1949–50 Baltimore Bullets season

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
< 1948–49 1950–51 >

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]

Draft

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Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 6 Ron Livingstone C  United States Wyoming
3 – Paul Gordon F  United States Notre Dame
– – Bill Evans –  United States Drake
– 45 Tom Gallagher –  United States St. Francis (NY)
– – Jim McMullen –  United States Xavier
– – Eppa Rixey –  United States Kenyon
– – Roger Wiley –  United States Oregon
– – Bill Zipple –  United States Lafayette

Roster

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

Pre-season

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1949 Pre-season Game Log: 4-4
# Date Opponent Score Location Record
1 October 17 Syracuse Nationals W 66-63 Baltimore Coliseum 1-0[3]
2 October 18 Syracuse Nationals L 56-62 Baltimore Coliseum 1-1[4]
3 October 22 Philadelphia Warriors L 74-82 Baltimore Coliseum 1-2[5]
4 October 24 Cumberland Dukes W 59-57 Baltimore Coliseum 2-2[6]
5 October 26 Boston Celtics W 66-65 Burlington, Vermont 3-2[7]
6 October 27 Hartford Hurricanes W 80-74 Hartford, Connecticut 4-2[8]
7 October 29 Boston Celtics L 72-74 Providence, Rhode Island 4-3[9]
8 October 30 Bridgeport Aerasols L 54-56 Bridgeport, Connecticut 4-4[10]

Regular season

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Season standings

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Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Syracuse Nationals 51 13 .797 – 31–1 15–12 5–0 9–1
x-New York Knicks 40 28 .588 13 19–10 18–16 3–2 20–6
x-Washington Capitols 32 36 .471 21 21–13 10–20 1–3 13–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors 26 42 .382 25 15–15 8–23 3–4 9–17
Baltimore Bullets 25 43 .368 26 16–15 8–25 1–3 8–18
Boston Celtics 22 46 .324 29 12–14 5–28 5–4 11–15

Record vs. opponents

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1949–50 NBA records
Team AND BAL BOS CHI DEN FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SHE STL SYR TCB WAS WAT
Anderson — 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–3 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–2 2–0 3–4 7–2 1–1 7–0
Baltimore 1–1 — 2–4 1–5 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–5 1–5 3–3 3–3 2–0 3–3 0–2 0–2 2–4 1–1
Boston 2–0 4–2 — 0–6 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–5 1–5 3–3 0–6 1–1 2–4 0–2 0–2 3–3 1–1
Chicago 1–1 5–1 6–0 — 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–0 5–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 2–0
Denver 3–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 — 0–2 0–7 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–4 0–2 1–6 0–7 0–2 2–5
Fort Wayne 1–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 2–0 — 1–1 2–4 4–2 4–2 3–3 2–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 2–4 1–1
Indianapolis 5–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 7–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 2–7 4–3 1–1 5–2
Minneapolis 1–1 5–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 — 5–1 4–2 3–3 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 6–0 2–0
New York 1–1 5–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–5 — 1–5 1–5 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–0
Philadelphia 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–4 2–0 2–4 0–2 2–4 1–5 — 1–5 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–0
Rochester 2–0 3–3 6–0 4–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 3–3 5–1 5–1 — 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 6–0 2–0
Sheboygan 2–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–3 0–2 2–5 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–6 3–4 2–0 4–3
St. Louis 0–2 3–3 4–2 1–5 2–0 1–5 1–1 1–5 2–4 4–2 1–5 2–0 — 1–1 2–0 0–6 1–1
Syracuse 4–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 2–0 7–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 — 6–1 1–1 6–1
Tri-Cities 2–7 2–0 2–0 1–1 7–0 0–2 3–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–3 0–2 1–6 — 1–1 4–3
Washington 1–1 4–2 3–3 3–3 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–6 1–5 4–2 0–6 0–2 6–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–1
Waterloo 0–7 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–2 1–1 2–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–4 1–1 1–6 3–4 1–1 —

Game log

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1949–50 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 2 at Washington 61–66 Paul Hoffman (17) 0–1
2 November 3 St. Louis 65–81 Paul Hoffman (17) 0–2
3 November 5 Minneapolis 77–92 Paul Hoffman (16) 0–3
4 November 10 Washington 72–88 Hoffman, Towery (14) 0–4
5 November 12 Fort Wayne 82–75 Paul Hoffman (24) 1–4
6 November 15 at Boston 81–76 Paul Hoffman (27) 2–4
7 November 17 Denver 86–71 Paul Hoffman (15) 3–4
8 November 19 Boston 82–91 Hoffman, Jeannette (14) 3–5
9 November 20 at Sheboygan 97–92 Paul Hoffman (19) 4–5
10 November 23 at Minneapolis 71–84 Paul Hoffman (19) 4–6
11 November 24 at St. Louis 65–53 Carlisle Towery (14) 5–6
12 November 27 at Denver 61–68 Les Pugh (16) 5–7
13 November 30 at Chicago 50–57 Paul Hoffman (18) 5–8
14 December 1 Rochester 70–64 Carlisle Towery (19) 6–8
15 December 3 at New York 55–85 Pugh, Towery (11) 6–9
16 December 7 Chicago 72–84 Paul Hoffman (13) 6–10
17 December 8 New York 60–82 Ed Sadowski (12) 6–11
18 December 10 St. Louis 69–66 Byrnes, Towery (14) 7–11
19 December 15 Minneapolis 87–68 Ed Sadowski (21) 8–11
20 December 16 vs Waterloo 75–77 Ed Sadowski (20) 8–12
21 December 17 at Washington 89–72 Paul Hoffman (18) 9–12
22 December 18 at Fort Wayne 95–106 Ed Sadowski (30) 9–13
23 December 20 at Indianapolis 88–79 Paul Hoffman (23) 10–13
24 December 21 at Philadelphia 60–70 Ed Sadowski (17) 10–14
25 December 22 Washington 86–82 Walt Budko (18) 11–14
26 December 25 Philadelphia 63–64 Dolhon, Sadowski (14) 11–15
27 December 26 vs Boston 57–82 Sadowski, Towery (11) 11–16
28 December 28 at Minneapolis 77–88 Walt Budko (19) 11–17
29 December 29 at St. Louis 63–90 Les Pugh (15) 11–18
30 January 1 at Tri-Cities 66–79 Walt Budko (14) 11–19
31 January 2 at Anderson 75–92 Johnny Ezersky (18) 11–20
32 January 5 Rochester 74–71 Ed Sadowski (21) 12–20
33 January 6 at Boston 53–74 Ed Sadowski (11) 12–21
34 January 7 Indianapolis 61–85 Hoffman, Towery (11) 12–22
35 January 10 at Rochester 67–85 Ed Sadowski (16) 12–23
36 January 14 Chicago 78–83 Hoffman, Sadowski (17) 12–24
37 January 19 Washington 68–81 Paul Hoffman (17) 12–25
38 January 21 Philadelphia 68–58 Paul Hoffman (16) 13–25
39 January 22 vs Sheboygan 76–69 Paul Hoffman (18) 14–25
40 January 24 at Rochester 56–70 Paul Hoffman (13) 14–26
41 January 26 New York 77–79 (2OT) Paul Hoffman (19) 14–27
42 January 27 at Philadelphia 74–71 Ed Sadowski (17) 15–27
43 January 28 Fort Wayne 77–64 Walt Budko (20) 16–27
44 February 2 Rochester 79–69 Ed Sadowski (22) 17–27
45 February 3 vs Chicago 81–98 Ed Sadowski (20) 17–28
46 February 4 Anderson 90–70 Paul Hoffman (18) 18–28
47 February 5 at Syracuse 87–96 Ed Sadowski (24) 18–29
48 February 9 St. Louis 79–67 Walt Budko (16) 19–29
49 February 11 Syracuse 76–77 Paul Hoffman (23) 19–30
50 February 15 at New York 67–80 Paul Hoffman (15) 19–31
51 February 16 Fort Wayne 83–77 Dolhon, Ezersky (16) 20–31
52 February 18 Philadelphia 73–100 Ed Sadowski (18) 20–32
53 February 19 at Fort Wayne 71–79 Paul Hoffman (19) 20–33
54 February 20 at Tri-Cities 73–82 Walt Budko (18) 20–34
55 February 21 at Chicago 64–72 Ed Sadowski (16) 20–35
56 February 22 at Waterloo 84–77 Paul Hoffman (21) 21–35
57 February 24 at Philadelphia 77–69 Joe Dolhon (16) 22–35
58 February 25 Boston 66–82 Ed Sadowski (18) 22–36
59 March 1 at New York 76–82 Paul Hoffman (23) 22–37
60 March 2 Minneapolis 68–88 Paul Hoffman (15) 22–38
61 March 4 Chicago 77–72 Carlisle Towery (14) 23–38
62 March 8 at Washington 80–88 Paul Hoffman (15) 23–39
63 March 9 New York 91–79 Johnny Ezersky (17) 24–39
64 March 11 Boston 79–75 Paul Hoffman (19) 25–39
65 March 12 at Fort Wayne 75–86 Ed Sadowski (17) 25–40
66 March 15 at Minneapolis 62–96 Johnny Ezersky (11) 25–41
67 March 16 at St. Louis 63–71 Paul Hoffman (20) 25–42
68 March 19 at Rochester 66–97 Tommy Byrnes (13) 25–43

Player statistics

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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

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Player GP FG% FT% APG PPG
Walt Budko 66 .304 .757 2.2 9.0
Tommy Byrnes 53 .302 .702 1.7 6.2
Paul Cloyd 3 .125 1.000 0.3 1.7
Joe Dolhon 64 .312 .734 2.4 6.9
Johnny Ezersky 38 .305 .697 1.7 8.1
George Feigenbaum 12 .246 .444 0.8 3.0
Paul Gordon 4 .000 .600 0.8 0.8
Paul Hoffman 60 .341 .665 2.7 14.4
Howie Janotta 9 .300 .813 0.4 3.4
Buddy Jeannette 37 .284 .820 2.5 5.2
Lee KnorekX 1 .000 – 0.0 0.0
Freddie LewisX 18 .227 .684 1.0 3.5
Ron LivingstoneX 16 .245 .761 1.5 5.3
John MandicX 3 .100 1.000 0.3 1.3
Mike McCarron 3 .200 .667 0.3 1.3
Andy O'Donnell 25 .352 .778 0.7 3.6
Les PughX 56 .249 .846 0.3 4.5
Ed SadowskiX 52 .328 .745 1.9 14.0
Marv Schatzman 34 .247 .580 1.1 3.4
Bob Tough 8 .282 .833 0.3 3.4
Carlisle Towery 68 .327 .757 2.1 8.8
Dick TriptowX 4 .000 1.000 0.3 0.5
Whitey Von NiedaX 33 .364 .638 3.2 6.2

^x Statistics with the Baltimore Bullets

Transactions

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Players Added

Draft

Free agency

Players Lost

Released

Free agency

Trades

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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

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  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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