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Andy Phillip
Guard ·Detroit Pistons ·NBA ·#17

Andy Phillip

Age104 BornMar 7, 1922 FromUSA Height191 cm (6'3") Weight88 kg CollegeIllinois Draft1947
Career averages
9.2PPG
3.6RPG
5.4APG
771 games · 11 seasons

At a glance

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Career snapshot
11Seasons
771Games
7,107Career points
8.0PER average
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 262 games · 1952-53 to 1955-56
Honors and awards7 total
5×
All-Star Selection1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950
2×
All-NBA Team1952, 1951
All awards
Career highsSingle season
12.0PPG · 1948-49 · -
6.8RPG · 1950-51 · GSW
8.2APG · 1951-52 · GSW
9.0PER · 1956-57 · BOS
3.1Win shares · 1956-57 · BOS
Draft1947
-Round
-Overall pick
From Illinois
Position rank1957-58
#18PPG rank
#8PER rank
#6Win shares rank
GuardPosition
Among 18 Guard players with 41+ games

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1956-57 - 1957-58 · 2 seasons
3.9 PPG 2.5 RPG 2.1 APG
137 games
Detroit Pistons
1952-53 - 1955-56 · 4 seasons
8.9 PPG 4.2 RPG 6.3 APG
262 games
Golden State Warriors
1950-51 - 1952-53 · 3 seasons
11.6 PPG 6.7 RPG 7.4 APG
145 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1947-48 NBA 32 0 0.0 10.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 33.6 0.0 58.3 - -
1948-49 NBA 60 0 0.0 12.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 34.8 0.0 67.6 - -
1949-50 NBA 65 0 0.0 11.7 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 34.9 0.0 70.4 - -
1950-51 GSW 66 0 0.0 11.2 6.8 6.3 0.0 0.0 39.9 0.0 75.1 - -
1951-52 GSW 66 0 44.4 12.0 6.6 8.2 0.0 0.0 36.6 0.0 75.3 - -
1952-53 NBA 70 0 38.4 10.3 5.2 5.7 0.0 0.0 39.7 0.0 73.8 - -
1952-53 GSW 13 0 41.8 11.8 6.6 8.5 0.0 0.0 38.7 0.0 76.3 - -
1952-53 DET 57 0 37.7 10.0 4.9 5.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 72.9 - -
1953-54 DET 71 0 38.1 10.6 3.7 6.3 0.0 0.0 37.5 0.0 73.0 - -
1954-55 DET 64 0 36.4 9.6 4.5 7.7 0.0 0.0 37.1 0.0 69.2 - -
1955-56 DET 70 0 29.7 5.8 3.7 5.9 0.0 0.0 36.5 0.0 56.3 - -
1956-57 BOS 67 0 22.0 4.4 2.7 2.5 0.0 0.0 37.9 0.0 64.2 9.0 3.1
1957-58 BOS 70 0 16.6 3.4 2.3 1.7 0.0 0.0 35.5 0.0 59.2 6.9 1.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1956 Detroit Pistons Boston Celtics
Jul 1952 Golden State Warriors Detroit Pistons

All entries are season change.

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About Andy Phillip

Andrew Michael "Handy Andy" Phillip was an American professional basketball player. Born in Granite City, Illinois, Phillip had an 11-year career and played for the Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America and the Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons and Boston Celtics, of the National Basketball Association (NBA).