1951–52 Baltimore Bullets season

1951–52 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachFred Scolari
Chick Reiser
ArenaBaltimore Coliseum
Results
Record20–46 (.303)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioWCBM

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Bullets' 5th season in the NBA and eighth overall season of existence.[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1951 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) Nationality College
1 1 Gene Melchiorre PG  United States Bradley
2 10 Jack Stone SG/SF  United States Kansas State
3 20 Billy Mann F  United States Bradley
4 30 Billy Hagler F  United States California
5 40 Leroy Ishman F  United States American
6 50 Glenn Duggins G  United States Utah
7 60 Tom Riach G  United States USC
8 70 Bill Harper PG  United States Oregon State
9 78 Bobby Crowe PG  United States San Jose State
10 82 Dan Torrey G  United States Oregon State
11 85 Clem Pavilonis PF/C  United States DePaul
12 86 John Burke G  United States International YMCA College

The Bullets were the only team to use all twelve rounds of this year's draft. Despite that, none of the players they drafted would end up playing for them, though the Bullets would at least acquire Jim Slaughter and James Luisi by trades with the Tri-Cities Blackhawks turned Milwaukee Hawks and New York Knicks respectively. Rather infamously, the #1 pick they had in this year's draft, Gene Melchiorre, would later be revealed to be involved in the CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951 alongside fellow Bullets draft pick Billy Mann, leaving Melchiorre with the notable distinction of being the only #1 draft pick to ever be permanently banned by the NBA, though he wouldn't be the only #1 draft pick to never play in the NBA at all.

Roster

Baltimore Bullets 1952–53 roster
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From
PF 6 Don Barksdale 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) UCLA
SG 5 Bill Calhoun 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
PF 11 Alex Hannum 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) USC
SF 8 Frank Kudelka 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Saint Mary's
SF 13 Joe McNamee 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) San Francisco
PF 12 Stan Miasek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg)
SG 10 Dave Minor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA
PG 7 Kevin O'Shea 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Notre Dame
SG 16 Red Owens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Baylor
SF 11 Don Rehfeldt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Wisconsin
SG 9 Pep Saul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Seton Hall
PG 20 Fred Scolari 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
C 11 Jim Slaughter 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) South Carolina
SG 5 Belus Smawley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Applied Science
PF 7 Brady Walker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) BYU
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Syracuse Nationals 40 26 .606 – 26–7 12–18 2–1 21–15
x-Boston Celtics 39 27 .591 1 22–7 10–19 7–1 22–14
x-New York Knicks 37 29 .561 3 21–4 12–22 4–3 23–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors 33 33 .500 7 24–7 6–25 3–1 14–22
20 46 .303 20 17–15 2–22 1–9 10–26

Record vs. opponents

1951-52 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore — 1–8 2–4 2–4 4–2 0–6 2–7 4–5 2–4 3–6
Boston 8–1 — 3–3 3–3 5–1 3–3 4–5 6–3 3–3 4–5
Fort Wayne 4–2 3–3 — 5–4 4–5 5–4 3–3 2–4 3–6 0–6
Indianapolis 4–2 3–3 4–5 — 7–2 4–5 3–3 2–4 3–6 4–2
Milwaukee 2–4 1–5 5–4 2–7 — 1–8 2–4 1–5 1–8 2–4
Minneapolis 6–0 3–3 4–5 5–4 8–1 — 4–2 2–4 7–2 1–5
New York 7–2 5–4 3–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 — 6–3 2–4 5–4
Philadelphia 5–4 3–6 4–2 4–2 5–1 4–2 3–6 — 2–4 3–6
Rochester 4–2 3–3 6–3 6–3 8–1 2–7 4–2 4–2 — 4–2
Syracuse 6–3 5–4 6–0 2–4 4–2 5–1 4–5 6–3 2–4 —

Game log

1951–52 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 1 @ Rochester 97–101 Fred Scolari (26) 0–1
2 November 3 Indianapolis 90–86 Minor, Scolari (15) 0–2
3 November 5 Philadelphia 90–96 Frank Saul (18) 1–2
4 November 10 Syracuse 82–91 Hannum, Minor, Scolari (12) 2–2
5 November 12 Minneapolis 90–80 Fred Scolari (16) 2–3
6 November 17 Boston 88–75 Stan Miasek (18) 2–4
7 November 18 @ Syracuse 68–71 Stan Miasek (13) 2–5
8 November 19 Milwaukee 70–71 Frank Kudelka (16) 3–5
9 November 20 N New York 88–86 Barksdale, Scolari (23) 3–6
10 November 24 Philadelphia 74–81 Don Barksdale (20) 4–6
11 November 25 @ Fort Wayne 66–83 Don Barksdale (14) 4–7
12 November 29 N Milwaukee 64–77 Don Barksdale (15) 5–7
13 December 1 New York 82–84 Stan Miasek (20) 6–7
14 December 2 @ Boston 82–103 Stan Miasek (14) 6–8
15 December 3 Rochester 77–70 Don Barksdale (18) 6–9
16 December 7 @ Indianapolis 80–88 Red Owens (20) 6–10
17 December 8 N Minneapolis 85–64 Don Barksdale (13) 6–11
18 December 9 @ Milwaukee 73–71 Frank Kudelka (22) 7–11
19 December 12 @ Minneapolis 79–99 Frank Kudelka (14) 7–12
20 December 15 Fort Wayne 80–90 Stan Miasek (25) 8–12
21 December 16 @ Rochester 95–99 Hannum, Miasek (26) 8–13
22 December 17 Boston 80–92 Fred Scolari (22) 9–13
23 December 18 N Philadelphia 82–78 Stan Miasek (17) 9–14
24 December 21 N Boston 106–89 Alex Hannum (25) 9–15
25 December 22 Minneapolis 96–90 (3OT) Stan Miasek (29) 9–16
26 December 26 Philadelphia 99–103 (3OT) Miasek, Scolari (18) 10–16
27 December 29 Indianapolis 65–75 Stan Miasek (24) 11–16
28 December 30 @ Syracuse 91–108 Stan Miasek (22) 11–17
29 December 31 Fort Wayne 95–86 Fred Scolari (27) 11–18
30 January 4 @ Philadelphia 79–92 Fred Scolari (17) 11–19
31 January 5 Boston 94–73 Stan Miasek (20) 11–20
32 January 12 Syracuse 92–88 Don Barksdale (20) 11–21
33 January 13 @ Fort Wayne 71–81 Fred Scolari (26) 11–22
34 January 16 N Milwaukee 77–71 Don Barksdale (24) 11–23
35 January 17 N Milwaukee 87–76 Fred Scolari (15) 11–24
36 January 19 Indianapolis 78–81 Stan Miasek (27) 12–24
37 January 20 @ Syracuse 80–99 Miasek, Scolari (17) 12–25
38 January 21 New York 99–83 Stan Miasek (19) 12–26
39 January 23 @ Boston 75–117 Calhoun, Minor (13) 12–27
40 January 26 Syracuse 78–73 Don Barksdale (18) 12–28
41 February 1 @ Philadelphia 79–81 Fred Scolari (16) 12–29
42 February 2 Fort Wayne 76–63 Don Barksdale (21) 12–30
43 February 3 @ Syracuse 73–95 Dave Minor (15) 12–31
44 February 4 New York 81–82 Don Barksdale (22) 13–31
45 February 6 @ New York 70–73 Don Barksdale (20) 13–32
46 February 8 N New York 103–83 Don Barksdale (19) 13–33
47 February 9 Syracuse 76–84 Fred Scolari (21) 14–33
48 February 10 @ Fort Wayne 82–77 Frank Kudelka (23) 15–33
49 February 13 Rochester 91–96 Fred Scolari (29) 16–33
50 February 14 @ Indianapolis 66–89 Miasek, Minor (17) 16–34
51 February 16 @ New York 82–102 Fred Scolari (19) 16–35
52 February 17 Philadelphia 90–83 Don Barksdale (24) 16–36
53 February 20 Minneapolis 93–78 Kevin O'Shea (16) 16–37
54 February 23 Syracuse 80–81 Fred Scolari (18) 17–37
55 February 24 @ Rochester 100–124 Dave Minor (21) 17–38
56 February 25 New York 69–72 Fred Scolari (25) 17–39
57 February 29 @ Philadelphia 86–103 Don Barksdale (20) 17–40
58 March 1 Philadelphia 77–90 Frank Kudelka (19) 18–40
59 March 3 Rochester 96–99 Don Barksdale (25) 19–40
60 March 4 N Boston 91–80 Frank Kudelka (16) 19–41
61 March 5 N New York 88–82 Don Barksdale (21) 19–42
62 March 8 Boston 100–77 Don Barksdale (18) 19–43
63 March 9 @ Boston 72–89 Joe McNamee (16) 19–44
64 March 10 Milwaukee 80–91 Fred Scolari (25) 20–44
65 March 14 @ Indianapolis 87–103 Fred Scolari (18) 20–45
66 March 16 Minneapolis 82–126 Don Barksdale (18) 20–46

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

References

  1. ^ 1951-52 Baltimore Bullets
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