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1948-49 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Statistics

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22-38, Finished 5th in BAA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Carl Bennett (0-6), Curly Armstrong (22-32)

PTS/G: 74.3 (12th of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 77.5 (3rd of 12)
SRS: -2.84 (9th of 12)
Expected W-L: 21-39 (9th of 12)

Arena: North Side High School Gym ▪ Attendance: NA

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
31 Curly Armstrong G-F 5-11 170 November 1, 1918 R Indiana University
29 Charlie Black F-C 6-5 200 June 15, 1921 R University of Kansas
Dillard Crocker F-G 6-4 205 January 19, 1925 R Western Michigan University
35 Bruce Hale G-F 6-1 170 August 30, 1918 R Santa Clara University
36 Ralph Hamilton G-F 6-1 188 June 10, 1921 R Indiana University
30 Bill Henry C 6-9 215 December 27, 1924 R Rice University
32 Bob Kinney C-F 6-6 215 September 16, 1920 R Rice University
35 Walt Kirk G-F 6-3 173 September 3, 1924 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
26 Leo Klier F-G 6-2 170 May 21, 1923 R University of Notre Dame
24 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 2 Georgetown University
29 Leo Mogus F-C 6-4 190 April 13, 1921 1 Youngstown State University
23 Richie Niemiera G-F 6-1 165 May 26, 1921 R University of Notre Dame
30 Jake Pelkington C-F 6-6 220 January 3, 1916 R Manhattan College
Roy Pugh C-F 6-6 210 R Southern Methodist University
37 Jack Smiley F-G 6-3 190 December 22, 1922 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
20 Bob Tough G-F 6-0 185 August 28, 1920 R St. John's University
24 Blackie Towery F-C 6-4 210 June 20, 1920 R Western Kentucky University
28 Dick Triptow G-F 6-0 170 November 3, 1922 R DePaul University
25 Ward Williams F 6-4 195 June 26, 1923 R Indiana 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 60 1536 5370 .286 1385 1979 .700 1082 1722 4457 74.3
Lg Rank 12 6 12 4 3 6 7 3 12 12
Opponent 60 4651 77.5
Lg Rank 3 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 Bob Tough 28 53 183 661 .277 100 138 .725 99 101 466
2 Jack Smiley 26 59 141 571 .247 112 164 .683 138 202 394
3 Curly Armstrong 30 52 131 428 .306 118 169 .698 105 152 380
4 Richie Niemiera 27 55 115 331 .347 132 165 .800 96 115 362
5 John Mahnken 26 37 136 514 .265 79 119 .664 82 143 351
6 Leo Klier 25 47 125 492 .254 97 137 .708 56 124 347
7 Dick Triptow 26 55 116 417 .278 102 141 .723 96 107 334
8 Bruce Hale 30 34 109 348 .313 102 136 .750 87 72 320
9 Bill Henry 24 32 96 300 .320 125 203 .616 55 110 317
10 Bob Kinney 28 37 86 271 .317 82 143 .573 51 135 254
11 Ward Williams 25 53 61 257 .237 93 124 .750 82 158 215
12 Leo Mogus 27 20 59 176 .335 55 74 .743 27 66 173
13 Blackie Towery 28 22 56 216 .259 52 73 .712 35 79 164
14 Charlie Black 27 17 46 145 .317 38 62 .613 25 64 130
15 Jake Pelkington 33 14 33 104 .317 58 75 .773 32 54 124
16 Walt Kirk 24 14 22 61 .361 25 33 .758 12 24 69
17 Ralph Hamilton 27 10 16 66 .242 10 13 .769 3 10 42
18 Roy Pugh 4 4 8 .500 1 4 .250 1 3 9
19 Dillard Crocker 24 2 1 4 .250 4 6 .667 0 3 6

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 Bill Henry 24 32 3.0 9.4 .320 3.9 6.3 .616 1.7 3.4 9.9
2 John Mahnken 26 37 3.7 13.9 .265 2.1 3.2 .664 2.2 3.9 9.5
3 Bruce Hale 30 34 3.2 10.2 .313 3.0 4.0 .750 2.6 2.1 9.4
4 Jake Pelkington 33 14 2.4 7.4 .317 4.1 5.4 .773 2.3 3.9 8.9
5 Bob Tough 28 53 3.5 12.5 .277 1.9 2.6 .725 1.9 1.9 8.8
6 Leo Mogus 27 20 3.0 8.8 .335 2.8 3.7 .743 1.4 3.3 8.7
7 Charlie Black 27 17 2.7 8.5 .317 2.2 3.6 .613 1.5 3.8 7.6
8 Blackie Towery 28 22 2.5 9.8 .259 2.4 3.3 .712 1.6 3.6 7.5
9 Leo Klier 25 47 2.7 10.5 .254 2.1 2.9 .708 1.2 2.6 7.4
10 Curly Armstrong 30 52 2.5 8.2 .306 2.3 3.3 .698 2.0 2.9 7.3
11 Bob Kinney 28 37 2.3 7.3 .317 2.2 3.9 .573 1.4 3.6 6.9
12 Jack Smiley 26 59 2.4 9.7 .247 1.9 2.8 .683 2.3 3.4 6.7
13 Richie Niemiera 27 55 2.1 6.0 .347 2.4 3.0 .800 1.7 2.1 6.6
14 Dick Triptow 26 55 2.1 7.6 .278 1.9 2.6 .723 1.7 1.9 6.1
15 Walt Kirk 24 14 1.6 4.4 .361 1.8 2.4 .758 0.9 1.7 4.9
16 Ralph Hamilton 27 10 1.6 6.6 .242 1.0 1.3 .769 0.3 1.0 4.2
17 Ward Williams 25 53 1.2 4.8 .237 1.8 2.3 .750 1.5 3.0 4.1
18 Dillard Crocker 24 2 0.5 2.0 .250 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 1.5 3.0
19 Roy Pugh 4 1.0 2.0 .500 0.3 1.0 .250 0.3 0.8 2.3

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 Roy Pugh 4 .500 .250
2 Charlie Black 27 17 .317 .613
3 Ward Williams 25 53 .237 .750
4 Dillard Crocker 24 2 .250 .667
5 Jack Smiley 26 59 .247 .683
6 Ralph Hamilton 27 10 .242 .769
7 Bruce Hale 30 34 .313 .750
8 Bill Henry 24 32 .320 .616
9 Dick Triptow 26 55 .278 .723
10 Blackie Towery 28 22 .259 .712
11 Bob Tough 28 53 .277 .725
12 Walt Kirk 24 14 .361 .758
13 Bob Kinney 28 37 .317 .573
14 Leo Klier 25 47 .254 .708
15 John Mahnken 26 37 .265 .664
16 Leo Mogus 27 20 .335 .743
17 Richie Niemiera 27 55 .347 .800
18 Jake Pelkington 33 14 .317 .773
19 Curly Armstrong 30 52 .306 .698

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 Richie Niemiera 27 55 .448 .347 3.1 1.8 4.8
2 Curly Armstrong 30 52 .378 .306 0.9 2.2 3.1
3 Bill Henry 24 32 .407 .320 1.5 1.5 2.9
4 Bruce Hale 30 34 .392 .313 1.2 1.4 2.6
5 Bob Kinney 28 37 .380 .317 0.5 1.6 2.1
6 Ward Williams 25 53 .345 .237 -0.1 1.9 1.8
7 Jake Pelkington 33 14 .453 .317 1.1 0.7 1.8
8 Leo Mogus 27 20 .415 .335 0.9 0.8 1.7
9 Dick Triptow 26 55 .349 .278 -0.3 1.8 1.5
10 Charlie Black 27 17 .377 .317 0.2 0.8 1.0
11 Walt Kirk 24 14 .457 .361 0.6 0.3 0.9
12 Jack Smiley 26 59 .306 .247 -2.6 3.0 0.4
13 Blackie Towery 28 22 .330 .259 -0.6 1.0 0.4
14 Dillard Crocker 24 2 .452 .250 0.0 0.0 0.1
15 Roy Pugh 4 .461 .500 0.1 0.0 0.1
16 Bob Tough 28 53 .323 .277 -2.3 2.1 -0.2
17 Ralph Hamilton 27 10 .293 .242 -0.4 0.2 -0.3
18 John Mahnken 26 37 .310 .265 -2.4 2.1 -0.3
19 Leo Klier 25 47 .314 .254 -2.2 1.8 -0.4