Billy Ray Bates

Height: 6-4
Position: Guard
Date of Birth: May 31, 1956
Hometown: Kosciusko, Mississippi College Statistics

                            FIELD GOALS  FREE THROWS
Year    College         GP FGM  FGA PCT. FTM FTA PCT. REB  PF  PTS AVG.
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1974-75 Kentucky State  26  91  194 .469  20  34 .588 100  42  202  7.8
1975-76 Kentucky State  27 132  220 .600  23  31 .742 169  60  287 10.6
1976-77 Kentucky State  30 283  515 .550 121 156 .776 314  77  687 22.9
1977-78 Kentucky State  24 217  361 .601 113 138 .819 196  56  547 22.8
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Totals:                107 723 1290 .560 277 359 .772 779 235 1723 16.1

PBA Statistics

                                   2pt. FG       3pt. FG    FREE THROWS    REBOUNDS
Year Team               GP MINS  FGM  FGA PCT. FGM FGA PCT. FTM FTA PCT. OFF DEF  TOT AST STL BLK  PTS AVG. HI
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1983 Crispa Redmanizers 49 2262  703 1089 .645 104 251 .414 325 384 .846 117 418  535 301  78  54 2043 41.7 64
1986 Ginebra San Miguel 22 1043  316  519 .609  94 244 .385 178 216 .824  62 234  296 121  30  19 1092 49.6 69
1987 Ginebra San Miguel 23 1070  394  608 .648  92 238 .396 199 231 .861  93 251  344 120  15  20 1263 54.9 71
1988 Anejo Rum 65        4  180   41   84 .488   7  26 .269  22  26 .846  17  26   43  16   2   1  125 31.2 40
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Totals (4 seasons):     98 4555 1454 2300 .632 297 759 .391 724 929 .845 289 929 1218 558 125  94 4523 46.2

PBA Highlights and Awards:
-Best Import of the 1983 Reinforced Filipino Conference and 1983 Open Conference

NBA Statistics
Regular Season

                                            FIELD GOALS    3pt. FG    FREE THROWS    REBOUNDS
Year    Team                    GP GS MINS FGM  FGA PCT. FGM FGA PCT. FTM FTA PCT. OFF DEF TOT AST STL BLK  PF  TO  PTS AVG.
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1979-80 Portland Trail Blazers  16  0  235  72  146 .493   8  19 .421  28  39 .718  13  16  29  31  14   2  26  20  180 11.3
1980-81 Portland Trail Blazers  77  4 1560 439  902 .487  14  54 .259 170 199 .854  71  86 157 196  82   6 120 149 1062 13.8
1981-82 Portland Trail Blazers  75  0 1229 327  692 .473  12  41 .293 166 211 .787  53  55 108 111  41   5 100  93  832 11.1
1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers       4  0   27   2   16 .125   0   0   -    1   2 .500   1   0   1   0   1   0   1   0    5  1.3
1982-83 Washington Bullets      15  0  277  53  129 .411   2   5 .400  10  20 .500  10   8  18  14  13   3  18  12  118  7.9
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Totals (4 Seasons):            187  4 3328 893 1885 .474  36 119 .303 375 471 .796 148 165 313 352 151  16 265 274 2197 11.7

Playoffs

                                       FIELD GOALS    3pt. FG     FREE THROWS    REBOUNDS
Year    Team                   GP MINS FGM FGA PCT. FGM FGA  PCT. FTM FTA PCT. OFF DEF TOT AST STL BLK PF TO PTS AVG.
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1979-80 Portland Trail Blazers  3  104  31  59 .525   2   7  .286  11  14 .786   2   8  10  12   5   1 13 15  75 25.0
1980-81 Portland Trail Blazers  3  115  35  62 .565   1   1 1.000  14  17 .824   3   4   7  13   5   1 11 11  85 28.3
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Totals:                         6  219  66 121 .545   3   8  .375  25  31 .806   5  12  17  25  10   2 24 26 160 26.7

PBA Highlights:
Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the Third Round (47th overall) during the 1978 NBA Draft

Continental Basketball Association CBA Statistics
Regular Season

                                      FIELD GOALS    3pt. FG    FREE THROWS
Year    Team                GP MINS  FGM  FGA PCT. FGM FGA PCT. FTM FTA PCT. REB AST STL BLK  PF  PTS AVG.
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1978-79 Maine Lumberjacks   46 1968  546 1042 .524   1   8 .125 170 222 .766 336 217 125  22 161 1263 27.5
1979-80 Maine Lumberjacks   36 1529  401  747 .537   9  21 .429 164 198 .828 271 200  92  23 123  975 27.1
1983-84 Ohio Mixers         23  591  140  248 .565  11  27 .407  60  69 .870  74  64  32   9  58  351 15.3
1986-87 Charleston Gunners  25  482   90  177 .508  21  54 .389  27  36 .750  29  49  34   8  35  228  9.1
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Totals (4 Seasons):        130 4570 1177 2214 .523  42 110 .382 421 525 .802 710 530 283  62 377 2817 21.7

Playoffs

                                   FIELD GOALS    3pt. FG      FREE THROWS
Year    Team               GP MINS FGM FGA PCT. FGM FGA  PCT. FTM FTA  PCT. REB AST STL BLK PF PTS AVG.
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1983-84 Ohio Mixers         5  143  41  67 .612   3   7  .429   7   9  .778  18   5   7   2 16  92 18.4
1989-90 Pensacola Tornados  1   11   2   7 .286   1   1 1.000   2   2 1.000   1   0   0   0  1   7  7.0
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Totals:                     6  154  43  74 .581   4   8  .500   9  11  .818  19   5   7   2 17  99 16.5

All-Star Game

     FIELD GOALS    3pt. FG     FREE THROWS
Year FGM FGA PCT. FGM FGA PCT. FTM FTA  PCT. REB AST STL BLK PF PTS
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1979   9  18 .500   0   0   -    4   4 1.000   4   6   5   1  3  22

CBA Highlights and Awards:
-Rookie of the Year in 1978-89
-First Team in 1979-80
-Second Team in 1978-79

Continental Basketball Association CBA Head Coaching Record
Regular Season

Year    Team              GP Won Lost PCT.
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1979-80 Maine Lumberjacks 12   5    7 .417

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