1948–49 Baltimore Bullets season

1948–49 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coach	Buddy Jeannette
Arena	Baltimore Coliseum
Results
Record	29–31 (.483)
Place	Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division Semifinals (eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WBAL

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Bullets' 2nd season in the NBA/BAA and their fifth overall season including the time they spent in the American Basketball League.

Draft picks

Main article: 1948 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	Walt Budko	F/C	United States	Columbia
–	–	Jim Black	–	United States	Occidental
–	–	Darrell Brown	F	United States	Humboldt State
–	–	Robert Carroll	–	United States	West Virginia
–	–	Jake Carter	F/C	United States	East Texas State
–	–	Marvin English	–	United States	Newberry
–	–	Gene Fellmoth	–	United States	Wittenberg
–	–	J.W. Fullerton	–	United States	Arkansas State
–	–	Marshall Gemberling	–	United States	Lebanon Valley
–	–	Vince Hansen	–	United States	Washington State
–	–	Joe Holland	F	United States	Kentucky
–	–	Wayne Jones	–	United States	American International
–	–	Dan Kraus	G	United States	Georgetown
–	–	Herb Krautblatt	G	United States	Rider
–	–	Paul Marcincin	–	United States	Moravian

Roster

1948–49 Baltimore Bullets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 4 Brown, Darrell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1923-03-14 Cal Poly Humboldt F/C 12 Budko, Walt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1925-07-30 Columbia G/F 8 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rhode Island F Holcomb, Doug 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1925-02-09 Wisconsin G 6 Jeannette, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1917-09-15 Washington & Jefferson G 15 Kraus, Dan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-02-13 Georgetown G 9 Krautblatt, Herb 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1926-11-19 Rider G/F 5 Lewis, Fred 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1921-01-06 Eastern Kentucky C 7 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown F/C Martin, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-02-07 Central Missouri F/C 14 Mogus, Leo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-04-13 Youngstown State F/C 10 Pelkington, Jake 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1916-01-03 Manhattan G/F 8 Rader, Howie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-03-29 Long Island G/F 14 Ramsey, Ray 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1921-07-18 Bradley G/F 3 Reiser, Chick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1914-12-17 NYU F/C 11 Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1925-03-15 Flushing HS (NY) G/F 5 Stutz, Stan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1920-04-14 Rhode Island G 9 Tanenbaum, Sid 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1925-10-08 NYU G/F 4 Tidrick, Hal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1915-08-04 Washington & Jefferson F/C 15 Toomay, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-08-09 Pacific F 9 Torgoff, Irv 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-03-06 Long Island

Head coach Buddy Jeannette Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#	Eastern Division
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	x-Washington Capitols	38	22	.633	–
2	x-New York Knicks	32	28	.533	6
3	x-Baltimore Bullets	29	31	.483	9
4	x-Philadelphia Warriors	28	32	.467	10
5	Boston Celtics	25	35	.417	13
6	Providence Steamrollers	12	48	.200	26

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 BAA records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	PRO	ROC	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	4–2	1–4	4–1	5–0	1–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–3	3–3
Boston	2–4	—	0–5	4–1	3–2	2–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	1–4	3–2	1–5
Chicago	4–1	5–0	—	4–2	5–1	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–4	3–3	3–2
Fort Wayne	1–4	1–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–4	1–4	5–0	4–1	0–6	1–4	2–3
Indianapolis	0–5	2–3	1-5	3–3	—	0–6	1–4	1–4	4–1	1–5	3–3	2–3
Minneapolis	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–2	6–0	—	4–1	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–2	2–3
New York	4–2	3–3	2–3	4–1	4–1	1–4	—	2–4	5–1	1–4	3–2	2–3
Philadelphia	2–4	3–3	3–2	0–5	4–1	1–4	4–2	—	6–0	0–5	3–2	2–4
Providence	4–2	3–3	0–5	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–5	0–6	—	2–3	0–5	0–6
Rochester	4–1	4–1	4–2	6–0	5–1	2–4	4–1	5–0	3–2	—	6–0	2–3
St. Louis	3–2	2–3	3–3	4–1	3–3	2–4	2–3	2–3	5–0	0–6	—	2–3
Washington	3–3	5–1	2–3	3–2	3–2	3–2	3–2	4–2	6–0	3–2	3–2	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 4	Minneapolis	72–84	Connie Simmons (19)	0–1
2	November 6	@ Chicago	69–82	Mahnken, Stutz (17)	0–2
3	November 7	@ Fort Wayne	78–77	Chick Reiser (20)	1–2
4	November 9	@ Indianapolis	65–64	Buddy Jeannette (22)	2–2
5	November 11	Washington	68–70	Walt Budko (15)	2–3
6	November 13	@ New York	87–91	Walt Budko (22)	2–4
7	November 18	New York	55–67	Connie Simmons (15)	2–5
8	November 19	vs St. Louis	72–82	Connie Simmons (20)	2–6
9	November 20	@ St. Louis	85–64	Hal Tidrick (14)	3–6
10	November 21	@ Minneapolis	81–94	Lewis, Simmons (17)	3–7
11	November 23	@ Rochester	90–108	Connie Simmons (28)	3–8
12	November 25	Fort Wayne	69–64	Fred Lewis (16)	4–8
13	November 27	@ Providence	91–71	Connie Simmons (21)	5–8
14	December 2	Indianapolis	90–78	Reiser, Simmons (15)	6–8
15	December 4	@ Washington	82–83	Connie Simmons (22)	6–9
16	December 8	@ Philadelphia	83–78	Connie Simmons (19)	7–9
17	December 9	Philadelphia	92–91	Hal Tidrick (17)	8–9
18	December 11	@ New York	71–72	Jake Pelkington (21)	8–10
19	December 13	vs Chicago	70–75	Walt Budko (20)	8–11
20	December 14	vs Indianapolis	88–75	Hal Tidrick (24)	9–11
21	December 16	St. Louis	82–85 (OT)	Simmons, Tidrick (17)	9–12
22	December 17	@ Boston	74–63	Lewis, Reiser (16)	10–12
23	December 23	Chicago	96–89	Fred Lewis (20)	11–12
24	December 25	@ Providence	88–83	Connie Simmons (23)	12–12
25	December 29	Providence	88–98	Connie Simmons (25)	12–13
26	December 30	Rochester	100–89	Connie Simmons (23)	13–13
27	January 1	Boston	72–67	Fred Lewis (16)	14–13
28	January 4	@ Boston	69–75	Fred Lewis (17)	14–14
29	January 5	@ Washington	88–68	Connie Simmons (18)	15–14
30	January 6	Philadelphia	93–88	Connie Simmons (25)	16–14
31	January 8	@ New York	83–81	Chick Reiser (23)	17–14
32	January 12	Washington	106–92	Stanley Stutz (27)	18–14
33	January 13	Rochester	85–102	Jake Pelkington (27)	18–15
34	January 15	@ Philadelphia	87–94	Budko, Pelkington (16)	18–16
35	January 20	New York	82–68	Connie Simmons (21)	19–16
36	January 22	@ Providence	86–89	Connie Simmons (15)	19–17
37	January 26	Washington	96–86	Connie Simmons (28)	20–17
38	January 27	Providence	89–95	Fred Lewis (20)	20–18
39	January 29	@ Rochester	86–90	Jake Pelkington (30)	20–19
40	January 30	@ Fort Wayne	93–78	Connie Simmons (23)	21–19
41	February 2	@ Chicago	67–77	Chick Reiser (19)	21–20
42	February 3	Boston	84–76	Pelkington, Tidrick (17)	22–20
43	February 5	Indianapolis	87–75	Walt Budko (18)	23–20
44	February 7	@ Boston	83–95	Jake Pelkington (24)	23–21
45	February 10	Rochester	76–90	Chick Reiser (25)	23–22
46	February 12	@ St. Louis	73–74	Hal Tidrick (15)	23–23
47	February 13	@ Minneapolis	74–91	Connie Simmons (14)	23–24
48	February 15	@ Indianapolis	82–69	Sid Tanenbaum (18)	24–24
49	February 16	@ Fort Wayne	68–84	Chick Reiser (15)	24–25
50	February 17	Providence	100–102	Stanley Stutz (24)	24–26
51	February 19	@ Washington	88–92	Jake Pelkington (17)	24–27
52	February 24	Chicago	68–87	Jake Pelkington (14)	24–28
53	February 26	Minneapolis	114–115 (2OT)	Jake Pelkington (33)	24–29
54	March 3	St. Louis	94–66	Hal Tidrick (21)	25–29
55	March 5	Philadelphia	99–85	Stanley Stutz (21)	26–29
56	March 10	New York	94–99	Jake Pelkington (18)	26–30
57	March 12	Boston	89–77	Sid Tanenbaum (21)	27–30
58	March 15	@ Philadelphia	76–84	Jake Pelkington (13)	27–31
59	March 17	Minneapolis	101–67	Chick Reiser (23)	28–31
60	March 19	Fort Wayne	99–79	Connie Simmons (21)	29–31

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Baltimore Bullets: Knicks win series 2-1

• Game 1 @ New York: Baltimore 82, New York 81
• Game 2 @ Baltimore: New York 84, Baltimore 74
• Game 3 @ New York: New York 103, Baltimore 99 (OT)

Last Playoff Meeting: 1948 BAA Quarterfinals (Baltimore won 2–1)

Player statistics

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