#: 22 (retired)
Drafted by: Minneapolis Lakers, 1958 (1st overall pick)
Height: 6-5
Weight: 225 lbs.
Current Project
LA Clippers GM
Championships?
Baylor never won a championship but played in 9 NBA Finals and retired the day before the 71-72 team won the first of 33 straight games, that team also won a championship
The Army?
Baylor was a member of the reserves and was called to active duty during the season, stationed in Washington, Baylor played on weekend passes and managed to score 1,800 pts in 48 games
Accomplishments
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1959)
- All-NBA First Team 10 times (1959-65, 67- 69)
- Eleven-time NBA All-Star (1959-65, 1967-70)
- NBA All-Star Game Co-MVP (1959)
- Holds NBA Finals single-game record for most points (61) on April 24, 1962 against the Boston
Celtics - Scored 71 points (7th best in history) against
the New York Knicks (Nov. 15, 1960) - Scored 23,149 points in only 846 games (27.4
ppg, 3rd best all-time) and averaged 30+ pts 3 times (1961-63)
- Retired as NBA's 3rd all-time leading scorer
- Retired as 5th leading scorer in All-Star
Game history (19.8 ppg) - Ranked 6th in NBA Finals all-time scoring (26.4 in 44 games)
- Ranked 7th in NBA playoffs all-time scoring (27.0 in 134 games)
- NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980)
- NBA 50th Anniversary Teams (1996)
- Coached NBA New Orleans Jazz (1974-79)
(Record 86-135) 
