Alex English vs. Bruce Hale Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bruce Hale and Alex English, 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.
Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Bruce Hale, who played 3. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bruce Hale had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Alex English |
15 |
10 |
1976-77 to 1990-91 |
Bruce Hale |
3 |
2 |
1948-49 to 1950-51 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Alex English |
Bruce Hale |
Season |
1976-77 | 1948-49 |
Team |
Milwaukee Bucks | Indianapolis Jets, Fort Wayne Pistons |
Honors & Awards |
| |
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 |
% |
Alex English |
60 |
10.8 |
5.2 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
- |
1.3 |
2.2 |
4.6 |
.477 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.0 |
.767 |
Bruce Hale |
52 |
- |
10.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
3.6 |
11.3 |
.320 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
4.4 |
.754 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
82 |
18.9 |
9.6 |
1.8 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
4.2 |
7.7 |
.542 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.727 |
Bruce Hale |
64 |
- |
10.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
3.4 |
9.6 |
.353 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
4.5 |
.782 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
9 |
23.1 |
13.4 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
4.7 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
5.3 |
8.7 |
.615 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
3.6 |
.781 |
Bruce Hale |
6 |
- |
7.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
2.3 |
6.7 |
.350 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
2.8 |
.882 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
81 |
33.3 |
16.0 |
3.1 |
5.0 |
8.1 |
3.3 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
7.0 |
13.6 |
.511 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
2.8 |
.752 |
Bruce Hale |
26 |
- |
3.6 |
- |
- |
1.9 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.5 |
5.2 |
.296 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.9 |
.609 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bruce Hale |
1 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
78 |
30.8 |
16.9 |
3.4 |
4.3 |
7.8 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
7.1 |
14.3 |
.497 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.333 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
.789 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
81 |
38.2 |
23.8 |
3.4 |
4.6 |
8.0 |
3.6 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
9.5 |
19.2 |
.494 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.600 |
4.8 |
5.7 |
.850 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
82 |
36.8 |
25.4 |
2.6 |
4.2 |
6.8 |
5.3 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
10.4 |
18.9 |
.551 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.5 |
5.4 |
.840 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
3 |
39.3 |
19.3 |
2.7 |
5.0 |
7.7 |
5.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
8.7 |
18.3 |
.473 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
2.3 |
.857 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
82 |
36.4 |
28.4 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
7.3 |
4.8 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
11.7 |
22.6 |
.516 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
.829 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
7 |
38.6 |
25.9 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
6.3 |
6.0 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
9.6 |
21.4 |
.447 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
6.7 |
7.6 |
.887 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
82 |
35.0 |
26.4 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
5.7 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
11.1 |
20.9 |
.529 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.143 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
.824 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
5 |
40.6 |
29.0 |
3.2 |
4.8 |
8.0 |
5.6 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
3.4 |
12.0 |
20.4 |
.588 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
5.0 |
5.6 |
.893 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
81 |
36.1 |
27.9 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
5.7 |
4.2 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
11.6 |
22.4 |
.518 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.200 |
4.7 |
5.7 |
.829 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
14 |
38.3 |
30.2 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
6.6 |
4.5 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
11.6 |
21.7 |
.536 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
6.9 |
7.8 |
.890 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
81 |
37.3 |
29.8 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
11.7 |
23.3 |
.504 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.200 |
6.3 |
7.3 |
.862 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
10 |
39.4 |
27.3 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
5.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
10.6 |
22.9 |
.463 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
6.1 |
7.1 |
.859 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
82 |
37.6 |
28.6 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
11.8 |
23.4 |
.503 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.267 |
5.0 |
5.9 |
.844 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
3 |
25.3 |
18.7 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
4.7 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
8.3 |
16.3 |
.510 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
2.3 |
.857 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
80 |
35.2 |
25.0 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
10.5 |
21.3 |
.495 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
.828 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
11 |
39.8 |
24.3 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
5.4 |
4.4 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
3.1 |
10.5 |
23.2 |
.455 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
.814 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
82 |
36.5 |
26.5 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
11.3 |
22.9 |
.491 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
.858 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
3 |
36.0 |
26.0 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
4.3 |
3.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
4.7 |
2.0 |
10.7 |
20.7 |
.516 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.7 |
5.3 |
.875 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
80 |
27.6 |
17.9 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
3.6 |
2.8 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
7.9 |
16.2 |
.491 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.400 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
.880 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
3 |
25.3 |
19.7 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
8.3 |
14.7 |
.568 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.0 |
3.7 |
.818 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
79 |
22.1 |
9.7 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
3.2 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
4.1 |
9.3 |
.439 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
.850 |
Bruce Hale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Alex English |
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Bruce Hale |
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- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |