1948-49 Baltimore Bullets Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 29-31
Finishing 3rd in the BAA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to New York Knicks 2-1
Coach: Buddy Jeannette (29-31)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1948-49 Baltimore Bullets Roster
1948-49 Baltimore Bullets Results

The Baltimore Bullets of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 29 wins and 31 losses, finishing third in the BAA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Baltimore racked up 5,017 points and surrendered 4,934. Connie Simmons scored a team-best 779 points for the Bullets, while Chick Reiser dished out 132 assists for the squad.

Buddy Jeannette coached the team. The 1948-49 Baltimore Bullets lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Connie Simmons	C-F	60	794	299			265	181	116	215	779
Walter Budko	F-C	60	644	224			309	244	99	201	692
Chick Reiser	G-F	57	653	219			257	188	132	202	626
Freddie Lewis	F-G	53	719	241			157	121	88	142	603
Hal Tidrick	F-G	53	549	182			187	150	90	173	514
Jake Pelkington	C-F	40	365	160			192	153	99	162	473
Stan Stutz	G-F	59	431	121			159	131	82	149	373
Buddy Jeannette	G	56	199	73			213	167	124	157	313
Sid Tanenbaum	G	14	162	50			43	34	54	21	134
Irv Torgoff	F	29	178	45			56	43	32	77	133
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	27	149	44			55	39	27	36	127
Jack Toomay	C-F	23	63	24			41	27	11	49	75
John Mahnken	C	7	80	21			18	11	9	32	53
Leo Mogus	F-C	13	50	10			36	25	3	29	45
Dan Kraus	G	13	35	5			24	11	7	24	21
Howie Rader	G-F	13	45	7			10	3	14	25	17
Doug Holcomb	F	3	12	3			14	9	5	5	15
Herb Krautblatt	G	10	18	4			11	5	4	14	13
Don Martin	C-F	7	9	2			2	1	4	14	5
Darrell Brown	F	3	6	2			2	0	0	3	4
Ray Ramsey	G-F	2	1	0			2	2	0	0	2
Totals		602	5162	1736	0	0	2053	1545	1000	1730	5017

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Connie Simmons	C-F	60	37.7	68.3	1.9	3.6	13.0
Walter Budko	F-C	60	34.8	79.0	1.7	3.4	11.5
Chick Reiser	G-F	57	33.5	73.2	2.3	3.5	11.0
Freddie Lewis	F-G	53	33.5	77.1	1.7	2.7	11.4
Hal Tidrick	F-G	53	33.2	80.2	1.7	3.3	9.7
Jake Pelkington	C-F	40	43.8	79.7	2.5	4.1	11.8
Stan Stutz	G-F	59	28.1	82.4	1.4	2.5	6.3
Buddy Jeannette	G	56	36.7	78.4	2.2	2.8	5.6
Sid Tanenbaum	G	14	30.9	79.1	3.9	1.5	9.6
Irv Torgoff	F	29	25.3	76.8	1.1	2.7	4.6
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	27	29.5	70.9	1.0	1.3	4.7
Jack Toomay	C-F	23	38.1	65.9	0.5	2.1	3.3
John Mahnken	C	7	26.3	61.1	1.3	4.6	7.6
Leo Mogus	F-C	13	20.0	69.4	0.2	2.2	3.5
Dan Kraus	G	13	14.3	45.8	0.5	1.8	1.6
Howie Rader	G-F	13	15.6	30.0	1.1	1.9	1.3
Doug Holcomb	F	3	25.0	64.3	1.7	1.7	5.0
Herb Krautblatt	G	10	22.2	45.5	0.4	1.4	1.3
Don Martin	C-F	7	22.2	50.0	0.6	2.0	0.7
Darrell Brown	F	3	33.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3
Ray Ramsey	G-F	2	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Averages		602	33.6	75.3	1.7	2.9	8.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Jake Pelkington	C-F	3	33	13			35	27	3	13	53
Connie Simmons	C-F	3	37	13			29	22	7	12	48
Walter Budko	F-C	3	26	11			19	15	4	16	37
Freddie Lewis	F-G	3	35	15			10	7	3	13	37
Chick Reiser	G-F	3	25	6			20	18	8	15	30
Sid Tanenbaum	G	3	29	6			5	5	10	5	17
Hal Tidrick	F-G	3	19	5			5	3	1	16	13
Buddy Jeannette	G	3	13	2			4	4	5	11	8
Jack Toomay	C-F	1	5	1			7	5	0	6	7
Stan Stutz	G-F	3	5	1			6	3	0	9	5
Totals		28	227	73	0	0	140	109	41	116	255

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Jake Pelkington	C-F	3	39.4	77.1	1.0	4.3	17.7
Connie Simmons	C-F	3	35.1	75.9	2.3	4.0	16.0
Walter Budko	F-C	3	42.3	78.9	1.3	5.3	12.3
Freddie Lewis	F-G	3	42.9	70.0	1.0	4.3	12.3
Chick Reiser	G-F	3	24.0	90.0	2.7	5.0	10.0
Sid Tanenbaum	G	3	20.7	100.0	3.3	1.7	5.7
Hal Tidrick	F-G	3	26.3	60.0	0.3	5.3	4.3
Buddy Jeannette	G	3	15.4	100.0	1.7	3.7	2.7
Jack Toomay	C-F	1	20.0	71.4	0.0	6.0	7.0
Stan Stutz	G-F	3	20.0	50.0	0.0	3.0	1.7
Averages		602	32.2	77.9	1.5	4.1	9.1