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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.
Buddy Jeannette
Career at a glance
Buddy Jeannette played 3 NBA regular seasons between 1947 and 1950, appearing in 139 games and averaging 7.2 points and 2.1 assists per game. He spent his whole career with Baltimore (1947–50, 139 games). His best scoring season was 1947–48 with Baltimore: 10.7 points per game over 46 games.
The season table marks him as the league leader in field-goal percentage once. Championship season: 1947–48 (Baltimore). In the playoffs he appeared in 2 postseason runs (14 games, 7.5 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 1,000 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 Buddy Jeannette
Harry Edward "Buddy" Jeannette (September 15, 1917– March 11, 1998) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
- Born
- September 15, 1917 New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Listed height
- 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
- Listed weight
- 175 lb (79 kg)
- Position
- Guard
- High school
- New Kensington (New Kensington, Pennsylvania)
- College
- Washington & Jefferson (1934–1938)
- Playing career
- 1938–1950
Career highlights and awards
- BAA champion (1948)
- All-BAA Second Team (1948)
- 3× NBL champion (1943–1945)
- 4× All-NBL First Team (1941, 1944–1946)
- All-NBL Second Team (1943)
- 4× WPBT champion (1941, 1944–1946)
- 2× WPBT MVP (1941, 1945)
- 3× All-WPBT First Team (1942, 1943, 1945)
- NYPBL champion (1939)
- All-Time Pro Stars Second Team (1945)
- NBL All-Time Team
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–48† | Baltimore | 46 | .349* | .758 | 1.5 | 10.7 |
| 1948–49 | Baltimore | 56 | .367 | .784 | 2.2 | 5.6 |
| 1949–50 | Baltimore | 37 | .284 | .820 | 2.5 | 5.2 |
| Career | 139 | .341 | .781 | 2.1 | 7.2 |
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948† | Baltimore | 11 | .492 | .881 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| 1949 | Baltimore | 3 | .154 | 1.000 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| Career | 14 | .432 | .891 | 1.2 | 7.5 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
Profile observation date unavailable.
- Height
- 5′ 11″
- Weight
- 175 lb
- Position
- Guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
Height, Weight, Position, Country: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.
Roster observations
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