Jim Baechtold vs. Chauncey Billups Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chauncey Billups and Jim Baechtold, 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.

Jim Baechtold played 5 years in the NBA, 12 less than Chauncey Billups, who played 17. Jim Baechtold had the first of his seasons in 1952-53, while Chauncey Billups had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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.

Season 7
	Jim Baechtold	Chauncey Billups
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
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		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890

Season 8
	Jim Baechtold	Chauncey Billups
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893

Season 9
	Jim Baechtold	Chauncey Billups
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	81	36.1	18.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	8.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.5	.418	2.3	5.2	.433	5.7	6.4	.894
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	18	39.2	17.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	5.2	12.7	.406	1.8	5.2	.340	5.8	6.4	.905

Season 10
	Jim Baechtold	Chauncey Billups
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	70	36.2	17.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	7.2	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	11.6	.427	1.6	4.5	.345	5.5	6.2	.883
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	16	40.6	18.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	5.7	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.3	12.1	.435	2.2	5.6	.389	5.9	7.1	.832

Season 11
	Jim Baechtold	Chauncey Billups
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	78	32.3	17.0	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.8	1.3	0.2	2.1	1.7	5.0	11.2	.448	1.8	4.4	.401	5.1	5.6	.918
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	15	32.0	16.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	4.6	11.5	.401	1.6	4.3	.375	5.3	6.3	.832

Season 12
	Jim Baechtold	Chauncey Billups
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	79	35.3	17.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.4	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.2	12.4	.418	2.1	5.0	.408	5.3	5.8	.913
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	16	38.7	20.6	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.4	5.6	12.3	.457	2.8	5.9	.468	6.6	7.3	.906

Season 13
	Jim Baechtold	Chauncey Billups
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nuggets 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		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	73	34.1	19.5	0.3	2.8	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.1	5.5	13.2	.418	2.2	5.6	.386	6.4	7.0	.910
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Baechtold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chauncey Billups	6	34.5	20.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	6.3	1.0	0.5	3.0	4.0	6.2	13.8	.446	1.8	5.2	.355	6.2	7.0	.881