Herschel Birmingham 
#0 C | 6-8, 256lbs | Pirates | Experience: 8 years
Born: 5/1/1944 (31) | College: Western Iowa | Chicago, IL

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: B D- B- C+ C C- C- C B D D C F A+ C B  
 Potential: B D B B C D D C B D D C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 FBL NOP 82 82 33.4 14.5 2.3 7.5 2.1 3.1 0.68 0.5 0.3 2.9 .496 .671 .000  
 1973 FBL TOR 70 68 35.7 16.9 2.5 6.2 3.1 3.1 1.00 0.7 0.4 3.3 .507 .703 .000  
 1972 FBL TOR 82 82 33.7 13.0 2.0 5.1 2.5 2.4 1.05 0.5 0.3 3.1 .478 .685 .000  
 1971 FBL TOR 82 24 22.0 8.8 1.4 3.8 1.6 1.9 0.83 0.4 0.2 2.3 .447 .692 .000  
 1970 FBL TOR 64 11 21.1 8.5 1.6 3.4 1.5 1.8 0.82 0.3 0.1 2.5 .467 .657 .000  
 1969 FBL TOR 82 0 15.7 5.9 1.0 2.3 1.1 1.5 0.76 0.3 0.2 1.7 .459 .667 .000  
 1968 FBL TOR 75 2 12.8 5.4 0.8 2.0 0.9 1.2 0.76 0.2 0.1 1.5 .483 .646 .000  
 1967 FBL TOR 52 0 11.4 6.2 1.2 2.2 0.9 1.6 0.56 0.4 0.2 1.1 .463 .696 .000  
 1966 FBL TOR 58 0 11.0 4.0 0.7 1.5 0.7 1.7 0.45 0.2 0.3 1.3 .475 .639 .000  
 Career     647 269 22.6 9.5 1.5 3.9 1.7 2.1 0.80 0.4 0.2 2.2 .480 .677 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 FBL NOP 6.0 12.1 .496 2.5 3.7 .671 4.5 6.9 .653 1.5 5.2 .288 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 FBL TOR 7.1 14.0 .507 2.7 3.9 .703 5.0 7.7 .653 2.1 6.3 .330 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 FBL TOR 5.2 11.0 .478 2.5 3.6 .685 4.0 6.4 .621 1.3 4.5 .276 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 FBL TOR 3.4 7.7 .447 1.9 2.7 .692 2.5 4.2 .583 1.0 3.5 .283 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1970 FBL TOR 3.4 7.2 .467 1.7 2.6 .657 2.6 4.6 .575 0.8 2.7 .281 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1969 FBL TOR 2.3 4.9 .459 1.4 2.1 .667 1.7 2.8 .613 0.5 2.1 .257 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1968 FBL TOR 2.1 4.3 .483 1.3 2.0 .646 1.6 2.5 .632 0.5 1.8 .276 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1967 FBL TOR 2.5 5.4 .463 1.2 1.8 .696 1.9 3.1 .605 0.6 2.3 .269 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1966 FBL TOR 1.6 3.4 .475 0.8 1.2 .639 1.3 2.0 .632 0.3 1.4 .247 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.8 8.0 .480 1.8 2.7 .677 2.9 4.6 .624 1.0 3.4 .288 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 82 82 2742 491 989 206 307 0 0 1188 191 805 172 41 254 41 26 238 -987 
 1973 70 68 2497 496 978 192 273 0 0 1184 172 608 214 47 215 47 31 230 -233 
 1972 82 82 2762 429 898 204 298 0 0 1062 164 585 205 40 196 40 25 254 -226 
 1971 82 24 1806 282 631 155 224 0 0 719 115 423 132 30 159 30 19 186 -265 
 1970 64 11 1349 216 463 111 169 0 0 543 102 320 97 21 118 21 7 161 -210 
 1969 82 0 1288 186 405 114 171 0 0 486 81 266 94 24 124 24 17 143 -428 
 1968 75 2 958 154 319 95 147 0 0 403 63 214 67 17 88 17 7 110 -229 
 1967 52 0 595 130 281 64 92 0 0 324 61 174 46 23 82 23 12 57 -240 
 1966 58 0 638 94 198 46 72 0 0 234 41 128 43 13 96 13 17 74 -161 
 Career 647 269 14635 2478 5162 1187 1753 0 0 6143 990 3523 1070 256 1332 256 161 1453 -2979 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 FBL NOP .528 1.20 11.1 16.4 21.7 6.3 19.5 13.1 15.3 191.3 6.4 -12.0 81.2 94.6  
 1973 FBL TOR .539 1.21 14.0 14.1 21.2 6.0 14.9 10.5 16.7 226.6 7.6 -3.3 89.2 92.2  
 1972 FBL TOR .516 1.18 14.3 13.7 19.3 5.8 13.8 9.9 13.8 133.2 4.4 -2.8 90.1 92.9  
 1971 FBL TOR .493 1.14 12.9 15.6 21.0 5.6 14.5 10.1 13.6 81.1 2.7 -3.2 83.8 90.6  
 1970 FBL TOR .507 1.17 12.9 15.7 20.7 6.3 13.9 10.0 13.9 66.1 2.2 -3.3 83.9 91.4  
 1969 FBL TOR .506 1.20 13.5 17.8 20.2 5.4 12.8 9.1 12.4 33.8 1.1 -5.2 82.5 97.3  
 1968 FBL TOR .526 1.26 12.4 16.3 21.0 5.5 13.5 9.5 14.4 53.8 1.8 -3.1 83.5 94.9  
 1967 FBL TOR .505 1.15 10.2 18.3 28.7 6.5 12.8 9.6 20.5 88.1 2.9 -4.6 75.1 89.1  
 1966 FBL TOR .509 1.18 11.7 26.0 21.4 5.8 11.7 8.9 11.2 -2.7 -0.1 -2.8 72.5 82.6  
 Career     .518 1.19 12.8 16.0 21.1 5.9 14.9 10.5 14.6 871.2 29.0 -4.6 84.2 92.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1967 FBL TOR 4 0 13.8 11.5 2.5 1.0 0.5 2.0 0.25 0.5 0.3 3.8 .500 .750 .000  
 1966 FBL TOR 6 0 3.2 1.7 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.25 0.0 0.0 0.5 .400 1.000 .000  
 Career     10 0 7.4 5.6 1.0 0.7 0.3 1.2 0.25 0.2 0.1 1.8 .477 .778 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1967 FBL TOR 4.3 8.5 .500 3.0 4.0 .750 3.0 4.5 .667 1.3 4.0 .313 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1966 FBL TOR 0.7 1.7 .400 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.3 1.0 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     2.1 4.4 .477 1.4 1.8 .778 1.4 2.2 .636 0.7 2.2 .318 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1967 4 0 55 17 34 12 16 0 0 46 10 14 2 2 8 2 1 15 -41 
 1966 6 0 19 4 10 2 2 0 0 10 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 8 
 Career 10 0 74 21 44 14 18 0 0 56 10 17 3 2 12 2 1 18 -33 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1967 FBL TOR .561 1.35 3.9 15.7 37.2 10.8 4.3 7.5 15.1 3.8 0.1 -10.3 76.4 95.8  
 1966 FBL TOR .455 1.00 6.3 25.0 33.0 0.0 25.0 9.4 5.0 -1.9 -0.1 1.3 100.0 89.7  
 Career     .538 1.27 4.5 17.9 36.1 8.8 6.6 7.8 12.5 1.9 0.1 -3.3 81.6 94.4  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1962 WIA 31 31 23.8 6.3 1.0 2.0 1.2 0.8 1.42 0.3 0.5 1.5 .432 .543 .000  
 1963 WIA 31 31 25.7 9.3 0.9 2.4 1.4 1.0 1.39 0.2 0.5 1.6 .473 .673 .000  
 1964 WIA 32 32 26.1 10.8 1.3 2.8 1.2 1.4 0.82 0.2 0.4 1.6 .482 .633 .000  
 1965 WIA 30 30 30.0 14.4 1.5 3.2 1.4 1.4 1.02 0.4 0.9 2.1 .479 .669 .000  
 Total   124 124 26.4 10.2 1.2 2.6 1.3 1.2 1.11 0.3 0.6 1.7 .471 .637 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1962 31 31 738 76 176 44 81 0 0 196 31 93 37 8 26 8 14 45 180 
 1963 31 31 797 107 226 74 110 0 0 288 29 104 43 6 31 6 17 51 226 
 1964 32 32 835 134 278 76 120 0 0 344 40 129 37 6 45 6 13 51 132 
 1965 30 30 900 171 357 89 133 0 0 431 46 142 42 12 41 12 27 62 286 
 Career 124 124 3270 488 1037 283 444 0 0 1259 146 468 159 32 143 32 71 209 824 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 38 8 21 8 3 3 9 16 22 10 10 0 0  
 Playoff 16 5 7 1 2 1 4 7 18 6 10 0 0  
 Career 42 9 21 8 4 3 10 18 27 10 14 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/15 ATL L 37 5 9 6 6 0 0 16 1 10 2 4 0 1 2 -27
 10/16 STL L 40 7 17 5 6 0 0 19 1 12 3 4 0 0 4 -12
 10/18 MIL L 41 5 13 6 6 0 0 16 6 10 3 3 1 0 4 -6
 10/20 LAC L 39 6 14 4 4 0 0 16 2 13 2 3 0 1 4 -11
 10/24 DET L 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 2 4 1 0 4 -23
 10/25 TOR W 39 13 20 4 8 0 0 30 3 9 6 4 1 0 5 3
 10/29 DET W 39 4 11 2 4 0 0 10 1 10 1 3 0 0 4 24
 10/31 DET W 37 9 16 6 6 0 0 24 3 14 3 4 1 0 2 8
 11/2 MIL L 44 6 14 0 2 0 0 12 1 13 1 5 0 0 5 -5
 11/3 NYK L 36 6 13 1 2 0 0 13 1 4 3 4 2 0 4 -33
 11/6 VAN L 17 1 5 4 6 0 0 6 1 4 0 5 1 0 4 -21
 11/7 CLE W 45 5 12 2 4 0 0 12 4 21 3 4 0 2 3 14
 11/9 NYK L 32 5 8 3 6 0 0 13 2 6 2 2 1 0 1 -20
 11/11 HOU L 38 8 21 0 0 0 0 16 4 13 3 2 0 1 1 -13
 11/12 MIN L 33 9 22 1 2 0 0 19 3 9 1 2 0 0 2 -15
 11/15 ATL W 34 8 12 3 10 0 0 19 2 13 2 4 0 0 3 27
 11/16 TOR L 34 8 14 1 2 0 0 17 1 10 0 4 0 0 4 -17
 11/20 CLE L 30 3 6 4 8 0 0 10 1 12 2 3 0 0 5 -37
 11/21 MIL W 36 11 15 6 10 0 0 28 3 11 3 3 0 0 3 24
 11/25 TOR L 41 9 17 1 2 0 0 19 3 13 0 4 2 0 3 -6
 11/26 ATL W 41 11 17 2 4 0 0 24 3 14 2 6 2 0 4 16
 11/28 NYK L 30 3 6 6 8 0 0 12 1 9 0 9 0 0 4 -21
 11/30 STL L 37 7 17 3 4 0 0 17 6 12 0 1 0 0 2 -28
 12/4 PHI W 40 4 13 2 8 0 0 10 8 17 2 4 0 0 3 -7
 12/5 TOR L 26 7 12 0 0 0 0 14 4 9 1 4 0 0 3 -21
 12/8 DET L 24 4 11 4 4 0 0 12 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 -27
 12/10 WAS L 31 1 9 0 0 0 0 2 3 16 1 6 0 0 5 -23
 12/12 DET L 29 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 -27
 12/14 CLE L 26 6 9 0 0 0 0 12 1 5 3 4 0 1 4 -26
 12/16 TOR L 15 3 5 2 4 0 0 8 3 6 1 2 0 0 4 -19
 12/17 TOR L 38 6 11 0 2 0 0 12 1 10 2 6 0 0 3 -20
 12/21 CHI L 39 2 10 3 4 0 0 7 4 15 0 2 1 1 3 -13
 12/22 TOR L 34 8 15 3 6 0 0 19 4 14 3 5 1 0 5 -6
 12/26 MIN L 32 5 14 1 2 0 0 11 6 14 2 4 0 0 3 -26
 12/27 CLE L 40 12 21 2 3 0 0 26 1 10 5 4 1 0 4 -13
 12/29 CLE L 11 5 11 0 0 0 0 10 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 -3
 12/30 CLE L 35 7 16 0 0 0 0 14 2 13 2 1 1 1 1 -24
 1/2 WAS L 31 2 4 3 4 0 0 7 1 12 2 2 0 0 2 -21
 1/3 HOU L 35 5 12 1 2 0 0 11 4 6 4 2 0 0 0 -24
 1/5 WAS W 44 5 12 3 4 0 0 13 4 14 4 5 1 0 5 1
 1/7 CHI L 21 1 9 1 2 0 0 3 1 7 1 3 0 0 4 0
 1/8 SEA W 41 5 10 6 6 0 0 16 3 9 1 4 0 1 1 16
 1/12 CHI L 29 7 15 5 6 0 0 19 4 9 1 2 1 0 2 -28
 1/13 CHI L 30 5 10 4 4 0 0 14 0 10 3 1 0 0 1 -19
 1/17 ATL W 40 16 19 6 8 0 0 38 4 16 4 3 2 1 2 15
 1/19 ATL L 34 10 17 2 2 0 0 22 4 8 4 1 0 1 1 -28
 1/21 DET L 32 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 0 4 1 0 5 1
 1/22 ATL L 39 13 16 0 0 0 0 26 3 13 8 5 0 0 5 0
 1/25 BOS W 30 6 9 6 6 0 0 18 4 9 4 0 0 2 0 36
 1/27 BOS L 35 4 8 4 4 0 0 12 3 10 5 4 0 1 4 -25
 1/29 CLE L 34 6 12 0 0 0 0 12 3 6 1 4 0 0 2 -9
 1/30 LAC L 33 4 10 2 2 0 0 10 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 -25
 2/2 WAS L 22 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 -27
 2/4 SEA L 28 3 8 1 2 0 0 7 2 5 1 3 0 0 1 -32
 2/5 VAN L 28 1 5 5 6 0 0 7 5 9 0 4 0 0 3 -24
 2/11 DET L 40 11 21 3 4 0 0 25 3 8 2 4 1 0 1 -5
 2/12 BOS L 26 6 10 5 8 0 0 17 2 10 1 6 1 0 3 -27
 2/15 BOS W 39 7 17 1 2 0 0 15 1 10 4 3 0 0 2 5
 2/17 PHI L 40 10 21 4 10 0 0 24 4 12 2 5 0 1 3 -19
 2/19 ATL L 39 5 8 0 0 0 0 10 1 9 3 2 0 1 5 -4
 2/22 STL L 37 11 15 1 2 0 0 23 1 16 0 6 0 0 3 -18
 2/23 NYK L 40 6 12 2 2 0 0 14 0 14 1 3 1 1 3 -16
 2/25 PHI L 31 9 13 2 2 0 0 20 1 6 2 1 0 1 4 -17
 2/26 SFM L 37 13 19 0 0 0 0 26 1 9 3 5 2 0 3 -14
 3/1 NYK L 39 4 9 4 4 0 0 12 2 12 3 3 1 1 2 -16
 3/2 WAS W 39 10 18 2 2 0 0 22 4 15 3 1 0 0 1 3
 3/6 WAS W 31 5 8 4 6 0 0 14 3 12 3 2 0 0 3 25
 3/7 TOR L 34 6 13 4 4 0 0 16 2 8 2 2 0 0 4 -29
 3/10 ATL L 34 3 7 2 2 0 0 8 0 9 2 1 1 1 2 -32
 3/12 BOS L 14 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 -13
 3/13 CHI L 39 8 16 2 2 0 0 18 2 16 5 6 0 2 1 -2
 3/17 CHI L 36 5 14 3 4 0 0 13 1 5 2 3 0 0 3 -19
 3/18 CLE L 33 4 10 4 6 0 0 12 1 7 1 4 1 0 4 -30
 3/22 LAC L 41 7 13 5 8 0 0 19 2 9 5 3 3 3 4 -4
 3/23 DET L 30 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 3 9 2 1 2 0 3 -9
 3/25 PHI W 27 7 13 3 4 0 0 17 3 10 4 2 0 0 4 -1
 3/26 BOS L 27 6 11 3 6 0 0 15 0 5 2 1 0 1 2 -35
 3/29 PHI L 32 1 7 2 4 0 0 4 2 8 4 3 1 0 2 -25
 3/31 BOS L 41 7 11 2 4 0 0 16 0 10 3 1 0 0 1 -18
 4/2 DET L 25 3 5 4 4 0 0 10 3 11 2 4 2 0 5 -4
 4/4 WAS L 40 6 14 2 4 0 0 14 3 15 3 5 1 1 3 -9
 4/7 PHI L 38 9 19 5 8 0 0 23 3 11 4 2 0 0 4 -20
 4/8 ATL L 23 5 9 1 2 0 0 11 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 -30
 4/10 CHI L 33 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 1 6 2 2 1 0 4 -11
 4/12 CHI L 40 9 15 6 10 0 0 24 4 14 1 4 1 1 2 -6
 4/14 NYK W 41 3 13 10 10 0 0 16 3 9 2 4 1 0 3 2
 4/16 NYK L 35 8 15 3 4 0 0 19 3 12 4 1 0 0 0 -20
 4/17 SFM L 31 4 11 4 4 0 0 12 3 8 0 1 1 0 3 -18

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 23
 1961 High School: Rated ***** and #13 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1962 Freshman All-Conference (Great Lakes Alliance)
 1965 2nd Team All-Conference (Great Lakes Alliance)
 1966 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1966 FBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1967 FBL Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/29/1966 Drafted by the Falcons with pick #10 of round 1.
 6/24/1974 Drafted by the Pirates with pick #4 of the 1974 expansion draft.

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