Don Otten

Donald F. Otten , "Don, Big Don"
Born: April 18, 1921
Bellefontaine, OH USA
Deceased: September 18, 1985
Position: C
High School: Bellefontaine
College: Bowling Green
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 240
Career: 1946-47-1952-53

Don Otten averaged 11.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game in his 387-game career with the Baltimore Bullets, Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks, Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Washington Capitols. He began playing during the 1946-47 season and last took the court during the 1952-53 campaign.

Washington Capitols

Tri-Cities Blackhawks

Baltimore Bullets

Fort Wayne Pistons

Milwaukee Hawks

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1946-47	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	44	0	0	200			261	169	0	0	98	569
1947-48	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	60	0	0	282			392	260	0	0	184	824
1948-49	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	64	0	0	301			424	297	0	0	205	899
1949-50	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	46	0	451	165			315	226	0	73	180	556
1949-50	Washington Capitols	18	0	197	77			148	115	0	18	66	269
1950-51	Baltimore Bullets	2	0	15	3			9	5	3	3	5	11
1950-51	Fort Wayne Pistons	49	0	337	122			206	167	295	37	190	411
1950-51	Washington Capitols	16	0	127	37			93	74	106	22	60	148
1951-52	Fort Wayne Pistons	7	63	20	5			16	14	20	5	19	24
1951-52	Milwaukee Hawks	57	1726	616	217			402	309	415	118	199	743
1952-53	Milwaukee Hawks	24	384	87	34			91	64	89	21	68	132
Totals		387	2173	1850	1443	0	0	2357	1700	928	297	1274	4586

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1946-47	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	44	0.0		64.8	0.0	0.0	2.2	12.9
1947-48	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	60	0.0		66.3	0.0	0.0	3.1	13.7
1948-49	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	64	0.0		70.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	14.0
1949-50	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	46	0.0	36.6	71.7	0.0	1.6	3.9	12.1
1949-50	Washington Capitols	18	0.0	39.1	77.7	0.0	1.0	3.7	14.9
1950-51	Baltimore Bullets	2	0.0	20.0	55.6	1.5	1.5	2.5	5.5
1950-51	Fort Wayne Pistons	49	0.0	36.2	81.1	6.0	0.8	3.9	8.4
1950-51	Washington Capitols	16	0.0	29.1	79.6	6.6	1.4	3.8	9.3
1951-52	Fort Wayne Pistons	7	9.0	25.0	87.5	2.9	0.7	2.7	3.4
1951-52	Milwaukee Hawks	57	30.3	35.2	76.9	7.3	2.1	3.5	13.0
1952-53	Milwaukee Hawks	24	16.0	39.1	70.3	3.7	0.9	2.8	5.5
Averages		387	5.6	78.0	72.1	2.4	0.8	3.3	11.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1947-48	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	6	0	34			38	30	0	0	0	98
1948-49	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	6	0	24			55	43	0	0	0	91
1949-50	Washington Capitols	2	25	10			26	21	0	6	7	41
1950-51	Fort Wayne Pistons	3	26	8			16	13	19	8	15	29
Totals		17	51	76	0	0	135	107	19	14	22	259

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1947-48	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	6		78.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.3
1948-49	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	6		78.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.2
1949-50	Washington Capitols	2	40.0	80.8	0.0	3.0	3.5	20.5
1950-51	Fort Wayne Pistons	3	30.8	81.3	6.3	2.7	5.0	9.7
Averages		387	149.0	79.3	1.1	0.8	1.3	15.2

Awards

1948 - NBL Most Valuable Player