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Larry Foust

Lawrence Michael Foust (Larry)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: June 24, 1928 in Painesville, Ohio
Died: October 27, 1984
High School: South Catholic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: La Salle University
Draft: Chicago Stags, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 1950 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 1, 1950

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All-Star

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:49AM
All-Time Rank: #253. Mychal Thompson… #254. John Drew… #255. LARRY FOUST… #256. Eddie Johnson… #256. Jerome Kersey… 

Totals

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 FTW NBA 68 327 944 .346 261 396 .659 681 90 247 915
1951-52 23 FTW NBA 66 2615 390 989 .394 267 394 .678 880 200 245 1047
1952-53 24 FTW NBA 67 2303 311 865 .360 336 465 .723 769 151 267 958
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 72 2693 376 919 .409 338 475 .712 967 161 258 1090
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 70 2264 398 818 .487 393 513 .766 700 118 264 1189
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 72 2024 367 821 .447 432 555 .778 648 127 263 1166
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 61 1533 243 617 .394 273 380 .718 555 71 221 759
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 72 2200 391 982 .398 428 566 .756 876 108 299 1210
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 72 1933 301 771 .390 280 366 .765 627 91 233 882
1959-60 31 TOT NBA 72 1964 312 766 .407 253 320 .791 621 96 241 877
1959-60 31 MNL NBA 47
1959-60 31 STL NBA 25
1960-61 32 STL NBA 68 1208 194 489 .397 164 208 .788 389 77 185 552
1961-62 33 STL NBA 57 1153 204 433 .471 145 178 .815 328 78 186 553
Career NBA 817 21890 3814 9414 .405 3570 4816 .741 8041 1368 2909 11198

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 FTW NBA 68 4.8 13.9 .346 3.8 5.8 .659 10.0 1.3 3.6 13.5
1951-52 23 FTW NBA 66 39.6 5.9 15.0 .394 4.0 6.0 .678 13.3 3.0 3.7 15.9
1952-53 24 FTW NBA 67 34.4 4.6 12.9 .360 5.0 6.9 .723 11.5 2.3 4.0 14.3
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 72 37.4 5.2 12.8 .409 4.7 6.6 .712 13.4 2.2 3.6 15.1
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 70 32.3 5.7 11.7 .487 5.6 7.3 .766 10.0 1.7 3.8 17.0
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 72 28.1 5.1 11.4 .447 6.0 7.7 .778 9.0 1.8 3.7 16.2
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 61 25.1 4.0 10.1 .394 4.5 6.2 .718 9.1 1.2 3.6 12.4
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 72 30.6 5.4 13.6 .398 5.9 7.9 .756 12.2 1.5 4.2 16.8
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 72 26.8 4.2 10.7 .390 3.9 5.1 .765 8.7 1.3 3.2 12.3
1959-60 31 TOT NBA 72 27.3 4.3 10.6 .407 3.5 4.4 .791 8.6 1.3 3.3 12.2
1959-60 31 MNL NBA 47
1959-60 31 STL NBA 25
1960-61 32 STL NBA 68 17.8 2.9 7.2 .397 2.4 3.1 .788 5.7 1.1 2.7 8.1
1961-62 33 STL NBA 57 20.2 3.6 7.6 .471 2.5 3.1 .815 5.8 1.4 3.3 9.7
Career NBA 817 29.2 4.7 11.5 .405 4.4 5.9 .741 9.8 1.7 3.6 13.7

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 FTW NBA 68 .346 .659
1951-52 23 FTW NBA 66 2615 5.4 13.6 .394 3.7 5.4 .678 12.1 2.8 3.4 14.4
1952-53 24 FTW NBA 67 2303 4.9 13.5 .360 5.3 7.3 .723 12.0 2.4 4.2 15.0
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 72 2693 5.0 12.3 .409 4.5 6.3 .712 12.9 2.2 3.4 14.6
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 70 2264 6.3 13.0 .487 6.2 8.2 .766 11.1 1.9 4.2 18.9
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 72 2024 6.5 14.6 .447 7.7 9.9 .778 11.5 2.3 4.7 20.7
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 61 1533 5.7 14.5 .394 6.4 8.9 .718 13.0 1.7 5.2 17.8
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 72 2200 6.4 16.1 .398 7.0 9.3 .756 14.3 1.8 4.9 19.8
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 72 1933 5.6 14.4 .390 5.2 6.8 .765 11.7 1.7 4.3 16.4
1959-60 31 TOT NBA 72 1964 5.7 14.0 .407 4.6 5.9 .791 11.4 1.8 4.4 16.1
1959-60 31 MNL NBA 47
1959-60 31 STL NBA 25
1960-61 32 STL NBA 68 1208 5.8 14.6 .397 4.9 6.2 .788 11.6 2.3 5.5 16.5
1961-62 33 STL NBA 57 1153 6.4 13.5 .471 4.5 5.6 .815 10.2 2.4 5.8 17.3
Career NBA 817 21890 5.7 13.9 .405 5.4 7.3 .741 12.1 2.1 4.4 16.9

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1950-51 22 FTW NBA 68 .409 .346 0.9 3.6 4.5
1951-52 23 FTW NBA 66 2615 21.2 .450 .394 3.9 3.2 7.1 .130
1952-53 24 FTW NBA 67 2303 20.4 .448 .360 2.9 3.4 6.3 .131
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 72 2693 22.6 .483 .409 6.5 3.9 10.4 .186
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 70 2264 23.0 .570 .487 10.3 3.0 13.3 .282
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 72 2024 23.8 .547 .447 8.6 2.6 11.1 .264
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 61 1533 19.2 .484 .394 3.4 1.3 4.7 .148
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 72 2200 20.0 .491 .398 5.3 1.0 6.4 .139
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 72 1933 16.1 .473 .390 2.7 1.5 4.2 .105
1959-60 31 TOT NBA 72 1964 .484 .407
1959-60 31 MNL NBA 47
1959-60 31 STL NBA 25
1960-61 32 STL NBA 68 1208 13.7 .475 .397 1.3 1.8 3.1 .124
1961-62 33 STL NBA 57 1153 14.7 .541 .471 2.6 0.5 3.1 .129
Career NBA 817 21890 20.1 .485 .405 48.4 26.0 74.3 .153

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1950-51 22 FTW NBA 3 14 45 8 10 37 5 5 36 .311 .800 12.0 12.3 1.7
1951-52 23 FTW NBA 2 77 12 23 6 7 30 5 8 30 .522 .857 38.5 15.0 15.0 2.5
1952-53 24 FTW NBA 8 332 48 121 57 68 111 6 34 153 .397 .838 41.5 19.1 13.9 0.8
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 4 129 11 41 19 25 38 7 21 41 .268 .760 32.3 10.3 9.5 1.8
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 11 331 60 152 52 73 107 26 43 172 .395 .712 30.1 15.6 9.7 2.4
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 10 289 49 130 70 89 127 14 38 168 .377 .787 28.9 16.8 12.7 1.4
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 2 64 13 23 19 23 25 6 10 45 .565 .826 32.0 22.5 12.5 3.0
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 13 404 56 134 41 50 136 12 47 153 .418 .820 31.1 11.8 10.5 0.9
1959-60 31 STL NBA 12 205 29 74 20 25 68 11 36 78 .392 .800 17.1 6.5 5.7 0.9
1960-61 32 STL NBA 8 89 9 20 8 14 28 2 13 26 .450 .571 11.1 3.3 3.5 0.3
Career NBA 73 1920 301 763 300 384 707 94 255 902 .394 .781 27.4 12.4 9.7 1.3

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1950-51 22 FTW NBA 3 .364 .311 -0.2 0.2 0.0
1951-52 23 FTW NBA 2 77 22.8 .575 .522 13.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 .194
1952-53 24 FTW NBA 8 332 25.0 .507 .397 5.9 1.0 0.1 1.1 .158
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 4 129 12.9 .394 .268 11.2 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .008
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 11 331 19.8 .467 .395 16.5 0.5 0.4 0.9 .132
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 10 289 25.2 .497 .377 9.5 0.8 0.6 1.5 .243
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 2 64 30.1 .679 .565 12.6 0.5 -0.1 0.4 .312
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 13 404 14.2 .490 .418 4.4 0.5 0.3 0.8 .097
1959-60 31 STL NBA 12 205 12.1 .459 .392 7.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 .052
1960-61 32 STL NBA 8 89 10.2 .497 .450 2.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 .088
Career NBA 73 1920 19.1 .484 .394 8.9 3.4 2.0 5.4 .136

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 FTW NBA 1 1 6 .167 0 0 5 2 3 2
1951-52 23 FTW NBA
1952-53 24 FTW NBA 1 0 18:00 5 7 .714 0 0 6 0 4 10
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 1 0 27:00 1 9 .111 1 1 1.000 15 0 1 3
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 1 1 24:00 3 10 .300 1 1 1.000 7 1 1 7
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 1 1 20:00 3 9 .333 3 4 .750 4 0 1 9
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 1 0 13:00 1 4 .250 8 8 1.000 3 0 3 10
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 1 0 16:00 3 9 .333 2 2 1.000 9 0 3 8
Career NBA 7 2 118 17 54 .315 15 16 .938 49 3 16 49

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Larry Foust 13.3 11.1 10.4 7.1 6.4 6.3 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.1 3.1
Bill Cartwright 85.5 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.2 2.5 2.1 0.0
Brad Miller 81.4 10.0 9.6 9.1 8.6 8.3 6.5 5.1 4.0 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.1
Dave Cowens 81.0 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.5 9.3 6.4 5.4 4.8 4.4 2.6
Brad Daugherty 80.5 12.7 11.7 9.6 9.0 6.6 6.4 6.0 3.1
Billy Paultz 78.8 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 2.7 0.1
Tom Owens 78.5 10.4 8.3 8.0 6.9 6.9 6.0 4.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 0.9 0.6
Alonzo Mourning 78.4 12.9 9.9 9.4 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.4 6.3 1.2 0.9 0.6
Nate Thurmond 78.4 9.9 9.0 7.2 7.2 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.5
Marcus Camby 78.3 10.3 8.5 7.6 6.9 5.9 5.8 5.5 3.7 3.5 2.1 1.5 0.9
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 76.9 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.8 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.0 2.5 2.5 0.7 0.5
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Larry Foust 13.3 11.1 10.4 7.1 6.4 6.3 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.1 3.1
Bill Cartwright 83.8 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.2 2.5 2.1 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.0
Dave Cowens 81.0 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.5 9.3 6.4 5.4 4.8 4.4 2.6
Brad Daugherty 80.5 12.7 11.7 9.6 9.0 6.6 6.4 6.0 3.1
Brad Miller 80.0 10.0 9.6 9.1 8.6 8.3 6.5 5.1 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.1
Alonzo Mourning 79.0 12.9 9.9 9.4 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.4 6.3 4.8 3.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.6
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 78.7 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.8 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.0 2.9 2.5 2.5 0.7 0.5
Tom Owens 78.5 10.4 8.3 8.0 6.9 6.9 6.0 4.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 0.9 0.6
Billy Paultz 78.4 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0
Willis Reed 76.8 14.7 14.6 10.6 10.0 7.9 5.8 5.5 3.6 1.5 0.6
Dave Robisch 76.7 10.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.8 5.2 5.0 4.2 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.4 0.1

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1946-47 18 LASALLE 26 103 49 255 9.8
1947-48 19 LASALLE 24 157 87 401 16.7
1948-49 20 LASALLE 28 177 99 164 453 .604 16.2
1949-50 21 LASALLE 25 136 83 122 355 .680 14.2
Career 103 573 318 286 1464 1.112 14.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1951 NBA
1952 NBA
1953 NBA
1954 NBA
1955 NBA
1956 NBA
1958 NBA
1959 NBA
Honors
1951-52 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1954-55 NBA All-NBA (1st)
Games
1950-51 NBA 68 (3)
1951-52 NBA 66 (1)
1953-54 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1957-58 NBA 72 (1)
1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
Minutes Played
1951-52 NBA 2615 (7)
1953-54 NBA 2693 (8)
Field Goals
1951-52 NBA 390 (5)
1953-54 NBA 376 (7)
Field Goal Attempts
1950-51 NBA 944 (9)
1951-52 NBA 989 (7)
1953-54 NBA 919 (8)
Field Goal Pct
1953-54 NBA .409 (6)
1954-55 NBA .487 (1)
1955-56 NBA .447 (3)
1961-62 NBA .471 (6)
Free Throws
1953-54 NBA 338 (9)
1954-55 NBA 393 (9)
1955-56 NBA 432 (6)
1957-58 NBA 428 (7)
Career NBA 3570 (89)
Career 3570 (94)
Free Throw Attempts
1952-53 NBA 465 (9)
1953-54 NBA 475 (8)
1954-55 NBA 513 (9)
1955-56 NBA 555 (6)
1957-58 NBA 566 (4)
Career NBA 4816 (78)
Career 4816 (83)
Total Rebounds
1950-51 NBA 681 (6)
1951-52 NBA 880 (1)
1952-53 NBA 769 (7)
1953-54 NBA 967 (3)
1954-55 NBA 700 (10)
1955-56 NBA 648 (10)
1957-58 NBA 876 (7)
Career NBA 8041 (59)
Career 8041 (69)
Personal Fouls
1954-55 NBA 264 (8)
1957-58 NBA 299 (2)
Career NBA 2909 (77)
Career 2909 (87)
Points
1951-52 NBA 1047 (7)
1953-54 NBA 1090 (8)
1955-56 NBA 1166 (10)
Minutes Per Game
1951-52 NBA 39.6 (9)
1953-54 NBA 37.4 (8)
Points Per Game
1951-52 NBA 15.9 (7)
1953-54 NBA 15.1 (8)
Rebounds Per Game
1950-51 NBA 10.0 (7)
1951-52 NBA 13.3 (2)
1952-53 NBA 11.5 (5)
1953-54 NBA 13.4 (3)
1954-55 NBA 10.0 (10)
1957-58 NBA 12.2 (7)
Career NBA 9.8 (48)
Career 9.8 (57)
Player Efficiency Rating
1951-52 NBA 21.2 (8)
1952-53 NBA 20.4 (8)
1953-54 NBA 22.6 (7)
1954-55 NBA 23.0 (3)
1955-56 NBA 23.8 (3)
1957-58 NBA 20.0 (9)
Career NBA 20.1 (60)
Career 20.1 (60)
True Shooting Pct
1953-54 NBA .483 (9)
1954-55 NBA .570 (1)
1955-56 NBA .547 (2)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1953-54 NBA .409 (6)
1954-55 NBA .487 (1)
1955-56 NBA .447 (3)
1961-62 NBA .471 (6)
Offensive Win Shares
1953-54 NBA 6.5 (9)
1954-55 NBA 10.3 (2)
1955-56 NBA 8.6 (4)
Defensive Win Shares
1950-51 NBA 3.6 (9)
1951-52 NBA 3.2 (10)
Win Shares
1953-54 NBA 10.4 (6)
1954-55 NBA 13.3 (2)
1955-56 NBA 11.1 (5)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1953-54 NBA .186 (7)
1954-55 NBA .282 (1)
1955-56 NBA .264 (1)
Career NBA .153 (80)
Career .153 (84)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.388 (119)
NBA Elo Player Rating
255th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:49AM

Transactions

April 25, 1950: Drafted by the Chicago Stags in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1950 NBA Draft.

October 5, 1950: Drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons from the Chicago Stags in the dispersal draft.

September 12, 1957: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the Minneapolis Lakers for Walter Dukes.

February 1, 1960: Traded by the Minneapolis Lakers to the St. Louis Hawks for Nick Mantis, Chuck Share and Willie Merriweather.

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