
3	Bob Carney	Feb 6, '55, MNL vs. MLH	22	1	19	244	24	64			21	40		45	16				36	69	.375		.525	12.8	3.6	2.4	0.8
4	Fred Christ	Nov 2, '54, NYK @ MLH	24	1	6	48	5	18			10	11		8	7				3	20	.278		.909	8.0	3.3	1.3	1.2
5	Bert Cook	Nov 11, '54, NYK vs. ROC	25	1	37	424	42	133			34	50		72	33				39	118	.316		.680	11.5	3.2	1.9	0.9
6	Larry Costello*	Nov 13, '54, PHW vs. NYK	23	12	706	21198	3095	7068			2432	2891		2705	3215				2326	8622	.438		.841	30.0	12.2	3.8	4.6
7	George Dempsey	Dec 28, '54, PHW @ NYK	25	5	315	5720	591	1453			392	593		1125	711				602	1574	.407		.661	18.2	5.0	3.6	2.3
8	Fred Diute	Nov 30, '54, MLH vs. BOS	26	1	7	72	2	21			7	12		13	4				12	11	.095		.583	10.3	1.6	1.9	0.6
9	Dick Farley	Oct 31, '54, SYR vs. MNL	22	3	211	3822	481	1252			416	594		527	386				429	1378	.384		.700	18.1	6.5	2.5	1.8
10	Chuck Grigsby	Nov 2, '54, NYK @ MLH	26	1	7	45	7	19			2	8		11	7				9	16	.368		.250	6.4	2.3	1.6	1.0
11	Herm Hedderick	Jan 15, '55, NYK vs. FTW	25	1	5	23	2	9			0	1		4	2				3	4	.222		.000	4.6	0.8	0.8	0.4
12	Ed Kalafat	Oct 30, '54, MNL @ NYK	22	3	209	4358	490	1422			494	718		1182	310				684	1474	.345		.688	20.9	7.1	5.7	1.5
13	Mike Kearns	Feb 11, '55, PHW vs. BOS	25	1	6	25	0	5			1	4		3	5				1	1	.000		.250	4.2	0.2	0.5	0.8
14	Red Kerr	Oct 31, '54, SYR vs. MNL	22	12	905	27784	4909	11751			2662	3682		10092	2004				2287	12480	.418		.723	30.7	13.8	11.2	2.2
15	Dan King		24	1	12	103	7	22			5	10		25	3				5	19	.318		.500	8.6	1.6	2.1	0.3
16	Bob Knight	Nov 27, '54, NYK vs. SYR	25	1	2	29	3	7			1	1		1	8				6	7	.429		1.000	14.5	3.5	0.5	4.0
17	Ronnie MacGilvray	Nov 24, '54, MLH vs. ROC	24	1	6	57	2	12			4	7		9	11				5	8	.167		.571	9.5	1.3	1.5	1.8
18	Tom Marshall	Oct 30, '54, ROC vs. BOS	24	4	168	2587	354	913			244	344		492	188				197	952	.388		.709	15.4	5.7	2.9	1.1
19	Phil Martin	Oct 30, '54, MLH vs. FTW	26	1	7	47	5	19			2	2		10	6				7	12	.263		1.000	6.7	1.7	1.4	0.9
20	Ken McBride	Oct 30, '54, MLH vs. FTW	25	1	12	249	48	147			21	29		31	14				31	117	.327		.724	20.8	9.8	2.6	1.2
					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	Carl McNulty	Feb 20, '55, MLH @ FTW	24	1	1	14	1	6			0	0		0	0				1	2	.167			14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
22	Jackie Moore	Oct 31, '54, SYR vs. MNL	22	3	133	1173	136	348			91	144		337	67				215	363	.391		.632	8.8	2.7	2.5	0.5
23	Red Morrison	Oct 30, '54, BOS @ ROC	22	3	155	2216	218	550			119	208		822	135				393	555	.396		.572	14.3	3.6	5.3	0.9
24	Boris Nachamkin	Oct 30, '54, ROC vs. BOS	21	1	6	59	6	20			8	13		19	3				6	20	.300		.615	9.8	3.3	3.2	0.5
25	Togo Palazzi	Oct 31, '54, BOS @ FTW	22	6	324	4344	937	2429			508	696		1113	233				570	2382	.386		.730	13.4	7.4	3.4	0.7
26	Bob Pettit*	Oct 30, '54, MLH vs. FTW	22	11	792	30690	7349	16872			6182	8119		12849	2369				2529	20880	.436		.761	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0
27	Frank Ramsey*	Oct 30, '54, BOS @ ROC	23	9	623	15330	2949	7382			2480	3083		3410	1134				2158	8378	.399		.804	24.6	13.4	5.5	1.8
28	Dick Rosenthal	Oct 30, '54, FTW @ MLH	25	2	85	1594	218	602			139	198		352	170				201	575	.362		.702	18.8	6.8	4.1	2.0
29	Frank Selvy	Nov 30, '54, MLH vs. BOS	22	9	565	14908	2222	5640			1676	2302		2098	1579				1241	6120	.394		.728	26.4	10.8	3.7	2.8
30	Gene Shue	Nov 13, '54, PHW vs. NYK	23	10	699	23338	3715	9378			2638	3273		2855	2608				1405	10068	.396		.806	33.4	14.4	4.1	3.7
31	Art Spoelstra	Oct 30, '54, ROC vs. BOS	22	4	278	5248	763	1953			486	701		1273	266				811	2012	.391		.693	18.9	7.2	4.6	1.0
32	Jim Tucker	Jan 30, '55, SYR vs. PHW	22	3	99	1301	157	450			93	122		349	52				242	407	.349		.762	13.1	4.1	3.5	0.5
33	Jack Turner	Oct 30, '54, NYK vs. MNL	24	1	65	922	111	308			60	76		154	77				76	282	.360		.789	14.2	4.3	2.4	1.2
34	Bobby Watson	Oct 30, '54, MNL @ NYK	24	1	63	702	72	223			31	45		87	79				67	175	.323		.689	11.1	2.8	1.4	1.3
35	Skippy Whitaker	Feb 8, '55, BOS @ SYR	24	1	3	15	1	6			0	0		1	1				4	2	.167			5.0	0.7	0.3	0.3