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Gene Vance
Gene Vance stats, teams and career impact
#1022 all-timeCareer averages · 4.5 PPG · 3.0 RPG · 1.8 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Guard / Forward
- Final NBA team
- Milwaukee Hawks
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) · 195 lb (88 kg)
- Born
- February 25, 1923
- Died
- February 16, 2012 (88 yrs old)
- College
- Illinois
- NBA career
- 1947–48 to 1951–52
Career summaryGene Vance was a guard / forward whose NBA career ran from 1947–48 through 1951–52. hussEyquation season data begins in 1950–51.
- Career PPG
- 4.5
- Career RPG
- 3.0
- Career APG
- 1.8
- #68 in 1950–51
- #1022 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
How Gene Vance ranks in the available record
Gene Vance's covered seasons produce an all-time rank of #1022. hussEyquation's season record begins in 1950–51, so this is not a complete-career verdict.
450+ minutes required per season
36 games · Coverage begins in 1950–51
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Milwaukee Hawks
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 37.9%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 69.1%FT%
36 career games · 628 minutes
Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.
Traditional box score
Gene Vance stats by season
Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.
Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951–52 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | -6.79 | MLH | 7 | 0 | 16.9 | 26.9% | — | 64.3% | — | -10.7 |
| 1950–51 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 2.0 | -1.30 | TRI | 29 | 0 | 17.6 | 40.4% | — | 70.1% | #68 | 7.7 |
| Career | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1.8 | — | MLH/TRI | 36 | — | 17.4 | 37.9% | — | 69.1% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
- Impact Rate
- A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
- Impact estimate
- The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
- Impact Rate rank
- The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
- Value contribution / Season Value
- Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
- Career Impact Rank
- An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.
96.6 composite · lower is better
98.4 average league finish
-3 total value
- Impact Rate
- 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.
Career standing
How Gene Vance ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
Career Composite Score96.6
Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.
- Best 3 effective weight
- 74%
- Missing-season finish
- 106.0
- Qualified seasons
- 1
- All-time rank
- #1022
Strongest seasons
Every season
Gene Vance advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
Career movement
Gene Vance's box impact by season
Peak box impact -1.30 points per 100 possessions in 1950–51 · 2 seasons · 628 minutes
Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.
Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutesModeled estimate
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 2 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 2 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Gene VanceHawkeye Whitney
| NBA season | Gene Vance | Hawkeye Whitney |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -1.3 | -0.3 |
| 2 | -6.8 | -5.4 |
NBA season number · first 2 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Gene Vance
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 2 seasons and 2,352 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
SG · All-Time Career #2003
Hawkeye Whitney
94.3start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: differentRole: not available
Limited evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1950–51 ↔ 1980–81PG · All-Time Career #2895Mike James
93.7start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: not available
Limited evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1950–51 ↔ 2017–18SG · All-Time Career #2644Orlando Johnson
91.4start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: very closeAge: differentRole: not available
Limited evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1950–51 ↔ 2012–13Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →