1952–53 Baltimore Bullets season

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.

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

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

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

Regular season

Record vs. opponents
1952-53 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —2–80–62–43–31–50–106–40–62–8
Boston 8–2—4–24–25–11–56–49–14–25–6
Fort Wayne 6–02–4—7–37–31–94–25–03–71–5
Indianapolis 4–22–43–7—5–64–61–55–13–71–5
Milwaukee 3–31–53–76–5—3–71–54–23–73–3
Minneapolis 5–15–19–16–47–3—4–26–04–62–4
New York 10–04–62–45–15–12–4—10–03–36–4
Philadelphia 4–61–90–51–52–40–60–10—2–42–8
Rochester 6–02–47–37–37–36–43–34–2—2–4
Syracuse 8–26–55–15–13–34–24–68–24–2—

Game log
1952–53 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1@ New York53–69Fred Scolari (11)0–1
2November 5Minneapolis97–75Don Barksdale (19)0–2
3November 8New York92–62Stan Miasek (14)0–3
4November 12Milwaukee90–107Hoffman, Ratkovicz (18)1–3
5November 15Syracuse91–97 (OT)Fred Scolari (18)2–3
6November 16N Philadelphia81–79Fred Scolari (17)2–4
7November 19Philadelphia89–106Fred Scolari (24)3–4
8November 20@ Philadelphia99–106Don Barksdale (18)3–5
9November 22N Philadelphia95–96George Kaftan (29)4–5
10November 23Indianapolis100–90George Kaftan (19)4–6
11November 25@ Rochester89–106Stan Miasek (16)4–7
12November 26New York94–92Fred Scolari (22)4–8
13November 27N New York104–92Stan Miasek (22)4–9
14November 29Syracuse87–74Don Barksdale (23)4–10
15November 30@ Fort Wayne95–100 (2OT)Fred Scolari (22)4–11
16December 1N Minneapolis89–67Fred Scolari (13)4–12
17December 3Milwaukee87–98Fred Scolari (26)5–12
18December 6Fort Wayne103–91Stan Miasek (20)5–13
19December 10Rochester99–97 (OT)Fred Scolari (23)5–14
20December 11N Boston94–88Don Barksdale (24)5–15
21December 14Boston83–73Jim Baechtold (19)5–16
22December 20New York102–99 (OT)Eddie Miller (25)5–17
23December 21@ New York77–102Fred Scolari (14)5–18
24December 25@ Syracuse92–102Fred Scolari (19)5–19
25December 27Syracuse81–76 (OT)Fred Scolari (25)5–20
26December 31@ Minneapolis56–82Eddie Miller (18)5–21
27January 1@ Milwaukee83–81 (OT)Don Barksdale (19)6–21
28January 2@ Indianapolis66–73Ray Lumpp (15)6–22
29January 3Philadelphia77–81Fred Scolari (25)7–22
30January 4@ Syracuse68–93Barksdale, Miller (17)7–23
31January 9N Boston90–94Paul Hoffman (32)8–23
32January 10Boston105–126Baechtold, Henriksen (23)9–23
33January 11@ Boston87–131Paul Hoffman (18)9–24
34January 14Minneapolis112–104 (2OT)Eddie Miller (24)9–25
35January 17Indianapolis66–82Don Barksdale (27)10–25
36January 18@ Syracuse84–103Fred Scolari (17)10–26
37January 21Rochester89–82Miller, Scolari (14)10–27
38January 25Philadelphia68–82Eddie Miller (15)11–27
39January 28Milwaukee84–83Fred Scolari (21)11–28
40January 29N Milwaukee70–67Eddie Miller (12)11–29
41January 31Indianapolis90–97Don Henriksen (18)12–29
42February 1@ Syracuse79–94Eddie Miller (27)12–30
43February 2N Syracuse98–77Jim Baechtold (16)12–31
44February 3@ Rochester82–109Ray Lumpp (21)12–32
45February 4N Philadelphia96–88Eddie Miller (27)12–33
46February 7Boston101–98 (OT)Ray Lumpp (25)12–34
47February 8@ Fort Wayne78–89Don Barksdale (19)12–35
48February 10@ Indianapolis83–88Eddie Miller (20)12–36
49February 11New York86–80Eddie Miller (22)12–37
50February 12N Milwaukee92–85Don Barksdale (19)12–38
51February 13N New York106–96Eddie Miller (22)12–39
52February 14Fort Wayne102–88Don Barksdale (18)12–40
53February 15N Philadelphia95–75Don Barksdale (22)12–41
54February 17N Minneapolis74–70Baechtold, Barksdale (16)13–41
55February 19@ Fort Wayne79–83Jack Kerris (23)13–42
56February 20@ Indianapolis58–59Don Henriksen (15)13–43
57February 21Boston90–86Jim Baechtold (21)13–44
58February 25Minneapolis85–72Ray Lumpp (17)13–45
59February 26N Boston82–81Don Henriksen (19)13–46
60February 28Syracuse74–77Barksdale, Hoffman (22)14–46
61March 3N Boston95–94 (OT)Eddie Miller (25)14–47
62March 4Rochester81–77Baechtold, Barksdale (17)14–48
63March 5N New York80–69Ray Lumpp (26)14–49
64March 7Fort Wayne83–81 (OT)Ray Lumpp (22)14–50
65March 8@ Syracuse91–98Jim Baechtold (17)14–51
66March 11N New York113–107 (3OT)Jim Baechtold (30)14–52
67March 13N Philadelphia72–98Paul Hoffman (17)15–52
68March 14Philadelphia85–87Baechtold, Henriksen, Lumpp (19)16–52
69March 15@ Rochester87–105Eddie Miller (20)16–53
70March 16N Boston92–78Jack Kerris (17)16–54

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(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
  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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