Bob McAdoo vs. Red Rocha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Red Rocha and Bob McAdoo, 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.

Bob McAdoo played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Red Rocha, who played 9. Bob McAdoo had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Red Rocha had his rookie season in 1947-48. 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
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1972-73	1947-48
Team	Buffalo Braves	St. Louis Bombers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bombers Lost Semifinals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
Red Rocha	48	-	12.7	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	15.4	.314	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Rocha	7	-	11.4	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	4.3	4.1	16.9	.246	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733

Season 2
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1973-74	1948-49
Team	Buffalo Braves	St. Louis Bombers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Bombers 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		%
Bob McAdoo	74	43.0	30.6	3.8	11.3	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	-	3.4	12.2	22.3	.547	-	-	-	6.2	7.8	.793
Red Rocha	58	-	10.5	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	3.8	9.9	.389	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	6	45.2	31.7	2.3	11.3	13.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	-	4.2	12.7	26.5	.478	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.809
Red Rocha	2	-	18.0	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	8.0	18.0	.444	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 3
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1974-75	1949-50
Team	Buffalo Braves	St. Louis Bombers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Bob McAdoo	82	43.2	34.5	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	-	3.4	13.4	26.1	.512	-	-	-	7.8	9.7	.805
Red Rocha	65	-	11.8	-	-	-	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	4.2	10.4	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	7	46.7	37.4	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	-	4.1	14.9	30.9	.481	-	-	-	7.7	10.4	.740
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1975-76	1950-51
Team	Buffalo Braves	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Bob McAdoo	78	42.7	31.1	3.1	9.3	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	-	3.8	12.0	24.6	.487	-	-	-	7.2	9.4	.762
Red Rocha	64	-	13.1	-	-	8.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	13.2	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	9	45.1	28.0	3.4	10.8	14.2	3.2	0.8	2.0	-	4.1	10.8	23.9	.451	-	-	-	6.4	9.1	.707
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1976-77	1951-52
Team	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Bob McAdoo	72	38.9	25.8	2.8	10.1	12.9	2.8	1.1	1.4	-	3.6	10.3	20.1	.512	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.738
Red Rocha	66	38.5	12.9	-	-	8.3	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	11.3	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Rocha	7	39.4	17.0	-	-	6.9	1.4	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	13.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.3	.725

Season 6
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1977-78	1952-53
Team	New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Bob McAdoo	79	40.3	26.5	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	10.3	19.8	.520	-	-	-	5.9	8.2	.727
Red Rocha	69	35.6	11.2	-	-	7.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.7	3.9	10.0	.388	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	6	39.7	23.8	1.8	7.8	9.7	3.8	1.2	2.0	3.8	3.2	10.2	21.0	.484	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.600
Red Rocha	2	53.5	15.5	-	-	8.5	3.5	-	-	-	5.5	5.0	13.0	.385	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786

Note: Red Rocha didn't play in 1953-54.

Season 7
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1978-79	1954-55
Team	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics	Syracuse Nationals
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		%
Bob McAdoo	60	37.2	24.8	2.2	6.5	8.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	3.6	3.2	9.9	18.8	.529	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.656
Red Rocha	72	34.3	11.3	-	-	6.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	11.1	.368	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Rocha	11	33.7	12.4	-	-	6.7	1.3	-	-	-	4.1	4.2	10.0	.418	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.759

Season 10
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bob McAdoo	41	18.2	9.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.714
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	14	27.7	16.7	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.2	12.8	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.681
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Bob McAdoo	Red Rocha
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bob McAdoo	66	19.0	10.5	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.753
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	19	20.9	11.4	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.5	4.8	10.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.745
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-