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Power Forward · Boston Celtics

Fred Saunders

Age 74 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 95 kg · Born Jun 13, 1951 · Syracuse

4.8 PPG 2.6 RPG 1.0 APG 181 games 2 seasons

Career snapshot

2seasons
181games
867career pts
4.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Utah Jazz · 30 games · 1977-78–1977-78

Position rank · 1977-78

#19PPG rank
#19PER rank
#19WS rank
Among 19 Power Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 6.1 1974-75 · —
RPG 3.7 1974-75 · —
APG 1.2 1974-75 · —
PER 4.1 1977-78 · BOS
WS -0.3 1977-78 · BOS

Draft

1974
Round 2 · Pick 31
by Phoenix Suns
from Syracuse

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1977-78 – 1977-78 · 1 seasons
2.8 PPG 1.4 RPG 0.4 APG
26 games
Utah Jazz
1977-78 – 1977-78 · 1 seasons
5.0 PPG 2.5 RPG 1.2 APG
30 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1974-75 NBA 69 0 15.3 6.1 3.7 1.2 0.6 0.2 43.3 0.0 69.5 — —
1977-78 NBA 56 0 11.5 4.0 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.3 42.3 0.0 72.2 — —
1977-78 BOS 26 0 9.3 2.8 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 33.0 0.0 82.4 4.1 -0.3
1977-78 UTA 30 0 13.3 5.0 2.5 1.2 0.5 0.3 48.3 0.0 63.2 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Notes
Oct 1977 Boston Celtics Utah Jazz From 1977-78 to 1977-78

All entries are mid season trade.

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Born on June 13

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