Mel Payton GF

Height: 6-4 (193cm)

Weight: 185 lbs (84kg)

Born: Jul 16, 1926 (Passed away May 12, 2001, aged 74)

Hometown: Martinsville, Indiana

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1951 Round 2, Pick 9, Philadelphia Warriors

Pre-Draft Team: Tulane (Sr)

High School: Martinsville High School (Martinsville, Indiana)

Mel Payton Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
3/23/1953	Lakers	13
3/22/1953	Lakers	8
3/18/1953	Hawks	3
3/17/1953	Lakers	0
3/15/1953	Nationals	4

2 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1951-52	25	PHI	45	10.5	2.9	1.8	1.0	-	-	-	.386	-	.750
1952-53	26	IND	66	21.6	7.1	4.7	1.2	-	-	-	.357	-	.745
CAREER			111	17.1	5.4	3.6	1.1	-	-	-	.363	-	.746

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	25	PHI	45	-	10.5	2.9	1.2	3.1	.386	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.750	-	-	1.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.5
1952-53	26	IND	66	-	21.6	7.1	2.6	7.3	.357	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.745	-	-	4.7	1.2	-	-	-	1.8
CAREER			111	-	17.1	5.4	2.0	5.6	.363	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.746	-	-	3.6	1.1	-	-	-	1.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	25	PHI	45	-	471	129	54	140	.386	-	-	-	21	28	.750	-	-	83	45	-	-	-	68
1952-53	26	IND	66	-	1,424	466	173	485	.357	-	-	-	120	161	.745	-	-	313	81	-	-	-	118
CAREER			111	-	1,895	595	227	625	.363	-	-	-	141	189	.746	-	-	396	126	-	-	-	186

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1951-52	25	PHI	45	-	.423	.386	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113.6	-	0.9	-	-	14.0
1952-53	26	IND	66	-	.419	.357	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110.2	-	1.0	-	-	20.4
CAREER			111	-	.420	.363	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110.9	-	1.0	-	-	14.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1951-52	25	PHI	45	-	.049	-	-	0.2	20	25	.444	0.2	0.2	0.4
1952-53	26	IND	66	-	.139	-	-	0.3	27	39	.409	0.3	1.8	2.1
CAREER			111	-	.091	-	-	0.3	47	64	.423	0.5	2.0	2.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1951-52	25	PHI	3	6.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	.500	-	1.000
1952-53	26	IND	2	18.0	10.5	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	.412	-	.875
CAREER			5	10.8	5.0	1.8	0.2	-	-	-	.421	-	.900

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	25	PHI	3	-	6.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	.500	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.0
1952-53	26	IND	2	-	18.0	10.5	3.5	8.5	.412	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875	-	-	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	3.5
CAREER			5	-	10.8	5.0	1.6	3.8	.421	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.900	-	-	1.8	0.2	-	-	-	2.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	25	PHI	3	-	18	4	1	2	.500	-	-	-	2	2	1.000	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	6
1952-53	26	IND	2	-	36	21	7	17	.412	-	-	-	7	8	.875	-	-	6	0	-	-	-	7
CAREER			5	-	54	25	8	19	.421	-	-	-	9	10	.900	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	13

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1951-52	25	PHI	3	-	.694	.500	-	-	-	10.8	-	-	-	-	150.0	-	2.0	-	-	8.5
1952-53	26	IND	2	-	.512	.412	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128.7	-	1.2	-	-	26.5
CAREER			5	-	.534	.421	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	132.1	-	1.3	-	-	15.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1951-52	25	PHI	3	-	.024	-	-	1.0	1	2	.333	0.1	-	-
1952-53	26	IND	2	-	.140	-	-	0.5	0	2	.000	0.1	-	0.2
CAREER			5	-	.068	-	-	0.5	1	4	.200	0.2	-	0.2

Date	Transaction
Apr 25, 1951	The Philadelphia Warriors selected Mel Payton in Round 2 with Pick 9 in the 1951 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1951	Mel Payton signed a multi-year contract with the Philadelphia Warriors.
Sep 11, 1952	Mel Payton was acquired by the Indianapolis Olympians from the Philadelphia Warriors in a trade.
Jul 1, 1953	Mel Payton, previously with the Indianapolis Olympians, became a free agent.
Jul 1, 1953	The Indianapolis Olympians renounced their free-agent exception rights to Mel Payton.
May 12, 2001	Mel Payton passed away. He was 74 years old at the time of his death.

College: Tulane (1951)

PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
5.4	3.6	1.1	0.0	0.0

FG%	3P%	FT%
36.3%	.0%	74.6%