STATISTICS & HISTORY
| FRANK GATES | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 165 | College: | Sam Houston St.’41 | |||||
| Benjamin Franklin Gates | Born: Apr 12, 1920 | Died: Jul 26, 1978 | Hometown: | Houston, Tx. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Sam Houston State (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Sam Houston State | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Sam Houston State | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Sam Houston State | College | |||||||||
| 1941-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Anderson–Fort Wayne | NBL | 32 | 68 | 30 | 52 | .577 | 166 | 5.2 | ||
| 1947-48 | Houston | PBLA | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 14 | 7.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Anderson | NBL | 64 | 150 | 78 | 123 | .634 | 378 | 5.9 | ||
| 1949-50 | Anderson | NBA | 64 | 113 | 61 | 98 | .622 | 91 | 287 | 4.5 | |
| 1950-51 | Anderson | NPBL | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 27 | 3.4 | ||
| Major League Totals | 170 | 346 | 180 | 292 | .616 | 872 | 5.1 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 7 | 10 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 29 | 4.1 | ||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | WBT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 1.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Anderson | NBL | 7 | 13 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 31 | 4.4 | ||
| 1949-50 | Anderson | NBA | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 9 | 25 | 3.6 | |
| Major League Totals | 23 | 33 | 21 | 40 | .525 | 87 | 3.8 | ||||