1949–50 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1949–50 Baltimore Bullets season was the first season of the Maryland club in the newly formed National Basketball Association and sixth overall season of existence including multiple other leagues. Coming from two out of three successful seasons in the American Basketball League, including a championship in 1946, and two successful seasons in the BAA, including a championship run in 1948, their 25-43 record this time around would not be sufficient for them to reach the division playoffs. Another change from the previous year was president Robert "Jake" Embry's decision not to televise the Bullets' games.[1] The club would change hands towards the end of the season, to a group of local businessmen.[2]

1949–50 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachBuddy Jeannette
ArenaBaltimore Coliseum
Results
Record25–43 (.368)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWBAL

Draft
Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
16Ron LivingstoneC United StatesWyoming
3–Paul GordonF United StatesNotre Dame
––Bill Evans– United StatesDrake
–45Tom Gallagher– United StatesSt. Francis (NY)
––Jim McMullen– United StatesXavier
––Eppa Rixey– United StatesKenyon
––Roger Wiley– United StatesOregon
––Bill Zipple– United StatesLafayette

Roster
Baltimore Bullets 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F/C 12 United States Budko, Walt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Columbia
G/F 11 United States Byrnes, Tommy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall
G/F United States Cloyd, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Wisconsin
G 4, 5 United States Dolhon, Joe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) NYU
G/F 6, 20 United States Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rhode Island
G United States Feigenbaum, George 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Kentucky
F 6 United States Gordon, Paul 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Notre Dame
G/F 11 United States Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Purdue
F United States Janotta, Howie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Seton Hall
G 6, 14 United States Jeannette, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Washington & Jefferson
C 19 United States Knorek, Lee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Detroit Mercy
G/F 20 United States Lewis, Fred 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Eastern Kentucky
C 17 United States Livingstone, Ron 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Wyoming
F/C 17 United States Mandic, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Oregon State
G 17 United States McCarron, Mike 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Seton Hall
G 15 United States O'Donnell, Andy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Loyola (MD)
F/C 35 United States Pugh, Les 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ohio State
C 9, 17 United States Sadowski, Ed 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Seton Hall
F 4, 8 United States Schatzman, Marv 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Saint Louis
G/F 7 United States Tough, Bob 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) St. John's
F/C 10 United States Towery, Carlisle 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Western Kentucky
G/F 5 United States Triptow, Dick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) DePaul
G/F 4 United States Von Nieda, Whitey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Penn State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Pre-season
1949 Pre-season Game Log: 4-4
#DateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
1October 17Syracuse NationalsW 66-63Baltimore Coliseum1-0[3]
2October 18Syracuse NationalsL 56-62Baltimore Coliseum1-1[4]
3October 22Philadelphia WarriorsL 74-82Baltimore Coliseum1-2[5]
4October 24Cumberland DukesW 59-57Baltimore Coliseum2-2[6]
5October 26Boston CelticsW 66-65Burlington, Vermont3-2[7]
6October 27Hartford HurricanesW 80-74Hartford, Connecticut4-2[8]
7October 29Boston CelticsL 72-74Providence, Rhode Island4-3[9]
8October 30Bridgeport AerasolsL 54-56Bridgeport, Connecticut4-4[10]

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Syracuse Nationals5113.797–31–115–125–09–1
x-New York Knicks4028.5881319–1018–163–220–6
x-Washington Capitols3236.4712121–1310–201–313–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors2642.3822515–158–233–49–17
Baltimore Bullets2543.3682616–158–251–38–18
Boston Celtics2246.3242912–145–285–411–15

Record vs. opponents
1949–50 NBA records
Team AND BAL BOS CHI DEN FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SHE STL SYR TCB WAS WAT
Anderson —1–10–21–14–31–12–51–11–11–10–25–22–03–47–21–17–0
Baltimore 1–1—2–41–51–13–31–11–51–53–33–32–03–30–20–22–41–1
Boston 2–04–2—0–61–12–41–11–51–53–30–61–12–40–20–23–31–1
Chicago 1–15–16–0—2–02–41–12–42–44–22–42–05–10–21–13–32–0
Denver 3–41–11–10–2—0–20–70–20–20–20–23–40–21–60–70–22–5
Fort Wayne 1–13–34–24–22–0—1–12–44–24–23–32–05–10–22–02–41–1
Indianapolis 5–21–11–11–17–01–1—1–11–12–01–15–21–12–74–31–15–2
Minneapolis 1–15–15–14–22–04–21–1—5–14–23–31–15–11–12–06–02–0
New York 1–15–15–14–22–02–41–11–5—1–51–51–14–20–21–15–12–0
Philadelphia 1–13–33–32–42–02–40–22–41–5—1–52–02–40–21–12–42–0
Rochester 2–03–36–04–22–03–31–13–35–15–1—1–15–11–12–06–02–0
Sheboygan 2–50–21–10–24–30–22–51–11–10–21–1—0–21–63–42–04–3
St. Louis 0–23–34–21–52–01–51–11–52–44–21–52–0—1–12–00–61–1
Syracuse 4–32–02–02–06–12–07–21–12–02–01–16–11–1—6–11–16–1
Tri-Cities 2–72–02–01–17–00–23–40–21–11–10–24–30–21–6—1–14–3
Washington 1–14–23–33–32–04–21–10–61–54–20–60–26–01–11–1—1–1
Waterloo 0–71–11–10–25–21–12–50–20–20–20–23–41–11–63–41–1—

Game log
1949–50 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 2at Washington61–66Paul Hoffman (17)0–1
2November 3St. Louis65–81Paul Hoffman (17)0–2
3November 5Minneapolis77–92Paul Hoffman (16)0–3
4November 10Washington72–88Hoffman, Towery (14)0–4
5November 12Fort Wayne82–75Paul Hoffman (24)1–4
6November 15at Boston81–76Paul Hoffman (27)2–4
7November 17Denver86–71Paul Hoffman (15)3–4
8November 19Boston82–91Hoffman, Jeannette (14)3–5
9November 20at Sheboygan97–92Paul Hoffman (19)4–5
10November 23at Minneapolis71–84Paul Hoffman (19)4–6
11November 24at St. Louis65–53Carlisle Towery (14)5–6
12November 27at Denver61–68Les Pugh (16)5–7
13November 30at Chicago50–57Paul Hoffman (18)5–8
14December 1Rochester70–64Carlisle Towery (19)6–8
15December 3at New York55–85Pugh, Towery (11)6–9
16December 7Chicago72–84Paul Hoffman (13)6–10
17December 8New York60–82Ed Sadowski (12)6–11
18December 10St. Louis69–66Byrnes, Towery (14)7–11
19December 15Minneapolis87–68Ed Sadowski (21)8–11
20December 16vs Waterloo75–77Ed Sadowski (20)8–12
21December 17at Washington89–72Paul Hoffman (18)9–12
22December 18at Fort Wayne95–106Ed Sadowski (30)9–13
23December 20at Indianapolis88–79Paul Hoffman (23)10–13
24December 21at Philadelphia60–70Ed Sadowski (17)10–14
25December 22Washington86–82Walt Budko (18)11–14
26December 25Philadelphia63–64Dolhon, Sadowski (14)11–15
27December 26vs Boston57–82Sadowski, Towery (11)11–16
28December 28at Minneapolis77–88Walt Budko (19)11–17
29December 29at St. Louis63–90Les Pugh (15)11–18
30January 1at Tri-Cities66–79Walt Budko (14)11–19
31January 2at Anderson75–92Johnny Ezersky (18)11–20
32January 5Rochester74–71Ed Sadowski (21)12–20
33January 6at Boston53–74Ed Sadowski (11)12–21
34January 7Indianapolis61–85Hoffman, Towery (11)12–22
35January 10at Rochester67–85Ed Sadowski (16)12–23
36January 14Chicago78–83Hoffman, Sadowski (17)12–24
37January 19Washington68–81Paul Hoffman (17)12–25
38January 21Philadelphia68–58Paul Hoffman (16)13–25
39January 22vs Sheboygan76–69Paul Hoffman (18)14–25
40January 24at Rochester56–70Paul Hoffman (13)14–26
41January 26New York77–79 (2OT)Paul Hoffman (19)14–27
42January 27at Philadelphia74–71Ed Sadowski (17)15–27
43January 28Fort Wayne77–64Walt Budko (20)16–27
44February 2Rochester79–69Ed Sadowski (22)17–27
45February 3vs Chicago81–98Ed Sadowski (20)17–28
46February 4Anderson90–70Paul Hoffman (18)18–28
47February 5at Syracuse87–96Ed Sadowski (24)18–29
48February 9St. Louis79–67Walt Budko (16)19–29
49February 11Syracuse76–77Paul Hoffman (23)19–30
50February 15at New York67–80Paul Hoffman (15)19–31
51February 16Fort Wayne83–77Dolhon, Ezersky (16)20–31
52February 18Philadelphia73–100Ed Sadowski (18)20–32
53February 19at Fort Wayne71–79Paul Hoffman (19)20–33
54February 20at Tri-Cities73–82Walt Budko (18)20–34
55February 21at Chicago64–72Ed Sadowski (16)20–35
56February 22at Waterloo84–77Paul Hoffman (21)21–35
57February 24at Philadelphia77–69Joe Dolhon (16)22–35
58February 25Boston66–82Ed Sadowski (18)22–36
59March 1at New York76–82Paul Hoffman (23)22–37
60March 2Minneapolis68–88Paul Hoffman (15)22–38
61March 4Chicago77–72Carlisle Towery (14)23–38
62March 8at Washington80–88Paul Hoffman (15)23–39
63March 9New York91–79Johnny Ezersky (17)24–39
64March 11Boston79–75Paul Hoffman (19)25–39
65March 12at Fort Wayne75–86Ed Sadowski (17)25–40
66March 15at Minneapolis62–96Johnny Ezersky (11)25–41
67March 16at St. Louis63–71Paul Hoffman (20)25–42
68March 19at Rochester66–97Tommy Byrnes (13)25–43

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

Season
Player GP FG% FT% APG PPG
Walt Budko 66.304.7572.29.0
Tommy Byrnes 53.302.7021.76.2
Paul Cloyd 3.1251.0000.31.7
Joe Dolhon 64.312.7342.46.9
Johnny Ezersky 38.305.6971.78.1
George Feigenbaum 12.246.4440.83.0
Paul Gordon 4.000.6000.80.8
Paul Hoffman 60.341.6652.714.4
Howie Janotta 9.300.8130.43.4
Buddy Jeannette 37.284.8202.55.2
Lee KnorekX 1.000–0.00.0
Freddie LewisX 18.227.6841.03.5
Ron LivingstoneX 16.245.7611.55.3
John MandicX 3.1001.0000.31.3
Mike McCarron 3.200.6670.31.3
Andy O'Donnell 25.352.7780.73.6
Les PughX 56.249.8460.34.5
Ed SadowskiX 52.328.7451.914.0
Marv Schatzman 34.247.5801.13.4
Bob Tough 8.282.8330.33.4
Carlisle Towery 68.327.7572.18.8
Dick TriptowX 4.0001.0000.30.5
Whitey Von NiedaX 33.364.6383.26.2

^x Statistics with the Baltimore Bullets

Transactions
Players Added

Draft

Free agency

 Players Lost

Released

Free agency

Trades
September 28, 1949
 To Baltimore Bullets
Cash considerations		 To Washington Capitols
Chick Reiser
December 5, 1949
 To Baltimore Bullets
Dick Triptow		 To Fort Wayne Pistons
Cash considerations
December 7, 1949
 To Baltimore Bullets
Ed Sadowski
Cash considerations		 To Philadelphia Warriors
Ron Livingstone
December 8, 1949
 To Baltimore Bullets
Lee Knorek		 To New York Knicks
Cash considerations
December 9, 1949
 To Baltimore Bullets
Whitey Von Nieda		 To Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Cash considerations

References
  1. Bullets Ban Video, Reading Eagle, August 5, 1949
  2. 20 Businessmen Take Over Bullets, Milwaukee Sentinel, February 14, 1950
  3. BULLETS DOWN SYRACUSE FIVE, The Baltimore Sun, October 17, 1949
  4. SYRACUSE FIVE TOP BULLETS, The Baltimore Sun, October 18, 1949
  5. BULLETINS BOW TO WARRIORS, The Baltimore Sun, October 23, 1949
  6. BULLETS TOP CUMBERLAND, The Baltimore Sun, October 22, 1990
  7. BULLETS EDGE BOSTON QUINTET, The Baltimore Sun, October 26, 1949
  8. Baltimore Five Nips Hurricane Rally To Pull Out 80-74 Win, The Hartford Courant, October 28, 1949
  9. Boston Celtics Nip Bullets, 74-72, The Baltimore Sun, October 30, 1949
  10. BULLETS DROP 54-56 CONTEST TO BRIDGEPORT, The Baltimore Sun, October 31, 1949
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