an appearance by Shaquille O'Neal on the Late Show with David Letterman in which the host asked O'Neal about several centers from earlier eras and O'Neal did not know about Beaty even though Beaty made significant contributions to the game on and off the court. NBA/ABA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 80 || – || 24.0 || .439 || – || .717 || 8.3 || 1.1 || – || – || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 59 || – || 32.6 || .444 || – || .741 || 10.7 || 1.3 || – || – || 13.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 80 || – || 36.5 || .482 || – || .715 || 12.1 || 1.4 || – || – || 16.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 80 || – || 38.4 || .473 || – || .758 || 13.6 || 1.6 || – || – || 20.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 48 || – || 34.6 || .473 || – || .758 || 10.7 || 1.3 || – || – || 17.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 82 || – || 37.4 || .488 || – || .794 || 11.7 || 2.1 || – || – || 21.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 72 || – || 35.8 || .470 || – || .731 || 11.1 || 1.8 || – || – || 21.5 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"|† | style="text-align:left;"|Utah (ABA) | 76 || – || 38.4 || .555 || .500 || .791 || 15.7 || 1.9 || – || – || 22.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah (ABA) | 84 || – || 37.3 || .539 || .000 || .829 || 13.2 || 1.5 || – || – || 23.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah (ABA) | 82 || – || 34.2 || .520 || .000 || .803 || 9.8 || 1.5 || – || 1.0 || 16.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah (ABA) | 77 || – || 32.2 || .524 || .000 || .795 || 8.0 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 13.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers | 69 || – || 17.6 || .439 || – || .800 || 4.7 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 5.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 889 || – || 33.4 || .494 ||