Walt Bellamy vs. Bill Gabor Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Gabor 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, 8 more than Bill Gabor, who played 6. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Bill Gabor 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	Bill Gabor
Season	1961-62	1949-50
Team	Chicago Packers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost NBA Finals

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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
Bill Gabor	56	-	10.9	-	-	-	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	12.0	.337	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Gabor	10	-	7.6	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	2.7	2.5	9.7	.258	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.839

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Bill Gabor
Season	1962-63	1950-51
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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
Bill Gabor	61	-	11.3	-	-	2.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	12.2	.342	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Gabor	7	-	9.0	-	-	2.9	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	3.9	10.3	.375	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.643

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Bill Gabor
Season	1963-64	1951-52
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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
Bill Gabor	57	19.0	8.6	-	-	1.6	1.5	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	9.4	.322	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Gabor	7	11.4	4.9	-	-	0.9	1.4	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.7	.333	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.750

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Bill Gabor
Season	1964-65	1952-53
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Nationals 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	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Bill Gabor	69	19.4	9.4	-	-	1.5	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	3.1	8.9	.350	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.764
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
Bill Gabor	2	14.0	9.0	-	-	1.5	1.0	-	-	-	6.0	2.5	6.0	.417	-	-	-	4.0	6.5	.615

Season 6
	Walt Bellamy	Bill Gabor
Season	1966-67	1954-55
Team	New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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	38.1	19.0	-	-	13.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	13.7	.521	-	-	-	4.7	7.3	.636
Bill Gabor	3	15.7	5.7	-	-	1.7	3.7	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	7.3	.318	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	4	39.3	18.3	-	-	16.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	4.3	7.3	.586
Bill Gabor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-