Gene James
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Gene James
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|2|15}}
| birth_place = Ironton, Ohio
| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|7|6|1925|2|15}}
| death_place = Sarasota, Florida
| nationality = American
| high_school = Stonewall Jackson
(Charleston, West Virginia)
| college = {{nowrap|Marshall (1942–1943, 1946–1948)}}
| draft_year = 1948
| draft_league = BAA
| career_start = 1949
| career_end = 1951
| career_number = 14, 5
| career_position = Forward
| years1 = 1949–{{nbay|1950|start}}
| team1 = New York Knicks
| years2 = {{nbay|1950|full=y}}
| team2 = Baltimore Bullets
| highlights =
- NAIA champion (1947)
- AP honorable mention All-American (1948)
| bbr = jamesge01
}}
Harold Gene James (February 15, 1925 – July 6, 1997) was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesge01.html | title=Gene James NBA stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | accessdate=September 10, 2014}} He played for the New York Knicks and Baltimore Bullets between 1948 and 1951 while averaging 3.4 points per game for his career.
BAA/NBA career statistics
| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 90%; white-space: nowrap;" |
| colspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid #aaa;"| Legend |
|---|
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| GP
| Games played | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| FG% | style="padding-right: 8px" | Field-goal percentage |
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| FT%
| Free-throw percentage | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| RPG | Rebounds per game |
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| APG
| Assists per game | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| PPG | Points per game |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" | |||||
| Year
! Team ! GP ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"| 1948–49
| style="text-align:left;"| New York | 11 | .375 | .500 | – | .5 | 3.8 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1949}}
| style="text-align:left;"| New York | 29 | .297 | .452 | – | .7 | 1.8 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1950}}
| style="text-align:left;"| New York | 6 | .333 | .500 | .7 | .7 | .5 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1950}}
| style="text-align:left;"| Baltimore | 42 | .336 | .623 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 88 | .334 | .561 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" | |||||
| Year
! Team ! GP ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"| 1949
| style="text-align:left;"| New York | 3 | .000 | .500 | – | .7 | .7 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1949|end}}
| style="text-align:left;"| New York | 1 | .333 | .000 | – | .0 | 2.0 |
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 4 | .111 | .500 | – | .5 | 1.0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{basketballstats|bbr=j/jamesge01}}
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Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players
Category:Basketball players from Ohio
Category:Basketball players from West Virginia
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball players
Category:New York Knicks players
Category:People from Ironton, Ohio
Category:Sportspeople from Charleston, West Virginia
Category:Undrafted NBA players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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