Baltimore Bullets (1944-1954)

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Baltimore Bullets
founding 1944
resolution 1954
Location Baltimore , Maryland
Club colors Blue, white, black
  
league ABL 1944–1947
BAA 1947–1949
NBA 1949–1954
Championships 1 (1948)

Baltimore Bullets was the name of an American basketball franchise from Baltimore , Maryland , which played in the ABL from 1944 to 1947 , in the BAA from 1947 to 1949 and in the NBA from 1949 to 1954 .

history

The team was founded in 1944 and initially played in the American Basketball League (ABL) until 1947 . From the 1947–1948 season, the Bullets played for two years in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) before this league took over the National Basketball League (NBL) and the league was renamed the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the newly formed NBA, the Bullets played from 1949 to 1954 before the team disbanded on November 27, 1954. At this time, the Bullets recorded statistics with 3 wins and 11 losses in the 1954-1955 season.

Season statistics

season Victories: defeats percent Play-offs
Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1944/45 14:16 - Defeat in the ABL finals
1945/46 21:13 - ABL championship
1946/47 31: 3 - ABL finals canceled
Baltimore Bullets (BAA)
1947/48 28:20 58.3 BAA championship
1948/49 29:31 48.3 Loss in the semi-finals of the Eastern Division
Baltimore Bullets (NBA)
1949/50 25:43 36.8 no participation
1950/51 24:42 36.4 no participation
1951/52 20:46 30.3 no participation
1952/53 16:54 22.9 Loss in the semi-finals of the Eastern Division
1953/54 16:56 22.2 no participation
1954/55 3:11 - Team disbanded during the season

successes

  • BAA Championship: 1 (1948)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Basketball-Reference.com: Baltimore Bullets . Team profile at basketball-reference.com, accessed on March 14, 2017.