1952-53 Baltimore Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 16-54
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to New York Knicks 2-0
Coach: Chick Reiser (0-3)
Coach: Clair Bee (16-51)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1952-53 Baltimore Bullets Roster
1952-53 Baltimore Bullets Results

The Baltimore Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 16 wins and 54 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Bullets scored 5,911 points and allowed 6,360, most in the circuit. Don Barksdale scored a team-best 899 points for Baltimore, and Eddie Miller contributed 609 rebounds. Paul Hoffman dished out 237 assists for the squad.

Chick Reiser and Clair Bee coached the team. The 1952-53 Baltimore Bullets lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Don Barksdale	F-C	65	2298	829	321			401	257	597	166	273	899
Paul Hoffman	G-F	69	1955	656	240			342	224	317	237	282	704
Eddie Miller	C-F	60	1858	725	258			270	178	609	109	224	694
Jim Baechtold	F-G	64	1893	621	242			240	177	219	154	203	661
Don Henriksen	F-C	68	2263	475	199			281	176	506	129	242	574
Ray Lumpp	G	49	1323	476	180			194	141	123	156	160	501
Kevin O'Shea	G	46	643	189	71			81	48	76	87	82	190
George Kaftan	F	23	380	142	45			67	44	75	31	59	134
Jack Kerris	F-C	17	442	77	34			41	27	88	48	48	95
Ralph O'Brien	G	14	182	72	27			22	18	20	17	30	72
Dick Bunt	G	12	125	52	17			23	17	15	7	22	51
Bob Priddy	F	16	149	38	14			14	8	36	7	36	36
George McLeod	F	10	85	16	2			15	8	21	4	16	12
Blaine Denning	G	1	9	5	2			1	1	4	0	3	5
Totals		514	13605	4373	1652	0	0	1992	1324	2706	1152	1680	4628

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Don Barksdale	F-C	65	35.4	38.7	64.1	9.2	2.6	4.2	13.8
Paul Hoffman	G-F	69	28.3	36.6	65.5	4.6	3.4	4.1	10.2
Eddie Miller	C-F	60	31.0	35.6	65.9	10.2	1.8	3.7	11.6
Jim Baechtold	F-G	64	29.6	39.0	73.8	3.4	2.4	3.2	10.3
Don Henriksen	F-C	68	33.3	41.9	62.6	7.4	1.9	3.6	8.4
Ray Lumpp	G	49	27.0	37.8	72.7	2.5	3.2	3.3	10.2
Kevin O'Shea	G	46	14.0	37.6	59.3	1.7	1.9	1.8	4.1
George Kaftan	F	23	16.5	31.7	65.7	3.3	1.3	2.6	5.8
Jack Kerris	F-C	17	26.0	44.2	65.9	5.2	2.8	2.8	5.6
Ralph O'Brien	G	14	13.0	37.5	81.8	1.4	1.2	2.1	5.1
Dick Bunt	G	12	10.4	32.7	73.9	1.3	0.6	1.8	4.3
Bob Priddy	F	16	9.3	36.8	57.1	2.3	0.4	2.3	2.3
George McLeod	F	10	8.5	12.5	53.3	2.1	0.4	1.6	1.2
Blaine Denning	G	1	9.0	40.0	100.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	5.0
Averages		514	26.5	37.8	66.5	5.3	2.2	3.3	9.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jim Baechtold	F-G	2	86	30	16			11	6	8	11	9	38
Eddie Miller	C-F	2	93	34	13			16	7	36	5	9	33
Don Henriksen	F-C	2	94	15	10			9	5	24	8	11	25
Ray Lumpp	G	2	75	33	7			10	7	8	5	8	21
Paul Hoffman	G-F	2	81	28	5			12	7	7	11	10	17
Jack Kerris	F-C	2	31	10	2			3	3	2	0	4	7
Ralph O'Brien	G	1	18	2	0			2	2	1	0	2	2
Dick Bunt	G	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Priddy	F	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		15	480	152	53	0	0	63	37	86	40	54	143

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jim Baechtold	F-G	2	43.0	53.3	54.5	4.0	5.5	4.5	19.0
Eddie Miller	C-F	2	46.5	38.2	43.8	18.0	2.5	4.5	16.5
Don Henriksen	F-C	2	47.0	66.7	55.6	12.0	4.0	5.5	12.5
Ray Lumpp	G	2	37.5	21.2	70.0	4.0	2.5	4.0	10.5
Paul Hoffman	G-F	2	40.5	17.9	58.3	3.5	5.5	5.0	8.5
Jack Kerris	F-C	2	15.5	20.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.5
Ralph O'Brien	G	1	18.0	0.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0
Dick Bunt	G	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Priddy	F	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		514	32.0	34.9	58.7	5.7	2.7	3.6	9.5