Ed Smith vs Jim Holstein

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Ed Smith and Jim Holstein compared on their NBA careers: Ed Smith played 1 season, 1953-54 to 1953-54, Jim Holstein 4 seasons, 1952-53 to 1955-56. Ed Smith averaged 2.5 points a game to Jim Holstein's 3.8. They have faced each other 3 times: Ed Smith's team won 1, Jim Holstein's 2. Jim Holstein won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jim Holstein leads in 3 of the 3 lines, Ed Smith in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Ed Smith and Jim Holstein career per game
11GP225
9.5MIN15.4
2.5PTS3.8, better
2.4REB2.9, better
0.8AST1.1, better

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

Ed Smith vs Jim Holstein head to head

They have faced each other 3 times: Ed Smith's team won 1, Jim Holstein's 2.

Ed Smith and Jim Holstein, record against each other
GamesPlayedEd Smith wonJim Holstein won
Regular season312, better
Ed Smith and Jim Holstein, averages in their games against each other
0.3PTS4.7, better
0.0MIN0.0

Every game against each other

Ed Smith vs Jim Holstein, every game
Feb 3, 1954NY at LALL 91-790 PTS, 0 MIN1 PTS, 0 MIN
Nov 7, 1953NY at LALL 70-621 PTS, 0 MIN5 PTS, 0 MIN
Oct 31, 1953LAL at NYW 91-670 PTS, 0 MIN8 PTS, 0 MIN

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

Titles and awards

Ed Smith and Jim Holstein titles and awards
Ed SmithTitle or awardJim Holstein
—Championships2, 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.

Ed Smith and Jim Holstein 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.
1st1953-542.52.40.81952-534.0, better2.6, better1.1, better
2nd————1953-543.42.91.1
3rd————1954-554.53.30.9
4th————1955-562.72.81.4

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST