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.

Baltimore scored 5,911 points and allowed 6,360, most in the circuit. Don Barksdale scored a team-best 899 points for the Bullets, 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
Bob Priddy	F	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Bunt	G	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	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
Bob Priddy	F	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Dick Bunt	G	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		514	32.0	34.9	58.7	5.7	2.7	3.6	9.5