Baltimore Pirates

Baltimore Golden Beavers

Team Season Records

Season 1: 11-51 (Out of Playoffs)

Season 2: 30-50 (Out of Playoffs)

Season 3: 40-40 #8 Seed

Season 4: 49-31 #6 Seed

Season 5: 31-49 (Out of Playoffs)

Season 6: 31-49 (Out of Playoffs)

Season 7: 24-56 (Out of Playoffs)

Season 8: 34-46 (Out of Playoffs)

Baltimore Pirates

Season 9: 43-37 #7 Seed

Team Playoff Records

Season 3: Loss to Brooklyn 3-0 in 1st Round

Season 4: Loss to Washington 3-1 in 1st Round

Baltimore Pirates

Season 9: Loss to Budapest 3-2 in 1st Round

Season Leaders

Season 1

Points per game: Mike Sewell (17)

Rebounds per game: Frank Osteen (6)

Assists per game: Stub Madison (9.9)

Season 2

Points per game: Joe Jones (23.2)

Rebounds per game: Bill Lopez (10.8)

Assists per game: Stub Madison (11.2)

Season 3

Points per game: Joe Jones (25.9)

Rebounds per game: George Lush (8.8)

Assists per game: Stub Madison (11.9)

Season 4

Points per game: Joe Jones (24.7)

Rebounds per game: Larry Chapman (8.7)

Assists per game: Stub Madison (11.6)

Season 5

Points per game: Larry Chapman (19.9)

Rebounds per game: Larry Chapman (8.6)

Assists per game: Ethan Hunt (6.8)

Season 6

Points per game: Joe Jones (21.3)

Rebounds per game: George Lush (7.7)

Assists per game: Stub Madison (9.3)

Season 7

Points per game: Joe Jones (18.4)

Rebounds per game: George Lush (7.5)

Assists per game: Stub Madison (8.7)

Season 8

Points per game: George Lush (19.6)

Rebounds per game: George Lush (6.6)

Assists per game: Anson Valente (10.8)

Baltimore Pirates

Season 9

Points per game: Johnny Tatum (19.1)

Rebounds per game: Zane Rivers (8.3)

Assists per game: Anson Valente (10.7)

In the Beginning

As one of the original franchises in the World Basketball Association the Baltimore Golden Beavers began their quest for glory as optimistically as any of the other twenty-two teams embarking to build a champion. However, as circumstances would have it the Baltimore franchise ended up with a precarious position in the inaugural draft drafting from the 15th spot. Without a guarantee to land a star, management immediately set out on a course to build for the future. Credited with pulling off the first trade in WBA history, Baltimore reached an agreement with New York sending their 15th pick Mike Begley to New York for the 20th pick Pete Benton and a pair of future second round draft picks. The rest of Baltimore's draft that was to shape the fortune of the team for years to come looked something like this:

2nd Round 30th Overall: Stub Madison

3rd Round 45th Overall: Mike Sewell

4th Round 60th Overall: Joe Clark

5th Round 85th Overall: George Grabowski

6th Round 100th Overall: Roger Mayer

7th Round 115th Overall: John Shannon

8th Round 130th Overall: Joe Miller

9th Round 160th Overall: Frank Osteen

10th Round 185th Overall: Jimmy Ortiz

11th Round 200th Overall: Barry McCormick

12th Round 215th Overall: Joe McCarthy

13th Round 230th Overall: Steve Walters

14th Round 245th Overall: Johnny Mitchell

Season 1

As the season commenced Mike Begley soon made Baltimore management regret trading him as he blossomed averaging close to 22 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks a game, eventually leading division rival New York to the playoffs. As the wins came few and far between management eventually decided to go the whole nine yards into a full on rebuilding mode. The team traded their 4th round pick Joe Clark to Roswell for Tom Robertson a 13th round pick and another future 2nd round. Although Clark had not panned out as planned, Robertson was not going to help any the hope laid in the overrated 2nd round pick. To further emphasize rebuilding the team dealt their supposed star Pete Benton and a 2nd round pick to Midland for a future first round pick. Management obviously felt these draft picks to be quite a commodity for the price that was being paid for them. Only time would tell if these investments in the future would pan out for the franchise.

Rebuilding is often a softer term given to the fact that the team is going to face a lot of losing and that is what Baltimore did in season one, a lot of losing. Their eleven wins were second only to Gabon's nine as worst in the league. One media report summarized the season for Baltimore, “they sucked they did end up battling for the worst record and were tied with Gabon until recently. They had the third worst offense and the second worst defense. But, 3 first round draft picks should help ease the pain.” Indeed, the only bright spot in season one was the play of second round pick Stub Madison as he garnered an all-spot after averaging close to 10 assists a game. The leading recipient of those assists was 3rd round pick Mike Sewell as he too earned an all-star spot leading the team in scoring at a 17 a game while contributing with rebounds and assists. Although wins were scarce the franchise and the city of Baltimore had a lot to look forward to as their all-stars developed but the ultimate hope lay in the draft picks that they had sacrificed so much to attain.

Season 2

The fate of Baltimore lay in the league's first rookie draft as they had four draft picks and three of those of the first round caliber. The first rookie draft proved abundant with talent as names like Wayne Taylor, Bill Yeager, and A.J. Shulz were taken. However, as luck would have it the cream of the draft was taken right before Baltimore could get a slice of it. Holding the number nine, ten, and fourteen picks the team ended up with Joe Jones, Bill Lopez and George Lush, missing out on such players as Horace Colbert, Scott Nicholson, Paul Wilson, Kelvin Davidson and passing up on Harry Jarvis.

The young blood brought newfound hope to the franchise as each of the picks showed promise with Joe Jones lighting it up as one of the league's leading scorers while Lopez gave the team its first consistent double digit rebounder. Lush provided solid play and coupled with Stub Madison and Mike Sewell the team almost tripled its win total of the previous season be racking up 30 wins but finished just outside the playoffs.

Although disappointment lingered the Baltimore loyal remained hopeful as reports credited the young age of the players as the reason for the struggles and maintained that the team would “mature into a great team over the next few years.”

Season 3

Drafts had not been kind to Baltimore, as it seemed that the superstar that would redefine the franchise was always slightly out of reach but this season's draft proved that even if within reach the right selection consistently eluded them. For the season three rookie draft the team ended up with the 11th overall pick and unfortunately for the team the 10th selection by Washington snatched hall of fame point guard Parker Mason off the boards. The team could have rebounded well with the selection of Heiko Van Brandt who was still on the boards but opted to select the mediocre Bob Delaney. To Baltimore's credit, even the team after them Varese passed on Van Brandt opting to take the forgotten Myron Faris.

Early in the season in a quest to reach the next level Baltimore put together a package that included Bill Lopez to acquire a true center in Winifred's Marty Williams who was good for 15 points and 10 rebounds a game. The move helped Baltimore tremendously but later in the season William's welcome wore out. In the 3rd time that season Williams was moved once again this time to Midland in exchange for unproven player Burt Rodriguez and two future 1st round picks. Right when the team was on the way to respectability a move for the future once again sacrificed the present.

Still the improved play of last years rookies Joe Jones and George Lush and the core of Stub Madison and Mike Sewell provided Baltimore with its best season finishing at an even 40-40 good enough for the 8th seed in the east. The core of the team looked strong, Jones ignited the scoring with 25 points a game while Sewell and Lush chipped in with a 19 and 17 points respectively while Madison enjoyed a career year with 11.9 assists. However, the team was still not ready to face the big boys as evidenced by Brooklyn's 3-0 sweep over Baltimore in the team's playoff debut.

Season 4

During the off-season the team faced the loss of Mike Sewell via free agency but as free agency takes it also gives as the team was able to sign double-double machine Larry Chapman a career 20 point and 10 rebound player. Besides the loss of Sewell the rest of the team remained intact and with Chapman signifying an improvement over Sewell the team was set to achieve its greatest season yet. Joe Jones now established as one of the leagues most proficient scorers averaged close to 25 points a game while new addition Larry Chapman chipped in 21 of his own while pulling down almost nine rebounds a game. Madison proving himself as one of the leagues most consistent performers once again had a great season by dishing out 11.6 assists a game.

Ultimately, the team improved by nine games over the previous season reaching the highest point in the franchise's history by recording a 49-31 record and attaining the number six seed in the east. Media reports were now showering praises on Baltimore's high octane offense that allowed them to average 105 points a game but what kept them from the top was their rebounding. This weakness was compounded in the playoffs when they squared off against the defensive minded Washington Monuments led by Boom Boom Casey. Although losing the series to Washington three games to one Baltimore managed to make break new ground by attaining their first playoff win in franchise history. The franchise was set on an upward swing but only time would tell if these seasonal improvements marked a continuing winning trend or this playoff win signified the peak of the franchise for years to come.

Season 5

#20 Baltimore John Kelly

Baltimore

Larry Chapman 8.6 reb 19.9 ppg 2.4 bpg

Ethan Hunt 6.8 apg 14.3 ppg 55.4 fg%

Baltimore 31 49

No play-offs

Season 5 trades

Baltimore gets:

Ethan Hunt, Jesus Dienes and VI's Season8-2nd Round Pick

Virgin Island gets:

Stub Madison, John Simmons, Billy Owens, Rochester's Season6-1st round pick,

and 1mil in season 6

Baltimore gets:

Sage Walker

Gabon gets:

Burt Rodriquez

Baltimore gets:

Mercer, Alfonso, E. Jones Montana season 6 2nd,

& London season 7 2nd

Chacarita gets:

Delaney & Baltimore Season 10 2nd

FA G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Don Beard 61 21 45.2 63.6 31.0 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.4

9.3

Lou Lee 76 11 38.0 77.6 0.0 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.5

3.6

Junior Palladin 51 7 40.9 46.7 0.0 1.7 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.4

2.9

Roger Starr 26 9 38.7 50.0 0.0 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.1

2.5

Eric Bonham 33 8 42.5 62.1 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.4

2.4

Extended contract of PF George Lush

A new wind blew into Baltimore, with it came a new Coach/Gm owner

Robby Arnold and new name the Sentinals Coach Arnold got to inherit a

playoff team but also had to

handle FA and an unholy cap problem.

With three players (Madison,Chapman and Delaney) combined salaries over 20+

million and fa George Lush and Joe Jones

GM Arnold had to make a decision.So he decided to have an fire sale by

letting Jones go and resigned Lush,

and then made the move that

still stands as one of the most inexprenced trades in league history traded

George Lush to Washington. This was

overturned by Commish Hicks who ruled that the was trade was unfair and

started the now infamous trade committee

to protect other rookiee GM's from making mistakes.

With Jones gone the Sentinals had no real offensive threats Chapman tried to

pick up the gap but the pressure

was showing on the old vetran who just didnt have enough help.

So Arnold did the next logical thing he started trading superstars to get

under the cap.

He traded away Stub Madison and Bob Delaney for scrubs picks and cap room.

Season 5 was an learning experince for the GM/Coach Arnold.

Rookie Season G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL PTS

John Kelly 80 21 39.3 82.9 30.5 2.9 2.8 2.1 0.4 1.5 0.4 6.9

Where are they now:

John Kelly Retired working as a physical therapist in Coral Springs Fl.

Season 6

Baltimore 31 49

No play-offs

Joe Jones 21.3 ppg

George Lush 7.7 reb

Stub Madison 9.8 apg

Draft

#11 Baltimore Bert Haug

#12 Baltimore Roy Hoyle

#38 Baltimore Bob Kaplan

#39 Baltimore Bob Price

Trades

Baltimore gets:

Ray Walters, Clark Wayne, Lance Armstrong & $1.29 million in season 6

Birmingham gets:

Roy Houle, Bob Price, & Baltimore's Season 11 2nd rounder

FA G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Craig King 79 17 51.8 86.5 47.2 3.0 1.5 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.9

6.5

Johnny Tatum 79 15 45.1 75.0 18.5 1.5 1.6 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.8

6.2

Gilbert Silvers 28 14 36.8 58.1 0.0 3.9 0.2 1.9 0.6 1.2 0.6

5.9

Damon Trout 62 16 40.9 98.5 22.1 1.3 2.4 0.9 0.0 0.8 0.7

5.2

Well you can say one thing about Coach Arnold he is consistent matching last

season of futility

with another season of futility.Still struggling to figure out the ins and

outs of the WBA and Fa

Coach Arnold made another rookie mistake in the draft but made some nice

picksin the 2nd round.

After his first draft where the Sentinals had two first round picks and two

second rd picks.

Coach Arnold went after old Sentinals Joe Jones and Stub Madison.Traded away

Larry Chapman and brought in defensive minded

PF/C Clarennce Collins.Lance Armstrong made Rookie All-Star team and game

MVP.

Rookies G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Lance Armstrong 71 22 34.2 80.7 27.3 5.2 2.8 1.9 0.1 1.9 1.0

9.4

Bert Haug 73 15 45.3 74.3 31.5 2.2 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.8 2.1

7.8

Clark Wayne 36 13 45.1 80.8 17.1 2.4 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.6 0.4

6.7

Bob Kaplan 45 12 35.3 85.6 14.9 0.5 2.4 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.3

4.6

Where are they now

Lance Armstrong FA

Bert Haug Rochester Blaze

Clark Wayne Retired boys basketball Coach at his high school

Bob Kaplan Retired working as Computer Graphics artist.

Season 7

Baltimore 24 56

No Play-offs

Joe Jones 18.4 ppg

George Lush 7.5 reb

Stub Madison 8.7 apg

Draft

#10 Baltimore Obibe King

#38 Baltimore Chuck Murphy

#48 Baltimore Oliver Doherty

No Trades

No FA

The third season for Coach Arnold was even worse

than previous two. The fans were calling for the head of

Coach/GM Arnold. The team was really showing its age and the

the draft picks weren't getting the job done. The bright

spot for this horrible season was the emergence of Clarence Colllins

who took over the C postio avg 6.9 reb and 12.9 pts

against some of the division Centers.King played like the rookie

he was projected to be.

Rookies seasons

G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Odibe King 80 32 40.8 69.0 36.4 5.6 2.7 2.0 0.4 0.1 1.1

13.0

Chuck Murphy 4 19 44.1 66.7 0.0 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.8

8.0

Oliver Doherty 68 11 37.3 72.2 22.7 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.7

6.5

Where are they now

Odibe King playing for Alaska

Chuck Murphy California Hellcats

Oliver Doherty backup for Montana

Season 8

Record 34 46

No play-offs

George Lush 19.6 ppg 6.6 reb

Anson Valente 10.8 apg 6.2 reb

Draft

#5 Baltimore Don Laine

#29 Baltimore Walter Callaway

#32 Baltimore Mike Ivey

Trades

Baltimore gets:

Anson Valente and Washington and Montana's S 9 second round picks

Nebraska gets:

Johnny Burns and $0.05 in season 8 and Baltimore S9 1st rd

G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Lance Armstrong 8 9 34.5 80.0 33.3 2.5 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.8 0.9

3.6

Steve Vernie 33 7 44.7 59.4 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5

3.4

Extended contract of PG Anson Valente

Extended contract of PF/C Clarence Collins

The Sentinals increased their win total by 10 games.

Coach Arnold attributed this to the trade for Anson Valente.

Moving John Tatum (who Baltimore aquired during fa)

to starting line-up and the improved play of

Odibe King and a better bench.

Rookie seasons

G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Don Laine 80 13 38.2 73.6 0.0 3.3 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.9

4.3

Walter Callaway 54 10 43.7 65.9 32.1 2.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4

3.9

Mike Ivey 46 9 41.3 90.3 31.5 2.1 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.0

3.2

Where are they now

Don Laine Resigned with Baltimore

Walter Callaway playing for Budapest

Season 9

Baltimore 43 37

Play-offs

Budapest beat Baltimore 3-2

Johnny Tatum 19.1 ppg

Zane Rivers 8.3 reb

Anson Valente 10.7 apg

Draft

#22 Baltimore Matt Archer

#36 Baltimore Bailey Wood

Trades

Baltimore gets:

pick #22

Texas gets:

Pick #41, #52nd and Baltimore's first round pick

in season 11

FA G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Zane Rivers 80 30 46.9 83.3 27.7 8.3 2.9 4.3 1.7 3.1 0.7

12.8

Ruben Schmidt 16 3 25.0 78.6 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3

1.3

Extended contract of SF/PF Mike Ivey

After several seasons as the Sentinals GM Rob Arnold

thought it was a time for a change so once again the

team went through another change. A new name the

Pirates and new colors purple and black.Also Stub Madison,

George Lush,and Joe Jones were let go for new stars to rise.

Johnny Tatum,Anson Valente,and Clarence Collins formed a new

exciting brand of Piratre ball which moved Baltimore to new

terrioty play-offs. Even though they lost in the 1st round. Coach

loved the new style of ball. Mike Ivey was the

new star on the horizon this season splitting time with

Odibe King.

Rookie seasons

G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Bailey Wood 78 10 37.2 82.9 36.6 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6

3.3

Matt Archer 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

0.0

Where are they now

Matt Archer playing for Miami

Bailey Wood FA

Season 10

Record 39 41

Play-offs

Baltimore beat Albacete 3-2

Round 2

Rochester beat Baltimore 4-2

Johnny Tatum 18.5 ppg

Don Laine 8.8 reb

Anson Valente 11.6 apg

Draft

#17 Baltimore Joe Herrera

Trades

Miami gets:

Matt Archer, Baltimore's Season 12 2nd, and Baltimore's season 13 1st

Baltimore gets:

Tobias Harrison and Carolina's Season 13 2nd Round pick

FA G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Johnny Burns 21 11 34.2 75.0 0.0 0.3 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.6

2.7

Lonnie Graham 78 15 41.7 67.9 0.0 2.3 1.4 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.2

6.7

Stub Madison 29 8 37.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.4

1.1

Extended contract C Don Laine

Now how do the Pirates repeat last year success? They dont they go in the

opposite

direction by losing 4 more games but still slip int the play-offs.

Where the team really picked up and shocked the league by making it into

the second round before losing to Rochester.Don Laine finally

showed why he was the 5th pick in season 8 by avg 18.2 ppg and 12.7 reb

and 1.7 blks in the play-offs.Coach Arnold is relly looking for next seaon

and hopes the Pirates will make it back to the play-offs and

continue to make the next steps in the play-offs.

Rookie Season G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB A PF BLK TO STL

PTS

Joe Herrera 32 5 36.4 90.0 42.9 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1

1.6

Where are they now

Joe Herrera Still with Baltimore.