1957-58 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Record: 33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Charles Eckman (9-16), Red Rocha (24-23)

PTS/G: 105.3 (5th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 107.7 (6th of 8)
SRS: -2.32 (7th of 8)
Expected W-L: 30-42 (7th of 8)

Arena: Detroit Olympia ▪ Attendance: 134,411 (5th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-1) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Cincinnati Royals

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
7	Dick Atha	SG	6-2	190	September 21, 1931	1	Indiana State University
8	Doug Bolstorff	G	6-4	195	October 29, 1931	R	University of Minnesota
24	Nathaniel Clifton	PF	6-6	220	October 13, 1922	7	Xavier University of Louisiana
14-23	Walter Dukes	C	7-0	220	June 23, 1930	2	Seton Hall University
6	Bill Ebben	G	6-4	190	October 7, 1935	R	University of Detroit Mercy
10	Harry Gallatin	PF	6-6	210	April 26, 1927	9	Truman State University
9	Joe Holup	SF	6-6	215	February 26, 1934	1	George Washington University
17	Bob Houbregs	PF	6-7	210	March 12, 1932	4	University of Washington
16	Phil Jordon	C	6-10	205	September 12, 1933	1	Whitworth
6	Billy Kenville	SG	6-2	187	December 1, 1930	4	St. Bonaventure University
8	Tom Marshall	SF	6-4	215	January 6, 1931	2	Western Kentucky University
15	Dick McGuire	PG	6-0	180	January 25, 1926	8	St. John's University
5	Chuck Noble	SG	6-4	190	July 24, 1931	2	University of Louisville
21	Gene Shue	SG	6-2	170	December 18, 1931	3	University of Maryland
9	Bill Thieben	PF	6-7	215	March 28, 1935	1	Hofstra University
12	George Yardley	SF	6-5	190	November 3, 1928	4	Stanford University

Team and Opponent Stats

	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	72	2746	7295	.376	2093	2774	.755	5168	1264	1807	7585	105.3
Lg Rank		7	5	7	4	4	3	5	8	6	5	5
Opponent	72										7754	107.7
Lg Rank											6	6

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	30	42	-2.35	0.02	-2.32				.376			.287					Detroit Olympia	134,411
Lg Rank	7	7	7	4	7				7			4						5

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	29	72	2843	673	1624	.414	655	808	.811	768	97	226	2001
2	Harry Gallatin	30	72	1990	340	898	.379	392	498	.787	749	86	217	1072
3	Gene Shue	26	63	2333	353	919	.384	276	327	.844	333	172	150	982
4	Walter Dukes	27	72	2184	278	796	.349	247	366	.675	954	52	311	803
5	Dick McGuire	32	69	2311	203	544	.373	150	225	.667	291	454	178	556
6	Nathaniel Clifton	35	68	1435	217	597	.363	91	146	.623	403	76	202	525
7	Chuck Noble	26	61	1363	199	601	.331	56	77	.727	140	153	166	454
8	Phil Jordon	24	46	823	177	433	.409	59	87	.678	277	32	97	413
9	Billy Kenville	27	35	649	106	280	.379	46	75	.613	102	66	68	258
10	Joe Holup	23	37	607	77	221	.348	55	71	.775	198	23	76	209
11	Bob Houbregs	25	17	302	49	137	.358	30	43	.698	65	19	36	128
12	Bill Thieben	22	27	243	42	143	.294	16	27	.593	65	7	44	100
13	Dick Atha	26	18	160	17	47	.362	10	12	.833	24	19	24	44
14	Tom Marshall	27	9	66	7	22	.318	7	8	.875	8	4	6	21
15	Bill Ebben	22	8	50	6	28	.214	3	4	.750	8	4	5	15
16	Doug Bolstorff	26	3	21	2	5	.400	0	0		0	0	1	4

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	29	72	39.5	9.3	22.6	.414	9.1	11.2	.811	10.7	1.3	3.1	27.8
2	Gene Shue	26	63	37.0	5.6	14.6	.384	4.4	5.2	.844	5.3	2.7	2.4	15.6
3	Harry Gallatin	30	72	27.6	4.7	12.5	.379	5.4	6.9	.787	10.4	1.2	3.0	14.9
4	Walter Dukes	27	72	30.3	3.9	11.1	.349	3.4	5.1	.675	13.3	0.7	4.3	11.2
5	Phil Jordon	24	46	17.9	3.8	9.4	.409	1.3	1.9	.678	6.0	0.7	2.1	9.0
6	Dick McGuire	32	69	33.5	2.9	7.9	.373	2.2	3.3	.667	4.2	6.6	2.6	8.1
7	Nathaniel Clifton	35	68	21.1	3.2	8.8	.363	1.3	2.1	.623	5.9	1.1	3.0	7.7
8	Bob Houbregs	25	17	17.8	2.9	8.1	.358	1.8	2.5	.698	3.8	1.1	2.1	7.5
9	Billy Kenville	27	35	18.5	3.0	8.0	.379	1.3	2.1	.613	2.9	1.9	1.9	7.4
10	Chuck Noble	26	61	22.3	3.3	9.9	.331	0.9	1.3	.727	2.3	2.5	2.7	7.4
11	Joe Holup	23	37	16.4	2.1	6.0	.348	1.5	1.9	.775	5.4	0.6	2.1	5.6
12	Bill Thieben	22	27	9.0	1.6	5.3	.294	0.6	1.0	.593	2.4	0.3	1.6	3.7
13	Dick Atha	26	18	8.9	0.9	2.6	.362	0.6	0.7	.833	1.3	1.1	1.3	2.4
14	Tom Marshall	27	9	7.3	0.8	2.4	.318	0.8	0.9	.875	0.9	0.4	0.7	2.3
15	Bill Ebben	22	8	6.3	0.8	3.5	.214	0.4	0.5	.750	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.9
16	Doug Bolstorff	26	3	7.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	29	72	2843	8.5	20.6	.414	8.3	10.2	.811	9.7	1.2	2.9	25.3
2	Harry Gallatin	30	72	1990	6.2	16.2	.379	7.1	9.0	.787	13.5	1.6	3.9	19.4
3	Phil Jordon	24	46	823	7.7	18.9	.409	2.6	3.8	.678	12.1	1.4	4.2	18.1
4	Bob Houbregs	25	17	302	5.8	16.3	.358	3.6	5.1	.698	7.7	2.3	4.3	15.3
5	Gene Shue	26	63	2333	5.4	14.2	.384	4.3	5.0	.844	5.1	2.7	2.3	15.2
6	Bill Thieben	22	27	243	6.2	21.2	.294	2.4	4.0	.593	9.6	1.0	6.5	14.8
7	Billy Kenville	27	35	649	5.9	15.5	.379	2.6	4.2	.613	5.7	3.7	3.8	14.3
8	Nathaniel Clifton	35	68	1435	5.4	15.0	.363	2.3	3.7	.623	10.1	1.9	5.1	13.2
9	Walter Dukes	27	72	2184	4.6	13.1	.349	4.1	6.0	.675	15.7	0.9	5.1	13.2
10	Joe Holup	23	37	607	4.6	13.1	.348	3.3	4.2	.775	11.7	1.4	4.5	12.4
11	Chuck Noble	26	61	1363	5.3	15.9	.331	1.5	2.0	.727	3.7	4.0	4.4	12.0
12	Tom Marshall	27	9	66	3.8	12.0	.318	3.8	4.4	.875	4.4	2.2	3.3	11.5
13	Bill Ebben	22	8	50	4.3	20.2	.214	2.2	2.9	.750	5.8	2.9	3.6	10.8
14	Dick Atha	26	18	160	3.8	10.6	.362	2.3	2.7	.833	5.4	4.3	5.4	9.9
15	Dick McGuire	32	69	2311	3.2	8.5	.373	2.3	3.5	.667	4.5	7.1	2.8	8.7
16	Doug Bolstorff	26	3	21	3.4	8.6	.400	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.7	6.9

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George Yardley	29	72	2843	23.3	.505	.414	10.2	2.2	12.3	.208
2	Harry Gallatin	30	72	1990	19.8	.480	.379	4.2	1.9	6.1	.147
3	Gene Shue	26	63	2333	13.6	.462	.384	3.1	1.6	4.6	.095
4	Dick McGuire	32	69	2311	12.2	.432	.373	1.6	2.3	4.0	.082
5	Walter Dukes	27	72	2184	13.6	.420	.349	0.2	2.2	2.4	.052
6	Phil Jordon	24	46	823	16.0	.438	.409	0.6	0.7	1.3	.075
7	Nathaniel Clifton	35	68	1435	10.4	.397	.363	-0.7	1.2	0.5	.017
8	Billy Kenville	27	35	649	11.4	.412	.379	0.0	0.5	0.5	.039
9	Joe Holup	23	37	607	11.5	.414	.348	0.0	0.5	0.5	.040
10	Bob Houbregs	25	17	302	11.5	.410	.358	0.0	0.2	0.2	.031
11	Dick Atha	26	18	160	8.9	.421	.362	0.1	0.1	0.2	.054
12	Tom Marshall	27	9	66	8.3	.411	.318	0.0	0.0	0.0	.028
13	Doug Bolstorff	26	3	21	2.2	.400	.400	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.004
14	Bill Ebben	22	8	50	1.1	.252	.214	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.233
15	Bill Thieben	22	27	243	5.0	.323	.294	-0.9	0.2	-0.7	-0.133
16	Chuck Noble	26	61	1363	7.0	.358	.331	-1.9	1.0	-0.9	-0.033

Playoffs Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	29	7	254	52	127	.409	60	67	.896	72	17	26	164
2	Gene Shue	26	7	281	45	123	.366	40	43	.930	46	33	15	130
3	Walter Dukes	27	7	286	37	101	.366	37	56	.661	97	4	38	111
4	Harry Gallatin	30	7	182	32	87	.368	26	37	.703	70	11	27	90
5	Dick McGuire	32	7	236	25	60	.417	17	24	.708	33	40	13	67
6	Billy Kenville	27	7	99	18	44	.409	10	18	.556	19	5	12	46
7	Joe Holup	23	7	134	15	43	.349	12	16	.750	36	3	20	42
8	Phil Jordon	24	6	62	12	30	.400	15	20	.750	12	2	15	39
9	Nathaniel Clifton	35	7	74	11	30	.367	6	8	.750	23	4	11	28
10	Chuck Noble	26	7	72	8	38	.211	4	8	.500	13	6	9	20

Playoffs Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	29	7	36.3	7.4	18.1	.409	8.6	9.6	.896	10.3	2.4	3.7	23.4
2	Gene Shue	26	7	40.1	6.4	17.6	.366	5.7	6.1	.930	6.6	4.7	2.1	18.6
3	Walter Dukes	27	7	40.9	5.3	14.4	.366	5.3	8.0	.661	13.9	0.6	5.4	15.9
4	Harry Gallatin	30	7	26.0	4.6	12.4	.368	3.7	5.3	.703	10.0	1.6	3.9	12.9
5	Dick McGuire	32	7	33.7	3.6	8.6	.417	2.4	3.4	.708	4.7	5.7	1.9	9.6
6	Billy Kenville	27	7	14.1	2.6	6.3	.409	1.4	2.6	.556	2.7	0.7	1.7	6.6
7	Phil Jordon	24	6	10.3	2.0	5.0	.400	2.5	3.3	.750	2.0	0.3	2.5	6.5
8	Joe Holup	23	7	19.1	2.1	6.1	.349	1.7	2.3	.750	5.1	0.4	2.9	6.0
9	Nathaniel Clifton	35	7	10.6	1.6	4.3	.367	0.9	1.1	.750	3.3	0.6	1.6	4.0
10	Chuck Noble	26	7	10.3	1.1	5.4	.211	0.6	1.1	.500	1.9	0.9	1.3	2.9

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	29	7	254	7.4	18.0	.409	8.5	9.5	.896	10.2	2.4	3.7	23.2
2	Phil Jordon	24	6	62	7.0	17.4	.400	8.7	11.6	.750	7.0	1.2	8.7	22.6
3	Harry Gallatin	30	7	182	6.3	17.2	.368	5.1	7.3	.703	13.8	2.2	5.3	17.8
4	Billy Kenville	27	7	99	6.5	16.0	.409	3.6	6.5	.556	6.9	1.8	4.4	16.7
5	Gene Shue	26	7	281	5.8	15.8	.366	5.1	5.5	.930	5.9	4.2	1.9	16.7
6	Walter Dukes	27	7	286	4.7	12.7	.366	4.7	7.0	.661	12.2	0.5	4.8	14.0
7	Nathaniel Clifton	35	7	74	5.4	14.6	.367	2.9	3.9	.750	11.2	1.9	5.4	13.6
8	Joe Holup	23	7	134	4.0	11.6	.349	3.2	4.3	.750	9.7	0.8	5.4	11.3
9	Dick McGuire	32	7	236	3.8	9.2	.417	2.6	3.7	.708	5.0	6.1	2.0	10.2
10	Chuck Noble	26	7	72	4.0	19.0	.211	2.0	4.0	.500	6.5	3.0	4.5	10.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George Yardley	29	7	254	23.7	.524	.409	12.1	1.1	0.1	1.2	.219
2	Gene Shue	26	7	281	16.7	.458	.366	19.6	0.5	0.1	0.6	.096
3	Dick McGuire	32	7	236	14.2	.475	.417	26.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	.091
4	Walter Dukes	27	7	286	12.7	.442	.366	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	.054
5	Harry Gallatin	30	7	182	16.9	.436	.368	10.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	.065
6	Phil Jordon	24	6	62	15.9	.503	.400	5.7	0.2	0.0	0.2	.177
7	Billy Kenville	27	7	99	12.7	.443	.409	8.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	.064
8	Joe Holup	23	7	134	9.0	.420	.349	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	.024
9	Nathaniel Clifton	35	7	74	12.1	.418	.367	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	.030
10	Chuck Noble	26	7	72	0.2	.241	.211	12.9	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.248

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