1948–49 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachBuddy Jeannette
ArenaBaltimore Coliseum
Results
Record29–31 (.483)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWBAL

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.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
16Walt BudkoF/C United StatesColumbia
––Jim Black– United StatesOccidental
––Darrell BrownF United StatesHumboldt State
––Robert Carroll– United StatesWest Virginia
––Jake CarterF/C United StatesEast Texas State
––Marvin English– United StatesNewberry
––Gene Fellmoth– United StatesWittenberg
––J.W. Fullerton– United StatesArkansas State
––Marshall Gemberling– United StatesLebanon Valley
––Vince Hansen– United StatesWashington State
––Joe HollandF United StatesKentucky
––Wayne Jones– United StatesAmerican International
––Dan KrausG United StatesGeorgetown
––Herb KrautblattG United StatesRider
––Paul Marcincin– United StatesMoravian

Roster

1948–49 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore —4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
Boston 2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
Chicago 4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
Fort Wayne 1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
Indianapolis 0–52–31-53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
Minneapolis 4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
New York 4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
Providence 4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
Rochester 4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
St. Louis 3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
Washington 3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 4Minneapolis72–84Connie Simmons (19)0–1
2November 6@ Chicago69–82Mahnken, Stutz (17)0–2
3November 7@ Fort Wayne78–77Chick Reiser (20)1–2
4November 9@ Indianapolis65–64Buddy Jeannette (22)2–2
5November 11Washington68–70Walt Budko (15)2–3
6November 13@ New York87–91Walt Budko (22)2–4
7November 18New York55–67Connie Simmons (15)2–5
8November 19vs St. Louis72–82Connie Simmons (20)2–6
9November 20@ St. Louis85–64Hal Tidrick (14)3–6
10November 21@ Minneapolis81–94Lewis, Simmons (17)3–7
11November 23@ Rochester90–108Connie Simmons (28)3–8
12November 25Fort Wayne69–64Fred Lewis (16)4–8
13November 27@ Providence91–71Connie Simmons (21)5–8
14December 2Indianapolis90–78Reiser, Simmons (15)6–8
15December 4@ Washington82–83Connie Simmons (22)6–9
16December 8@ Philadelphia83–78Connie Simmons (19)7–9
17December 9Philadelphia92–91Hal Tidrick (17)8–9
18December 11@ New York71–72Jake Pelkington (21)8–10
19December 13vs Chicago70–75Walt Budko (20)8–11
20December 14vs Indianapolis88–75Hal Tidrick (24)9–11
21December 16St. Louis82–85 (OT)Simmons, Tidrick (17)9–12
22December 17@ Boston74–63Lewis, Reiser (16)10–12
23December 23Chicago96–89Fred Lewis (20)11–12
24December 25@ Providence88–83Connie Simmons (23)12–12
25December 29Providence88–98Connie Simmons (25)12–13
26December 30Rochester100–89Connie Simmons (23)13–13
27January 1Boston72–67Fred Lewis (16)14–13
28January 4@ Boston69–75Fred Lewis (17)14–14
29January 5@ Washington88–68Connie Simmons (18)15–14
30January 6Philadelphia93–88Connie Simmons (25)16–14
31January 8@ New York83–81Chick Reiser (23)17–14
32January 12Washington106–92Stanley Stutz (27)18–14
33January 13Rochester85–102Jake Pelkington (27)18–15
34January 15@ Philadelphia87–94Budko, Pelkington (16)18–16
35January 20New York82–68Connie Simmons (21)19–16
36January 22@ Providence86–89Connie Simmons (15)19–17
37January 26Washington96–86Connie Simmons (28)20–17
38January 27Providence89–95Fred Lewis (20)20–18
39January 29@ Rochester86–90Jake Pelkington (30)20–19
40January 30@ Fort Wayne93–78Connie Simmons (23)21–19
41February 2@ Chicago67–77Chick Reiser (19)21–20
42February 3Boston84–76Pelkington, Tidrick (17)22–20
43February 5Indianapolis87–75Walt Budko (18)23–20
44February 7@ Boston83–95Jake Pelkington (24)23–21
45February 10Rochester76–90Chick Reiser (25)23–22
46February 12@ St. Louis73–74Hal Tidrick (15)23–23
47February 13@ Minneapolis74–91Connie Simmons (14)23–24
48February 15@ Indianapolis82–69Sid Tanenbaum (18)24–24
49February 16@ Fort Wayne68–84Chick Reiser (15)24–25
50February 17Providence100–102Stanley Stutz (24)24–26
51February 19@ Washington88–92Jake Pelkington (17)24–27
52February 24Chicago68–87Jake Pelkington (14)24–28
53February 26Minneapolis114–115 (2OT)Jake Pelkington (33)24–29
54March 3St. Louis94–66Hal Tidrick (21)25–29
55March 5Philadelphia99–85Stanley Stutz (21)26–29
56March 10New York94–99Jake Pelkington (18)26–30
57March 12Boston89–77Sid Tanenbaum (21)27–30
58March 15@ Philadelphia76–84Jake Pelkington (13)27–31
59March 17Minneapolis101–67Chick Reiser (23)28–31
60March 19Fort Wayne99–79Connie 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

References

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