1961-62 NBA Rookies - Career Stats

1960-61 Rookies - Career Stats 1962-63 Rookies - Career Stats

League Champion: Boston Celtics

Most Valuable Player: Bill Russell (18.9/23.6/4.5)

Rookie of the Year: Walt Bellamy (31.6/19.0/2.7)

PPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (50.4)

RPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (25.7)

APG Leader: Oscar Robertson (11.4)

WS Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (23.1)

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Career Stats

1961-62 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	Stacey Arceneaux	Mar 2, '62, STL vs. BOS	25	1	7	110	22	56			6	13		32	4				10	50	.393		.462	15.7	7.1	4.6	0.6
2	Walt Bellamy*	Oct 19, '61, CHP @ NYK	22	14	1043	38940	7914	15340			5113	8088	264	14241	2544	52	48		3536	20941	.516		.632	37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6
3	George Blaney	Oct 19, '61, NYK vs. CHP	22	1	36	363	54	142			9	17		36	45				34	117	.380		.529	10.1	3.3	1.0	1.3
4	George Bon Salle	Oct 28, '61, CHP @ STL	26	1	3	9	2	8			0	0		2	0				0	4	.250			3.0	1.3	0.7	0.0
5	Joe Buckhalter	Oct 21, '61, CIN @ STL	24	2	65	740	153	339			69	110		265	43				124	375	.451		.627	11.4	5.8	4.1	0.7
6	Cleveland Buckner	Oct 19, '61, NYK vs. CHP	23	2	68	723	163	377			85	137		240	44				120	411	.432		.620	10.6	6.0	3.5	0.6
7	Ed Burton	Oct 19, '61, NYK vs. CHP	22	2	15	70	14	34			5	11		18	3				16	33	.412		.455	4.7	2.2	1.2	0.2
8	Donnie Butcher	Dec 1, '61, NYK vs. SYR	25	5	279	5085	610	1535			476	757		821	585				699	1696	.397		.629	18.2	6.1	2.9	2.1
9	Al Butler	Oct 21, '61, BOS vs. DET	23	4	234	5055	930	2119			422	571		696	530				493	2282	.439		.739	21.6	9.8	3.0	2.3
10	Howie Carl	Oct 19, '61, CHP @ NYK	23	1	31	382	67	201			36	51		39	57				41	170	.333		.706	12.3	5.5	1.3	1.8
11	Jimmy Darrow	Nov 22, '61, STL @ BOS	24	1	5	34	3	15			6	7		7	6				9	12	.200		.857	6.8	2.4	1.4	1.2
12	Johnny Egan	Oct 21, '61, DET @ BOS	23	11	712	14448	2089	4867			1343	1668		1294	2102				1441	5521	.429		.805	20.3	7.8	1.8	3.0
13	Rich Eichhorst	Mar 14, '62, STL @ LAL	28	1	1	10	1	2			0	0		1	3				1	2	.500			10.0	2.0	1.0	3.0
14	Cleo Hill	Oct 21, '61, STL vs. CIN	23	1	58	1050	107	309			106	137		178	114				98	320	.346		.774	18.1	5.5	3.1	2.0
15	Ron Horn	Nov 22, '61, STL @ BOS	23	2	31	314	28	94			21	31		77	11				50	77	.298		.677	10.1	2.5	2.5	0.4
16	Doug Kistler	Nov 1, '61, NYK @ DET	23	1	5	13	3	6			2	4		1	0				2	8	.500		.500	2.6	1.6	0.2	0.0
17	York Larese	Oct 19, '61, CHP @ NYK	23	1	59	703	122	327			58	72		77	94				104	302	.373		.806	11.9	5.1	1.3	1.6
18	Ted Luckenbill	Oct 20, '61, PHW vs. LAL	22	2	87	597	69	188			58	96		166	35				101	196	.367		.604	6.9	2.3	1.9	0.4
19	Whitey Martin	Oct 19, '61, NYK vs. CHP	22	1	66	1018	95	292			37	55		158	115				158	227	.325		.673	15.4	3.4	2.4	1.7
20	Tom Meschery	Oct 19, '61, PHW @ LAL	23	10	778	23459	3877	8793			2150	2885		6698	1331				2841	9904	.441		.745	30.2	12.7	8.6	1.7
					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	Paul Neumann	Oct 21, '61, SYR vs. CHP	24	6	451	11003	1827	4136			1335	1670		1318	1453				1293	4989	.442		.799	24.4	11.1	2.9	3.2
22	Bevo Nordmann	Oct 21, '61, CIN @ STL	22	4	133	1628	237	516			97	198		517	73				293	571	.459		.490	12.2	4.3	3.9	0.5
23	Chuck Osborne	Nov 3, '61, SYR vs. STL	23	1	4	21	1	8			3	4		9	1				3	5	.125		.750	5.3	1.3	2.3	0.3
24	Gary Phillips	Oct 21, '61, BOS vs. DET	22	5	348	6932	926	2500			467	742		903	665				820	2319	.370		.629	19.9	6.7	2.6	1.9
25	Frank Radovich	Oct 21, '61, PHW vs. NYK	23	1	37	175	37	93			13	26		51	4				27	87	.398		.500	4.7	2.4	1.4	0.1
26	Ray Scott	Oct 21, '61, DET @ BOS	23	9	684	21339	3906	9641			2372	3293		7154	1618				2035	10184	.405		.720	31.2	14.9	10.5	2.4
27	Lee Shaffer	Oct 21, '61, SYR vs. CHP	22	3	196	5488	1328	3160			635	818		1240	232				631	3291	.420		.776	28.0	16.8	6.3	1.2
28	Bob Sims	Oct 19, '61, LAL @ PHW	23	1	65	1345	193	491			123	216		183	154				187	509	.393		.569	20.7	7.8	2.8	2.4
29	Adrian Smith	Oct 21, '61, CIN @ STL	25	10	719	18324	3087	7194			2308	2762		1580	1697				1740	8482	.429		.836	25.5	11.8	2.2	2.4
30	Bill Smith	Oct 19, '61, NYK vs. CHP	22	1	9	83	8	33			7	8		16	7				6	23	.242		.875	9.2	2.6	1.8	0.8
31	Sam Stith	Oct 19, '61, NYK vs. CHP	24	1	32	440	59	162			23	38		51	60				55	141	.364		.605	13.8	4.4	1.6	1.9
32	Jack Turner	Oct 19, '61, CHP @ NYK	22	1	42	567	84	221			32	42		85	44				51	200	.380		.762	13.5	4.8	2.0	1.0
33	Horace Walker	Oct 19, '61, CHP @ NYK	24	1	65	1331	149	439			140	193		466	69				194	438	.339		.725	20.5	6.7	7.2	1.1
34	Bob Wiesenhahn	Oct 21, '61, CIN @ STL	23	1	60	326	51	161			17	30		112	23				50	119	.317		.567	5.4	2.0	1.9	0.4
35	Wayne Yates	Oct 27, '61, LAL vs. DET	24	1	37	263	31	105			10	22		94	16				72	72	.295		.455	7.1	1.9	2.5	0.4
36	Dave Zeller	Oct 29, '61, CIN vs. SYR	22	1	61	278	36	102			18	24		27	58				37	90	.353		.750	4.6	1.5	0.4	1.0