Walt Bellamy vs. Joe Hassett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Hassett 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 Joe Hassett, who played 6. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Joe Hassett had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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	Joe Hassett
Season	1961-62	1977-78
Team	Chicago Packers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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
Joe Hassett	48	8.4	4.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.9	1.9	4.3	.444	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Hassett	8	2.8	1.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.6	.538	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Joe Hassett
Season	1962-63	1978-79
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Joe Hassett	55	8.4	4.1	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.8	.474	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Hassett	8	1.9	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	.429	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Joe Hassett
Season	1963-64	1979-80
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
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
Joe Hassett	74	15.3	7.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.1	2.9	6.9	.422	0.9	2.7	.348	0.3	0.4	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Hassett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Joe Hassett
Season	1964-65	1980-81
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors
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
Joe Hassett	41	17.4	8.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.6	3.5	8.3	.421	1.3	3.8	.340	0.4	0.5	.810
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
Joe Hassett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-