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1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Statistics

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36-33, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Paul Birch (36-33)

PTS/G: 81.0 (7th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 81.1 (5th of 10)
SRS: 0.17 (6th of 10)
Expected W-L: 34-35 (6th of 10)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
13 Don Boven F-G 6-4 210 March 6, 1925 2 Western Michigan University
7 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 May 1, 1923 3 Louisiana State University
4 Ray Corley G 6-0 180 January 1, 1928 2 Georgetown University
12 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 December 27, 1922 3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6 Jake Fendley G 6-0 180 June 12, 1929 1 Northwestern University
16 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 2 La Salle University
5 Dick Groat G 5-11 180 November 4, 1930 R Duke University
5 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 December 6, 1921 3 Huntington University
10 Jack Kiley G 6-1 170 January 5, 1929 1 Syracuse University
17 Monk Meineke F-C 6-7 208 October 30, 1930 R University of Dayton
14-4 Andy Phillip G-F 6-2 195 March 7, 1922 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 June 30, 1925 3 West Virginia University
10 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 6 University of San Francisco
18 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 March 14, 1927 1 Bowling Green State 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 69 1876 5230 .359 1839 2491 .738 3548 1438 2119 5591 81.0
Lg Rank 8 9 7 5 6 3 6 7 5 7 7
Opponent 69 5599 81.1
Lg Rank 4 5

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 Larry Foust 24 67 2303 311 865 .360 336 465 .723 769 151 267 958
2 Frankie Brian 29 68 1910 245 699 .351 236 297 .795 133 142 205 726
3 Monk Meineke 22 68 2250 240 630 .381 245 313 .783 466 148 334 725
4 Fred Schaus 27 69 2541 240 719 .334 243 296 .821 413 245 261 723
5 Dike Eddleman 30 69 1571 241 687 .351 133 237 .561 236 104 220 615
6 Don Boven 27 67 1373 153 427 .358 145 209 .694 217 79 227 451
7 Chuck Share 25 67 1044 91 254 .358 172 234 .735 373 74 213 354
8 Dick Groat 22 26 663 100 272 .368 109 138 .790 86 69 90 309
9 Jake Fendley 23 45 380 32 80 .400 40 60 .667 46 36 82 104
10 Ray Corley 25 8 65 3 24 .125 5 6 .833 5 5 18 11
11 Ralph Johnson 31 3 30 3 9 .333 2 3 .667 1 5 6 8
12 Jack Kiley 24 6 27 2 10 .200 2 2 1.000 2 3 7 6
13 Andy Phillip* 30
14 Fred Scolari 30

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 Larry Foust 24 67 34.4 4.6 12.9 .360 5.0 6.9 .723 11.5 2.3 4.0 14.3
2 Dick Groat 22 26 25.5 3.8 10.5 .368 4.2 5.3 .790 3.3 2.7 3.5 11.9
3 Monk Meineke 22 68 33.1 3.5 9.3 .381 3.6 4.6 .783 6.9 2.2 4.9 10.7
4 Frankie Brian 29 68 28.1 3.6 10.3 .351 3.5 4.4 .795 2.0 2.1 3.0 10.7
5 Fred Schaus 27 69 36.8 3.5 10.4 .334 3.5 4.3 .821 6.0 3.6 3.8 10.5
6 Dike Eddleman 30 69 22.8 3.5 10.0 .351 1.9 3.4 .561 3.4 1.5 3.2 8.9
7 Don Boven 27 67 20.5 2.3 6.4 .358 2.2 3.1 .694 3.2 1.2 3.4 6.7
8 Chuck Share 25 67 15.6 1.4 3.8 .358 2.6 3.5 .735 5.6 1.1 3.2 5.3
9 Ralph Johnson 31 3 10.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.7 1.0 .667 0.3 1.7 2.0 2.7
10 Jake Fendley 23 45 8.4 0.7 1.8 .400 0.9 1.3 .667 1.0 0.8 1.8 2.3
11 Ray Corley 25 8 8.1 0.4 3.0 .125 0.6 0.8 .833 0.6 0.6 2.3 1.4
12 Jack Kiley 24 6 4.5 0.3 1.7 .200 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.0
13 Andy Phillip* 30
14 Fred Scolari 30

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 Dick Groat 22 26 663 5.4 14.8 .368 5.9 7.5 .790 4.7 3.7 4.9 16.8
2 Larry Foust 24 67 2303 4.9 13.5 .360 5.3 7.3 .723 12.0 2.4 4.2 15.0
3 Dike Eddleman 30 69 1571 5.5 15.7 .351 3.0 5.4 .561 5.4 2.4 5.0 14.1
4 Frankie Brian 29 68 1910 4.6 13.2 .351 4.4 5.6 .795 2.5 2.7 3.9 13.7
5 Chuck Share 25 67 1044 3.1 8.8 .358 5.9 8.1 .735 12.9 2.6 7.3 12.2
6 Don Boven 27 67 1373 4.0 11.2 .358 3.8 5.5 .694 5.7 2.1 6.0 11.8
7 Monk Meineke 22 68 2250 3.8 10.1 .381 3.9 5.0 .783 7.5 2.4 5.3 11.6
8 Fred Schaus 27 69 2541 3.4 10.2 .334 3.4 4.2 .821 5.9 3.5 3.7 10.2
9 Jake Fendley 23 45 380 3.0 7.6 .400 3.8 5.7 .667 4.4 3.4 7.8 9.9
10 Ralph Johnson 31 3 30 3.6 10.8 .333 2.4 3.6 .667 1.2 6.0 7.2 9.6
11 Jack Kiley 24 6 27 2.7 13.3 .200 2.7 2.7 1.000 2.7 4.0 9.3 8.0
12 Ray Corley 25 8 65 1.7 13.3 .125 2.8 3.3 .833 2.8 2.8 10.0 6.1
13 Andy Phillip* 30
14 Fred Scolari 30

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 Larry Foust 24 67 2303 20.4 .448 .360 2.9 3.4 6.3 .131
2 Monk Meineke 22 68 2250 14.6 .472 .381 3.6 2.5 6.1 .130
3 Chuck Share 25 67 1044 19.0 .496 .358 2.4 1.7 4.0 .186
4 Fred Schaus 27 69 2541 13.1 .426 .334 1.3 2.7 4.0 .076
5 Frankie Brian 29 68 1910 12.1 .438 .351 1.6 1.4 3.0 .076
6 Don Boven 27 67 1373 11.1 .435 .358 0.9 1.3 2.2 .075
7 Dick Groat 22 26 663 18.1 .464 .368 1.4 0.7 2.0 .148
8 Jake Fendley 23 45 380 10.9 .489 .400 0.7 0.4 1.1 .133
9 Ralph Johnson 31 3 30 8.4 .388 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 .031
10 Jack Kiley 24 6 27 -0.5 .276 .200 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.149
11 Dike Eddleman 30 69 1571 10.7 .389 .351 -1.6 1.5 -0.1 -0.002
12 Ray Corley 25 8 65 -6.9 .206 .125 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.265
13 Andy Phillip* 30
14 Fred Scolari 30

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 Larry Foust 24 8 332 48 121 57 68 111 6 34 153 .397 .838 41.5 19.1 13.9 0.8
2 Fred Scolari 30 8 268 29 90 49 61 25 21 31 107 .322 .803 33.5 13.4 3.1 2.6
3 Andy Phillip 30 8 329 24 71 34 51 32 30 23 82 .338 .667 41.1 10.3 4.0 3.8
4 Fred Schaus 27 8 244 18 60 35 46 42 12 40 71 .300 .761 30.5 8.9 5.3 1.5
5 Monk Meineke 22 8 227 15 40 30 44 26 10 37 60 .375 .682 28.4 7.5 3.3 1.3
6 Chuck Share 25 8 198 11 27 26 39 52 12 45 48 .407 .667 24.8 6.0 6.5 1.5
7 Frankie Brian 29 8 146 13 42 19 25 9 11 23 45 .310 .760 18.3 5.6 1.1 1.4
8 Don Boven 27 8 111 7 28 9 16 16 2 22 23 .250 .563 13.9 2.9 2.0 0.3
9 Dike Eddleman 30 7 63 9 23 4 15 5 2 19 22 .391 .267 9.0 3.1 0.7 0.3
10 Jake Fendley 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

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 Larry Foust 24 8 332 25.0 .507 .397 5.9 1.0 0.1 1.1 .158
2 Chuck Share 25 8 198 14.5 .543 .407 15.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 .127
3 Monk Meineke 22 8 227 10.8 .505 .375 11.4 0.4 0.0 0.5 .096
4 Fred Scolari 30 8 268 16.0 .458 .322 22.7 0.4 0.1 0.4 .076
5 Andy Phillip 30 8 329 12.5 .439 .338 24.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 .040
6 Fred Schaus 27 8 244 11.8 .442 .300 13.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 .042
7 Frankie Brian 29 8 146 9.7 .425 .310 20.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 .019
8 Jake Fendley 23 1 2 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .023
9 Dike Eddleman 30 7 63 2.2 .372 .391 10.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.088
10 Don Boven 27 8 111 2.0 .328 .250 4.6 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.104