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1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Statistics

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32-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Murray Mendenhall (32-36)

PTS/G: 84.1 (7th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 86.0 (9th of 11)
SRS: -1.81 (7th of 11)
Expected W-L: 29-39 (7th of 11)

Arena: North Side High School Gym ▪ Attendance: 107,019 (5th of 7)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
3 Curly Armstrong G-F 5-11 170 November 1, 1918 2 Indiana University
12 Art Burris F 6-5 220 April 7, 1924 R University of Tennessee
10 Bob Carpenter F-C 6-5 200 November 6, 1917 1 East Texas State University
16 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 R La Salle University
14 John Hargis G-F 6-2 180 August 20, 1920 1 University of Texas at Austin
9 Bob Harris F-C 6-7 195 March 16, 1927 1 Oklahoma State University
5 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 December 6, 1921 1 Huntington University
15 Jack Kerris F-C 6-6 215 January 30, 1925 1 Loyola University of Chicago
6 Duane Klueh G 6-3 175 January 6, 1926 1 Indiana State University
10 Dick Mehen F-C 6-5 195 May 20, 1922 1 University of Tennessee
9 Ken Murray G-F 6-2 190 April 20, 1928 R St. Bonaventure University
4 John Oldham G 6-3 175 June 22, 1923 1 Western Kentucky University
17 Don Otten C 6-10 240 April 18, 1921 1 Bowling Green State University
17-9 Jim Riffey F 6-4 200 December 14, 1923 R Tulane University
8 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 June 30, 1925 1 West Virginia 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 68 2002 5927 .338 1718 2387 .720 3725 1142 1961 5722 84.1
Lg Rank 6 2 9 4 4 9 1 10 3 4 7
Opponent 68 5849 86.0
Lg Rank 9 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 Fred Schaus 25 68 312 918 .340 404 484 .835 495 184 240 1028
2 Larry Foust 22 68 327 944 .346 261 396 .659 681 90 247 915
3 Jack Kerris 26 68 255 689 .370 201 295 .681 477 181 253 711
4 Ralph Johnson 29 68 235 737 .319 114 162 .704 275 183 247 584
5 John Oldham 27 68 199 597 .333 171 292 .586 242 127 242 569
6 Duane Klueh 25 61 157 458 .343 135 184 .734 183 82 143 449
7 Don Otten 29 49 122 337 .362 167 206 .811 295 37 190 411
8 Dick Mehen 28 43 118 310 .381 43 57 .754 121 52 93 279
9 Curly Armstrong 32 38 72 232 .310 58 90 .644 89 77 97 202
10 Jim Riffey 27 35 65 185 .351 20 26 .769 61 16 54 150
11 Bob Carpenter 33 21 27 124 .218 47 58 .810 62 16 36 101
12 Art Burris 26 33 28 113 .248 21 36 .583 106 27 51 77
13 John Hargis 30 14 25 66 .379 17 24 .708 30 9 25 67
14 Bob Harris 23 12 13 57 .228 15 20 .750 44 8 19 41
15 Ken Murray 22 14 47 160 .294 44 57 .772 53 24 138

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 25 68 4.6 13.5 .340 5.9 7.1 .835 7.3 2.7 3.5 15.1
2 Larry Foust 22 68 4.8 13.9 .346 3.8 5.8 .659 10.0 1.3 3.6 13.5
3 Jack Kerris 26 68 3.8 10.1 .370 3.0 4.3 .681 7.0 2.7 3.7 10.5
4 Ralph Johnson 29 68 3.5 10.8 .319 1.7 2.4 .704 4.0 2.7 3.6 8.6
5 John Oldham 27 68 2.9 8.8 .333 2.5 4.3 .586 3.6 1.9 3.6 8.4
6 Don Otten 29 49 2.5 6.9 .362 3.4 4.2 .811 6.0 0.8 3.9 8.4
7 Duane Klueh 25 61 2.6 7.5 .343 2.2 3.0 .734 3.0 1.3 2.3 7.4
8 Dick Mehen 28 43 2.7 7.2 .381 1.0 1.3 .754 2.8 1.2 2.2 6.5
9 Curly Armstrong 32 38 1.9 6.1 .310 1.5 2.4 .644 2.3 2.0 2.6 5.3
10 Bob Carpenter 33 21 1.3 5.9 .218 2.2 2.8 .810 3.0 0.8 1.7 4.8
11 John Hargis 30 14 1.8 4.7 .379 1.2 1.7 .708 2.1 0.6 1.8 4.8
12 Jim Riffey 27 35 1.9 5.3 .351 0.6 0.7 .769 1.7 0.5 1.5 4.3
13 Bob Harris 23 12 1.1 4.8 .228 1.3 1.7 .750 3.7 0.7 1.6 3.4
14 Art Burris 26 33 0.8 3.4 .248 0.6 1.1 .583 3.2 0.8 1.5 2.3
15 Ken Murray 22 14 3.4 11.4 .294 3.1 4.1 .772 3.8 1.7 9.9

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 Fred Schaus 25 68 .340 .835
2 Art Burris 26 33 .248 .583
3 Bob Carpenter 33 21 .218 .810
4 Larry Foust 22 68 .346 .659
5 John Hargis 30 14 .379 .708
6 Bob Harris 23 12 .228 .750
7 Ralph Johnson 29 68 .319 .704
8 Jack Kerris 26 68 .370 .681
9 Duane Klueh 25 61 .343 .734
10 Dick Mehen 28 43 .381 .754
11 John Oldham 27 68 .333 .586
12 Don Otten 29 49 .362 .811
13 Jim Riffey 27 35 .351 .769
14 Curly Armstrong 32 38 .310 .644
15 Ken Murray 22 14 .294 .772

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 25 68 .454 .340 5.1 3.4 8.5
2 Jack Kerris 26 68 .434 .370 2.6 3.1 5.7
3 Larry Foust 22 68 .409 .346 0.9 3.6 4.5
4 Don Otten 29 49 .481 .362 2.6 1.5 4.1
5 Duane Klueh 25 61 .417 .343 0.9 1.4 2.3
6 John Oldham 27 68 .392 .333 0.0 2.0 2.0
7 Dick Mehen 28 43 .416 .381 0.5 0.9 1.4
8 Ralph Johnson 29 68 .361 .319 -1.7 2.5 0.8
9 Curly Armstrong 32 38 .372 .310 -0.3 0.9 0.6
10 John Hargis 30 14 .438 .379 0.2 0.2 0.4
11 Jim Riffey 27 35 .382 .351 -0.3 0.5 0.2
12 Bob Harris 23 12 .312 .228 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
13 Bob Carpenter 33 21 .338 .218 -0.6 0.4 -0.2
14 Art Burris 26 33 .299 .248 -0.9 0.6 -0.3
15 Ken Murray 22 14 .373 .294

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 25 3 17 44 9 11 16 10 10 43 .386 .818 14.3 5.3 3.3
2 Larry Foust 22 3 14 45 8 10 37 5 5 36 .311 .800 12.0 12.3 1.7
3 Don Otten 29 3 8 26 13 16 19 8 15 29 .308 .813 9.7 6.3 2.7
4 Ken Murray 22 3 11 48 4 5 14 10 7 26 .229 .800 8.7 4.7 3.3
5 Dick Mehen 28 3 12 29 2 4 14 3 9 26 .414 .500 8.7 4.7 1.0
6 Ralph Johnson 29 3 12 32 1 2 7 7 17 25 .375 .500 8.3 2.3 2.3
7 Jack Kerris 26 3 9 26 5 10 20 10 15 23 .346 .500 7.7 6.7 3.3
8 John Oldham 27 3 6 16 5 10 5 5 13 17 .375 .500 5.7 1.7 1.7
9 Curly Armstrong 32 3 7 19 1 1 7 5 8 15 .368 1.000 5.0 2.3 1.7
10 Duane Klueh 25 2 1 6 0 0 3 3 3 2 .167 1.0 1.5 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 25 3 .440 .386 0.1 0.1 0.2
2 Don Otten 29 3 .439 .308 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 John Oldham 27 3 .417 .375 0.0 0.0 0.1
4 Dick Mehen 28 3 .423 .414 0.0 0.1 0.1
5 Jack Kerris 26 3 .378 .346 -0.1 0.1 0.1
6 Larry Foust 22 3 .364 .311 -0.2 0.2 0.0
7 Ralph Johnson 29 3 .380 .375 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Curly Armstrong 32 3 .386 .368 0.0 0.1 0.0
9 Duane Klueh 25 2 .167 .167 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Ken Murray 22 3 .259 .229 -0.5 0.1 -0.4