Rod Bookman 
#10 PG | 6-1, 219lbs | Knights | Experience: 11 years
Born: 9/22/1929 (33) | College: Frankford State | South Amboy, NJ

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

 Contract
  1962  1963  1964  1965  1966  1967  1968  1969 
 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%  
 1962 FBL NYK 26 0 10.8 1.8 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.6 2.27 0.3 0.0 0.8 .356 .750 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 80 0 12.7 2.6 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.9 1.81 0.5 0.1 0.8 .311 .900 .000  
 1960 FBL NYK 76 4 14.6 3.5 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.0 2.08 0.8 0.1 0.8 .342 .727 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 74 73 40.1 11.4 1.2 4.8 5.5 3.3 1.69 1.4 0.3 2.6 .420 .778 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 72 72 41.0 11.0 1.3 5.8 5.6 3.3 1.68 1.5 0.3 2.8 .378 .720 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 68 68 41.2 13.9 1.3 5.2 5.8 3.5 1.66 1.5 0.4 2.5 .415 .794 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 69 69 39.8 13.8 1.1 5.0 6.1 3.1 1.96 1.3 0.3 3.0 .412 .762 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 65 65 39.1 13.2 1.2 4.6 5.1 3.5 1.45 1.6 0.1 2.8 .373 .844 .000  
 1954 FBL NYK 72 72 42.0 11.3 1.5 6.6 4.8 2.7 1.82 1.5 0.3 3.3 .276 .683 .000  
 1953 FBL NYK 72 72 39.9 13.1 1.6 6.5 8.2 4.4 1.85 2.3 0.3 3.3 .292 .719 .000  
 1952 FBL BAL 70 70 38.3 12.4 1.4 5.7 6.7 3.5 1.90 1.6 0.4 3.2 .311 .668 .000  
 1951 FBL BAL 59 59 40.8 11.4 1.5 5.9 7.4 4.3 1.70 1.2 0.3 3.1 .322 .728 .000  
 Career     803 624 34.1 10.2 1.1 4.6 5.1 2.9 1.76 1.3 0.3 2.5 .351 .732 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 0.8 2.3 .356 0.2 0.3 .750 0.5 0.6 .813 0.3 1.7 .186 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 1.1 3.5 .311 0.5 0.5 .900 0.5 0.7 .741 0.6 2.8 .198 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1960 FBL NYK 1.6 4.5 .342 0.4 0.6 .727 0.8 1.0 .759 0.8 3.5 .218 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 5.0 11.8 .420 1.4 1.8 .778 3.4 5.0 .677 1.6 6.8 .230 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 4.9 13.1 .378 1.2 1.6 .720 3.1 5.4 .576 1.8 7.7 .239 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 6.0 14.5 .415 1.9 2.4 .794 4.5 7.5 .604 1.5 7.0 .211 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 6.1 14.8 .412 1.7 2.2 .762 4.5 7.4 .609 1.6 7.3 .211 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 5.6 14.9 .373 2.1 2.5 .844 4.2 7.6 .545 1.4 7.2 .191 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1954 FBL NYK 4.2 15.4 .276 2.8 4.2 .683 3.4 8.0 .433 0.8 7.4 .107 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1953 FBL NYK 4.6 15.8 .292 3.8 5.3 .719 3.8 9.0 .416 0.9 6.8 .128 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1952 FBL BAL 4.4 14.2 .311 3.6 5.3 .668 3.4 7.3 .467 1.0 6.9 .147 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1951 FBL BAL 4.2 13.0 .322 3.1 4.2 .728 3.4 7.5 .448 0.8 5.5 .149 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.1 11.8 .351 1.9 2.7 .732 3.0 5.7 .529 1.1 6.1 .184 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 +/- 
 1962 26 0 281 21 59 6 8 0 0 48 15 38 34 7 15 7 1 20 -4 
 1961 80 0 1018 87 280 36 40 0 0 210 28 123 125 37 69 37 8 62 -4 
 1960 76 4 1110 118 345 32 44 0 0 268 37 156 156 58 75 58 10 64 -19 
 1959 74 73 2971 368 876 105 135 0 0 841 89 447 407 107 241 107 25 193 162 
 1958 72 72 2951 355 940 85 118 0 0 795 91 511 402 108 240 108 21 202 107 
 1957 68 68 2802 408 984 131 165 0 0 947 90 444 395 102 238 102 26 169 59 
 1956 69 69 2743 420 1020 115 151 0 0 955 76 419 418 92 213 92 21 205 61 
 1955 65 65 2540 361 968 135 160 0 0 857 75 373 333 103 230 103 9 183 -129 
 1954 72 72 3021 305 1107 205 300 0 0 815 107 582 349 105 192 105 24 241 -60 
 1953 72 72 2875 333 1140 277 385 0 0 943 114 581 588 168 317 168 24 237 275 
 1952 70 70 2682 309 994 249 373 0 0 867 96 493 466 110 245 110 26 223 -49 
 1951 59 59 2406 246 765 182 250 0 0 674 87 435 434 70 255 70 20 185 -173 
 Career 803 624 27400 3331 9478 1558 2129 0 0 8220 905 4602 4107 1067 2330 1067 215 1984 226 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1962 FBL NYK .381 0.81 30.4 13.4 12.6 5.0 8.6 6.7 10.8 -1.0 0.0 -0.2 78.3 79.5  
 1961 FBL NYK .352 0.75 25.4 14.0 16.3 2.8 9.5 6.1 10.1 -14.0 -0.5 -0.1 78.5 78.7  
 1960 FBL NYK .368 0.78 26.2 12.6 18.0 3.4 10.9 7.1 13.9 48.0 1.6 -0.3 76.6 77.6  
 1959 FBL NYK .449 0.96 25.7 15.2 17.7 3.2 12.2 7.8 14.9 195.0 6.5 2.2 82.8 80.0  
 1958 FBL NYK .401 0.85 24.6 14.7 18.4 3.2 13.9 8.8 13.2 118.8 4.0 1.5 82.5 80.5  
 1957 FBL NYK .448 0.96 23.4 14.1 20.1 3.5 12.7 8.2 16.8 262.4 8.7 0.9 83.1 81.9  
 1956 FBL NYK .440 0.94 24.3 12.4 21.2 2.9 12.7 7.9 17.7 293.1 9.8 0.9 83.8 82.0  
 1955 FBL NYK .412 0.89 20.8 14.4 22.1 3.0 12.1 7.5 15.6 192.6 6.4 -2.0 77.7 79.6  
 1954 FBL NYK .329 0.74 19.6 10.8 20.7 3.1 13.3 8.3 16.9 289.2 9.6 -0.8 68.0 68.7  
 1953 FBL NYK .361 0.83 26.6 14.3 25.2 2.9 11.7 7.3 18.7 329.0 11.0 3.8 74.4 69.9  
 1952 FBL BAL .375 0.87 24.9 13.1 22.8 2.7 11.3 7.0 16.7 227.7 7.6 -0.7 72.9 73.4  
 1951 FBL BAL .385 0.88 27.7 16.3 21.0 2.8 10.6 6.8 14.9 140.1 4.7 -2.9 71.8 74.8  
 Career     .395 0.87 24.4 13.8 20.6 3.0 12.1 7.6 15.8 2081.0 69.4 0.3 77.4 76.7  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 10 0 15.1 2.5 0.4 1.3 2.2 0.4 5.50 0.5 0.1 0.7 .273 .250 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 6 6 37.2 14.3 1.5 4.8 5.3 4.3 1.23 1.8 0.2 2.0 .481 .714 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 5 5 38.4 9.2 1.4 6.2 4.2 2.2 1.91 2.0 0.4 3.2 .349 .500 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 12 12 41.3 11.3 1.9 6.8 6.3 3.3 1.92 1.7 0.3 2.9 .344 .920 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 3 3 41.7 11.3 0.7 5.3 8.0 2.7 3.00 1.3 0.0 3.7 .295 .667 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 5 5 40.6 14.6 0.8 3.4 4.0 2.6 1.54 1.2 0.4 3.6 .364 .750 .000  
 1953 FBL NYK 12 12 40.6 17.3 1.6 8.6 7.9 5.3 1.48 2.4 0.4 2.8 .367 .692 .000  
 Career     54 43 34.8 11.2 1.3 5.4 5.4 3.1 1.75 1.6 0.3 2.5 .362 .721 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 1.2 4.4 .273 0.1 0.4 .250 0.7 1.1 .636 0.5 3.3 .152 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 6.3 13.2 .481 1.7 2.3 .714 4.7 6.5 .718 1.7 6.7 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 4.4 12.6 .349 0.4 0.8 .500 3.0 4.6 .652 1.4 8.0 .175 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 4.7 13.6 .344 1.9 2.1 .920 3.8 6.6 .582 0.8 7.0 .119 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 4.3 14.7 .295 2.7 4.0 .667 3.7 8.3 .440 0.7 6.3 .105 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 6.4 17.6 .364 1.8 2.4 .750 4.4 7.8 .564 2.0 9.8 .204 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1953 FBL NYK 6.8 18.4 .367 3.8 5.4 .692 5.4 11.4 .474 1.3 7.0 .190 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.7 13.0 .362 1.8 2.5 .721 3.6 6.5 .550 1.1 6.5 .172 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 +/- 
 1962 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1961 10 0 151 12 44 1 4 0 0 25 4 17 22 5 4 5 1 7 14 
 1959 6 6 223 38 79 10 14 0 0 86 9 38 32 11 26 11 1 12 -19 
 1958 5 5 192 22 63 2 4 0 0 46 7 38 21 10 11 10 2 16
 1957 12 12 495 56 163 23 25 0 0 135 23 104 75 20 39 20 3 35 128 
 1956 3 3 125 13 44 8 12 0 0 34 2 18 24 4 8 4 0 11 -31 
 1955 5 5 203 32 88 9 12 0 0 73 4 21 20 6 13 6 2 18 -14 
 1953 12 12 487 81 221 45 65 0 0 207 19 122 95 29 64 29 5 34 19 
 Career 54 43 1877 254 702 98 136 0 0 606 68 358 289 85 165 85 14 133 98 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1962 FBL NYK .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 12.6 - - - 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0  
 1961 FBL NYK .261 0.57 30.6 5.6 15.6 2.8 9.8 6.2 7.9 -7.1 -0.2 1.4 83.4 79.4  
 1959 FBL NYK .506 1.09 22.4 18.2 21.7 4.1 13.7 8.9 16.1 18.7 0.6 -3.2 79.0 82.6  
 1958 FBL NYK .354 0.73 21.6 11.3 17.8 4.3 15.0 10.3 9.6 -2.6 -0.1 0.2 89.9 88.7  
 1957 FBL NYK .391 0.83 26.0 13.5 19.1 4.9 16.8 10.9 11.2 5.2 0.2 10.7 93.4 80.8  
 1956 FBL NYK .347 0.77 29.6 9.9 20.5 1.7 15.8 8.1 10.4 -0.2 0.0 -10.3 78.3 89.5  
 1955 FBL NYK .387 0.83 15.9 10.3 22.9 2.0 8.4 5.3 9.6 -2.4 -0.1 -2.8 77.7 80.9  
 1953 FBL NYK .416 0.94 23.2 15.6 28.5 3.0 15.8 9.5 18.5 54.1 1.8 1.6 70.6 68.4  
 Career     .398 0.86 23.8 13.6 21.9 3.5 14.6 9.1 13.0 65.5 2.2 1.8 81.6 78.7  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1951 - 33 0 28.7 18.4 1.1 5.2 9.3 1.3 7.33 2.5 0.5 2.0 .411 .759 .321  
 Total   33 0 28.7 18.4 1.1 5.2 9.3 1.3 7.33 2.5 0.5 2.0 .411 .759 .321  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1951 33 0 948 246 599 60 79 54 168 606 36 208 308 83 42 83 15 67
 Career 33 0 948 246 599 60 79 54 168 606 36 208 308 83 42 83 15 67

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 6 3 7 4 1 1 3 3 7 4 4 0 0  
 Playoff 29 5 18 15 6 2 16 12 25 9 12 0 0  
 Career 30 5 18 16 6 5 16 14 30 13 14 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 11/23 PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 12/4 PHI L 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 6
 12/6 STL W 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 14
 12/8 BOS W 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -6
 12/9 PHI L 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -3
 12/11 BOS L 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
 12/13 PHI L 14 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 -3
 12/14 WAS L 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 -14
 12/16 PHI W 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 -3
 12/18 BOS W 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3
 12/23 BOS L 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
 12/28 BOS L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1/4 WAS W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
 1/8 WAS W 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
 1/9 TOR L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 1/13 WAS W 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 16
 1/15 BOS W 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 2
 1/17 BOS W 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -4
 1/19 PHI L 9 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 -4
 1/21 PHI W 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
 1/23 PHI L 9 0 1 4 4 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 -3
 1/24 WAS W 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
 1/27 PHI L 20 2 7 1 2 0 0 5 3 7 1 2 1 1 3 -18
 1/29 BOS W 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 2 -1
 1/30 PHI L 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 -1
 3/17 BOS L 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 4/20 PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 51
 Total Player of the Week: 9
 Total Player of the Month: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 8
 Total All-League First Team: 1
 Total All-League Third Team: 4
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 Total Championships: 2
 1951 FBL All-League Third Team
 1951 FBL All-Rookie First Team
 1952 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1952 FBL All-Star
 1952 FBL All-League Third Team
 1953 FBL All-Star
 1953 FBL All-League First Team
 1953 FBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1953 Federal Basketball League Champion
 1954 FBL All-Star
 1955 FBL All-Star
 1956 FBL All-Star
 1956 FBL All-League Third Team
 1957 FBL All-Star
 1957 FBL All-League Third Team
 1957 Federal Basketball League Champion
 1958 FBL All-Star
 1959 FBL All-Star

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/27/1951 Drafted by the Barons with pick #1 of round 1.
 6/22/1953 Exposed to dispersal draft. (Barons)
 6/28/1953 Drafted by the Knights in the dispersal draft. (Barons)


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