Walt Bellamy vs. Don Otten Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Otten and Walt Bellamy, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 10 more than Don Otten, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Don Otten had his rookie season in 1949-50. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Don Otten
Season	1961-62	1949-50
Team	Chicago Packers	Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Don Otten	64	-	12.9	-	-	-	1.4	-	-	-	3.8	3.8	10.1	.373	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Otten	2	-	20.5	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	-	-	-	10.5	13.0	.808

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Don Otten
Season	1962-63	1950-51
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Washington Capitols, Baltimore Bullets (1st), Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Don Otten	67	-	8.5	-	-	6.0	0.9	-	-	-	3.8	2.4	7.1	.338	-	-	-	3.7	4.6	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Otten	3	-	9.7	-	-	6.3	2.7	-	-	-	5.0	2.7	8.7	.308	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Don Otten
Season	1963-64	1951-52
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Don Otten	64	28.0	12.0	-	-	6.8	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	3.5	9.9	.349	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Otten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Don Otten
Season	1964-65	1952-53
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Don Otten	24	16.0	5.5	-	-	3.7	0.9	-	-	-	2.8	1.4	3.6	.391	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Don Otten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-