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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Andy Phillip
Career at a glance
Andy Phillip played 11 NBA regular seasons between 1947 and 1958, appearing in 701 games and averaging 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He played for 5 teams: Chicago (1947–50, 157 games), Philadelphia (1950–52, 132 games), Philadelphia/Fort Wayne (1952–53, 70 games), Fort Wayne (1953–56, 205 games), Boston (1956–58, 137 games). His best scoring season was 1948–49 with Chicago: 12.0 points per game over 60 games.
The season table marks him as the league leader in assists twice. Championship season: 1956–57 (Boston). In the playoffs he appeared in 11 postseason runs (67 games, 6.4 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 6,400 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Andy Phillip
Andrew Michael "Handy Andy"Phillip (March 7, 1922 – April 29, 2001) was an American professional basketball player. Born in Granite City, Illinois, Phillip had an 11-year career and played for the Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America and the Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons and Boston Celtics, of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- Born
- March 7, 1922 Granite City, Illinois, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Listed weight
- 195 lb (88 kg)
- Position
- Point guard / shooting guard
- High school
- Granite City (Granite City, Illinois)
- College
- Illinois (1941–1943, 1946–1947)
- NBA draft
- 1947: 5th round, 47th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1947–1958
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1957)
- 5× NBA All-Star (1951–1955)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (1952, 1953)
- 2× NBA assists leader (1951, 1952)
- Sporting News Player of the Year (1943)
- 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1942, 1943)
- Consensus second-team All-American (1947)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–48 | Chicago | 32 | – | .336 | .583 | – | 2.3 | 10.8 |
| 1948–49 | Chicago | 60 | – | .348 | .676 | – | 5.3 | 12.0 |
| 1949–50 | Chicago | 65 | – | .349 | .704 | – | 5.8 | 11.7 |
| 1950–51 | Philadelphia | 66 | – | .399 | .751 | 6.8 | 6.3* | 11.2 |
| 1951–52 | Philadelphia | 66 | 44.4 | .366 | .753 | 6.6 | 8.2* | 12.0 |
| 1952–53 | Philadelphia/Fort Wayne | 70 | 38.4 | .397 | .738 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 10.3 |
| 1953–54 | Fort Wayne | 71 | 38.1 | .375 | .730 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 10.6 |
| 1954–55 | Fort Wayne | 64 | 36.4 | .371 | .692 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 9.6 |
| 1955–56 | Fort Wayne | 70 | 29.7 | .365 | .563 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 1956–57† | Boston | 67 | 22.0 | .379 | .642 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.4 |
| 1957–58 | Boston | 70 | 16.6 | .355 | .592 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| Career | 701 | 32.3 | .368 | .695 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 9.1 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Chicago | 5 | – | .283 | .714 | – | .8 | 7.2 |
| 1949 | Chicago | 2 | – | .389 | 1.000 | – | 6.0 | 19.5 |
| 1950 | Chicago | 2 | – | .259 | .769 | – | 6.0 | 12.0 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia | 2 | – | .400 | .500 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia | 3 | 40.7 | .421 | .792 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 11.7 |
| 1953 | Fort Wayne | 8 | 41.1 | .338 | .667 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 10.3 |
| 1954 | Fort Wayne | 4 | 34.0 | .342 | .750 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 8.8 |
| 1955 | Fort Wayne | 11 | 40.5 | .323 | .850 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 8.5 |
| 1956 | Fort Wayne | 10 | 17.3 | .333 | .440 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 1957† | Boston | 10 | 12.8 | .364 | .400 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 1958 | Boston | 10 | 9.1 | .238 | .778 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.7 |
| Career | 67 | 25.4 | .330 | .700 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 6.4 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
Profile observation date unavailable.
- Height
- 6′ 2″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Position
- Point guard / shooting guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1947
- Draft pick
- Round 5 · Pick 47
Height, Weight, Position, Country, Draft year, Draft pick: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.
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