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Andy Phillip

Age 104 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 88 kg · Born Mar 7, 1922 · Illinois

9.2 PPG 3.6 RPG 5.4 APG 771 games 11 seasons
Andy Phillip

Career snapshot

11seasons
771games
7,107career pts
8.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 262 games · 1952-53–1955-56

Position rank · 1957-58

#18PPG rank
#8PER rank
#6WS rank
Among 18 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 12.0 1948-49 · —
RPG 6.8 1950-51 · GSW
APG 8.2 1951-52 · GSW
PER 9.0 1956-57 · BOS
WS 3.1 1956-57 · BOS

Draft

1947
Round 0 · Pick 0
from Illinois

Honors & awards

5×
All-Star Selection
1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950
2×
All-NBA Team
1952, 1951

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).