# Temporada 1952-53 de los Baltimore Bullets (original)

La temporada 1952-53 fue la sexta de los Baltimore Bullets en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 16 victorias y 54 derrotas, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en semifinales de división ante New York Knicks.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 2 | Jim Baechtold | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Eastern Kentucky |
| - | - | Blaine Denning | Base | Estados Unidos | Lawrence Tech* |
| - | - | Chuck Grigsby | Base | Estados Unidos | Dayton |
| 3 | 20 | Bob Peterson | Alero | Estados Unidos | Oregon |
| 7 | 62 | Bob Priddy | Alero | Estados Unidos | New Mexico State |
| - | - | Jim Walsh | Alero | Estados Unidos | Stanford |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| x-New York Knicks | 47 | 23 | .671 | - | 22-4 | 15-14 | 10-5 | 30-10 |
| x-Syracuse Nationals | 47 | 24 | .662 | 0.5 | 32-2 | 10-20 | 5-2 | 26-15 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 46 | 25 | .648 | 1.5 | 21-3 | 11-18 | 14-4 | 28-13 |
| x-Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 54 | .229 | 31 | 11-20 | 1–19 | 4-15 | 10-30 |
| Philadelphia Warriors | 12 | 57 | .174 | 34.5 | 5-12 | 1–28 | 6-17 | 7-33 |

## Playoffs
### Semifinales de División

New York Knicks - Baltimore Bullets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 17 de marzo | New York Knicks 80, Baltimore Bullets 62 | Nueva York |
| 20 de marzo | Baltimore Bullets 81, New York Knicks 90 | Baltimore |
| | New York gana las series 2-0 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RT | AS | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Fred Scolari | 30 | 46 | 35.2 | 4.7 | 14.1 | .334 | 4.8 | 5.6 | .849 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 14.2 |
| 2 | Don Barksdale | 29 | 65 | 35.4 | 4.9 | 12.8 | .387 | 4.0 | 6.2 | .641 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 13.8 |
| 3 | Eddie Miller | 21 | 60 | 31.0 | 4.3 | 12.1 | .356 | 3.0 | 4.5 | .659 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 11.6 |
| 4 | Stan Miasek | 28 | 25 | 33.4 | 3.9 | 9.7 | .405 | 3.5 | 5.0 | .690 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 11.3 |
| 5 | Jim Baechtold | 25 | 64 | 29.6 | 3.8 | 9.7 | .390 | 2.8 | 3.8 | .738 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 10.3 |
| 6 | Ray Lumpp | 29 | 49 | 27.0 | 3.7 | 9.7 | .378 | 2.9 | 4.0 | .727 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 10.2 |
| 7 | Paul Hoffman | 30 | 69 | 28.3 | 3.5 | 9.5 | .366 | 3.2 | 5.0 | .655 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 10.2 |
| 8 | Don Henriksen | 23 | 68 | 33.3 | 2.9 | 7.0 | .419 | 2.6 | 4.1 | .626 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 8.4 |
| 9 | George Kaftan | 24 | 23 | 16.5 | 2.0 | 6.2 | .317 | 1.9 | 2.9 | .657 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.8 |
| 10 | Jack Kerris | 28 | 17 | 26.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | .442 | 1.6 | 2.4 | .659 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.6 |
| 11 | George Ratkovicz | 30 | 10 | 19.7 | 1.6 | 4.3 | .372 | 1.9 | 3.7 | .514 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 12 | Ralph O'Brien | 24 | 14 | 13.0 | 1.9 | 5.1 | .375 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .818 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| 13 | Blaine Denning | 22 | 1 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | .400 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| 14 | Frank Kudelka | 27 | 16 | 14.2 | 1.8 | 5.3 | .333 | 1.4 | 2.3 | .639 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 |
| 15 | Don Boven | 27 | 23 | 14.3 | 1.3 | 4.2 | .309 | 2.0 | 2.6 | .780 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.6 |
| 16 | Dave Minor | 30 | 19 | 15.8 | 1.8 | 5.0 | .358 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .769 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| 17 | Dick Bunt | 22 | 12 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 4.3 | .327 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .739 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| 18 | Kevin O'Shea | 27 | 46 | 14.0 | 1.5 | 4.1 | .376 | 1.0 | 1.8 | .593 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| 19 | Bob Priddy | 22 | 16 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 2.4 | .368 | 0.5 | 0.9 | .571 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 20 | George McLeod | 22 | 10 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | .125 | 0.8 | 1.5 | .533 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 |