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1957-58 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Dick Atha G 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 C-F 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 F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 9 Truman State University
9 Joe Holup F 6-6 215 February 26, 1934 1 George Washington University
17 Bob Houbregs C-F 6-7 210 March 12, 1932 4 University of Washington
16 Phil Jordon C-F 6-10 205 September 12, 1933 1 Whitworth
6 Billy Kenville G-F 6-2 187 December 1, 1930 4 St. Bonaventure University
8 Tom Marshall F-G 6-4 215 January 6, 1931 2 Western Kentucky University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 8 St. John's University
5 Chuck Noble G 6-4 190 July 24, 1931 2 University of Louisville
21 Gene Shue G 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 3 University of Maryland
9 Bill Thieben F-C 6-7 215 March 28, 1935 1 Hofstra University
12 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 4 Stanford University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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

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 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 GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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 Chuck Noble 26 61 22.3 3.3 9.9 .331 0.9 1.3 .727 2.3 2.5 2.7 7.4
10 Billy Kenville 27 35 18.5 3.0 8.0 .379 1.3 2.1 .613 2.9 1.9 1.9 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 GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg 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 Joe Holup 23 37 607 11.5 .414 .348 0.0 0.5 0.5 .040
9 Billy Kenville 27 35 649 11.4 .412 .379 0.0 0.5 0.5 .039
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 Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 George Yardley 29 7 254 52 127 60 67 72 17 26 164 .409 .896 36.3 23.4 10.3 2.4
2 Gene Shue 26 7 281 45 123 40 43 46 33 15 130 .366 .930 40.1 18.6 6.6 4.7
3 Walter Dukes 27 7 286 37 101 37 56 97 4 38 111 .366 .661 40.9 15.9 13.9 0.6
4 Harry Gallatin 30 7 182 32 87 26 37 70 11 27 90 .368 .703 26.0 12.9 10.0 1.6
5 Dick McGuire 32 7 236 25 60 17 24 33 40 13 67 .417 .708 33.7 9.6 4.7 5.7
6 Billy Kenville 27 7 99 18 44 10 18 19 5 12 46 .409 .556 14.1 6.6 2.7 0.7
7 Joe Holup 23 7 134 15 43 12 16 36 3 20 42 .349 .750 19.1 6.0 5.1 0.4
8 Phil Jordon 24 6 62 12 30 15 20 12 2 15 39 .400 .750 10.3 6.5 2.0 0.3
9 Nathaniel Clifton 35 7 74 11 30 6 8 23 4 11 28 .367 .750 10.6 4.0 3.3 0.6
10 Chuck Noble 26 7 72 8 38 4 8 13 6 9 20 .211 .500 10.3 2.9 1.9 0.9

Playoffs 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 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 Phil Jordon 24 6 62 15.9 .503 .400 5.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 .177
6 Harry Gallatin 30 7 182 16.9 .436 .368 10.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 .065
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