Elgin Baylor vs. Craig Ehlo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Craig Ehlo and Elgin Baylor, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Elgin Baylor and Craig Ehlo both played 14 years in the NBA. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Craig Ehlo had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Elgin Baylor	14	12	1958-59 to 1971-72
Craig Ehlo	14	10	1983-84 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1958-59	1983-84
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777
Craig Ehlo	7	9.0	3.3	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	42.8	25.5	-	-	12.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	9.4	23.3	.403	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1959-60	1984-85
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Rockets 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732
Craig Ehlo	45	4.2	1.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.7	.633

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	9	45.3	33.4	-	-	14.1	3.4	-	-	-	4.2	12.3	26.0	.474	-	-	-	8.8	10.4	.840
Craig Ehlo	3	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1960-61	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Rockets 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		%
Elgin Baylor	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
Craig Ehlo	36	5.5	2.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.3	.429	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	12	45.0	38.1	-	-	15.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	14.2	30.2	.470	-	-	-	9.8	11.8	.824
Craig Ehlo	10	3.8	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.800


Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1961-62	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elgin Baylor	48	44.4	38.3	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.2	14.2	33.1	.428	-	-	-	9.9	13.1	.754
Craig Ehlo	44	20.2	6.2	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.7	1.4	1.8	2.3	5.4	.414	0.1	0.7	.172	1.6	2.3	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	43.9	38.6	-	-	17.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	14.3	32.7	.438	-	-	-	10.0	12.9	.774
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1962-63	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Elgin Baylor	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837
Craig Ehlo	79	21.6	7.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.3	2.9	6.1	.466	0.3	0.8	.344	1.1	1.7	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	43.2	32.6	-	-	13.6	4.5	-	-	-	3.7	12.3	27.8	.442	-	-	-	8.0	9.7	.825
Craig Ehlo	5	25.6	8.8	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	3.4	8.0	.425	0.0	1.6	.000	2.0	3.2	.625


Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1963-64	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Elgin Baylor	78	40.6	25.4	-	-	12.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.7	22.8	.425	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.804
Craig Ehlo	82	22.8	7.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	3.0	6.4	.475	0.5	1.2	.390	0.9	1.4	.607

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	5	44.2	24.2	-	-	11.6	5.6	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	23.8	.378	-	-	-	6.2	8.0	.775
Craig Ehlo	4	24.3	12.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	4.3	9.8	.436	1.3	3.3	.385	2.3	2.8	.818


Season 7
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1964-65	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Elgin Baylor	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
Craig Ehlo	81	35.7	13.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.3	2.0	2.8	5.4	11.6	.464	1.3	3.1	.419	1.6	2.3	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	1.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Craig Ehlo	5	39.2	13.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.4	1.2	0.0	2.4	3.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.0	.333	2.4	3.8	.632


Season 8
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1965-66	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elgin Baylor	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739
Craig Ehlo	82	33.7	10.1	1.7	3.0	4.7	4.6	1.5	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.2	9.4	.445	0.6	1.8	.329	1.2	1.7	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	14	41.9	26.8	-	-	14.1	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	10.4	23.4	.442	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.810
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1966-67	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	38.7	26.6	-	-	12.8	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.2	23.7	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.7	.813
Craig Ehlo	63	32.0	12.3	1.5	3.4	4.9	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.4	4.9	10.9	.453	1.1	2.7	.413	1.4	2.0	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	3	40.3	23.7	-	-	13.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	25.3	.368	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750
Craig Ehlo	17	32.5	9.6	1.3	3.2	4.5	4.5	1.2	0.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	8.9	.414	1.2	3.0	.412	0.9	1.2	.762


Season 10
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1967-68	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	77	39.3	26.0	-	-	12.2	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	9.8	22.2	.443	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.786
Craig Ehlo	82	31.2	11.6	1.4	3.5	4.9	3.1	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.1	4.7	9.6	.490	1.1	3.0	.381	1.0	1.5	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	15	42.2	28.5	-	-	14.5	4.0	-	-	-	2.7	11.7	25.1	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.679
Craig Ehlo	9	32.1	10.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.8	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.1	4.2	10.1	.418	1.1	2.9	.385	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 11
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1968-69	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	76	40.3	24.8	-	-	10.6	5.4	-	-	-	2.7	9.6	21.5	.447	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.743
Craig Ehlo	82	26.2	10.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	3.3	1.7	0.3	1.6	2.0	3.9	8.6	.446	0.9	2.7	.348	1.4	1.9	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	35.6	15.4	-	-	9.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.9	15.4	.385	-	-	-	3.5	5.6	.630
Craig Ehlo	11	28.8	11.4	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.6	1.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	4.5	10.7	.424	0.7	2.1	.348	1.5	2.2	.708


Season 12
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1969-70	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Elgin Baylor	54	41.0	24.0	-	-	10.4	5.4	-	-	-	2.4	9.5	19.5	.486	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.773
Craig Ehlo	49	23.8	9.7	1.1	1.9	3.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.8	3.9	8.6	.453	1.0	2.7	.381	0.9	1.4	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	37.1	18.7	-	-	9.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	16.4	.466	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.741
Craig Ehlo	3	16.3	3.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.7	4.0	.167	0.3	2.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 13
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1970-71	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Craig Ehlo	79	22.3	8.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.2	7.5	.428	1.0	2.8	.371	1.0	1.3	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Ehlo	9	19.0	4.0	0.1	1.9	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.3	4.6	.293	0.8	2.6	.304	0.6	0.8	.714


Season 14
	Elgin Baylor	Craig Ehlo
Season	1971-72	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Elgin Baylor	9	26.6	11.8	-	-	6.3	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	4.7	10.8	.433	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.815
Craig Ehlo	62	13.7	3.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.0	.351	0.4	1.5	.284	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elgin Baylor vs. Craig Ehlo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Craig Ehlo and Elgin Baylor, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14