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1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Statistics

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40-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Murray Mendenhall (40-28)

PTS/G: 79.3 (11th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 77.9 (8th of 17)
SRS: 1.84 (8th of 17)
Expected W-L: 38-30 (8th of 17)

Arena: North Side High School Gym ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Central Division Finals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Central Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Rochester Royals
Won NBA Central Division Third Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Chicago Stags

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
3 Curly Armstrong G-F 5-11 170 November 1, 1918 1 Indiana University
12 Charlie Black F-C 6-5 200 June 15, 1921 1 University of Kansas
10 Bob Carpenter F-C 6-5 200 November 6, 1917 R East Texas State University
14 Bob Harris F-C 6-7 195 March 16, 1927 R Oklahoma State University
16 Bill Henry C 6-9 215 December 27, 1924 1 Rice University
5 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 December 6, 1921 R Huntington University
15 Jack Kerris F-C 6-6 215 January 30, 1925 R Loyola University of Chicago
7 Leo Klier F-G 6-2 170 May 21, 1923 1 University of Notre Dame
6 Duane Klueh G 6-3 175 January 6, 1926 R Indiana State University
15 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 3 Georgetown University
9 Jerry Nagel G 6-0 190 May 18, 1928 R Loyola University of Chicago
5 Richie Niemiera G-F 6-1 165 May 26, 1921 1 University of Notre Dame
4 John Oldham G 6-3 175 June 22, 1923 R Western Kentucky University
8 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 June 30, 1925 R West Virginia University
12 Howie Schultz C-F 6-6 200 July 3, 1922 R Hamline University
17 Clint Wager C-F 6-6 210 January 20, 1920 R Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

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 68 1878 5901 .318 1634 2331 .701 1364 2065 5390 79.3
Lg Rank 8 2 14 7 5 14 6 1 8 11
Opponent 68 5297 77.9
Lg Rank 10 8

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 Fred Schaus 24 68 351 996 .352 270 330 .818 176 232 972
2 Bob Carpenter 32 66 212 617 .344 190 256 .742 92 168 614
3 Bob Harris 22 62 168 465 .361 140 223 .628 129 190 476
4 Curly Armstrong 31 63 144 516 .279 170 241 .705 170 217 458
5 Jack Kerris 25 64 149 455 .327 159 248 .641 110 162 457
6 Leo Klier 26 66 157 516 .304 141 190 .742 121 177 455
7 Charlie Black 28 36 125 435 .287 132 209 .632 75 140 382
8 John Oldham 26 59 127 426 .298 103 145 .710 99 192 357
9 Howie Schultz 27 32 96 355 .270 79 122 .648 81 119 271
10 Ralph Johnson 28 32 110 353 .312 33 46 .717 67 95 253
11 Bill Henry 25 44 65 209 .311 84 125 .672 39 99 214
12 Richie Niemiera 28 31 59 207 .285 56 73 .767 61 42 174
13 Duane Klueh 24 19 49 112 .438 46 69 .667 28 38 144
14 Clint Wager 30 63 57 203 .281 29 47 .617 90 175 143
15 Jerry Nagel 21 14 6 28 .214 1 4 .250 18 11 13
16 John Mahnken 27 2 3 8 .375 1 3 .333 2 8 7

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 Fred Schaus 24 68 5.2 14.6 .352 4.0 4.9 .818 2.6 3.4 14.3
2 Charlie Black 28 36 3.5 12.1 .287 3.7 5.8 .632 2.1 3.9 10.6
3 Bob Carpenter 32 66 3.2 9.3 .344 2.9 3.9 .742 1.4 2.5 9.3
4 Howie Schultz 27 32 3.0 11.1 .270 2.5 3.8 .648 2.5 3.7 8.5
5 Ralph Johnson 28 32 3.4 11.0 .312 1.0 1.4 .717 2.1 3.0 7.9
6 Bob Harris 22 62 2.7 7.5 .361 2.3 3.6 .628 2.1 3.1 7.7
7 Duane Klueh 24 19 2.6 5.9 .438 2.4 3.6 .667 1.5 2.0 7.6
8 Curly Armstrong 31 63 2.3 8.2 .279 2.7 3.8 .705 2.7 3.4 7.3
9 Jack Kerris 25 64 2.3 7.1 .327 2.5 3.9 .641 1.7 2.5 7.1
10 Leo Klier 26 66 2.4 7.8 .304 2.1 2.9 .742 1.8 2.7 6.9
11 John Oldham 26 59 2.2 7.2 .298 1.7 2.5 .710 1.7 3.3 6.1
12 Richie Niemiera 28 31 1.9 6.7 .285 1.8 2.4 .767 2.0 1.4 5.6
13 Bill Henry 25 44 1.5 4.8 .311 1.9 2.8 .672 0.9 2.3 4.9
14 John Mahnken 27 2 1.5 4.0 .375 0.5 1.5 .333 1.0 4.0 3.5
15 Clint Wager 30 63 0.9 3.2 .281 0.5 0.7 .617 1.4 2.8 2.3
16 Jerry Nagel 21 14 0.4 2.0 .214 0.1 0.3 .250 1.3 0.8 0.9

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 Howie Schultz 27 32 .270 .648
2 Charlie Black 28 36 .287 .632
3 Bob Carpenter 32 66 .344 .742
4 Bob Harris 22 62 .361 .628
5 Bill Henry 25 44 .311 .672
6 Clint Wager 30 63 .281 .617
7 Ralph Johnson 28 32 .312 .717
8 Jack Kerris 25 64 .327 .641
9 Duane Klueh 24 19 .438 .667
10 Leo Klier 26 66 .304 .742
11 John Mahnken 27 2 .375 .333
12 Jerry Nagel 21 14 .214 .250
13 Richie Niemiera 28 31 .285 .767
14 John Oldham 26 59 .298 .710
15 Fred Schaus 24 68 .352 .818
16 Curly Armstrong 31 63 .279 .705

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 Fred Schaus 24 68 .426 .352 4.0 4.3 8.4
2 Bob Carpenter 32 66 .421 .344 2.2 2.8 5.0
3 Bob Harris 22 62 .423 .361 2.1 3.0 5.0
4 Jack Kerris 25 64 .405 .327 1.3 2.6 3.9
5 Curly Armstrong 31 63 .368 .279 -0.1 3.5 3.4
6 Leo Klier 26 66 .379 .304 0.1 2.9 3.0
7 John Oldham 26 59 .364 .298 -0.5 2.8 2.3
8 Duane Klueh 24 19 .506 .438 1.4 0.6 2.1
9 Bill Henry 25 44 .405 .311 0.6 1.3 1.9
10 Clint Wager 30 63 .320 .281 -0.8 2.2 1.5
11 Charlie Black 28 36 .362 .287 -0.7 2.2 1.5
12 Richie Niemiera 28 31 .364 .285 -0.2 1.0 0.8
13 Howie Schultz 27 32 .332 .270 -1.4 2.0 0.5
14 Ralph Johnson 28 32 .339 .312 -1.2 1.7 0.5
15 John Mahnken 27 2 .376 .375 0.0 0.1 0.1
16 Jerry Nagel 21 14 .218 .214 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

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 Fred Schaus 24 4 24 66 26 31 11 9 74 .364 .839 18.5 2.8
2 Howie Schultz 27 4 15 61 13 17 4 15 43 .246 .765 10.8 1.0
3 John Oldham 26 4 12 27 13 17 4 15 37 .444 .765 9.3 1.0
4 Jack Kerris 25 4 12 30 13 22 5 17 37 .400 .591 9.3 1.3
5 Bob Carpenter 32 4 11 30 10 14 2 6 32 .367 .714 8.0 0.5
6 Clint Wager 30 4 11 25 8 10 8 22 30 .440 .800 7.5 2.0
7 Bob Harris 22 4 9 32 12 20 11 15 30 .281 .600 7.5 2.8
8 Ralph Johnson 28 4 8 32 12 16 8 13 28 .250 .750 7.0 2.0
9 Duane Klueh 24 2 2 10 5 5 3 8 9 .200 1.000 4.5 1.5
10 Curly Armstrong 31 3 4 22 1 4 6 6 9 .182 .250 3.0 2.0
11 Leo Klier 26 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 .000 1.000 0.5 1.5

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 Fred Schaus 24 4 .465 .364 0.4 0.1 0.6
2 John Oldham 26 4 .537 .444 0.4 0.1 0.5
3 Clint Wager 30 4 .510 .440 0.3 0.2 0.4
4 Jack Kerris 25 4 .466 .400 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Bob Carpenter 32 4 .442 .367 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Bob Harris 22 4 .368 .281 -0.1 0.1 0.1
7 Ralph Johnson 28 4 .359 .250 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Duane Klueh 24 2 .369 .200 0.0 0.1 0.0
9 Leo Klier 26 2 .145 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Howie Schultz 27 4 .314 .246 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
11 Curly Armstrong 31 3 .189 .182 -0.3 0.1 -0.3