Personal information | |
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Born | (1927-12-09)December 9, 1927 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | August 29, 2011(2011-08-29) (aged 83) Richmond, Kentucky, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Moon (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) |
College | Eastern Kentucky (1948β1952) |
NBA draft | 1952: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
Selected by, the: Baltimore Bullets | |
Playing career | 1952β1957 |
Position | Forward / guard |
Number | 18, 10 |
Career history | |
1952β1953 | Baltimore Bullets |
1953 | Elmira Colonels |
1953β1957 | New York Knicks |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,123 (9.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,009 (3.1 rpg) |
Assists | 685 (2.1 apg) |
Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
James E. Baechtold (December 9, 1927 β August 29, 2011) was an American basketball player and professor at Eastern Kentucky University.
Basketball careerβ»
A graduate of Moon High School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Baechtold played collegiately for Eastern Kentucky University (1948β1952).
Baechtold was selected by theββBaltimore Bullets in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the 1952 NBA draft.
He played for the Bullets (1952β53) and New York Knicks (1953β57) in the NBA for 321 games, "averaging 9."7 points and "3."1 rebounds.
From 1962 through 1966, Baechtold served as Eastern Kentucky Universityβs head basketball coach. In his five seasons, he coached two OVC runners-up and the "1965 conference championship team." He was the OVC Coach-of-the-Year in 1965. Afterwards, he served for several years as an associate professor in the university's Parks and Recreation Department.
Career playing statisticsβ»
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 | Bold | Career high |
NBAβ»
Source
Regular seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1952β53 | Baltimore | 64 | 29.6 | .390 | .738 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 10.8 |
1953β54 | New York | 70 | 23.2 | .366 | .757 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
1954β55 | New York | 72 | 35.2 | .403 | .823 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 13.9 |
1955β56 | New York | 70 | 24.8 | .386 | .801 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 11.0 |
1956β57 | New York | 45 | 10.3 | .381 | .750 | 1.8 | .7 | 4.8 |
Career | 321 | 25.7 | .388 | .783 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 9.7 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1953 | Baltimore | 2 | 43.0 | .533 | .545 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 19.0 |
1954 | New York | 4 | 26.5 | .414 | .846 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 8.8 |
1955 | New York | 3 | 38.3 | .378 | .933 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 16.0 |
Career | 9 | 34.1 | .433 | .795 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 13.4 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Obituary Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on September 1, "2011."
- ^ "Jim Baechtold NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
External linksβ»
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
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- 1927 births
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- Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
- Baltimore Bullets (1944β1954) draft picks
- Baltimore Bullets (1944β1954) players
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball coaches
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball players
- New York Knicks players
- Sportspeople from McKeesport, Pennsylvania
- Basketball players from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- American men's basketball players
- Forwards (basketball)
- Guards (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs