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Jim Baechtold - Wikipedia

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Jim Baechtold
Personal information
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 (1948–1952)
NBA draft	1952: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Playing career	1952–1957
Position	Forward / guard
Number	18, 10
Career history
1952–1953	Baltimore Bullets
1953	Elmira Colonels
1953–1957	New York Knicks

Career NBA statistics
Points	3,123 (9.7 ppg)
Rebounds	1,009 (3.1 rpg)
Assists	685 (2.1 apg)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

James E. Baechtold (December 9, 1927 – August 29, 2011^[1]) was an American basketball player and professor at Eastern Kentucky University.

Basketball career

A graduate of Moon High School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Baechtold played collegiately for Eastern Kentucky University (1948–1952).

Baechtold was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the 1952 NBA draft.

He played for the Bullets (1952–53) and New York Knicks (1953–57) in the NBA for 321 games, averaging 9.7 points and 3.1 rebounds.

From 1962 through 1966, Baechtold served as Eastern Kentucky University’s 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 statistics

Legend
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

NBA

Source^[2]

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1952–53	Baltimore	64	29.6	.390	.738	3.4	2.4	10.8
1953–54	New York	70	23.2	.366	.757	2.6	1.7	6.8
1954–55	New York	72	35.2	.403	.823	4.3	3.0	13.9
1955–56	New York	70	24.8	.386	.801	3.1	2.3	11.0
1956–57	New York	45	10.3	.381	.750	1.8	.7	4.8
Career		321	25.7	.388	.783	3.1	2.1	9.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
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

References

^ 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 links

Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference

Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball head coaches

Clyde H. Wilson (1909–1912)
Charles A. Keith (1912–1913)
Ben Barnard (1913–1917)
No team (1917–1919)
Charles F. Miller & Clyde McCoy (1919–1920)
George Hembree (1920–1929)
Turkey Hughes (1929–1935)
Rome Rankin (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Rome Rankin (1944–1946)
Paul McBrayer (1946–1962)
Jim Baechtold (1962–1967)
Guy R. Strong (1967–1973)
Bob Mulcahy (1973–1976)
Ed Byhre (1976–1981)
Max Good (1981–1989)
Mike Pollio (1989–1992)
Mike Calhoun (1992–1997)
Scott Perry (1997–2000)
Travis Ford (2000–2005)
Jeff Neubauer (2005–2015)
Dan McHale (2015–2018)
A. W. Hamilton (2018– )

Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

1962: Diddle
1963: Oldham
1964: Luther
1965: Baechtold
1966: Oldham
1967: Fisher
1968: Brock
1969: Luther
1970: Oldham
1971: Oldham
1972: Strong
1973: Kelly
1974: Earle
1975: Richards
1976: Schalow
1977: Earle & Overton
1978: Smith
1979: Byhre
1980: Greene
1981: Haskins
1982: Deaton & Martin
1983: Greene
1984: Martin
1985: Deaton
1986: Huggins
1987: Good
1988: Newton
1989: Stewart
1990: Newton
1991: Loos
1992: Edgar
1993: Allen
1994: Edgar
1995: Allen & Fick
1996: Luther
1997: Loos
1998: Gottfried
1999: Anderson & Garner
2000: Lebo
2001: Lebo
2002: Lebo
2003: Loos
2004: Loos
2005: Sutton
2006: Cronin
2007: Loos
2008: Tyndall
2009: Campbell
2010: Kennedy
2011: Kennedy
2012: Prohm
2013: Byrd
2014: Byrd
2015: Prohm
2016: Ford
2017: Byrd
2018: Figger
2019: Byrd
2020: Hamilton
2021: Spradlin
2022: McMahon
2023: Spradlin
2024: Walker

v t e 1952 NBA draft
Territorial pick	Bill Mlkvy
First round	Mark Workman Jim Baechtold Dick Groat Joe Dean Ralph Polson Bill Stauffer Bob Lochmueller Chuck Darling Clyde Lovellette
Second round	Eddie Miller Blaine Denning Don Meineke Walt Davis Bob Zawoluk Roy Belliveau Jim Iverson Jim Brasco Bryant Ivey Tom Ackerman

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