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1946-47 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 22-38, Finished 5th in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Russell (22-38)

PTS/G: 60.1 (11th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 65.0 (4th of 11)
SRS: -4.45 (10th of 11)
Expected W-L: 15-45 (10th of 11)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 108,240 (3rd of 3)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Moe Becker G-F 6-1 185 February 24, 1917 R Duquesne University
8-16 Al Brightman F 6-2 195 September 22, 1923 R University of Charleston
11 Chuck Connors F-C 6-5 190 April 10, 1921 R Seton Hall University
15 Hal Crisler F 6-3 215 December 31, 1923 R Iowa State University
17 Bob Duffy F 6-4 175 July 5, 1922 R Tulane University
14 Don Eliason F 6-2 210 July 24, 1918 R Hamline University
7 Warren Fenley F 6-3 190 February 8, 1922 R Manhattan College
15 Jack Garfinkel G 6-0 190 June 13, 1918 R St. John's University
4 Wyndol Gray G-F 6-1 175 March 20, 1922 R Bowling Green State University
3 Mel Hirsch G 5-6 165 July 31, 1921 R Brooklyn College
3 Charlie Hoefer G 5-9 158 July 12, 1917 R Queens College
5 Tony Kappen G 5-10 165 April 13, 1919 R
14-24 Jerry Kelly F 6-2 172 June 14, 1918 R Marshall University
9 Harold Kottman C 6-8 220 August 22, 1922 R Culver-Stockton College
5 Dick Murphy G 6-1 175 March 10, 1921 R Marshall University
10 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 R
6 Johnny Simmons G 6-1 184 July 7, 1924 R New York University
12 Art Spector F 6-4 200 October 17, 1920 R Villanova University
17 Virgil Vaughn F-C 6-4 205 May 15, 1918 R Western Kentucky University
13 Red Wallace G 6-1 185 July 12, 1918 R University of Scranton

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 60 1397 5133 .272 811 1375 .590 470 1202 3605 60.1
Lg Rank 10 10 8 11 11 11 4 9 11 11
Opponent 60 3898 65.0
Lg Rank 3 4

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 15 45 -4.88 0.44 -4.45 .272 .158 Boston Garden 108,240
Lg Rank 10 10 10 2 10 8 8 3

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Connie Simmons 21 60 246 768 .320 128 189 .677 62 130 620
2 Al Brightman 23 58 223 870 .256 121 193 .627 60 115 567
3 Wyndol Gray 24 55 139 476 .292 72 124 .581 47 105 350
4 Art Spector 26 55 123 460 .267 83 150 .553 46 130 329
5 Johnny Simmons 22 60 120 429 .280 78 127 .614 29 78 318
6 Jerry Kelly 28 43 91 313 .291 74 111 .667 21 128 256
7 Chuck Connors 25 49 94 380 .247 39 84 .464 40 129 227
8 Charlie Hoefer 29 35 76 316 .241 59 93 .634 24 81 211
9 Jack Garfinkel 28 40 81 304 .266 17 28 .607 58 62 179
10 Harold Kottman 24 53 59 188 .314 47 101 .465 17 58 165
11 Red Wallace 28 24 55 224 .246 21 48 .438 20 42 131
12 Warren Fenley 24 33 31 138 .225 23 45 .511 16 59 85
13 Tony Kappen 27 18 25 91 .275 24 38 .632 6 17 74
14 Virgil Vaughn 28 17 15 78 .192 15 28 .536 10 18 45
15 Mel Hirsch 25 13 9 45 .200 1 2 .500 10 18 19
16 Moe Becker 29 6 5 22 .227 3 4 .750 1 15 13
17 Bob Duffy 24 6 2 7 .286 4 4 1.000 0 4 8
18 Hal Crisler 23 4 2 6 .333 2 2 1.000 0 6 6
19 Dick Murphy 25 7 1 17 .059 0 4 .000 3 6 2
20 Don Eliason 28 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Connie Simmons 21 60 4.1 12.8 .320 2.1 3.2 .677 1.0 2.2 10.3
2 Al Brightman 23 58 3.8 15.0 .256 2.1 3.3 .627 1.0 2.0 9.8
3 Wyndol Gray 24 55 2.5 8.7 .292 1.3 2.3 .581 0.9 1.9 6.4
4 Charlie Hoefer 29 35 2.2 9.0 .241 1.7 2.7 .634 0.7 2.3 6.0
5 Jerry Kelly 28 43 2.1 7.3 .291 1.7 2.6 .667 0.5 3.0 6.0
6 Art Spector 26 55 2.2 8.4 .267 1.5 2.7 .553 0.8 2.4 6.0
7 Red Wallace 28 24 2.3 9.3 .246 0.9 2.0 .438 0.8 1.8 5.5
8 Johnny Simmons 22 60 2.0 7.2 .280 1.3 2.1 .614 0.5 1.3 5.3
9 Chuck Connors 25 49 1.9 7.8 .247 0.8 1.7 .464 0.8 2.6 4.6
10 Jack Garfinkel 28 40 2.0 7.6 .266 0.4 0.7 .607 1.5 1.6 4.5
11 Tony Kappen 27 18 1.4 5.1 .275 1.3 2.1 .632 0.3 0.9 4.1
12 Harold Kottman 24 53 1.1 3.5 .314 0.9 1.9 .465 0.3 1.1 3.1
13 Virgil Vaughn 28 17 0.9 4.6 .192 0.9 1.6 .536 0.6 1.1 2.6
14 Warren Fenley 24 33 0.9 4.2 .225 0.7 1.4 .511 0.5 1.8 2.6
15 Moe Becker 29 6 0.8 3.7 .227 0.5 0.7 .750 0.2 2.5 2.2
16 Hal Crisler 23 4 0.5 1.5 .333 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 1.5 1.5
17 Mel Hirsch 25 13 0.7 3.5 .200 0.1 0.2 .500 0.8 1.4 1.5
18 Bob Duffy 24 6 0.3 1.2 .286 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.7 1.3
19 Dick Murphy 25 7 0.1 2.4 .059 0.0 0.6 .000 0.4 0.9 0.3
20 Don Eliason 28 1 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dick Murphy 25 7 .059 .000
2 Wyndol Gray 24 55 .292 .581
3 Jack Garfinkel 28 40 .266 .607
4 Warren Fenley 24 33 .225 .511
5 Don Eliason 28 1 .000
6 Bob Duffy 24 6 .286 1.000
7 Hal Crisler 23 4 .333 1.000
8 Chuck Connors 25 49 .247 .464
9 Al Brightman 23 58 .256 .627
10 Charlie Hoefer 29 35 .241 .634
11 Mel Hirsch 25 13 .200 .500
12 Connie Simmons 21 60 .320 .677
13 Johnny Simmons 22 60 .280 .614
14 Art Spector 26 55 .267 .553
15 Virgil Vaughn 28 17 .192 .536
16 Red Wallace 28 24 .246 .438
17 Harold Kottman 24 53 .314 .465
18 Jerry Kelly 28 43 .291 .667
19 Tony Kappen 27 18 .275 .632
20 Moe Becker 29 6 .227 .750

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Connie Simmons 21 60 .364 .320 5.2 0.9 6.1
2 Jerry Kelly 28 43 .354 .291 1.8 0.6 2.4
3 Wyndol Gray 24 55 .330 .292 1.6 0.7 2.2
4 Johnny Simmons 22 60 .328 .280 1.2 0.5 1.7
5 Harold Kottman 24 53 .355 .314 1.2 0.3 1.6
6 Art Spector 26 55 .313 .267 0.7 0.7 1.4
7 Tony Kappen 27 18 .343 .275 0.4 0.1 0.5
8 Al Brightman 23 58 .297 .256 -0.5 0.9 0.4
9 Charlie Hoefer 29 35 .296 .241 -0.2 0.5 0.3
10 Jack Garfinkel 28 40 .283 .266 -0.2 0.5 0.3
11 Bob Duffy 24 6 .457 .286 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 Hal Crisler 23 4 .436 .333 0.1 0.0 0.1
13 Don Eliason 28 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Moe Becker 29 6 .274 .227 -0.1 0.1 0.0
15 Warren Fenley 24 33 .269 .225 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
16 Mel Hirsch 25 13 .207 .200 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
17 Virgil Vaughn 28 17 .249 .192 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
18 Chuck Connors 25 49 .272 .247 -1.1 0.7 -0.4
19 Dick Murphy 25 7 .053 .059 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
20 Red Wallace 28 24 .267 .246 -0.8 0.3 -0.5