Walt Bellamy vs. Jim Holstein Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Holstein 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 Jim Holstein, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Jim Holstein had his rookie season in 1952-53. 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	Jim Holstein
Season	1961-62	1952-53
Team	Chicago Packers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Jim Holstein	66	15.0	4.0	-	-	2.6	1.1	-	-	-	1.9	1.5	4.2	.358	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Holstein	12	16.0	4.3	-	-	2.5	0.9	-	-	-	2.5	1.7	3.5	.476	-	-	-	1.0	1.9	.522

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Jim Holstein
Season	1962-63	1953-54
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Jim Holstein	70	16.5	3.4	-	-	2.9	1.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.3	4.1	.306	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Holstein	13	14.5	3.5	-	-	2.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	3.8	.306	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.696

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Jim Holstein
Season	1963-64	1954-55
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Jim Holstein	62	15.8	4.5	-	-	3.3	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	5.3	.324	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Holstein	7	16.7	5.7	-	-	4.3	0.9	-	-	-	1.1	2.3	5.4	.421	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.889

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Jim Holstein
Season	1964-65	1955-56
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Fort Wayne Pistons
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
Jim Holstein	27	13.0	2.7	-	-	2.8	1.4	-	-	-	1.9	0.9	3.3	.270	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.649
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
Jim Holstein	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-