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James Baechtold

Height: 6-4 (193cm)

Weight: 205 lbs (93kg)

Born: Dec 9, 1927 (Passed away Aug 29, 2011, aged 83)

Hometown: McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1952 Round 1, Pick 2, Baltimore Bullets

Pre-Draft Team: Eastern Kentucky (Sr)

High School: Moon Area High School (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)

Jim Baechtold Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
3/13/1957	Celtics	6
3/10/1957	Warriors	5
3/6/1957	Nationals	2
3/5/1957	Nationals	2
3/3/1957	Lakers	17

NBA Career
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NBA Career

5 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1952-53	24	BAL	64	29.6	10.3	3.4	2.4	-	-	-	.390	-	.738
1953-54	25	NYK	70	23.2	6.8	2.6	1.7	-	-	-	.366	-	.757
1954-55	26	NYK	72	35.2	13.9	4.3	3.0	-	-	-	.403	-	.823
1955-56	27	NYK	70	24.8	11.0	3.1	2.3	-	-	-	.386	-	.801
1956-57	28	NYK	45	10.3	4.8	1.8	0.7	-	-	-	.381	-	.750
CAREER			321	25.7	9.7	3.1	2.1	-	-	-	.388	-	.783

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1952-53	24	BAL	64	-	29.6	10.3	3.8	9.7	.390	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.738	-	-	3.4	2.4	-	-	-	3.2
1953-54	25	NYK	70	-	23.2	6.8	2.4	6.6	.366	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.757	-	-	2.6	1.7	-	-	-	2.8
1954-55	26	NYK	72	-	35.2	13.9	5.0	12.5	.403	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.823	-	-	4.3	3.0	-	-	-	2.8
1955-56	27	NYK	70	-	24.8	11.0	3.8	9.9	.386	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.801	-	-	3.1	2.3	-	-	-	2.2
1956-57	28	NYK	45	-	10.3	4.8	1.7	4.4	.381	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750	-	-	1.8	0.7	-	-	-	0.9
CAREER			321	-	25.7	9.7	3.5	9.0	.388	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.783	-	-	3.1	2.1	-	-	-	2.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1952-53	24	BAL	64	-	1,893	661	242	621	.390	-	-	-	177	240	.738	-	-	219	154	-	-	-	203
1953-54	25	NYK	70	-	1,627	474	170	465	.366	-	-	-	134	177	.757	-	-	183	117	-	-	-	195
1954-55	26	NYK	72	-	2,536	1,003	362	898	.403	-	-	-	279	339	.823	-	-	307	218	-	-	-	202
1955-56	27	NYK	70	-	1,738	769	268	695	.386	-	-	-	233	291	.801	-	-	220	163	-	-	-	156
1956-57	28	NYK	45	-	462	216	75	197	.381	-	-	-	66	88	.750	-	-	80	33	-	-	-	39
CAREER			321	-	8,256	3,123	1,117	2,876	.388	-	-	-	889	1,135	.783	-	-	1,009	685	-	-	-	795

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1952-53	24	BAL	64	-	.455	.390	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112.7	-	1.1	-	-	18.3
1953-54	25	NYK	70	-	.437	.366	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112.3	-	1.0	-	-	13.6
1954-55	26	NYK	72	-	.479	.403	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	122.6	-	1.1	-	-	16.8
1955-56	27	NYK	70	-	.467	.386	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118.6	-	1.1	-	-	14.8
1956-57	28	NYK	45	-	.458	.381	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113.1	-	1.1	-	-	15.7
CAREER			321	-	.463	.388	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117.2	-	1.1	-	-	14.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1952-53	24	BAL	64	-	.190	-	-	0.4	14	50	.219	2.3	0.4	2.6
1953-54	25	NYK	70	-	.148	-	-	0.4	41	28	.594	1.2	0.9	2.1
1954-55	26	NYK	72	-	.242	-	-	0.4	38	34	.528	4.1	1.8	6.0
1955-56	27	NYK	70	-	.172	-	-	0.4	34	36	.486	2.3	0.8	3.2
1956-57	28	NYK	45	-	.042	-	-	0.4	22	23	.489	0.6	0.3	0.9
CAREER			321	-	.157	-	-	0.4	149	171	.466	10.5	4.2	14.8

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1952-53	24	BAL	2	43.0	19.0	4.0	5.5	-	-	-	.533	-	.545
1953-54	25	NYK	4	26.5	8.8	2.5	2.8	-	-	-	.414	-	.846
1954-55	26	NYK	3	38.3	16.0	4.7	4.7	-	-	-	.378	-	.933
CAREER			9	34.1	13.4	3.6	4.0	-	-	-	.433	-	.795

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1952-53	24	BAL	2	-	43.0	19.0	8.0	15.0	.533	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.545	-	-	4.0	5.5	-	-	-	4.5
1953-54	25	NYK	4	-	26.5	8.8	3.0	7.2	.414	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	.846	-	-	2.5	2.8	-	-	-	4.8
1954-55	26	NYK	3	-	38.3	16.0	5.7	15.0	.378	-	-	-	4.7	5.0	.933	-	-	4.7	4.7	-	-	-	4.3
CAREER			9	-	34.1	13.4	5.0	11.6	.433	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.795	-	-	3.6	4.0	-	-	-	4.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1952-53	24	BAL	2	-	86	38	16	30	.533	-	-	-	6	11	.545	-	-	8	11	-	-	-	9
1953-54	25	NYK	4	-	106	35	12	29	.414	-	-	-	11	13	.846	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	19
1954-55	26	NYK	3	-	115	48	17	45	.378	-	-	-	14	15	.933	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	13
CAREER			9	-	307	121	45	104	.433	-	-	-	31	39	.795	-	-	32	36	-	-	-	41

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1952-53	24	BAL	2	-	.545	.533	-	-	-	34.9	-	-	-	-	107.9	-	1.3	-	-	23.2
1953-54	25	NYK	4	-	.504	.414	-	-	-	28.4	-	-	-	-	126.0	-	1.2	-	-	14.1
1954-55	26	NYK	3	-	.465	.378	-	-	-	21.5	-	-	-	-	131.1	-	1.1	-	-	14.3
CAREER			9	-	.499	.433	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	122.8	-	1.2	-	-	14.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1952-53	24	BAL	2	-	.509	-	-	0.4	0	2	.000	0.3	-	0.4
1953-54	25	NYK	4	-	.250	-	-	0.4	0	4	.000	0.2	-0.1	0.1
1954-55	26	NYK	3	-	.301	-	-	0.3	1	2	.333	0.1	-	0.1
CAREER			9	-	.327	-	-	0.4	1	8	.111	0.6	-0.1	0.6

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Apr 26, 1952	The Baltimore Bullets (BAA) selected Jim Baechtold in Round 1 with Pick 2 in the 1952 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1952	Jim Baechtold signed a multi-year contract with the Baltimore Bullets (BAA).
Aug 24, 1953	Jim Baechtold was acquired by the New York Knicks from the Baltimore Bullets (BAA) in a trade.
Jul 1, 1957	Jim Baechtold, previously with the New York Knicks, became a free agent.
Aug 29, 2011	Jim Baechtold passed away. He was 83 years old at the time of his death.

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NCAA Career

College: Eastern Kentucky (1952)

PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
9.7	3.1	2.1	0.0	0.0

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FG%	3P%	FT%
38.8%	.0%	78.3%