Baltimore Bullets (BAA) Opening Day Rosters

1953-1954 Baltimore Bullets (BAA) Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Leo Barnhorst SF 6-4 190 May 11, 1924 29 Notre Dame 4 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 2, Indianapolis Olympians
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Indianapolis Olympians
Ray Felix C 6-11 220 Dec 10, 1930 22 Manchester (ABL) (United States) 0 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 1, Baltimore Bullets (BAA)
Rollen Hans SG 6-2 210 Apr 13, 1931 22 Long Island 0 1953 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Paul Hoffman GF 6-2 195 Apr 12, 1925 28 Purdue 4 1947 NBA Draft, Rnd 5, Pick 2, Toronto Huskies
Mo Mahoney PG 6-2 205 Nov 20, 1927 25 Brown 1 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 6, Pick 1, Boston Celtics
Eddie Miller PF 6-8 225 Jun 18, 1931 22 Syracuse 1 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 1, Milwaukee Hawks
Paul Nolen C 6-10   Sep 3, 1929 24 Texas Tech 0 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 4, Pick 2, Baltimore Bullets (BAA)
Bob Peterson SF 6-5 210 Jan 25, 1932 21 Oregon 0 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 11, Pick 2, Baltimore Bullets (BAA)
Al Roges GF 6-4 195 Oct 25, 1930 23 Long Island 0 1953 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Hal Uplinger SG 6-4 180 Sep 30, 1929 24 Long Island 0 1953 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Mark Workman FC 6-9 215 Mar 10, 1930 23 West Virginia 1 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 1, Milwaukee Hawks
Max Zaslofsky SG 6-2 170 Dec 7, 1925 27 St. John's 7 1950 NBA Draft, Undrafted
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, New York Knicks

Rochester 72, Baltimore 68

October 31, 1953

Regular Season

Attendance: N/A

Officials: N/A

Team Rebounds: Rochester (0) Baltimore (0)

Technicals: Rochester (0) Baltimore (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
ROR (1-0) 19 19 16 18 72
BAL (0-1) 16 21 17 14 68

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
ROR 0 0 0
BAL 0 0 0

Rochester Royals

# Player Status Pos FGM-A FTM-A FIC Ast PF PTS
- Jack Coleman Played PF 5-0 0-2 8.2 0 2 10
- Bob Davies Played PG 6-0 8-12 14.0 0 3 20
- Alex Hannum Played PF 3-0 0-0 4.0 0 4 6
- Jack McMahon Played PG 2-0 3-5 3.1 0 4 7
- Arnie Risen Played C 6-0 7-10 13.2 0 4 19
- Odie Spears Played SG 1-0 4-6 3.2 0 1 6
- Norm Swanson Played SF 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0
- Bobby Wanzer Played PG 1-0 2-2 0.8 0 5 4
  Team                
        24-0 24-37 46.6 0 23 72
        0% 64.9%        

Baltimore Bullets (BAA)

# Player Status Pos FGM-A FTM-A FIC Ast PF PTS
- Leo Barnhorst Played SF 4-0 0-0 5.5 0 5 8
- Ray Felix Played C 5-0 10-14 12.2 0 5 20
- Rollen Hans Played SG 1-0 0-0 1.5 0 1 2
- Paul Hoffman Played SG 0-0 3-5 0.1 0 2 3
- Mo Mahoney Played PG 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0
- Eddie Miller Played PF 1-0 3-5 1.6 0 3 5
- Al Roges Played SG 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 2 0
- Hal Uplinger Played SG 2-0 0-0 3.5 0 1 4
- Mark Workman Played PF 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 1 0
- Max Zaslofsky Played SG 0-0 0-0 24.0 0 0 24
  Team                
        13-0 16-24 47.0 0 20 66
        0% 66.7%