Walt Bellamy vs. Ed Sadowski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Sadowski 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, 10 more than Ed Sadowski, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Ed Sadowski had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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	Ed Sadowski
Season	1961-62	1946-47
Team	Chicago Packers	Toronto Huskies, Cleveland Rebels
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rebels Lost 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
Ed Sadowski	53	-	16.5	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	3.7	6.2	16.8	.369	-	-	-	4.1	6.2	.668
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Sadowski	3	-	23.7	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	7.3	18.7	.393	-	-	-	9.0	11.3	.794

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Ed Sadowski
Season	1962-63	1947-48
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost 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	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Ed Sadowski	47	-	19.4	-	-	-	1.6	-	-	-	3.9	6.6	20.3	.323	-	-	-	6.3	9.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Sadowski	3	-	20.3	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	18.3	.345	-	-	-	7.7	12.7	.605

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Ed Sadowski
Season	1963-64	1948-49
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Ed Sadowski	60	-	15.3	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	14.0	.405	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Sadowski	2	-	10.0	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	14.0	.214	-	-	-	4.0	6.5	.615

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Ed Sadowski
Season	1964-65	1949-50
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Philadelphia Warriors, Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Ed Sadowski	69	-	12.6	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	13.4	.324	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.735
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
Ed Sadowski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-