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1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Statistics

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29-37, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Paul Birch (29-37)

Points Per Game: 78.0 (9th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 80.1 (2nd of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 27-39 (8th of 10)

Arena: North Side High School Gym ▪ Attendance: 107,019 (4th of 5)

SRS: -1.82 (8th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Rochester Royals

1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 May 1, 1923 2 Louisiana State University
12 Art Burris F 6-5 220 April 7, 1924 1 University of Tennessee
14 Bill Closs F-C 6-5 195 January 8, 1922 2 Rice University
12 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 December 27, 1922 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6 Jake Fendley G 6-0 180 June 12, 1929 R Northwestern University
16 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 1 La Salle University
5 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 December 6, 1921 2 Huntington University
15 Jack Kerris F-C 6-6 215 January 30, 1925 2 Loyola University of Chicago
11 Jack Kiley G 6-1 170 January 5, 1929 R Syracuse University
17 Don Otten C 6-10 240 April 18, 1921 2 Bowling Green State University
8 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 June 30, 1925 2 West Virginia University
18 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 March 14, 1927 R Bowling Green State University
Zeke Sinicola G 5-10 165 January 25, 1929 R Niagara 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 66 1771 5013 .353 1609 2194 .733 3619 1403 1751 5151 78.0
Opponent 66 5286 80.1

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 Frankie Brian 28 66 2672 342 972 .352 367 433 .848 232 233 220 1051
2 Larry Foust 23 66 2615 390 989 .394 267 394 .678 880 200 245 1047
3 Fred Schaus 26 62 2581 281 778 .361 310 372 .833 434 247 221 872
4 Jack Kerris 27 66 2148 186 480 .388 217 325 .668 514 212 265 589
5 Ralph Johnson 30 66 2265 211 592 .356 101 140 .721 222 210 243 523
6 Bill Closs 30 57 1120 120 389 .308 107 157 .682 204 76 125 347
7 Chuck Share 24 63 882 76 236 .322 96 155 .619 331 66 141 248
8 Jake Fendley 22 58 651 54 170 .318 75 95 .789 80 58 118 183
9 Jack Kiley 23 47 477 44 193 .228 30 54 .556 49 62 54 118
10 Zeke Sinicola 23 3 15 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 1 0 2 2
11 Art Burris 27
12 Dike Eddleman 29
13 Don Otten 30

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 Frankie Brian 28 66 40.5 5.2 14.7 .352 5.6 6.6 .848 3.5 3.5 3.3 15.9
2 Larry Foust 23 66 39.6 5.9 15.0 .394 4.0 6.0 .678 13.3 3.0 3.7 15.9
3 Fred Schaus 26 62 41.6 4.5 12.5 .361 5.0 6.0 .833 7.0 4.0 3.6 14.1
4 Jack Kerris 27 66 32.5 2.8 7.3 .388 3.3 4.9 .668 7.8 3.2 4.0 8.9
5 Ralph Johnson 30 66 34.3 3.2 9.0 .356 1.5 2.1 .721 3.4 3.2 3.7 7.9
6 Bill Closs 30 57 19.6 2.1 6.8 .308 1.9 2.8 .682 3.6 1.3 2.2 6.1
7 Chuck Share 24 63 14.0 1.2 3.7 .322 1.5 2.5 .619 5.3 1.0 2.2 3.9
8 Jake Fendley 22 58 11.2 0.9 2.9 .318 1.3 1.6 .789 1.4 1.0 2.0 3.2
9 Jack Kiley 23 47 10.1 0.9 4.1 .228 0.6 1.1 .556 1.0 1.3 1.1 2.5
10 Zeke Sinicola 23 3 5.0 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.7 .000 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.7
11 Art Burris 27
12 Dike Eddleman 29
13 Don Otten 30

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 Larry Foust 23 66 2615 5.4 13.6 .394 3.7 5.4 .678 12.1 2.8 3.4 14.4
2 Frankie Brian 28 66 2672 4.6 13.1 .352 4.9 5.8 .848 3.1 3.1 3.0 14.2
3 Fred Schaus 26 62 2581 3.9 10.9 .361 4.3 5.2 .833 6.1 3.4 3.1 12.2
4 Bill Closs 30 57 1120 3.9 12.5 .308 3.4 5.0 .682 6.6 2.4 4.0 11.2
5 Chuck Share 24 63 882 3.1 9.6 .322 3.9 6.3 .619 13.5 2.7 5.8 10.1
6 Jake Fendley 22 58 651 3.0 9.4 .318 4.1 5.3 .789 4.4 3.2 6.5 10.1
7 Jack Kerris 27 66 2148 3.1 8.0 .388 3.6 5.4 .668 8.6 3.6 4.4 9.9
8 Jack Kiley 23 47 477 3.3 14.6 .228 2.3 4.1 .556 3.7 4.7 4.1 8.9
9 Ralph Johnson 30 66 2265 3.4 9.4 .356 1.6 2.2 .721 3.5 3.3 3.9 8.3
10 Zeke Sinicola 23 3 15 2.4 9.6 .250 0.0 4.8 .000 2.4 0.0 4.8 4.8
11 Art Burris 27
12 Dike Eddleman 29
13 Don Otten 30

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 Larry Foust 23 66 2615 21.0 .450 .394 3.9 3.2 7.1
2 Fred Schaus 26 62 2581 16.3 .463 .361 4.5 2.3 6.8
3 Frankie Brian 28 66 2672 14.7 .452 .352 4.3 1.8 6.1
4 Jack Kerris 27 66 2148 16.0 .473 .388 3.7 2.3 5.9
5 Ralph Johnson 30 66 2265 8.7 .400 .356 0.0 1.6 1.6
6 Chuck Share 24 63 882 15.8 .408 .322 0.1 1.2 1.3
7 Jake Fendley 22 58 651 9.7 .432 .318 0.5 0.5 1.0
8 Bill Closs 30 57 1120 10.3 .379 .308 -1.0 0.9 0.0
9 Zeke Sinicola 23 3 15 -7.1 .205 .250 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Jack Kiley 23 47 477 3.6 .272 .228 -2.1 0.4 -1.8
11 Art Burris 27
12 Dike Eddleman 29
13 Don Otten 30

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 26 2 90 12 35 7 8 15 14 9 31 .343 .875 45.0 15.5 7.5 7.0
2 Larry Foust 23 2 77 12 23 6 7 30 5 8 30 .522 .857 38.5 15.0 15.0 2.5
3 Jack Kerris 27 2 63 7 20 11 20 18 9 11 25 .350 .550 31.5 12.5 9.0 4.5
4 Chuck Share 24 2 35 8 11 3 5 10 3 8 19 .727 .600 17.5 9.5 5.0 1.5
5 Ralph Johnson 30 2 70 8 23 1 1 6 7 11 17 .348 1.000 35.0 8.5 3.0 3.5
6 Frankie Brian 28 2 81 6 24 5 6 6 9 10 17 .250 .833 40.5 8.5 3.0 4.5
7 Dike Eddleman 29 2 37 6 16 4 7 7 4 9 16 .375 .571 18.5 8.0 3.5 2.0
8 Bill Closs 30 1 21 1 6 3 3 8 4 0 5 .167 1.000 21.0 5.0 8.0 4.0
9 Jack Kiley 23 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0
10 Jake Fendley 22 1 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 .250 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.0

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 Chuck Share 24 2 35 26.8 .720 .727 20.5 0.3 0.0 0.3
2 Larry Foust 23 2 77 22.8 .575 .522 13.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
3 Jack Kiley 23 1 2 25.0 .333 .333 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Jack Kerris 27 2 63 16.8 .434 .350 26.7 0.0 0.1 0.0
5 Fred Schaus 26 2 90 13.9 .402 .343 30.4 -0.1 0.1 0.0
6 Dike Eddleman 29 2 37 11.3 .419 .375 22.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Bill Closs 30 1 21 19.4 .342 .167 31.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Ralph Johnson 30 2 70 5.1 .363 .348 18.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Jake Fendley 22 1 4 -3.4 .250 .250 63.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Frankie Brian 28 2 81 4.0 .319 .250 19.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2