Happy Hairston

Seasons 1964-65–1974-75 · 11 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1942

Player info

14.8 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 1.6 APG · 776 games · .478 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1964-65	CIN	22	61	12.1	.373	—	.667	4.8	0.4	—	—	6.1	15.0	.439
1965-66	CIN	23	72	24.9	.489	—	.685	7.6	0.6	—	—	14.1	16.8	.532
1966-67	CIN	24	79	30.9	.479	—	.660	8.0	0.8	—	—	14.9	13.8	.519
1967-68	2TM	25	74	34.0	.487	—	.699	8.3	1.3	—	—	17.9	16.0	.545
	CIN	25	48	33.9	.503	—	.686	7.4	1.2	—	—	17.4	15.2	.550
	DET	25	26	34.3	.459	—	.717	10.1	1.4	—	—	18.8	17.3	.537
1968-69	DET	26	81	35.7	.469	—	.731	11.8	1.3	—	—	18.1	17.2	.533
1969-70	2TM	27	70	34.7	.496	—	.789	11.1	1.7	—	—	18.5	18.4	.559
	DET	27	15	18.8	.553	—	.714	5.9	0.7	—	—	10.6	19.5	.608
	LAL	27	55	39.0	.490	—	.803	12.5	2.0	—	—	20.6	18.3	.553
1970-71	LAL	28	80	36.5	.466	—	.782	10.0	2.1	—	—	18.6	16.2	.522
1971-72	LAL	29	80	34.4	.461	—	.779	13.1	2.4	—	—	13.1	15.7	.538
1972-73	LAL	30	28	33.5	.482	—	.787	13.2	2.4	—	—	16.3	20.0	.561
1973-74	LAL	31	77	34.2	.507	—	.771	13.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	14.5	17.2	.583
1974-75	LAL	32	74	30.9	.506	—	.801	12.8	2.3	0.7	0.1	10.3	16.2	.579

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	CIN	61	—	736	131	351	.373	—	—	110	165	293	27	—	—	—	372
1965-66	CIN	72	—	1,794	398	814	.489	—	—	220	321	546	44	—	—	—	1,016
1966-67	CIN	79	—	2,442	461	962	.479	—	—	252	382	631	62	—	—	—	1,174
1967-68	2TM	74	—	2,517	481	987	.487	—	—	365	522	617	95	—	—	—	1,327
	CIN	48	—	1,625	317	630	.503	—	—	203	296	355	58	—	—	—	837
	DET	26	—	892	164	357	.459	—	—	162	226	262	37	—	—	—	490
1968-69	DET	81	—	2,889	530	1,131	.469	—	—	404	553	959	109	—	—	—	1,464
1969-70	2TM	70	—	2,427	483	973	.496	—	—	326	413	775	121	—	—	—	1,292
	DET	15	—	282	57	103	.553	—	—	45	63	88	11	—	—	—	159
	LAL	55	—	2,145	426	870	.490	—	—	281	350	687	110	—	—	—	1,133
1970-71	LAL	80	—	2,921	574	1,233	.466	—	—	337	431	797	168	—	—	—	1,485
1971-72	LAL	80	—	2,748	368	798	.461	—	—	311	399	1045	193	—	—	—	1,047
1972-73	LAL	28	—	939	158	328	.482	—	—	140	178	370	68	—	—	—	456
1973-74	LAL	77	—	2,634	385	759	.507	—	—	343	445	1040	208	64	17	—	1,113
1974-75	LAL	74	—	2,283	271	536	.506	—	—	217	271	946	173	52	11	—	759
Career		776	—	—	4,240	8,872	.478	0	0	3025	4080	8019	1268	116	28	0	11,505

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	CIN	61	12.1	6.4	17.2	.373	—	—	5.4	8.1	14.3	1.3	—	—	—	18.2
1965-66	CIN	72	24.9	8.0	16.3	.489	—	—	4.4	6.4	11.0	0.9	—	—	—	20.4
1966-67	CIN	79	30.9	6.8	14.2	.479	—	—	3.7	5.6	9.3	0.9	—	—	—	17.3
1967-68	2TM	74	34.0	6.9	14.1	.487	—	—	5.2	7.5	8.8	1.4	—	—	—	19.0
	CIN	48	33.9	7.0	14.0	.503	—	—	4.5	6.6	7.9	1.3	—	—	—	18.5
	DET	26	34.3	6.6	14.4	.459	—	—	6.5	9.1	10.6	1.5	—	—	—	19.8
1968-69	DET	81	35.7	6.6	14.1	.469	—	—	5.0	6.9	12.0	1.4	—	—	—	18.2
1969-70	2TM	70	34.7	7.2	14.4	.496	—	—	4.8	6.1	11.5	1.8	—	—	—	19.2
	DET	15	18.8	7.3	13.1	.553	—	—	5.7	8.0	11.2	1.4	—	—	—	20.3
	LAL	55	39.0	7.1	14.6	.490	—	—	4.7	5.9	11.5	1.8	—	—	—	19.0
1970-71	LAL	80	36.5	7.1	15.2	.466	—	—	4.2	5.3	9.8	2.1	—	—	—	18.3
1971-72	LAL	80	34.4	4.8	10.5	.461	—	—	4.1	5.2	13.7	2.5	—	—	—	13.7
1972-73	LAL	28	33.5	6.1	12.6	.482	—	—	5.4	6.8	14.2	2.6	—	—	—	17.5
1973-74	LAL	77	34.2	5.3	10.4	.507	—	—	4.7	6.1	14.2	2.8	0.9	0.2	—	15.2
1974-75	LAL	74	30.9	4.3	8.5	.506	—	—	3.4	4.3	14.9	2.7	0.8	0.2	—	12.0

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
1964-65	CIN	61	736	15.0	.439	—	-0.1	0.5	0.4	.027	—	—	—	—
1965-66	CIN	72	1,794	16.8	.532	—	4.1	1.3	5.3	.142	—	—	—	—
1966-67	CIN	79	2,442	13.8	.519	—	3.7	1.4	5.1	.101	—	—	—	—
1967-68	2TM	74	2,517	16.0	.545	—	5.5	1.0	6.5	.124	—	—	—	—
	CIN	48	1,625	15.2	.550	—	3.6	0.3	4.0	.117	—	—	—	—
	DET	26	892	17.3	.537	—	1.8	0.7	2.5	.137	—	—	—	—
1968-69	DET	81	2,889	17.2	.533	—	5.8	1.2	7.0	.116	—	—	—	—
1969-70	2TM	70	2,427	18.4	.559	—	5.6	3.2	8.8	.174	—	—	—	—
	DET	15	282	19.5	.608	—	1.0	0.2	1.1	.191	—	—	—	—
	LAL	55	2,145	18.3	.553	—	4.6	3.1	7.7	.172	—	—	—	—
1970-71	LAL	80	2,921	16.2	.522	—	4.7	2.6	7.2	.119	—	—	—	—
1971-72	LAL	80	2,748	15.7	.538	—	3.9	5.3	9.2	.161	—	—	—	—
1972-73	LAL	28	939	20.0	.561	—	2.4	1.8	4.2	.214	—	—	—	—
1973-74	LAL	77	2,634	17.2	.583	—	5.6	3.7	9.3	.170	+1.4	-0.6	+0.7	+1.8
1974-75	LAL	74	2,283	16.2	.579	—	4.4	2.6	7.0	.146	+1.2	-0.9	+0.3	+1.3
Career		776	—	—	—	—	—	—	70.0	—	—	—	—	+3.1

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	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1964-65	3	0.0	4.0	6.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	.278	—	.311
1965-66	5	0.0	15.4	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.403	—	.489
1966-67	4	0.0	16.0	6.8	1.5	0.0	0.0	.519	—	.528
1967-68	6	24.8	11.7	6.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	.408	—	.439
1969-70	16	18.5	7.4	4.8	1.2	0.0	0.0	.435	—	.478
1970-71	12	39.2	17.0	9.1	2.8	0.0	0.0	.506	—	.548
1971-72	15	38.5	13.5	13.1	2.1	0.0	0.0	.440	—	.510
1972-73	3	8.7	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	.111	—	.319
1973-74	5	34.4	9.2	10.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	.417	—	.524
Career	69	24.5	11.6	8.1	1.8	0.1	0.0	.445	—	.499

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	397	15.1	10.7	1.5	282–115
Away	379	14.5	9.0	1.3	153–226
In wins	435	15.6	10.8	1.5	435–0
In losses	341	13.9	8.8	1.3	0–341

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	60	14.9	9.0	1.4	28–32
BOS Boston Celtics	65	14.1	8.8	1.1	26–39
CHI Chicago Bulls	51	15.5	9.0	1.4	26–25
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	17	16.2	15.1	1.9	11–6
DET Detroit Pistons	60	14.8	9.6	1.0	40–20
GSW Golden State Warriors	65	14.0	9.1	1.4	36–29
HOU Houston Rockets	41	17.0	11.2	1.3	28–13
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	38	12.3	5.3	0.4	16–22
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	32	15.8	12.5	2.1	18–14
NYK New York Knicks	64	13.4	8.6	0.9	37–27
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	62	13.2	9.3	1.5	33–29
PHX Phoenix Suns	36	15.3	12.1	2.6	22–14
POR Portland Trail Blazers	26	16.7	12.0	2.9	19–7
SAC Sacramento Kings	12	12.9	14.3	2.1	8–4
UTA Utah Jazz	4	11.8	13.8	3.0	3–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Happy Hairston plays PF for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Happy Hairston has averaged 14.8 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 1.6 APG over 11 seasons (1964-65–1974-75).

Happy Hairston is 6-7 (225 lb).

Happy Hairston was drafted in 1964, round 4, pick 35.