San Jose Jammers

History

The San Jose Jammers, a short-lived minor league basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) played two seasons in San José, from 1989 to 1992. The Jammers were part of a brief California expansion effort by the CBA, which served as the Official Developmental League of the NBA at the time. Unfortunately, the Jammers, along with their expansion partner, the Santa Barbara Islanders, faced financial challenges and folded within two years of their formation.

Owned by California State Assemblyman Dominic Cortese, the Jammers played two seasons in San José before relocating to Bakersfield. However, the franchise met a premature end when Cortese declared bankruptcy just 23 games into the 1991-92 CBA season. Notably, the team’s roster included Pearl Washington, the former Syracuse star and #1 draft pick of the New Jersey Nets in 1986. Washington, who struggled in the NBA, joined the Jammers in 1989.

The Jammers played at San Jose State Event Center Arena.

1989-90 Season

During the 89-90 season the Jammers finished 23-33 behind coach Corey Russell, team scoring leader Richard Morton (1203 points) and Butch Hays’ 665 total rebounds. The team finished third (of four) in the West Division.

1989-1990 Roster

Name	Pos	Hgt	Wgt	School
Freddie Banks	G	6’2	155	UNLV
Scooter Barry	G	6’3	185	Kansas
Perry Bellaire	G	6’4	195	Redlands
David Boone	F	6’6	215	Marquette
Jervis Cole	F	6’6	220	Fresno St
Chip Engelland	G	6’3	180	Duke
Scott Fisher	F	6’7	235	UC Santa Barbabara
Rod Foster	G	6’1	160	UCLA
Ben Gillery	C	7’0	235	Georgetown
Butch Hays	G	6’4	175	Cal
Bryan Kirkland	F	6’8	225	West Texas State
Richard Morton	G	6’4	190	Cal State Fullerton
Leonard Taylor	F	6’2	195	Cal
Pearl Washington	G	6’2	195	Syracuse
Dan Williams	F	6’9	230	George Washington

1989-1990 Stats

Stats courtesy statscrew.com/

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Richard Morton	G	51	931	461	29	11	343	270	274	160	98	11	145	1203
David Boone	F	49	696	341	4	0	126	96	665	79	48	13	145	778
Butch Hays	G	56	560	303	32	6	196	153	214	268	83	7	166	765
Ben Gillery	C	51	413	217	1	0	160	84	282	16	20	66	171	518
Freddie Banks	G	32	491	204	44	6	115	92	117	147	75	5	77	506
Scooter Barry	G	42	340	180	13	5	82	67	97	131	56	7	111	432
Scott Fisher	F	17	300	149	9	2	83	68	161	42	18	2	56	368
Leonard Taylor	F	35	267	131	10	3	99	82	22	35	19	5	116	347
Rod Foster	G	18	160	73	3	1	41	30	20	82	21	1	64	177
Bryan Kirkland	F	9	50	27	0	0	10	6	23	13	4	2	20	60
Perry Bellaire	G	4	13	8	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	4	16
Dan Williams	F	6	13	4	0	0	6	5	22	5	7	2	16	13
Totals		370	4234	2098	148	34	1261	953	1898	981	451	121	1091	5183

1990-91 Season

The Jammers went 21-35 during their second and final season in San Jose. Richard Morton led the Jammers with 1,080 points, Jervis Cole led in blocks (51) and total rebounds (393). The team again finished third (of four) in the West Division.

1990-1991 Roster

Name	Pos	Hgt	Wgt	School
Richard Morton	G	6’4	190	Cal State Fullerton
Jervis Cole	F	6’6	220	Fresno St
Kenny Travis	G	6’2	180	New Mexico St
Mike Yoest	F	6’7	205	Loyola Marymount
Mark Tillmon	G	6’2	185	Georgetown
Kennt McClary	F	6’8	245	Florida
Freddie Banks	G	6’2	155	UNLV
Kelby Stuckey	F	6’7	220	SW Missouri St
Scooter Barry	G	6’3	185	Kansas
Steve Key	G	6’4	175	Boston
Greg Butler	C	6’11	240	Stanford
Larry Anderson	G	6’7	210	UNLV
Ben McDonald	F	6’8	230	UC Irvine
Jerome Henderson	C	6’11	220	New Mexico
Marchell Henry	F	6’5	210	East Carolina
Darren Tillis	C	6’11	240	Cleveland St
John Tresvant	F	6’8	200	San Francisco
Jay Burson	G	6’0	160	Ohio State
Ed Catchings	F	6’9	220	UNLV
Pearl Washington	G	6’2	195	Syracuse
Ray Foster	F	6’10	240	West Virginia
Joe Wallace	F	6’8	220	Washington St
Jon Taylor	C	6’10	250	Arizona St
Steffond Johnson	F	6’8	225	San Diego

1990-1991 Stats

Stats courtesy statscrew.com/

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Richard Morton	G	40	800	424	15	4	273	228	86	135	221	182	82	14	119	132	1080
Jervis Cole	F	45	617	300	6	2	214	165	125	268	393	107	73	51	124	147	767
Kenny Travis	G	34	447	225	92	36	186	133	48	78	126	115	46	21	82	124	619
Mike Yoest	F	56	406	196	10	2	199	161	108	138	246	103	88	14	90	100	555
Mark Tillmon	G	29	435	185	63	19	165	119	21	54	75	221	44	14	103	105	508
Kenny McClary	F	36	395	206	2	0	152	83	135	250	385	55	45	18	82	145	495
Freddie Banks	G	44	439	188	140	50	77	61	14	72	86	201	67	5	120	79	487
Kelby Stuckey	F	50	352	179	1	0	158	97	129	219	348	44	35	43	72	154	455
Scooter Barry	G	34	217	101	16	3	52	41	11	48	59	170	43	5	62	96	246
Steve Key	G	24	197	75	21	3	53	44	4	27	31	96	29	2	53	43	197
Greg Butler	C	25	193	78	2	0	31	23	31	107	138	39	12	15	35	60	179
Larry Anderson	G	15	139	59	23	7	17	7	15	25	40	20	7	1	16	34	132
Ben McDonald	F	15	117	57	1	0	31	13	42	76	118	34	11	3	21	62	127
Jerome Henderson	C	8	77	36	0	0	14	11	19	57	76	6	6	10	21	30	83
Marchell Henry	F	5	67	25	6	1	16	10	4	11	15	11	8	1	13	17	61
Darren Tillis	C	15	36	19	0	0	14	9	13	29	42	4	1	15	13	33	47
John Tresvant	F	6	32	16	2	1	18	12	7	9	16	7	3	1	10	11	45
Jay Burson	G	4	31	16	1	1	11	9	1	8	9	13	2	0	12	14	42
Ed Catchings	F	4	31	15	1	1	13	9	3	8	11	2	0	2	3	11	40
Pearl Washington	G	10	34	13	3	1	11	6	1	10	11	34	10	0	17	20	33
Ray Foster	F	6	27	13	0	0	8	5	11	12	23	2	2	3	21	25	31
Joe Wallace	F	3	17	5	0	0	4	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	4	13
Jon Taylor	C	6	12	4	0	0	5	3	1	5	6	3	0	6	1	5	11
Steffond Johnson	F	1	7	3	0	0	4	3	0	5	5	0	0	0	4	3	9
Totals		515	5125	2438	405	131	1726	1255	830	1652	2482	1472	615	244	1097	1454	6262