Slater Martin

PG · STL

Seasons 1949-50–1959-60 · 11 on record · Ht 5-10 · b. 1925

★ Hall of Fame7× All-Star5× All-NBA

Player info

9.8 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 4.2 APG · 745 games · .364 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1949-50	MNL	24	67	—	.351	—	.634	—	2.2	—	—	4.0	—	.395
1950-51	MNL	25	68	—	.362	—	.684	3.6	3.5	—	—	8.5	—	.408
1951-52	MNL	26	66	37.6	.375	—	.747	3.5	3.8	—	—	9.3	10.9	.430
1952-53	MNL	27	70	36.5	.410	—	.780	2.7	3.6	—	—	10.6	13.5	.489
1953-54	MNL	28	69	35.8	.388	—	.724	2.4	3.7	—	—	9.9	12.1	.449
1954-55	MNL	29	72	38.7	.381	—	.769	3.6	5.9	—	—	13.6	14.4	.453
1955-56	MNL	30	72	39.4	.358	—	.833	3.6	6.2	—	—	13.2	13.3	.457
1956-57	2TM	31	66	36.4	.332	—	.790	4.4	4.1	—	—	10.9	10.6	.415
	NYK	31	13	32.8	.344	—	.830	3.2	3.0	—	—	8.5	10.1	.461
	STL	31	53	37.3	.330	—	.782	4.6	4.3	—	—	11.5	10.7	.408
1957-58	STL	32	60	35.0	.336	—	.746	3.8	3.6	—	—	12.0	9.3	.406
1958-59	STL	33	71	35.3	.347	—	.776	3.6	4.7	—	—	9.7	9.3	.420
1959-60	STL	34	64	27.4	.371	—	.729	2.9	5.2	—	—	6.2	9.7	.440

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1949-50	MNL	67	—	—	106	302	.351	—	—	59	93	—	148	—	—	—	271
1950-51	MNL	68	—	—	227	627	.362	—	—	121	177	246	235	—	—	—	575
1951-52	MNL	66	—	2,480	237	632	.375	—	—	142	190	228	249	—	—	—	616
1952-53	MNL	70	—	2,556	260	634	.410	—	—	224	287	186	250	—	—	—	744
1953-54	MNL	69	—	2,472	254	654	.388	—	—	176	243	166	253	—	—	—	684
1954-55	MNL	72	—	2,784	350	919	.381	—	—	276	359	260	427	—	—	—	976
1955-56	MNL	72	—	2,838	309	863	.358	—	—	329	395	260	445	—	—	—	947
1956-57	2TM	66	—	2,401	244	736	.332	—	—	230	291	288	269	—	—	—	718
	NYK	13	—	426	33	96	.344	—	—	44	53	42	39	—	—	—	110
	STL	53	—	1,975	211	640	.330	—	—	186	238	246	230	—	—	—	608
1957-58	STL	60	—	2,098	258	768	.336	—	—	206	276	228	218	—	—	—	722
1958-59	STL	71	—	2,504	245	706	.347	—	—	197	254	253	336	—	—	—	687
1959-60	STL	64	—	1,756	142	383	.371	—	—	113	155	187	330	—	—	—	397
Career		745	—	—	2,632	7,224	.364	0	0	2073	2720	2302	3160	0	0	0	7,337

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1949-50	MNL	67	—	—	—	.351	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1950-51	MNL	68	—	—	—	.362	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	MNL	66	37.6	3.4	9.2	.375	—	—	2.1	2.8	3.3	3.6	—	—	—	8.9
1952-53	MNL	70	36.5	3.7	8.9	.410	—	—	3.2	4.0	2.6	3.5	—	—	—	10.5
1953-54	MNL	69	35.8	3.7	9.5	.388	—	—	2.6	3.5	2.4	3.7	—	—	—	10.0
1954-55	MNL	72	38.7	4.5	11.9	.381	—	—	3.6	4.6	3.4	5.5	—	—	—	12.6
1955-56	MNL	72	39.4	3.9	10.9	.358	—	—	4.2	5.0	3.3	5.6	—	—	—	12.0
1956-57	2TM	66	36.4	3.7	11.0	.332	—	—	3.4	4.4	4.3	4.0	—	—	—	10.8
	NYK	13	32.8	2.8	8.1	.344	—	—	3.7	4.5	3.5	3.3	—	—	—	9.3
	STL	53	37.3	3.8	11.7	.330	—	—	3.4	4.3	4.5	4.2	—	—	—	11.1
1957-58	STL	60	35.0	4.4	13.2	.336	—	—	3.5	4.7	3.9	3.7	—	—	—	12.4
1958-59	STL	71	35.3	3.5	10.2	.347	—	—	2.8	3.7	3.6	4.8	—	—	—	9.9
1959-60	STL	64	27.4	2.9	7.9	.371	—	—	2.3	3.2	3.8	6.8	—	—	—	8.1

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
1949-50	MNL	67	—	—	.395	—	0.9	2.6	3.5	—	—	—	—	—
1950-51	MNL	68	—	—	.408	—	1.1	3.1	4.2	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	MNL	66	2,480	10.9	.430	—	1.8	4.5	6.3	.121	—	—	—	—
1952-53	MNL	70	2,556	13.5	.489	—	4.9	3.2	8.2	.153	—	—	—	—
1953-54	MNL	69	2,472	12.1	.449	—	2.9	3.2	6.1	.118	—	—	—	—
1954-55	MNL	72	2,784	14.4	.453	—	3.0	3.2	6.2	.107	—	—	—	—
1955-56	MNL	72	2,838	13.3	.457	—	2.9	1.8	4.7	.079	—	—	—	—
1956-57	2TM	66	2,401	10.6	.415	—	0.5	1.9	2.4	.047	—	—	—	—
	NYK	13	426	10.1	.461	—	0.4	0.2	0.6	.072	—	—	—	—
	STL	53	1,975	10.7	.408	—	0.1	1.7	1.7	.042	—	—	—	—
1957-58	STL	60	2,098	9.3	.406	—	-0.2	1.6	1.4	.032	—	—	—	—
1958-59	STL	71	2,504	9.3	.420	—	0.4	2.0	2.4	.046	—	—	—	—
1959-60	STL	64	1,756	9.7	.440	—	0.8	1.4	2.2	.060	—	—	—	—
Career		745	—	—	—	—	—	—	47.6	—	—	—	—	+0.0

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%
1949-50	8	0.0	4.6	0.0	1.2	.875	—	.852
1950-51	4	0.0	5.2	0.0	0.0	.241	—	.299
1951-52	11	3.9	8.9	2.0	2.6	.366	—	.469
1952-53	10	2.9	10.4	0.3	0.3	.461	—	.545
1953-54	13	18.7	9.7	0.7	1.1	.411	—	.522
1954-55	7	0.0	13.7	0.0	0.0	.519	—	.643
1955-56	3	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	.459	—	.568
1956-57	10	35.0	16.6	3.4	3.6	.355	—	.441
1957-58	11	22.5	11.5	2.5	0.5	.321	—	.386
1958-59	1	18.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	.800	—	.800
1959-60	3	18.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	.077	—	.102
Career	81	12.2	10.4	1.2	1.2	.392	—	.482

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	338	10.4	0.9	0.5	288–50
Away	319	10.0	0.8	1.2	105–214
In wins	393	10.7	0.8	0.6	393–0
In losses	264	9.5	0.8	1.1	0–264

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	58	11.7	0.2	0.0	39–19
BOS Boston Celtics	83	10.6	0.9	1.5	43–40
DET Detroit Pistons	108	10.7	0.6	0.0	62–46
GSW Golden State Warriors	81	9.1	1.9	2.8	42–39
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	44	11.0	0.7	0.0	33–11
NYK New York Knicks	79	9.9	0.2	0.3	47–32

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Slater Martin has averaged 9.8 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 4.2 APG over 11 seasons (1949-50–1959-60).

Slater Martin is 5-10 (170 lb).

Slater Martin was drafted in 1949, round 3, pick None.