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1952–53 Baltimore Bullets season

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1952–53 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachChick Reiser
Clair Bee
ArenaBaltimore Coliseum
Results
Record16–54 (.229)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCBM
< 1951–52 1953–54 >

The 1952-53 NBA season was the Bullets' 6th season in the NBA and 9th overall season of existence.[1] The team featured Hall of Fame center Don Barksdale.[2] Their .229 winning percentage is the lowest of any team in the four major North American sports leagues to ever qualify for the playoffs. The Bullets never again made the playoffs, and the franchise folded midway through the 1954–55 season.

Draft picks

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Main article: 1952 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 2 Jim Baechtold G/F United States United States Eastern Kentucky

Roster

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Baltimore Bullets 1952–53 roster
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From
SF 18 Baechtold, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Eastern Kentucky
PF 17 Barksdale, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Temple
G/F Boven, Don 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Western Michigan
SF 9 Bunt, Dick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) NYU
G Denning, Blaine 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Lawrence Technological
C 16 Henriksen, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) California
SG 11 Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Purdue
SF 9 Kaftan, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Holy Cross
PF 12 Kerris, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Loyola Chicago
G/F Kudelka, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Saint Mary's
PG 8 Lumpp, Ray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) NYU
F 10 McLeod, George 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) TCU
F/C Miasek, Stan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg)
C 15 Miller, Eddie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Syracuse
G/F Minor, Dave 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA
PG 20 O'Brien, Ralph 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Butler
SG 7 O'Shea, Kevin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Notre Dame
F 9, 10 Priddy, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) New Mexico State
PF Ratkovicz, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Lindblom Technical High School
PG Scolari, Fred 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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Record vs. opponents

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1952-53 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore — 2–8 0–6 2–4 3–3 1–5 0–10 6–4 0–6 2–8
Boston 8–2 — 4–2 4–2 5–1 1–5 6–4 9–1 4–2 5–6
Fort Wayne 6–0 2–4 — 7–3 7–3 1–9 4–2 5–0 3–7 1–5
Indianapolis 4–2 2–4 3–7 — 5–6 4–6 1–5 5–1 3–7 1–5
Milwaukee 3–3 1–5 3–7 6–5 — 3–7 1–5 4–2 3–7 3–3
Minneapolis 5–1 5–1 9–1 6–4 7–3 — 4–2 6–0 4–6 2–4
New York 10–0 4–6 2–4 5–1 5–1 2–4 — 10–0 3–3 6–4
Philadelphia 4–6 1–9 0–5 1–5 2–4 0–6 0–10 — 2–4 2–8
Rochester 6–0 2–4 7–3 7–3 7–3 6–4 3–3 4–2 — 2–4
Syracuse 8–2 6–5 5–1 5–1 3–3 4–2 4–6 8–2 4–2 —

Game log

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1952–53 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 1 @ New York 53–69 Fred Scolari (11) 0–1
2 November 5 Minneapolis 97–75 Don Barksdale (19) 0–2
3 November 8 New York 92–62 Stan Miasek (14) 0–3
4 November 12 Milwaukee 90–107 Hoffman, Ratkovicz (18) 1–3
5 November 15 Syracuse 91–97 (OT) Fred Scolari (18) 2–3
6 November 16 N Philadelphia 81–79 Fred Scolari (17) 2–4
7 November 19 Philadelphia 89–106 Fred Scolari (24) 3–4
8 November 20 @ Philadelphia 99–106 Don Barksdale (18) 3–5
9 November 22 N Philadelphia 95–96 George Kaftan (29) 4–5
10 November 23 Indianapolis 100–90 George Kaftan (19) 4–6
11 November 25 @ Rochester 89–106 Stan Miasek (16) 4–7
12 November 26 New York 94–92 Fred Scolari (22) 4–8
13 November 27 N New York 104–92 Stan Miasek (22) 4–9
14 November 29 Syracuse 87–74 Don Barksdale (23) 4–10
15 November 30 @ Fort Wayne 95–100 (2OT) Fred Scolari (22) 4–11
16 December 1 N Minneapolis 89–67 Fred Scolari (13) 4–12
17 December 3 Milwaukee 87–98 Fred Scolari (26) 5–12
18 December 6 Fort Wayne 103–91 Stan Miasek (20) 5–13
19 December 10 Rochester 99–97 (OT) Fred Scolari (23) 5–14
20 December 11 N Boston 94–88 Don Barksdale (24) 5–15
21 December 14 Boston 83–73 Jim Baechtold (19) 5–16
22 December 20 New York 102–99 (OT) Eddie Miller (25) 5–17
23 December 21 @ New York 77–102 Fred Scolari (14) 5–18
24 December 25 @ Syracuse 92–102 Fred Scolari (19) 5–19
25 December 27 Syracuse 81–76 (OT) Fred Scolari (25) 5–20
26 December 31 @ Minneapolis 56–82 Eddie Miller (18) 5–21
27 January 1 @ Milwaukee 83–81 (OT) Don Barksdale (19) 6–21
28 January 2 @ Indianapolis 66–73 Ray Lumpp (15) 6–22
29 January 3 Philadelphia 77–81 Fred Scolari (25) 7–22
30 January 4 @ Syracuse 68–93 Barksdale, Miller (17) 7–23
31 January 9 N Boston 90–94 Paul Hoffman (32) 8–23
32 January 10 Boston 105–126 Baechtold, Henriksen (23) 9–23
33 January 11 @ Boston 87–131 Paul Hoffman (18) 9–24
34 January 14 Minneapolis 112–104 (2OT) Eddie Miller (24) 9–25
35 January 17 Indianapolis 66–82 Don Barksdale (27) 10–25
36 January 18 @ Syracuse 84–103 Fred Scolari (17) 10–26
37 January 21 Rochester 89–82 Miller, Scolari (14) 10–27
38 January 25 Philadelphia 68–82 Eddie Miller (15) 11–27
39 January 28 Milwaukee 84–83 Fred Scolari (21) 11–28
40 January 29 N Milwaukee 70–67 Eddie Miller (12) 11–29
41 January 31 Indianapolis 90–97 Don Henriksen (18) 12–29
42 February 1 @ Syracuse 79–94 Eddie Miller (27) 12–30
43 February 2 N Syracuse 98–77 Jim Baechtold (16) 12–31
44 February 3 @ Rochester 82–109 Ray Lumpp (21) 12–32
45 February 4 N Philadelphia 96–88 Eddie Miller (27) 12–33
46 February 7 Boston 101–98 (OT) Ray Lumpp (25) 12–34
47 February 8 @ Fort Wayne 78–89 Don Barksdale (19) 12–35
48 February 10 @ Indianapolis 83–88 Eddie Miller (20) 12–36
49 February 11 New York 86–80 Eddie Miller (22) 12–37
50 February 12 N Milwaukee 92–85 Don Barksdale (19) 12–38
51 February 13 N New York 106–96 Eddie Miller (22) 12–39
52 February 14 Fort Wayne 102–88 Don Barksdale (18) 12–40
53 February 15 N Philadelphia 95–75 Don Barksdale (22) 12–41
54 February 17 N Minneapolis 74–70 Baechtold, Barksdale (16) 13–41
55 February 19 @ Fort Wayne 79–83 Jack Kerris (23) 13–42
56 February 20 @ Indianapolis 58–59 Don Henriksen (15) 13–43
57 February 21 Boston 90–86 Jim Baechtold (21) 13–44
58 February 25 Minneapolis 85–72 Ray Lumpp (17) 13–45
59 February 26 N Boston 82–81 Don Henriksen (19) 13–46
60 February 28 Syracuse 74–77 Barksdale, Hoffman (22) 14–46
61 March 3 N Boston 95–94 (OT) Eddie Miller (25) 14–47
62 March 4 Rochester 81–77 Baechtold, Barksdale (17) 14–48
63 March 5 N New York 80–69 Ray Lumpp (26) 14–49
64 March 7 Fort Wayne 83–81 (OT) Ray Lumpp (22) 14–50
65 March 8 @ Syracuse 91–98 Jim Baechtold (17) 14–51
66 March 11 N New York 113–107 (3OT) Jim Baechtold (30) 14–52
67 March 13 N Philadelphia 72–98 Paul Hoffman (17) 15–52
68 March 14 Philadelphia 85–87 Baechtold, Henriksen, Lumpp (19) 16–52
69 March 15 @ Rochester 87–105 Eddie Miller (20) 16–53
70 March 16 N Boston 92–78 Jack Kerris (17) 16–54

Playoffs

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East Division Semifinals

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(1) New York Knicks vs. (4) Baltimore Bullets: Knicks win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ New York: New York 80, Baltimore 62
  • Game 2 @ Baltimore: New York 90, Baltimore 81

Last Playoff Meeting: 1949 Eastern Division Semifinals (New York won 2–1)

References

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  1. ^ 1952-53 Baltimore Bullets
  2. ^ "Five Direct-Elects for the Class of 2012 Announced By the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
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