1953–54 Baltimore Bullets season

August 2023 March 2026 Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)Baltimore Bullets 1954 16 56 Eastern 5 Clair Bee Baltimore Coliseum WAAM WCBM Did not qualify BLB Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets The 1953-54 Baltimore Bullets season was the Bullets' 7th season in the NBA and 10th overall season of existence.1953-54 Baltimore Bullets It would also become their final full season of play as a whole. Ray Felix won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Draft picks 1953 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club 1 1 Ray Felix C USA 1912 Manchester British-Americans (ABL) 2 8 Don Ackerman PG USA 1912 Manchester British-Americans (ABL) 3 17 Bob Peterson SF/PF USA 1912 Oregon 4 26 Paul Nolen C USA 1912 Texas Tech 5 35 Bill Schyman — USA 1912 DePaul 6 44 Elmer Tolson — USA 1912 Eastern Kentucky 7 53 Herman Sledzik — USA 1912 Penn State 8 62 Connie Rea SG/SF USA 1912 Centenary College 9 71 Dennis Murphy SG/SF USA 1912 Georgetown 10 80 Jack Carby — USA 1912 Kansas State 11 88 Don Stemmerich — USA 1912 Clarion State 12 95 Russ Johnson — USA 1912 DePaul 13 102 Bob Karbach — USA 1912 Pepperdine 14 105 Joe Piorkowski — USA 1912 Penn State 15 108 Jack Walsh — USA 1912 Equitable Life Insurancemen (AAU(?)) 16 111 Rich Gott — USA 1912 Murray State For the second time in franchise history, the Baltimore Bullets would obtain the #1 pick in the NBA draft. Unlike the last time they acquired the #1 pick, however, their #1 pick would actually play for the Bullets in the NBA, as well as previously play for another professional basketball team before entering the NBA properly with the Manchester British-Americans in the soon-to-be-defunct American Basketball League (ABL) that the Bullets used to be a part of during its heyday. Their #1 pick of the draft, Ray Felix, would later win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. In addition to that, they would also trade their second round pick, Don Ackerman, to the New York Knicks as the first ever draft day trade in order to satisfy payment for Ray Lumpp going to Baltimore for cash, though the Bullets also acquired the Milwaukee Hawks' second round pick, Bobby Speight (who never played in the NBA), in a different draft day trade in exchange for the recently rebranded Milwaukee Hawks to pay back Baltimore for several players they previously acquired during the previous season while playing as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.https://www.thedraftreview.com/draft-day-trades/1953-draft-day-trades 1953 Draft Day Trades The Draft Review October 30, 2009 Roster Baltimore Bullets 1953–54 |- 17 Don Asmonga G 6 2 185 Alliance 20 Leo Barnhorst SF 6 4 190 Notre Dame 14, 16 Bill Bolger SF 6 5 205 Georgetown 25 Ray Felix C 6 11 220 Long Island 19, 21 Jim Fritsche PF 6 8 210 Hamline 18 Rollen Hans SG 6 2 210 Long Island 11 Paul Hoffman basketball PG 6 2 195 Purdue 10 Bob Houbregs PF 6 8 225 Washington 14 James Luisi PG 6 2 180 St. Francis (NY) 16 Mo Mahoney F 6 2 205 Brown 15 Eddie Miller basketball SG 6 8 225 Syracuse Paul Nolen PG 6 10 Texas Tech 19 Bob Peterson basketball F 6 5 210 Oregon 14 Connie Rea G/F 6 3 175 Centenary 12 Al Roges SF 6 4 195 Long Island 17 Joe Smyth SF 6 3 215 Niagara 17 Hal Uplinger SF 6 4 185 Long Island 24 Mark Workman F/C 6 9 215 West Virginia 10 Max Zaslofsky SF 6 2 179 St. John's Clair Bee Regular season Season standings Game log 1953–54 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 31 vs. Rochester 72–68 Max Zaslofsky (24) 0–1 2 November 1 Rochester 80–72 Max Zaslofsky (22) 0–2 3 November 4 Minneapolis 77–75 Ray Felix (20) 0–3 4 November 7 vs. Syracuse 88–77 Max Zaslofsky (23) 0–4 5 November 8 Philadelphia 85–75 Leo Barnhorst (15) 0–5 6 November 14 New York 83–88 Max Zaslofsky (19) 1–5 7 November 15 @ New York 79–91 Max Zaslofsky (15) 1–6 8 November 18 Milwaukee 74–104 Leo Barnhorst (22) 2–6 9 November 19 vs. New York 96–85 Max Zaslofsky (24) 2–7 10 November 21 vs. Philadelphia 103–83 Eddie Miller (19) 2–8 11 November 24 @ Philadelphia 80–83 Ray Felix (18) 2–9 12 November 25 vs. Syracuse 58–66 Jim Fritsche (11) 3–9 13 November 26 Rochester 80–75 (OT) Ray Felix (19) 3–10 14 November 28 Fort Wayne 92–81 Jim Fritsche (24) 3–11 15 November 29 @ Syracuse 82–101 Ray Felix (21) 3–12 16 December 5 @ Rochester 65–72 Ray Felix (19) 3–13 17 December 6 Boston 102–95 (OT) Eddie Miller (32) 3–14 18 December 9 Syracuse 77–92 Ray Felix (24) 4–14 19 December 10 vs. Philadelphia 83–77 Ray Felix (17) 4–15 20 December 12 @ Boston 75–106 Eddie Miller (17) 4–16 21 December 13 Milwaukee 73–70 Ray Felix (17) 4–17 22 December 17 Minneapolis 64–75 Bob Houbregs (15) 5–17 23 December 19 New York 65–63 Ray Felix (14) 5–18 24 December 20 @ New York 67–75 Ray Felix (18) 5–19 25 December 23 Syracuse 76–72 Ray Felix (23) 5–20 26 December 25 vs. Minneapolis 88–78 Ray Felix (23) 6–20 27 December 29 @ Rochester 77–96 Ray Felix (20) 6–21 28 December 30 New York 79–86 Ray Felix (26) 7–21 29 January 1 @ Milwaukee 52–62 Ray Felix (15) 7–22 30 January 2 Boston 92–77 Ray Felix (23) 7–23 31 January 3 vs. Boston 72–90 Ray Felix (35) 7–24 32 January 4 vs. Boston 77–73 Ray Felix (21) 7–25 33 January 6 Fort Wayne 90–78 Ray Felix (28) 7–26 34 January 7 @ New York 70–82 Ray Felix (32) 7–27 35 January 9 Philadelphia 90–95 Ray Felix (25) 8–27 36 January 10 @ Syracuse 73–77 Eddie Miller (22) 8–28 37 January 12 vs. Fort Wayne 97–66 Ray Felix (18) 8–29 38 January 14 vs. Fort Wayne 81–74 Felix, Roges (15) 8–30 39 January 16 Philadelphia 72–82 Al Roges (22) 9–30 40 January 17 vs. Philadelphia 74–78 Hoffman, Roges (16) 10–30 41 January 23 Syracuse 91–98 Al Roges (23) 11–30 42 January 24 @ Fort Wayne 70–79 Leo Barnhorst (16) 11–31 43 January 26 vs. Boston 94–69 Barnhorst, Houbregs (13) 11–32 44 January 27 @ Minneapolis 73–76 Ray Felix (32) 11–33 45 January 28 vs. Minneapolis 104–82 Al Roges (18) 11–34 46 January 30 Philadelphia 74–80 Felix, Houbregs (13) 12–34 47 February 3 Milwaukee 78–72 Bob Houbregs (16) 12–35 48 February 4 Minneapolis 82–70 Ray Felix (19) 12–36 49 February 6 @ New York 83–98 Ray Felix (24) 12–37 50 February 7 Rochester 73–75 Bob Houbregs (18) 13–37 51 February 8 vs. Boston 87–75 Ray Felix (18) 13–38 52 February 10 vs. Philadelphia 97–79 Al Roges (15) 13–39 53 February 11 @ Minneapolis 82–110 Ray Felix (18) 13–40 54 February 12 vs. Philadelphia 75–72 Rollen Hans (26) 13–41 55 February 13 Boston 93–96 Eddie Miller (27) 14–41 56 February 14 @ Syracuse 91–111 Felix, Miller (20) 14–42 57 February 17 New York 80–84 Al Roges (23) 15–42 58 February 20 Fort Wayne 87–85 Ray Felix (24) 15–43 59 February 21 vs. New York 85–76 Ray Felix (21) 15–44 60 February 22 vs. Boston 111–110 (3OT) Felix, Houbregs (29) 15–45 61 February 24 Rochester 79–64 Eddie Miller (15) 15–46 62 February 25 vs. Rochester 102–86 Ray Felix (21) 15–47 63 February 27 Minneapolis 95–85 Ray Felix (22) 15–48 64 March 3 Milwaukee 103–100 Paul Hoffman (29) 15–49 65 March 4 vs. Milwaukee 87–95 Rollen Hans (29) 16–49 66 March 6 Fort Wayne 76–71 Paul Hoffman (21) 16–50 67 March 7 @ Syracuse 77–103 Bob Houbregs (20) 16–51 68 March 8 @ Milwaukee 54–64 Eddie Miller (21) 16–52 69 March 8 @ Milwaukee 54–65 Bob Houbregs (14) 16–53 70 March 10 Syracuse 85–77 Ray Felix (16) 16–54 71 March 13 @ Boston 85–97 Ray Felix (21) 16–55 72 March 14 @ Fort Wayne 86–91 Eddie Miller (21) 16–56 References Category:Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) seasons Baltimore Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets