Al Masino vs Frank Saul

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Al Masino and Frank Saul compared on their NBA careers: Al Masino played 2 seasons, 1952-53 to 1953-54, Frank Saul 6 seasons, 1949-50 to 1954-55. Al Masino averaged 4.8 points a game to Frank Saul's 5.6. They have faced each other 19 times: Al Masino's team won 7, Frank Saul's 12. In the playoffs Frank Saul leads 4-3. Frank Saul won 4 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Al Masino leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Frank Saul in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Al Masino and Frank Saul career per game
99GP384
19.7MIN16.2
4.8PTS5.6, better
2.1, betterREB1.8
1.8, betterAST1.6

Al Masino and Frank Saul: no career line is published, so it is worked out from the seasons on file — career totals divided by games played.

Al Masino vs Frank Saul head to head

They have faced each other 19 times: Al Masino's team won 7, Frank Saul's 12. In the playoffs Frank Saul leads 4-3.

Al Masino and Frank Saul, record against each other
Regular season1248, better
Playoffs734, better
Total19712, better
Al Masino and Frank Saul, averages in their games against each other
4.0PTS5.2, better
0.9REB1.1, better
0.6, betterAST0.4
2.8MIN5.3

Every game against each other

Al Masino vs Frank Saul, every game
Apr 12, 1954PHI at LAL (playoffs)L 87-804 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 8 MIN5 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 18 MIN
Apr 11, 1954PHI at LAL (playoffs)W 65-630 PTS, 0 MIN0 PTS, 0 MIN
Apr 10, 1954LAL at PHI (playoffs)L 84-730 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 10 MIN1 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 17 MIN
Apr 8, 1954LAL at PHI (playoffs)W 80-692 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 4 MIN1 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 14 MIN
Apr 4, 1954LAL at PHI (playoffs)L 81-670 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 6 MIN8 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 18 MIN
Apr 3, 1954PHI at LAL (playoffs)W 62-600 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 4 MIN3 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 8 MIN
Mar 31, 1954PHI at LAL (playoffs)L 79-680 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 7 MIN3 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 9 MIN
Jan 14, 1954LAL at PHIW 96-716 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 15 MIN4 PTS, 0 REB, 3 AST, 17 MIN
Nov 21, 1953SAC at LALL 76-703 PTS, 0 MIN8 PTS, 0 MIN
Mar 8, 1953HAW at LALL 100-732 PTS, 0 MIN8 PTS, 0 MIN
Feb 15, 1953LAL at HAWL 80-714 PTS, 0 MIN10 PTS, 0 MIN
Jan 23, 1953LAL at HAWW 67-655 PTS, 0 MIN2 PTS, 0 MIN
Jan 18, 1953HAW at LALW 83-7011 PTS, 0 MIN8 PTS, 0 MIN
Jan 3, 1953HAW at LALL 79-759 PTS, 0 MIN10 PTS, 0 MIN
Jan 2, 1953HAW at LALL 74-664 PTS, 0 MIN4 PTS, 0 MIN
Dec 28, 1952HAW at LALL 86-777 PTS, 0 MIN5 PTS, 0 MIN
Dec 20, 1952LAL at HAWW 86-758 PTS, 0 MIN8 PTS, 0 MIN
Nov 23, 1952LAL at HAWL 62-466 PTS, 0 MIN5 PTS, 0 MIN
Nov 16, 1952HAW at LALL 87-515 PTS, 0 MIN5 PTS, 0 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Titles and awards

Al Masino and Frank Saul titles and awards
Al MasinoTitle or awardFrank Saul
—Championships4, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Al Masino and Frank Saul season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1952-535.5, better2.52.2, better1949-503.7—0.6
2nd1953-543.01.00.81950-514.3, better1.3, better1.0, better
3rd————1951-526.82.62.3
4th————1952-537.42.01.6
5th————1953-546.42.22.0
6th————1954-554.42.11.6

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST