Zelmo Beaty

Zelmo Beaty Jr., "Big Z, Mr. Clean"
Born: October 25, 1939
Hillister, TX USA
Position: C
High School: Woodville
College: Prairie View A&M
Drafted: 1962, Round 1 Pick 3, #3 Overall
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 225
Career: 1962-63-1974-75
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Coaching Career

Zelmo Beaty averaged 17.1 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in his 889-game career with the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, St. Louis Hawks and Utah Stars. He began playing during the 1962-63 season and last took the court during the 1974-75 campaign. Beaty was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.

St. Louis Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

Utah Stars

Los Angeles Lakers

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1962-63	St. Louis Hawks	80	1918	677	297	0	0	307	220	0	0	665	85	0	0	0	312	814
1963-64	St. Louis Hawks	59	1922	647	287	0	0	270	200	0	0	633	79	0	0	0	262	774
1964-65	St. Louis Hawks	80	2916	1047	505	0	0	477	341	0	0	966	111	0	0	0	328	1351
1965-66	St. Louis Hawks	80	3072	1301	616	0	0	559	424	0	0	1086	125	0	0	0	344	1656
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	48	1661	694	328	0	0	260	197	0	0	515	60	0	0	0	189	853
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	82	3068	1310	639	0	0	573	455	0	0	959	174	0	0	0	295	1733
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	72	2578	1251	588	0	0	506	370	0	0	798	131	0	0	0	272	1546
1970-71	Utah Stars	76	2915	1192	661	4	2	531	420	407	783	1190	148	0	0	196	299	1744
1971-72	Utah Stars	84	3133	1353	729	7	0	630	522	355	755	1110	125	0	0	223	315	1980
1972-73	Utah Stars	82	2804	1002	521	1	0	381	306	261	540	801	125	0	79	197	269	1348
1973-74	Utah Stars	77	2476	796	417	1	0	244	194	170	445	615	128	62	64	110	229	1028
1974-75	Los Angeles Lakers	69	1213	310	136	0	0	135	108	93	234	327	74	45	29	0	130	380
Totals		889	29676	11580	5724	13	2	4873	3757	1286	2757	9665	1365	107	172	726	3244	15207

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1962-63	St. Louis Hawks	80	24.0	43.9		71.7	0.0	0.0	8.3	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	10.2
1963-64	St. Louis Hawks	59	32.6	44.4		74.1	0.0	0.0	10.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	13.1
1964-65	St. Louis Hawks	80	36.5	48.2		71.5	0.0	0.0	12.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	16.9
1965-66	St. Louis Hawks	80	38.4	47.3		75.8	0.0	0.0	13.6	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	20.7
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	48	34.6	47.3		75.8	0.0	0.0	10.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	17.8
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	82	37.4	48.8		79.4	0.0	0.0	11.7	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	21.1
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	72	35.8	47.0		73.1	0.0	0.0	11.1	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	21.5
1970-71	Utah Stars	76	38.4	55.5	50.0	79.1	5.4	10.3	15.7	1.9	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.9	22.9
1971-72	Utah Stars	84	37.3	53.9	0.0	82.9	4.2	9.0	13.2	1.5	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.8	23.6
1972-73	Utah Stars	82	34.2	52.0	0.0	80.3	3.2	6.6	9.8	1.5	0.0	1.0	2.4	3.3	16.4
1973-74	Utah Stars	77	32.2	52.4	0.0	79.5	2.2	5.8	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.0	13.4
1974-75	Los Angeles Lakers	69	17.6	43.9		80.0	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.0	1.9	5.5
Averages		889	33.4	49.4	15.4	77.1	1.4	3.1	10.9	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.8	3.6	17.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1962-63	St. Louis Hawks	11	307	97	43			36	27	0	0	84	11	0	0	0	47	113
1963-64	St. Louis Hawks	12	436	121	63			77	46	0	0	114	12	0	0	0	56	172
1964-65	St. Louis Hawks	4	154	59	29			25	19	0	0	55	1	0	0	0	19	77
1965-66	St. Louis Hawks	10	418	148	73			58	44	0	0	131	22	0	0	0	38	190
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	9	318	104	46			65	51	0	0	89	12	0	0	0	34	143
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	6	239	92	43			55	43	0	0	81	15	0	0	0	26	129
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	11	473	236	102			64	43	0	0	142	25	0	0	0	47	247
1970-71	Utah Stars	18	698	293	157			123	104	95	168	263	43	0	0	28	75	418
1971-72	Utah Stars	11	443	134	74			88	73	0	0	154	24	0	0	31	43	221
1972-73	Utah Stars	10	387	105	58			52	43	31	85	116	14	0	0	25	36	159
1973-74	Utah Stars	13	472	159	80			40	33	42	99	141	21	18	12	26	38	193
Totals		115	4345	1548	768	0	0	683	526	168	352	1370	200	18	12	110	459	2062

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1962-63	St. Louis Hawks	11	27.9	44.3	75.0	0.0	0.0	7.6	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	10.3
1963-64	St. Louis Hawks	12	36.3	52.1	59.7	0.0	0.0	9.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	14.3
1964-65	St. Louis Hawks	4	38.5	49.2	76.0	0.0	0.0	13.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	19.3
1965-66	St. Louis Hawks	10	41.8	49.3	75.9	0.0	0.0	13.1	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	19.0
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	9	35.3	44.2	78.5	0.0	0.0	9.9	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	15.9
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	6	39.8	46.7	78.2	0.0	0.0	13.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	21.5
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	11	43.0	43.2	67.2	0.0	0.0	12.9	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	22.5
1970-71	Utah Stars	18	38.8	53.6	84.6	5.3	9.3	14.6	2.4	0.0	0.0	1.6	4.2	23.2
1971-72	Utah Stars	11	40.3	55.2	83.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	20.1
1972-73	Utah Stars	10	38.7	55.2	82.7	3.1	8.5	11.6	1.4	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.6	15.9
1973-74	Utah Stars	13	36.3	50.3	82.5	3.2	7.6	10.8	1.6	1.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	14.8
Averages		889	37.8	49.6	77.0	1.5	3.1	11.9	1.7	0.2	0.1	1.0	4.0	17.9

Awards

1970 - ABA All-ABA Second Team tie
1970 - ABA Finals MVP
1971 - ABA All-ABA Second Team