Walt Bellamy vs. M.L. Carr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of M.L. Carr 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, 5 more than M.L. Carr, who played 9. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while M.L. Carr had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	M.L. Carr
Season	1961-62	1976-77
Team	Chicago Packers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
M.L. Carr	82	32.2	13.3	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.2	2.0	0.7	-	3.5	5.4	11.4	.476	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M.L. Carr	3	37.3	9.3	3.0	2.7	5.7	2.0	0.3	1.0	-	3.0	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.571

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	M.L. Carr
Season	1962-63	1977-78
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Detroit Pistons
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	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
M.L. Carr	79	32.4	12.4	2.6	4.5	7.1	2.3	1.9	0.3	2.7	3.1	4.9	10.8	.455	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M.L. Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	M.L. Carr
Season	1963-64	1978-79
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	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
M.L. Carr	80	40.1	18.7	2.7	4.6	7.4	3.3	2.5	0.6	3.2	3.5	7.3	14.3	.514	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M.L. Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	M.L. Carr
Season	1964-65	1979-80
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 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
M.L. Carr	82	24.3	11.1	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.7	2.6	4.4	9.3	.474	0.1	0.5	.293	2.2	2.9	.739
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
M.L. Carr	9	19.1	9.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.8	2.2	3.6	8.9	.400	0.2	0.6	.400	1.8	2.7	.667

Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	M.L. Carr
Season	1965-66	1980-81
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
M.L. Carr	41	16.0	6.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.4	5.3	.449	0.0	0.3	.071	1.3	1.6	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M.L. Carr	17	16.9	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	2.5	5.9	.416	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.750

Season 8
	Walt Bellamy	M.L. Carr
Season	1968-69	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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	88	35.9	17.4	-	-	12.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	6.4	12.5	.510	-	-	-	4.6	7.0	.649
M.L. Carr	60	9.8	3.1	0.4	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	1.2	2.9	.409	0.1	0.3	.200	0.7	0.8	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M.L. Carr	16	5.1	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.0	.406	0.1	0.4	.333	0.6	0.7	.909