Walt Bellamy vs. Dike Eddleman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dike Eddleman 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 Dike Eddleman, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Dike Eddleman 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Dike Eddleman
Season	1961-62	1949-50
Team	Chicago Packers	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Blackhawks 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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Dike Eddleman	64	-	12.9	-	-	-	2.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.2	14.2	.366	-	-	-	2.5	4.1	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dike Eddleman	3	-	16.3	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	5.7	5.7	15.0	.378	-	-	-	5.0	8.3	.600

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Dike Eddleman
Season	1962-63	1950-51
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Dike Eddleman	68	-	15.3	-	-	6.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	5.9	16.5	.355	-	-	-	3.6	5.1	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dike Eddleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Dike Eddleman
Season	1963-64	1951-52
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Milwaukee Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Dike Eddleman	66	28.8	11.3	-	-	4.1	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	4.1	12.3	.332	-	-	-	3.1	5.0	.611
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dike Eddleman	2	18.5	8.0	-	-	3.5	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	2.0	3.5	.571

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Dike Eddleman
Season	1964-65	1952-53
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Pistons Lost West 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	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Dike Eddleman	69	22.8	8.9	-	-	3.4	1.5	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	10.0	.351	-	-	-	1.9	3.4	.561
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
Dike Eddleman	7	9.0	3.1	-	-	0.7	0.3	-	-	-	2.7	1.3	3.3	.391	-	-	-	0.6	2.1	.267