1947-48 Baltimore Bullets Roster

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 28-20
Finishing 2nd in the BAA's Western Division
Postseason: 9-3 Won NBA championship
Division Tiebreaker - Defeated Chicago Stags 1-0
Quarterfinals - Defeated New York Knicks 2-1
Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Stags 2-0
Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 4-2
Coach: Buddy Jeannette (28-20)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1947-48 Baltimore Bullets Statistics
1947-48 Baltimore Bullets Results

The Baltimore Bullets of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 28 wins and 20 losses, finishing second in the BAA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-3.

The Bullets scored 3,570 points and yielded 3,385. Kleggie Hermsen scored a team-best 575 points for Baltimore, while Buddy Jeannette dished out 70 assists for the squad.

Buddy Jeannette coached the team. The 1947-48 Baltimore Bullets won the NBA championship.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
John AbramovicFFebruary 9, 19196'3"195SalemEtna, PA USA
Mike BloomF-CJanuary 14, 19156'6"190TempleNew York, NY USA
Herm FuetschGJuly 6, 19186'0"170noneSan Francisco, CA USA
Elmer GainerF-C6'6"195DePaul
Kleggie HermsenC-FMarch 12, 19236'8"225MinnesotaHill City, MN USA
Paul HoffmanG-FApril 12, 19226'2"195PurdueJasper, IN USA
Buddy JeannetteGSeptember 15, 19175'11"175Washington & JeffersonNew Kensington, PA USA
Johnny JorgensenG-FDecember 28, 19216'2"180DePaulChicago, IL USA
Herm KlotzGOctober 21, 19215'7"150VillanovaPhiladelphia, PA USA
Grady LewisF-CMarch 25, 19176'7"215OklahomaBoyd, TX USA
Chet McNabbFSeptember 19, 19206'2"200Arizona State
Carl MeinholdG-FMarch 29, 19266'2"185LIU
Chick ReiserG-FDecember 17, 19145'11"165NYU
Irv RothenbergCDecember 31, 19216'7"215LIUThe Bronx, NY USA
Jerry RulloGJune 23, 19225'10"165Temple
Dick SchulzF-GJanuary 3, 19176'2"192Wisconsin (freshman)(ht) Racine, WI USA
Paul SeymourG-FJanuary 30, 19286'1"180ToledoToledo, OH USA
Connie SimmonsC-FMarch 15, 19256'8"222noneNewark, NJ USA



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