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Mel Riebe

Melvin Russell Riebe (Mel, Mouse)

Position: Guard-Forward ▪ Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: July 12, 1916
Died: July 25, 1977
High School: Euclid in Cleveland, Ohio
College: College of Wooster
NBA Debut: November 3, 1946

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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
1946-47 30 CLR BAA 55 276 898 .307 111 173 .642 67 169 663
1947-48 31 BOS BAA 48 202 653 .309 85 137 .620 41 137 489
1948-49 32 TOT BAA 43 172 589 .292 79 133 .594 104 110 423
1948-49 32 BOS BAA 33 146 501 .291 70 116 .603 95 97 362
1948-49 32 PRO BAA 10 26 88 .295 9 17 .529 9 13 61
Career BAA 146 650 2140 .304 275 443 .621 212 416 1575

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
1946-47 30 CLR BAA 55 5.0 16.3 .307 2.0 3.1 .642 1.2 3.1 12.1
1947-48 31 BOS BAA 48 4.2 13.6 .309 1.8 2.9 .620 0.9 2.9 10.2
1948-49 32 TOT BAA 43 4.0 13.7 .292 1.8 3.1 .594 2.4 2.6 9.8
1948-49 32 BOS BAA 33 4.4 15.2 .291 2.1 3.5 .603 2.9 2.9 11.0
1948-49 32 PRO BAA 10 2.6 8.8 .295 0.9 1.7 .529 0.9 1.3 6.1
Career BAA 146 4.5 14.7 .304 1.9 3.0 .621 1.5 2.8 10.8

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
1946-47 30 CLR BAA 55 .307 .642
1947-48 31 BOS BAA 48 .309 .620
1948-49 32 TOT BAA 43 .292 .594
1948-49 32 BOS BAA 33 .291 .603
1948-49 32 PRO BAA 10 .295 .529
Career BAA 146 .304 .621

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
1946-47 30 CLR BAA 55 .340 .307 3.3 0.9 4.2
1947-48 31 BOS BAA 48 .343 .309 1.9 0.3 2.2
1948-49 32 TOT BAA 43 .327 .292 -1.7 1.7 0.0
1948-49 32 BOS BAA 33 .328 .291 -1.4 1.7 0.3
1948-49 32 PRO BAA 10 .319 .295 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
Career BAA 146 .337 .304 3.5 3.0 6.5

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
1946-47 30 CLR BAA 3 9 37 3 6 2 3 21 .243 .500 7.0 0.7
1947-48 31 BOS BAA 3 14 43 14 20 3 10 42 .326 .700 14.0 1.0
Career BAA 6 23 80 17 26 5 13 63 .288 .654 10.5 0.8

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
1946-47 30 CLR BAA 3 .265 .243 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
1947-48 31 BOS BAA 3 .405 .326 0.4 -0.1 0.3
Career BAA 6 .344 .288 0.3 -0.1 0.1

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 3 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3
Mel Riebe 4.2 2.2 0.0
Bobby Rascoe 92.0 4.2 1.9 -0.2
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 91.7 4.5 2.2 0.2
Butch Van Breda Kolff 91.1 4.4 2.5 0.2
Lucious Harris 89.0 4.1 2.1 0.6
Lewis Lloyd 88.5 4.6 2.6 0.1
Ronnie Lester 86.5 3.9 1.7 0.0
T.J. Ford 86.5 4.3 2.5 0.7
Gene Shue 86.2 4.6 2.4 0.4
Roger Phegley 85.4 3.7 2.6 0.0
Mookie Blaylock 84.9 4.9 2.1 -0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4
Mel Riebe 4.2 2.2 0.0
Bobby Rascoe 92.0 4.2 1.9 -0.2
Mike Barrett 82.9 4.9 2.7 -0.1
Keith Jennings 82.8 4.2 2.9 0.6
Walt Kirk 82.3 5.0 2.3 0.4
Earl Tatum 81.9 4.4 2.6 0.7 0.0
Ron Perry 80.5 4.4 1.4 0.3
Alfred McGuire 79.5 3.4 1.9 0.1
Al Butler 77.9 4.1 2.1 1.1 -0.3
Billy Ray Bates 74.4 3.6 2.4 0.9 0.0
Jim Thomas 74.1 3.5 1.6 0.0 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games
1947-48 BAA 48 (2)
Field Goal Pct
1946-47 BAA .307 (10)
1947-48 BAA .309 (9)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1946-47 BAA .307 (10)
1947-48 BAA .309 (9)

Transactions

July 27, 1947: Drafted by the Boston Celtics from the Cleveland Rebels in the dispersal draft.

January 16, 1949: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Chick Halbert to the Providence Steam Rollers for George Nostrand.

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