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1968-69 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

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Record: 32-50, Finished 6th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Donnie Butcher (10-12), Paul Seymour (22-38)

PTS/G: 114.1 (5th of 14) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 117.3 (13th of 14)
SRS: -2.79 (11th of 14)
Expected W-L: 33-49 (11th of 14)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 201,433 (9th of 14)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
8 Walt Bellamy C 6-11 225 July 24, 1939 7 Indiana University
21 Dave Bing PG 6-3 180 November 24, 1943 2 Syracuse University
22 Dave DeBusschere PF 6-6 220 October 16, 1940 6 University of Detroit Mercy
43 Terry Dischinger SF 6-7 189 November 21, 1940 4 Purdue University
44 Sonny Dove PF 6-7 198 August 16, 1945 1 St. John's University
23 Jim Fox C 6-10 230 April 7, 1943 1 University of South Carolina
25 Dave Gambee SF 6-6 215 April 16, 1937 10 Oregon State University
5 Happy Hairston PF 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 4 New York University
30 Howard Komives PG 6-1 185 May 9, 1941 4 Bowling Green State University
23 McCoy McLemore SF 6-7 230 April 3, 1942 4 Drake University
14 Eddie Miles SG 6-4 195 July 5, 1940 5 Seattle University
20 Otto Moore C 6-11 205 August 27, 1946 R University of Texas-Pan American
19 Rich Niemann C 7-0 245 July 2, 1946 R Saint Louis University
10 Bud Olsen PF 6-8 220 July 25, 1940 6 University of Louisville
24 Jimmy Walker SG 6-3 195 April 8, 1944 1 Providence College
12 Cliff Williams G 6-3 180 April 15, 1945 R Bowling Green State University

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 82 19755 3609 7997 .451 2141 3025 .708 4471 1757 2105 9359 114.1
Lg Rank 9 4 10 6 3 4 9 13 12 6 5 5
Opponent 82 19755 9618 117.3
Lg Rank 9 13 13

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 33 49 -3.16 0.37 -2.79 .451 .268 Cobo Arena 201,433
Lg Rank 11 11 11 2 11 6 4 9

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 Dave Bing 25 77 3039 678 1594 .425 444 623 .713 382 546 256 1800
2 Happy Hairston 26 81 2889 530 1131 .469 404 553 .731 959 109 255 1464
3 Eddie Miles 28 80 2252 441 983 .449 182 273 .667 283 180 201 1064
4 Walt Bellamy 29 53 2023 359 701 .512 276 416 .663 716 99 197 994
5 Jimmy Walker 24 69 1639 312 670 .466 182 229 .795 157 221 172 806
6 Howard Komives 27 53 1726 272 665 .409 138 178 .775 204 266 178 682
7 Terry Dischinger 28 75 1456 264 513 .515 130 178 .730 323 93 230 658
8 Otto Moore 22 74 1605 241 544 .443 88 168 .524 524 68 182 570
9 Dave DeBusschere 28 29 1092 189 423 .447 94 130 .723 353 63 111 472
10 McCoy McLemore 26 50 910 141 356 .396 84 104 .808 236 44 113 366
11 Dave Gambee 31 25 302 60 142 .423 49 62 .790 78 15 60 169
12 Jim Fox 25 25 375 45 96 .469 34 53 .642 139 23 56 124
13 Sonny Dove 23 29 236 47 100 .470 24 36 .667 62 12 49 118
14 Rich Niemann 22 16 123 20 47 .426 8 10 .800 41 9 30 48
15 Bud Olsen 28 10 70 8 23 .348 4 12 .333 11 7 8 20
16 Cliff Williams 23 3 18 2 9 .222 0 0 3 2 7 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 Dave Bing 25 77 39.5 8.8 20.7 .425 5.8 8.1 .713 5.0 7.1 3.3 23.4
2 Walt Bellamy 29 53 38.2 6.8 13.2 .512 5.2 7.8 .663 13.5 1.9 3.7 18.8
3 Happy Hairston 26 81 35.7 6.5 14.0 .469 5.0 6.8 .731 11.8 1.3 3.1 18.1
4 Dave DeBusschere 28 29 37.7 6.5 14.6 .447 3.2 4.5 .723 12.2 2.2 3.8 16.3
5 Eddie Miles 28 80 28.2 5.5 12.3 .449 2.3 3.4 .667 3.5 2.3 2.5 13.3
6 Howard Komives 27 53 32.6 5.1 12.5 .409 2.6 3.4 .775 3.8 5.0 3.4 12.9
7 Jimmy Walker 24 69 23.8 4.5 9.7 .466 2.6 3.3 .795 2.3 3.2 2.5 11.7
8 Terry Dischinger 28 75 19.4 3.5 6.8 .515 1.7 2.4 .730 4.3 1.2 3.1 8.8
9 Otto Moore 22 74 21.7 3.3 7.4 .443 1.2 2.3 .524 7.1 0.9 2.5 7.7
10 McCoy McLemore 26 50 18.2 2.8 7.1 .396 1.7 2.1 .808 4.7 0.9 2.3 7.3
11 Dave Gambee 31 25 12.1 2.4 5.7 .423 2.0 2.5 .790 3.1 0.6 2.4 6.8
12 Jim Fox 25 25 15.0 1.8 3.8 .469 1.4 2.1 .642 5.6 0.9 2.2 5.0
13 Sonny Dove 23 29 8.1 1.6 3.4 .470 0.8 1.2 .667 2.1 0.4 1.7 4.1
14 Rich Niemann 22 16 7.7 1.3 2.9 .426 0.5 0.6 .800 2.6 0.6 1.9 3.0
15 Bud Olsen 28 10 7.0 0.8 2.3 .348 0.4 1.2 .333 1.1 0.7 0.8 2.0
16 Cliff Williams 23 3 6.0 0.7 3.0 .222 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 2.3 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 Dave Bing 25 77 3039 8.0 18.9 .425 5.3 7.4 .713 4.5 6.5 3.0 21.3
2 Dave Gambee 31 25 302 7.2 16.9 .423 5.8 7.4 .790 9.3 1.8 7.2 20.1
3 Happy Hairston 26 81 2889 6.6 14.1 .469 5.0 6.9 .731 12.0 1.4 3.2 18.2
4 Sonny Dove 23 29 236 7.2 15.3 .470 3.7 5.5 .667 9.5 1.8 7.5 18.0
5 Walt Bellamy 29 53 2023 6.4 12.5 .512 4.9 7.4 .663 12.7 1.8 3.5 17.7
6 Jimmy Walker 24 69 1639 6.9 14.7 .466 4.0 5.0 .795 3.4 4.9 3.8 17.7
7 Eddie Miles 28 80 2252 7.0 15.7 .449 2.9 4.4 .667 4.5 2.9 3.2 17.0
8 Terry Dischinger 28 75 1456 6.5 12.7 .515 3.2 4.4 .730 8.0 2.3 5.7 16.3
9 Dave DeBusschere 28 29 1092 6.2 13.9 .447 3.1 4.3 .723 11.6 2.1 3.7 15.6
10 McCoy McLemore 26 50 910 5.6 14.1 .396 3.3 4.1 .808 9.3 1.7 4.5 14.5
11 Howard Komives 27 53 1726 5.7 13.9 .409 2.9 3.7 .775 4.3 5.5 3.7 14.2
12 Rich Niemann 22 16 123 5.9 13.8 .426 2.3 2.9 .800 12.0 2.6 8.8 14.0
13 Otto Moore 22 74 1605 5.4 12.2 .443 2.0 3.8 .524 11.8 1.5 4.1 12.8
14 Jim Fox 25 25 375 4.3 9.2 .469 3.3 5.1 .642 13.3 2.2 5.4 11.9
15 Bud Olsen 28 10 70 4.1 11.8 .348 2.1 6.2 .333 5.7 3.6 4.1 10.3
16 Cliff Williams 23 3 18 4.0 18.0 .222 0.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 14.0 8.0

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 Happy Hairston 26 81 2889 17.2 .533 .469 5.2 5.8 1.2 7.0 .116
2 Walt Bellamy 29 53 2023 18.0 .562 .512 6.6 5.2 0.9 6.1 .144
3 Dave Bing 25 77 3039 17.8 .482 .425 26.0 3.3 1.2 4.5 .071
4 Terry Dischinger 28 75 1456 14.1 .556 .515 8.7 3.3 0.5 3.8 .125
5 Jimmy Walker 24 69 1639 14.9 .523 .466 18.6 3.1 0.5 3.6 .105
6 Eddie Miles 28 80 2252 12.5 .482 .449 11.1 1.8 0.6 2.4 .051
7 Dave DeBusschere 28 29 1092 14.7 .491 .447 7.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 .064
8 Howard Komives 27 53 1726 12.1 .459 .409 20.4 0.5 0.6 1.1 .030
9 Otto Moore 22 74 1605 11.7 .461 .443 5.6 0.3 0.6 0.9 .027
10 Jim Fox 25 25 375 13.2 .520 .469 7.7 0.4 0.2 0.6 .078
11 Dave Gambee 31 25 302 14.7 .499 .423 6.9 0.4 0.1 0.5 .083
12 McCoy McLemore 26 50 910 11.4 .455 .396 6.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 .020
13 Sonny Dove 23 29 236 13.6 .509 .470 7.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 .088
14 Rich Niemann 22 16 123 11.6 .467 .426 9.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 .037
15 Bud Olsen 28 10 70 6.1 .354 .348 12.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.084
16 Cliff Williams 23 3 18 -3.5 .222 .222 13.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.277