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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)
Coached by: Paul Birch (36-33)

Points Per Game: 81.0 (7th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 81.1 (5th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-35 (6th of 10)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 0.17 (6th of 10)

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

1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons:

Roster

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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

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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 69 1876 5230 .359 1839 2491 .738 3548 1438 2119 5591 81.0
Opponent 69 5599 81.1

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 Larry Foust 24 67 2303 311 865 .360 336 465 .723 769 151 267 958
2 Fred Scolari 30 62 2123 277 809 .342 276 327 .844 209 233 212 830
3 Frankie Brian 29 68 1910 245 699 .351 236 297 .795 133 142 205 726
4 Monk Meineke 22 68 2250 240 630 .381 245 313 .783 466 148 334 725
5 Fred Schaus 27 69 2541 240 719 .334 243 296 .821 413 245 261 723
6 Dike Eddleman 30 69 1571 241 687 .351 133 237 .561 236 104 220 615
7 Don Boven 27 67 1373 153 427 .358 145 209 .694 217 79 227 451
8 Chuck Share 25 67 1044 91 254 .358 172 234 .735 373 74 213 354
9 Dick Groat 22 26 663 100 272 .368 109 138 .790 86 69 90 309
10 Jake Fendley 23 45 380 32 80 .400 40 60 .667 46 36 82 104
11 Ray Corley 25 8 65 3 24 .125 5 6 .833 5 5 18 11
12 Ralph Johnson 31 3 30 3 9 .333 2 3 .667 1 5 6 8
13 Jack Kiley 24 6 27 2 10 .200 2 2 1.000 2 3 7 6
14 Andy Phillip* 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 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 Fred Scolari 30 62 34.2 4.5 13.0 .342 4.5 5.3 .844 3.4 3.8 3.4 13.4
3 Dick Groat 22 26 25.5 3.8 10.5 .368 4.2 5.3 .790 3.3 2.7 3.5 11.9
4 Monk Meineke 22 68 33.1 3.5 9.3 .381 3.6 4.6 .783 6.9 2.2 4.9 10.7
5 Frankie Brian 29 68 28.1 3.6 10.3 .351 3.5 4.4 .795 2.0 2.1 3.0 10.7
6 Fred Schaus 27 69 36.8 3.5 10.4 .334 3.5 4.3 .821 6.0 3.6 3.8 10.5
7 Dike Eddleman 30 69 22.8 3.5 10.0 .351 1.9 3.4 .561 3.4 1.5 3.2 8.9
8 Don Boven 27 67 20.5 2.3 6.4 .358 2.2 3.1 .694 3.2 1.2 3.4 6.7
9 Chuck Share 25 67 15.6 1.4 3.8 .358 2.6 3.5 .735 5.6 1.1 3.2 5.3
10 Ralph Johnson 31 3 10.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.7 1.0 .667 0.3 1.7 2.0 2.7
11 Jake Fendley 23 45 8.4 0.7 1.8 .400 0.9 1.3 .667 1.0 0.8 1.8 2.3
12 Ray Corley 25 8 8.1 0.4 3.0 .125 0.6 0.8 .833 0.6 0.6 2.3 1.4
13 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
14 Andy Phillip* 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 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 Fred Scolari 30 62 2123 4.7 13.7 .342 4.7 5.5 .844 3.5 4.0 3.6 14.1
4 Dike Eddleman 30 69 1571 5.5 15.7 .351 3.0 5.4 .561 5.4 2.4 5.0 14.1
5 Frankie Brian 29 68 1910 4.6 13.2 .351 4.4 5.6 .795 2.5 2.7 3.9 13.7
6 Chuck Share 25 67 1044 3.1 8.8 .358 5.9 8.1 .735 12.9 2.6 7.3 12.2
7 Don Boven 27 67 1373 4.0 11.2 .358 3.8 5.5 .694 5.7 2.1 6.0 11.8
8 Monk Meineke 22 68 2250 3.8 10.1 .381 3.9 5.0 .783 7.5 2.4 5.3 11.6
9 Fred Schaus 27 69 2541 3.4 10.2 .334 3.4 4.2 .821 5.9 3.5 3.7 10.2
10 Jake Fendley 23 45 380 3.0 7.6 .400 3.8 5.7 .667 4.4 3.4 7.8 9.9
11 Ralph Johnson 31 3 30 3.6 10.8 .333 2.4 3.6 .667 1.2 6.0 7.2 9.6
12 Jack Kiley 24 6 27 2.7 13.3 .200 2.7 2.7 1.000 2.7 4.0 9.3 8.0
13 Ray Corley 25 8 65 1.7 13.3 .125 2.8 3.3 .833 2.8 2.8 10.0 6.1
14 Andy Phillip* 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 24 67 2303 20.4 .448 .360 2.9 3.4 6.3
2 Monk Meineke 22 68 2250 14.6 .472 .381 3.6 2.5 6.1
3 Chuck Share 25 67 1044 19.1 .496 .358 2.4 1.7 4.0
4 Fred Scolari 30 62 2123 14.9 .436 .342 2.0 2.0 4.0
5 Fred Schaus 27 69 2541 13.1 .426 .334 1.3 2.7 4.0
6 Frankie Brian 29 68 1910 12.1 .438 .351 1.6 1.4 3.0
7 Don Boven 27 67 1373 11.1 .435 .358 0.9 1.3 2.2
8 Dick Groat 22 26 663 18.1 .464 .368 1.4 0.7 2.0
9 Jake Fendley 23 45 380 10.9 .489 .400 0.7 0.4 1.1
10 Ralph Johnson 31 3 30 8.4 .388 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Dike Eddleman 30 69 1571 10.7 .389 .351 -1.6 1.5 -0.1
12 Jack Kiley 24 6 27 -0.5 .276 .200 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
13 Ray Corley 25 8 65 -6.9 .206 .125 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
14 Andy Phillip* 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 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

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