Bobby Smith vs Vern Hatton

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Bobby Smith and Vern Hatton compared on their NBA careers: Bobby Smith played 2 seasons, 1959-60 to 1961-62, Vern Hatton 4 seasons, 1958-59 to 1961-62. Bobby Smith averaged 2.8 points a game to Vern Hatton's 5.5.

Who has the better career numbers?

Vern Hatton leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Bobby Smith in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Bobby Smith and Vern Hatton career per game
13GP225
10.5MIN16.3
2.8PTS5.5, better
2.5, betterREB2.4
1.1AST1.4, better

Bobby Smith and Vern Hatton: no career line is published, so it is worked out from the seasons on file — career totals divided by games played.

Titles and awards

Neither has a championship or an award on file.

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.

Bobby Smith and Vern Hatton 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.
1st1959-603.73.3, better1.4, better1958-595.9, better2.81.1
2nd1961-620.00.00.01959-604.6, better2.4, better1.2, better
3rd————1960-614.41.71.1
4th————1961-628.12.62.5

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST