STATISTICS & HISTORY
George Ratkovicz was basketball star at Lindboom High School in Chicago. Ratkovicz began playing professional basketball at age 19, directly out of high school. After one year with his hometown Chicago Bruins, he served in the army for four years during World War II. After the war, Ratkovicz played another ten seasons pf professional basketball. The most productive years of his career were the three seasons he spent with the Syracuse Nationals, who twice finished first in the Eastern Division of the National Basketball Association.
| GEORGE RATKOVICZ | Height: | 6:07 | Weight: | 225 | College: | None | |||||
| George Ratkovicz Jr. | Born: Nov 13, 1922 | Died: Nov 10, 2007 | Hometown: | Chicago, Ill. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Chicago Bruins | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Chicago | NBL | 13 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 2.5 | ||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Chicago Gears | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Chicago | NBL | 33 | 80 | 66 | 113 | .584 | 226 | 6.8 | ||
| 1946-47 | Chicago | NBL | 37 | 43 | 26 | 58 | .448 | 112 | 3.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Grand Rapids | PBLA | 6 | 35 | 18 | 25 | .720 | 88 | 14.7 | ||
| 1947-48 | Rochester | NBL | 53 | 79 | 76 | 119 | .639 | 234 | 4.4 | ||
| 1948-49 | Tri-Cities | NBL | 64 | 109 | 106 | 175 | .606 | 324 | 5.1 | ||
| 1949-50 | Syracuse | NBA | 62 | 162 | 211 | 348 | .606 | 535 | 8.6 | ||
| 1950-51 | Syracuse | NBA | 66 | 264 | 321 | 429 | .748 | 849 | 12.9 | ||
| 1951-52 | Syracuse | NBA | 66 | 165 | 163 | 242 | .674 | 493 | 7.5 | ||
| 1952-53 | Baltimore–Milwaukee | NBA | 71 | 208 | 262 | 373 | .702 | 217 | 678 | 9.5 | |
| 1953-54 | Milwaukee | NBA | 69 | 197 | 176 | 273 | .645 | 154 | 570 | 8.3 | |
| 1954-55 | Milwaukee | NBA | 10 | 7 | 11 | 25 | .440 | 13 | 25 | 2.5 | |
| 1954-55 | Wilkes-Barre | EBL | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5.5 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 550 | 1358 | 1450 | 4166 | 7.6 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1944-45 | Chicago | WBT | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 23 | 5.8 | ||
| 1945-46 | Chicago | WBT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| 1946-47 | Chicago | NBL | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 20 | 2.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Rochester | NBL | 11 | 22 | 16 | 28 | .571 | 60 | 5.5 | ||
| 1948-49 | Tri-Cities | NBL | 6 | 11 | 16 | 22 | .727 | 38 | 6.3 | ||
| 1949-50 | Syracuse | NBA | 11 | 47 | 50 | 73 | .685 | 144 | 13.1 | ||
| 1950-51 | Syracuse | NBA | 7 | 28 | 41 | 55 | .745 | 21 | 97 | 13.9 | |
| 1951-52 | Syracuse | NBA | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | .400 | 14 | 18 | 3.0 | |
| Major League Totals | 58 | 128 | 147 | 217 | .677 | 403 | 6.9 | ||||