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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)
Coached by: Murray Mendenhall (32-36)

Points Per Game: 84.1 (7th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 86.0 (9th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 29-39 (7th of 11)

Arena: North Side High School Gym ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -1.81 (7th of 11)

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

1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons:

Roster

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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

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 68 2002 5927 .338 1718 2387 .720 3725 1142 1961 5722 84.1
Opponent 68 5849 86.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Curly Armstrong 32 38 72 232 .310 58 90 .644 89 77 97 202
8 Jim Riffey 27 35 65 185 .351 20 26 .769 61 16 54 150
9 Ken Murray 22 14 46 152 .303 42 51 .824 65 52 24 134
10 Art Burris 26 33 28 113 .248 21 36 .583 106 27 51 77
11 Bob Carpenter 33
12 John Hargis 30
13 Bob Harris 23
14 Dick Mehen 28
15 Don Otten 29

Per Game

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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 Ken Murray 22 14 3.3 10.9 .303 3.0 3.6 .824 4.6 3.7 1.7 9.6
5 Ralph Johnson 29 68 3.5 10.8 .319 1.7 2.4 .704 4.0 2.7 3.6 8.6
6 John Oldham 27 68 2.9 8.8 .333 2.5 4.3 .586 3.6 1.9 3.6 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 Curly Armstrong 32 38 1.9 6.1 .310 1.5 2.4 .644 2.3 2.0 2.6 5.3
9 Jim Riffey 27 35 1.9 5.3 .351 0.6 0.7 .769 1.7 0.5 1.5 4.3
10 Art Burris 26 33 0.8 3.4 .248 0.6 1.1 .583 3.2 0.8 1.5 2.3
11 Bob Carpenter 33
12 John Hargis 30
13 Bob Harris 23
14 Dick Mehen 28
15 Don Otten 29

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Larry Foust 22 68 .346 .659
4 Ralph Johnson 29 68 .319 .704
5 Jack Kerris 26 68 .370 .681
6 Duane Klueh 25 61 .343 .734
7 Ken Murray 22 14 .303 .824
8 John Oldham 27 68 .333 .586
9 Jim Riffey 27 35 .351 .769
10 Curly Armstrong 32 38 .310 .644
11 Bob Carpenter 33
12 John Hargis 30
13 Bob Harris 23
14 Dick Mehen 28
15 Don Otten 29

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Fred Schaus 25 68 .454 .340
2 Art Burris 26 33 .299 .248
3 Larry Foust 22 68 .409 .346
4 Ralph Johnson 29 68 .361 .319
5 Jack Kerris 26 68 .434 .370
6 Duane Klueh 25 61 .417 .343
7 Ken Murray 22 14 .384 .303
8 John Oldham 27 68 .392 .333
9 Jim Riffey 27 35 .382 .351
10 Curly Armstrong 32 38 .372 .310
11 Bob Carpenter 33
12 John Hargis 30
13 Bob Harris 23
14 Dick Mehen 28
15 Don Otten 29

Playoffs

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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 Dick Mehen 28 3 12 29 2 4 14 3 9 26 .414 .500 8.7 4.7 1.0
5 Ken Murray 22 3 11 48 4 5 14 10 7 26 .229 .800 8.7 4.7 3.3
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

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Dick Mehen 28 3 .423 .414
2 Duane Klueh 25 2 .167 .167
3 Jack Kerris 26 3 .378 .346
4 Ralph Johnson 29 3 .380 .375
5 Larry Foust 22 3 .364 .311
6 Ken Murray 22 3 .259 .229
7 Don Otten 29 3 .439 .308
8 John Oldham 27 3 .417 .375
9 Fred Schaus 25 3 .440 .386
10 Curly Armstrong 32 3 .386 .368