Mark Aguirre vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Mark Aguirre, 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.

Mark Aguirre played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Mark Aguirre had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1981-82	1954-55
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Mark Aguirre	51	28.8	18.7	1.7	3.1	4.9	3.2	0.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.5	16.1	.465	0.5	1.4	.352	3.3	4.8	.680
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1982-83	1955-56
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Aguirre	81	34.4	24.4	2.4	3.9	6.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	3.2	3.0	9.5	19.6	.483	0.2	0.9	.211	5.3	7.3	.728
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843

Season 3
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1983-84	1956-57
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	79	36.7	29.5	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	3.6	3.1	11.7	22.3	.524	0.2	0.7	.268	5.9	7.9	.749
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	10	35.0	22.0	2.1	5.5	7.6	3.2	0.5	0.5	2.7	3.4	8.8	18.4	.478	0.0	0.5	.000	4.4	5.7	.772
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767

Season 4
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1984-85	1957-58
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.7	25.7	2.4	3.6	6.0	3.1	0.8	0.3	3.2	3.1	9.9	19.6	.506	0.3	1.1	.318	5.5	7.3	.759
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	4	41.0	29.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	4.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	4.0	11.0	22.3	.494	0.3	0.5	.500	6.8	8.0	.844
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729

Season 5
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1985-86	1958-59
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Aguirre	74	33.8	22.6	2.4	3.6	6.0	4.6	0.8	0.2	3.4	3.1	9.0	17.9	.503	0.2	0.8	.286	4.3	6.1	.705
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	10	34.5	24.7	2.1	5.0	7.1	5.4	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.8	10.5	21.4	.491	0.2	0.6	.333	3.5	5.5	.636
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785

Season 6
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1986-87	1959-60
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.3	25.7	2.3	3.1	5.3	3.2	1.1	0.4	2.7	3.0	9.8	19.9	.495	0.7	1.9	.353	5.4	7.0	.770
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	4	32.5	21.3	2.8	3.3	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	7.8	15.5	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754

Season 7
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1987-88	1960-61
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	77	33.9	25.1	2.4	3.3	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.7	20.4	.475	0.7	2.2	.302	5.0	6.5	.770
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	17	32.8	21.6	2.0	3.9	5.9	3.3	0.8	0.5	2.4	2.9	8.6	17.3	.500	0.8	2.0	.382	3.5	5.1	.698
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757

Season 8
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1988-89	1961-62
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	32.5	18.9	1.8	3.0	4.8	3.5	0.6	0.5	2.6	2.9	7.3	15.9	.461	0.6	2.2	.293	3.6	4.9	.733
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	17	27.2	12.6	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.2	5.2	10.7	.489	0.5	1.7	.276	1.6	2.2	.737
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Season 9
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1989-90	1962-63
Team	Detroit Pistons	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Aguirre	78	25.7	14.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	5.6	11.5	.488	0.4	1.2	.333	2.5	3.3	.756
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	20	22.0	11.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.6	4.3	9.2	.467	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	2.6	.750
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778

Season 10
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1990-91	1963-64
Team	Detroit Pistons	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Aguirre	78	25.7	14.2	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.7	5.4	11.7	.462	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	4.1	.757
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	15	26.5	15.6	1.1	2.9	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.7	6.0	11.9	.506	0.8	2.2	.364	2.8	3.4	.824
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835

Season 11
	Mark Aguirre	Bob Pettit
Season	1991-92	1964-65
Team	Detroit Pistons	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	75	21.1	11.3	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.5	.431	0.2	0.9	.211	2.1	3.1	.687
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	5	22.6	9.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	1.8	3.2	9.6	.333	0.2	1.0	.200	2.4	3.2	.750
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800