1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season

1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season
NBA Champions
Division Champions
Head coach	Buddy Jeannette
Arena	Baltimore Coliseum
Results
Record	28–20 (.583)
Place	Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	BAA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Bullets' first season in the Basketball Association of America (later named the NBA), after playing their first three seasons in the American Basketball League.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1947 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Larry Killick	–	United States	Vermont
–	–	Elmer Gainer	F/C	United States	DePaul
–	–	Harry Gallatin	F/C	United States	Northeast Missouri
–	–	Chick Reiser	G/F	United States	NYU

Roster

1947–48 Baltimore Bullets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
4.0 !F	31	Abramovic, John	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1919-02-09	Salem International
5.5 !F/C	28	Bloom, Mike	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1915-01-14	Temple
1.5 !G	23	Fuetsch, Herm	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1918-07-06
5.5 !F/C	30	Gainer, Elmer	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1918-11-22	DePaul
5.5 !F/C	29	Hermsen, Kleggie	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1923-03-12	Minnesota
2.5 !G/F	32	Hoffman, Paul	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1925-04-12	Purdue
1.5 !G	26	Jeannette, Buddy	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1917-09-15	Washington & Jefferson
2.5 !G/F		Jorgensen, Johnny	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1921-12-28	DePaul
1.5 !G	20	Klotz, Red	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1921-10-21	Villanova
5.5 !F/C	35	Lewis, Grady	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1917-03-25	Oklahoma
4.0 !F	33	McNabb, Chet	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1920-09-19	Arizona State
2.5 !G/F	31	Meinhold, Carl	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1926-03-29	Long Island
2.5 !G/F	27	Reiser, Chick	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1914-12-17	NYU
6.0 !C	35	Rothenberg, Irv	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1921-12-31	Long Island
1.5 !G		Rullo, Jerry	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1923-06-23	Temple
2.5 !G/F	21	Schulz, Dick	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1917-01-03	Wisconsin
2.5 !G/F	24	Seymour, Paul	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1928-01-30	Toledo
5.5 !F/C	33	Simmons, Connie	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1925-03-15

Head coach

Buddy Jeannette

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

#	Western Division
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	x-St. Louis Bombers	29	19	.604	–
2	x-Baltimore Bullets	28	20	.583	1
3	x-Chicago Stags	28	20	.583	1
4	x-Washington Capitols	28	20	.583	1

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 BAA records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	NYK	PHI	PRO	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	5–1	5–3	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–5	2–6
Boston	1–5	—	3–3	1–7	4–4	6–2	2–4	3–3
Chicago	3–5	3–3	—	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–5	5–3
New York	1–5	7–1	0–6	—	4–4	7–1	4–2	3–3
Philadelphia	4–2	4–4	2-4	1–7	—	8–0	3–3	2–4
Providence	0–6	2–6	2–4	1–7	0–8	—	0–6	1–5
St. Louis	5–3	4–2	5–3	2–4	3–3	6–0	—	4–4
Washington	6–2	3–3	3–5	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–4	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 12	@ Washington	55–63	Kleggie Hermsen (18)	0–1
2	November 13	Boston	85–74	Chick Reiser (19)	1–1
3	November 15	@ Chicago	67–63	Paul Hoffman (14)	2–1
4	November 20	New York	68–56	Chick Reiser (19)	3–1
5	November 21	@ Boston	89–73	Buddy Jeannette (17)	4–1
6	November 22	Chicago	75–72	Chick Reiser (19)	5–1
7	November 27	@ Providence	76–61	Jeannette, Meinhold (13)	6–1
8	November 29	@ St. Louis	71–67	Kleggie Hermsen (21)	7–1
9	December 2	@ Boston	77–69 (OT)	Chick Reiser (22)	8–1
10	December 3	@ Philadelphia	73–58	Buddy Jeannette (15)	9–1
11	December 4	St. Louis	51–65	Mike Bloom (12)	9–2
12	December 6	@ Chicago	65–73	Buddy Jeannette (17)	9–3
13	December 11	Washington	69–71 (OT)	Mike Bloom (18)	9–4
14	December 13	New York	66–80	Kleggie Hermsen (17)	9–5
15	December 17	@ Washington	64–66	Jeannette, Schulz (16)	9–6
16	December 18	St. Louis	74–67	Chick Reiser (16)	10–6
17	December 21	@ Chicago	83–93	Kleggie Hermsen (23)	10–7
18	December 25	Chicago	87–70	Kleggie Hermsen (21)	11–7
19	December 28	@ St. Louis	63–67	Dick Schulz (16)	11–8
20	January 1	Philadelphia	60–72	Chick Reiser (13)	11–9
21	January 3	@ New York	79–70	Kleggie Hermsen (18)	12–9
22	January 6	Providence	82–64	Chick Reiser (17)	13–9
23	January 8	Chicago	78–75	Hoffman, Jeannette (15)	14–9
24	January 11	@ St. Louis	54–69	Paul Hoffman (12)	14–10
25	January 15	@ Providence	98–78	Bloom, Hoffman (19)	15–10
26	January 16	@ Philadelphia	63–72	Chick Reiser (16)	15–11
27	January 17	Philadelphia	77–79	Mike Bloom (18)	15–12
28	January 22	St. Louis	68–71	Mike Bloom (14)	15–13
29	January 24	@ New York	72–58	Chick Reiser (16)	16–13
30	January 27	@ Chicago	74–78	Chick Reiser (20)	16–14
31	January 30	Washington	95–71	Chick Reiser (18)	17–14
32	January 31	@ Providence	68–62	Kleggie Hermsen (22)	18–14
33	February 4	@ Washington	72–77	Paul Hoffman (18)	18–15
34	February 5	Providence	100–74	Hoffman, Jeannette (19)	19–15
35	February 12	New York	96–86	Kleggie Hermsen (24)	20–15
36	February 15	@ St. Louis	63–69	Paul Hoffman (17)	20–16
37	February 19	@ Boston	79–76 (OT)	Paul Hoffman (17)	21–16
38	February 21	@ Washington	72–85	Kleggie Hermsen (14)	21–17
39	February 24	@ Philadelphia	71–83	Paul Hoffman (16)	21–18
40	February 26	Washington	97–70	Connie Simmons (17)	22–18
41	February 28	@ New York	78–56	Connie Simmons (14)	23–18
42	February 29	@ Boston	62–65	Grady Lewis (12)	23–19
43	March 4	St. Louis	84–75	Carl Meinhold (16)	24–19
44	March 6	Boston	81–68	Connie Simmons (23)	25–19
45	March 11	Chicago	86–83	Carl Meinhold (16)	26–19
46	March 13	Philadelphia	64–62	Chick Reiser (18)	27–19
47	March 18	Washington	64–71	Hermsen, Hoffman (15)	27–20
48	March 20	Providence	75–58	Buddy Jeannette (19)	28–20

Playoffs

Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 1-0

Game 1 @ Chicago (March 25): Baltimore 75, Chicago 72

First Round

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (E2) New York Knicks: Bullets win series 2-1

Game 1 @ Baltimore (March 27): Baltimore 85, New York 81
Game 2 @ New York (March 28): New York 79, Baltimore 69
Game 3 @ Baltimore (April 1): Baltimore 84, New York 77

Semifinals

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Bullets win series 2-0

Game 1 @ Chicago (April 7): Baltimore 73, Chicago 67
Game 2 @ Baltimore (April 8): Baltimore 89, Chicago 72

BAA Finals

Main article: 1948 BAA Finals

(E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 4-2

Game 1 @ Philadelphia (April 10): Philadelphia 71, Baltimore 60
Game 2 @ Philadelphia (April 13): Baltimore 66, Philadelphia 63
Game 3 @ Baltimore (April 15): Baltimore 72, Philadelphia 70
Game 4 @ Baltimore (April 17): Baltimore 78, Philadelphia 75
Game 5 @ Philadelphia (April 20): Philadelphia 91, Baltimore 82
Game 6 @ Baltimore (April 21): Baltimore 88, Philadelphia 73

References

1947–48 BAA season by team

1947 BAA draft Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Boston New York Philadelphia Providence

Western	Baltimore Chicago St. Louis Washington

Baltimore Bullets 1947–48 BAA Champions

20 Red Klotz 21 Dick Schulz 23 Herm Fuetsch 26 Buddy Jeannette 27 Chick Reiser 29 Kleggie Hermsen 31 Carl Meinhold 32 Paul Hoffman 33 Connie Simmons 35 Grady Lewis Head coach Buddy Jeannette

NBA champions

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