You Are Here > Basketball-Reference.com > Teams > Detroit Pistons > 1959-60 Roster and Statistics

1959-60 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season

30-45, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Rocha (13-21), Dick McGuire (17-24)

Points Per Game: 111.6 (6th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 115.0 (3rd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 30-45 (6th of 8)

Arena: Detroit Olympia ▪ Attendance: 178,007 (5th of 8)

SRS: -3.45 (6th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers

1959-60 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
16 Gary Alcorn C 6-9 225 October 8, 1936 R California State University, Fresno
10 Barney Cable F 6-7 175 July 29, 1935 1 Bradley University
12 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 September 2, 1933 4 Fordham University
22 Archie Dees F-C 6-8 205 February 22, 1936 1 Indiana University
23 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 June 23, 1930 4 Seton Hall University
18 Bailey Howell F 6-7 210 January 20, 1937 R Mississippi State University
10 Billy Kenville G-F 6-2 187 December 1, 1930 5 St. Bonaventure University
17 Earl Lloyd F-C 6-5 200 April 3, 1928 8 West Virginia State University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 10 St. John's University
6 Shellie McMillon F 6-5 205 March 11, 1936 1 Bradley University
14 Chuck Noble G 6-4 190 July 24, 1931 4 University of Louisville
21 Gene Shue G 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 5 University of Maryland
10 Tony Windis G 6-1 160 January 27, 1933 R University of Wyoming

Team and Opponent Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 75 3146 7920 .397 2075 2847 .729 5491 1472 1983 8367 111.6
Opponent 75 8624 115.0

Player Statistics

Totals

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Gene Shue 28 75 3338 620 1501 .413 472 541 .872 409 295 146 1712
2 Bailey Howell 23 75 2346 510 1119 .456 312 422 .739 790 63 282 1332
3 Walter Dukes 29 66 2140 314 871 .361 376 508 .740 883 80 310 1004
4 Ed Conlin 26 70 1636 300 831 .361 181 238 .761 346 126 158 781
5 Archie Dees 23 73 1244 271 617 .439 165 204 .809 397 43 188 707
6 Shellie McMillon 23 75 1416 267 627 .426 132 199 .663 431 49 198 666
7 Chuck Noble 28 58 1621 276 774 .357 101 138 .732 201 265 172 653
8 Earl Lloyd 31 68 1610 237 665 .356 128 160 .800 322 89 226 602
9 Dick McGuire 34 68 1466 179 402 .445 124 201 .617 264 358 112 482
10 Gary Alcorn 23 58 670 91 312 .292 48 84 .571 279 22 123 230
11 Billy Kenville 29 25 365 47 131 .359 33 41 .805 71 46 31 127
12 Barney Cable 24 7 116 22 60 .367 4 10 .400 48 6 19 48
13 Tony Windis 27 9 193 16 60 .267 4 6 .667 47 32 20 36

Per Game

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Gene Shue 28 75 44.5 8.3 20.0 .413 6.3 7.2 .872 5.5 3.9 1.9 22.8
2 Bailey Howell 23 75 31.3 6.8 14.9 .456 4.2 5.6 .739 10.5 0.8 3.8 17.8
3 Walter Dukes 29 66 32.4 4.8 13.2 .361 5.7 7.7 .740 13.4 1.2 4.7 15.2
4 Chuck Noble 28 58 27.9 4.8 13.3 .357 1.7 2.4 .732 3.5 4.6 3.0 11.3
5 Ed Conlin 26 70 23.4 4.3 11.9 .361 2.6 3.4 .761 4.9 1.8 2.3 11.2
6 Archie Dees 23 73 17.0 3.7 8.5 .439 2.3 2.8 .809 5.4 0.6 2.6 9.7
7 Earl Lloyd 31 68 23.7 3.5 9.8 .356 1.9 2.4 .800 4.7 1.3 3.3 8.9
8 Shellie McMillon 23 75 18.9 3.6 8.4 .426 1.8 2.7 .663 5.7 0.7 2.6 8.9
9 Dick McGuire 34 68 21.6 2.6 5.9 .445 1.8 3.0 .617 3.9 5.3 1.6 7.1
10 Barney Cable 24 7 16.6 3.1 8.6 .367 0.6 1.4 .400 6.9 0.9 2.7 6.9
11 Billy Kenville 29 25 14.6 1.9 5.2 .359 1.3 1.6 .805 2.8 1.8 1.2 5.1
12 Tony Windis 27 9 21.4 1.8 6.7 .267 0.4 0.7 .667 5.2 3.6 2.2 4.0
13 Gary Alcorn 23 58 11.6 1.6 5.4 .292 0.8 1.4 .571 4.8 0.4 2.1 4.0

Per 36 Minutes

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Archie Dees 23 73 1244 7.8 17.9 .439 4.8 5.9 .809 11.5 1.2 5.4 20.5
2 Bailey Howell 23 75 2346 7.8 17.2 .456 4.8 6.5 .739 12.1 1.0 4.3 20.4
3 Gene Shue 28 75 3338 6.7 16.2 .413 5.1 5.8 .872 4.4 3.2 1.6 18.5
4 Ed Conlin 26 70 1636 6.6 18.3 .361 4.0 5.2 .761 7.6 2.8 3.5 17.2
5 Shellie McMillon 23 75 1416 6.8 15.9 .426 3.4 5.1 .663 11.0 1.2 5.0 16.9
6 Walter Dukes 29 66 2140 5.3 14.7 .361 6.3 8.5 .740 14.9 1.3 5.2 16.9
7 Barney Cable 24 7 116 6.8 18.6 .367 1.2 3.1 .400 14.9 1.9 5.9 14.9
8 Chuck Noble 28 58 1621 6.1 17.2 .357 2.2 3.1 .732 4.5 5.9 3.8 14.5
9 Earl Lloyd 31 68 1610 5.3 14.9 .356 2.9 3.6 .800 7.2 2.0 5.1 13.5
10 Billy Kenville 29 25 365 4.6 12.9 .359 3.3 4.0 .805 7.0 4.5 3.1 12.5
11 Gary Alcorn 23 58 670 4.9 16.8 .292 2.6 4.5 .571 15.0 1.2 6.6 12.4
12 Dick McGuire 34 68 1466 4.4 9.9 .445 3.0 4.9 .617 6.5 8.8 2.8 11.8
13 Tony Windis 27 9 193 3.0 11.2 .267 0.7 1.1 .667 8.8 6.0 3.7 6.7

Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Gene Shue 28 75 3338 15.6 .492 .413 6.3 2.1 8.5
2 Bailey Howell 23 75 2346 18.1 .510 .456 5.7 1.9 7.6
3 Dick McGuire 34 68 1466 16.4 .491 .445 2.3 1.7 4.0
4 Walter Dukes 29 66 2140 15.5 .459 .361 1.8 2.1 3.9
5 Archie Dees 23 73 1244 17.2 .500 .439 2.7 1.0 3.7
6 Shellie McMillon 23 75 1416 13.7 .466 .426 1.4 1.1 2.5
7 Ed Conlin 26 70 1636 12.4 .417 .361 -0.5 1.2 0.7
8 Earl Lloyd 31 68 1610 8.7 .409 .356 -0.7 1.1 0.4
9 Billy Kenville 29 25 365 11.9 .426 .359 0.0 0.3 0.4
10 Chuck Noble 28 58 1621 10.9 .391 .357 -1.3 1.4 0.0
11 Barney Cable 24 7 116 11.2 .373 .367 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
12 Tony Windis 27 9 193 7.5 .287 .267 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
13 Gary Alcorn 23 58 670 7.6 .330 .292 -1.9 0.6 -1.3

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Gene Shue 28 2 89 15 38 18 20 12 6 5 48 .395 .900 44.5 24.0 6.0 3.0
2 Walter Dukes 29 2 78 16 31 16 22 33 2 9 48 .516 .727 39.0 24.0 16.5 1.0
3 Bailey Howell 23 2 72 14 41 6 8 17 3 8 34 .341 .750 36.0 17.0 8.5 1.5
4 Shellie McMillon 23 2 47 8 21 4 5 16 2 5 20 .381 .800 23.5 10.0 8.0 1.0
5 Earl Lloyd 31 2 53 6 24 5 8 9 3 11 17 .250 .625 26.5 8.5 4.5 1.5
6 Chuck Noble 28 2 61 7 26 0 0 9 13 6 14 .269 30.5 7.0 4.5 6.5
7 Dick McGuire 34 2 42 5 12 1 3 4 9 3 11 .417 .333 21.0 5.5 2.0 4.5
8 Archie Dees 23 2 18 4 12 3 3 4 2 2 11 .333 1.000 9.0 5.5 2.0 1.0
9 Ed Conlin 26 2 20 3 10 2 2 4 0 2 8 .300 1.000 10.0 4.0 2.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Walter Dukes 29 2 78 24.1 .590 .516 4.2 0.4 0.1 0.5
2 Gene Shue 28 2 89 16.7 .513 .395 10.5 0.2 0.1 0.3
3 Shellie McMillon 23 2 47 13.6 .431 .381 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.1
4 Dick McGuire 34 2 42 11.3 .413 .417 30.9 0.0 0.0 0.1
5 Archie Dees 23 2 18 15.8 .413 .333 18.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Ed Conlin 26 2 20 6.7 .368 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Chuck Noble 28 2 61 6.6 .269 .269 30.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
8 Earl Lloyd 31 2 53 2.2 .309 .250 8.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
9 Bailey Howell 23 2 72 10.0 .382 .341 6.7 -0.1 0.1 -0.1