Jack McCloskey vs Mel Payton

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Jack McCloskey and Mel Payton compared on their NBA careers: Jack McCloskey played 1 season, 1952-53 to 1952-53, Mel Payton 2 seasons, 1951-52 to 1952-53. Jack McCloskey averaged 6 points a game to Mel Payton's 5.4.

Who has the better career numbers?

Mel Payton leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Jack McCloskey in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Jack McCloskey and Mel Payton career per game
1GP111
16MIN17.1
6, betterPTS5.4
3REB3.6, better
1AST1.1, better

Jack McCloskey and Mel Payton: 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.

Jack McCloskey and Mel Payton 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.
1st1952-536, better3, better11951-522.91.81.0
2nd————1952-537.14.71.2

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST