Zelmo Beaty

Seasons 1962-63–1974-75 · 12 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1939

★ Hall of Fame5× All-Star

Player info

Nickname	Big Z, Z, The Franchise, Mr. Clean, Slim
Position	C
Number	#31 (also #14)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-9
Weight	225 lb
Born	1939-10-25
College	Prairie View A&M
Drafted	1962 · Round 1, Pick 3 · STL
Seasons	1962-63–1974-75 (12)

17.1 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 1.5 APG · 889 games · .494 FG% · .154 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1962-63	STL	23	80	24.0	.439	—	.717	8.3	1.1	—	—	10.2	14.3	.501
1963-64	STL	24	59	32.6	.444	—	.741	10.7	1.3	—	—	13.1	14.0	.505
1964-65	STL	25	80	36.5	.482	—	.715	12.1	1.4	—	—	16.9	17.2	.537
1965-66	STL	26	80	38.4	.473	—	.758	13.6	1.6	—	—	20.7	18.5	.535
1966-67	STL	27	48	34.6	.473	—	.758	10.7	1.3	—	—	17.8	16.5	.528
1967-68	STL	28	82	37.4	.488	—	.794	11.7	2.1	—	—	21.1	19.3	.555
1968-69	ATL	29	72	35.8	.470	—	.731	11.1	1.8	—	—	21.5	19.1	.525
1970-71	UTS	31	76	38.4	.555	.500	.791	15.7	1.9	—	—	22.9	25.2	.612
1971-72	UTS	32	84	37.3	.539	0.000	.829	13.2	1.5	—	—	23.6	24.6	.607
1972-73	UTS	33	82	34.2	.520	0.000	.803	9.8	1.5	—	1.0	16.4	17.4	.576
1973-74	UTS	34	77	32.2	.524	0.000	.795	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	13.4	17.2	.569
1974-75	LAL	35	69	17.6	.439	—	.800	4.7	1.1	0.7	0.4	5.5	12.8	.514

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	STL	80	—	1,918	297	677	.439	—	—	220	307	665	85	—	—	—	814
1963-64	STL	59	—	1,922	287	647	.444	—	—	200	270	633	79	—	—	—	774
1964-65	STL	80	—	2,916	505	1,047	.482	—	—	341	477	966	111	—	—	—	1,351
1965-66	STL	80	—	3,072	616	1,301	.473	—	—	424	559	1086	125	—	—	—	1,656
1966-67	STL	48	—	1,661	328	694	.473	—	—	197	260	515	60	—	—	—	853
1967-68	STL	82	—	3,068	639	1,310	.488	—	—	455	573	959	174	—	—	—	1,733
1968-69	ATL	72	—	2,578	588	1,251	.470	—	—	370	506	798	131	—	—	—	1,546
1970-71	UTS	76	—	2,915	661	1,192	.555	2	4	420	531	1190	148	—	—	196	1,744
1971-72	UTS	84	—	3,133	729	1,353	.539	0	7	522	630	1110	125	—	—	223	1,980
1972-73	UTS	82	—	2,804	521	1,002	.520	0	1	306	381	801	125	—	79	197	1,348
1973-74	UTS	77	—	2,476	417	796	.524	0	1	194	244	615	128	62	64	110	1,028
1974-75	LAL	69	—	1,213	136	310	.439	—	—	108	135	327	74	45	29	—	380
Career		889	—	—	5,724	11,580	.494	2	13	3757	4873	9665	1365	107	172	726	15,207

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	STL	80	24.0	5.6	12.7	.439	—	—	4.1	5.8	12.5	1.6	—	—	—	15.3
1963-64	STL	59	32.6	5.4	12.1	.444	—	—	3.7	5.1	11.9	1.5	—	—	—	14.5
1964-65	STL	80	36.5	6.2	12.9	.482	—	—	4.2	5.9	11.9	1.4	—	—	—	16.7
1965-66	STL	80	38.4	7.2	15.2	.473	—	—	5.0	6.6	12.7	1.5	—	—	—	19.4
1966-67	STL	48	34.6	7.1	15.0	.473	—	—	4.3	5.6	11.2	1.3	—	—	—	18.5
1967-68	STL	82	37.4	7.5	15.4	.488	—	—	5.3	6.7	11.3	2.0	—	—	—	20.3
1968-69	ATL	72	35.8	8.2	17.5	.470	—	—	5.2	7.1	11.1	1.8	—	—	—	21.6
1970-71	UTS	76	38.4	8.2	14.7	.555	0.0	0.0	5.2	6.6	14.7	1.8	—	—	2.4	21.5
1971-72	UTS	84	37.3	8.4	15.5	.539	0.0	0.1	6.0	7.2	12.8	1.4	—	—	2.6	22.8
1972-73	UTS	82	34.2	6.7	12.9	.520	0.0	0.0	3.9	4.9	10.3	1.6	—	1.0	2.5	17.3
1973-74	UTS	77	32.2	6.1	11.6	.524	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.5	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.6	14.9
1974-75	LAL	69	17.6	4.0	9.2	.439	—	—	3.2	4.0	9.7	2.2	1.3	0.9	—	11.3

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1962-63	STL	80	1,918	14.3	.501	—	2.1	3.1	5.2	.131	—	—	—	—
1963-64	STL	59	1,922	14.0	.505	—	2.5	2.4	4.8	.121	—	—	—	—
1964-65	STL	80	2,916	17.2	.537	—	6.8	4.0	10.8	.178	—	—	—	—
1965-66	STL	80	3,072	18.5	.535	—	7.3	3.0	10.3	.161	—	—	—	—
1966-67	STL	48	1,661	16.5	.528	—	3.1	1.4	4.5	.131	—	—	—	—
1967-68	STL	82	3,068	19.3	.555	—	8.2	3.6	11.8	.185	—	—	—	—
1968-69	ATL	72	2,578	19.1	.525	—	5.8	2.6	8.4	.156	—	—	—	—
1970-71	UTS	76	2,915	25.2	.612	20.4	10.1	6.0	16.0	.264	—	—	—	—
1971-72	UTS	84	3,133	24.6	.607	22.8	11.6	3.5	15.1	.232	—	—	—	—
1972-73	UTS	82	2,804	17.4	.576	19.1	5.9	3.0	9.0	.153	—	—	—	—
1973-74	UTS	77	2,476	17.2	.569	17.1	5.4	2.2	7.7	.149	+1.4	-0.3	+1.1	+1.9
1974-75	LAL	69	1,213	12.8	.514	—	1.1	1.2	2.3	.091	-1.1	+0.2	-0.9	+0.3
Career		889	—	—	—	—	—	—	105.9	—	—	—	—	+2.2

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1962-63	11	27.9	10.6	7.6	1.0	.464	—	.518
1963-64	12	36.3	14.4	9.5	1.0	.521	—	.573
1964-65	4	38.5	19.2	13.8	0.2	.492	—	.550
1965-66	10	41.8	19.0	13.1	2.2	.493	—	.547
1966-67	9	35.3	15.9	9.9	1.3	.442	—	.539
1967-68	6	39.8	21.5	13.5	2.5	.467	—	.557
1968-69	11	27.7	22.5	12.9	2.3	.432	—	.468
Career	63	34.6	17.1	11.0	1.6	.468	—	.528

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	293	16.2	10.5	1.5	209–84
Away	277	15.8	9.7	1.3	103–174
In wins	312	17.3	10.5	1.5	312–0
In losses	258	14.4	9.7	1.2	0–258

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	3	5.3	6.3	1.0	2–1
BOS Boston Celtics	55	15.9	10.8	1.3	17–38
CHI Chicago Bulls	25	16.4	9.3	1.5	17–8
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	3	4.3	7.7	0.3	1–2
DET Detroit Pistons	59	17.1	10.8	1.2	40–19
GSW Golden State Warriors	64	14.0	9.6	1.7	45–19
HOU Houston Rockets	17	17.7	9.1	1.2	11–6
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	61	16.3	11.0	1.5	27–34
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	8	18.1	8.1	1.2	7–1
NYK New York Knicks	57	15.3	10.0	1.5	35–22
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	48	19.5	11.3	1.6	20–28
PHX Phoenix Suns	12	15.2	8.6	1.2	9–3
POR Portland Trail Blazers	5	8.0	6.0	1.6	1–4
SAC Sacramento Kings	4	2.0	4.2	0.2	1–3
UTA Utah Jazz	4	8.2	4.8	0.2	3–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Zelmo Beaty plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Zelmo Beaty has averaged 17.1 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 1.5 APG over 12 seasons (1962-63–1974-75).

Zelmo Beaty is 6-9 (225 lb).

Zelmo Beaty was drafted in 1962, round 1, pick 3.