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1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Statistics

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40-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Paul Birch (40-32)

Points Per Game: 77.7 (8th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 76.1 (2nd of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 41-31 (5th of 9)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 1.44 (5th of 9)

1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15-8 Leo Barnhorst F-G 6-4 190 May 11, 1924 4 University of Notre Dame
7 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 May 1, 1923 4 Louisiana State University
16 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 3 La Salle University
4-9 Mel Hutchins F-C 6-6 200 November 22, 1928 2 Brigham Young University
17 Monk Meineke F-C 6-7 208 October 30, 1930 1 University of Dayton
6 Jack Molinas F 6-6 200 R Columbia University
15 Ken Murray G-F 6-2 190 April 20, 1928 1 St. Bonaventure University
14 Andy Phillip G-F 6-2 195 March 7, 1922 6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 7 University of San Francisco
18 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 March 14, 1927 2 Bowling Green State University
5 Zeke Sinicola G 5-10 165 January 25, 1929 1 Niagara University
12 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 R Stanford University
6 Max Zaslofsky G-F 6-2 170 December 7, 1925 7 St. John's 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 72 1952 5187 .376 1689 2315 .730 3785 1474 1669 5593 77.7
Opponent 72 5476 76.1

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 25 72 2693 376 919 .409 338 475 .712 967 161 258 1090
2 Andy Phillip 31 71 2705 255 680 .375 241 330 .730 265 449 204 751
3 Mel Hutchins 25 72 2934 295 736 .401 151 223 .677 695 210 229 741
4 George Yardley 25 63 1489 209 492 .425 146 205 .712 407 99 166 564
5 Fred Scolari 31 64 1589 159 491 .324 144 180 .800 139 131 155 462
6 Monk Meineke 23 71 1466 135 393 .344 136 169 .805 372 81 214 406
7 Frankie Brian 30 64 973 132 352 .375 137 182 .753 79 92 100 401
8 Jack Molinas 23 29 993 108 278 .388 134 176 .761 209 47 74 350
9 Ken Murray 25 49 528 53 195 .272 43 60 .717 65 56 60 149
10 Zeke Sinicola 25 9 53 4 16 .250 3 6 .500 1 3 8 11
11 Leo Barnhorst 29
12 Chuck Share 26
13 Max Zaslofsky 28

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 25 72 37.4 5.2 12.8 .409 4.7 6.6 .712 13.4 2.2 3.6 15.1
2 Jack Molinas 23 29 34.2 3.7 9.6 .388 4.6 6.1 .761 7.2 1.6 2.6 12.1
3 Andy Phillip 31 71 38.1 3.6 9.6 .375 3.4 4.6 .730 3.7 6.3 2.9 10.6
4 Mel Hutchins 25 72 40.8 4.1 10.2 .401 2.1 3.1 .677 9.7 2.9 3.2 10.3
5 George Yardley 25 63 23.6 3.3 7.8 .425 2.3 3.3 .712 6.5 1.6 2.6 9.0
6 Fred Scolari 31 64 24.8 2.5 7.7 .324 2.3 2.8 .800 2.2 2.0 2.4 7.2
7 Frankie Brian 30 64 15.2 2.1 5.5 .375 2.1 2.8 .753 1.2 1.4 1.6 6.3
8 Monk Meineke 23 71 20.6 1.9 5.5 .344 1.9 2.4 .805 5.2 1.1 3.0 5.7
9 Ken Murray 25 49 10.8 1.1 4.0 .272 0.9 1.2 .717 1.3 1.1 1.2 3.0
10 Zeke Sinicola 25 9 5.9 0.4 1.8 .250 0.3 0.7 .500 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.2
11 Leo Barnhorst 29
12 Chuck Share 26
13 Max Zaslofsky 28

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 Frankie Brian 30 64 973 4.9 13.0 .375 5.1 6.7 .753 2.9 3.4 3.7 14.8
2 Larry Foust 25 72 2693 5.0 12.3 .409 4.5 6.3 .712 12.9 2.2 3.4 14.6
3 George Yardley 25 63 1489 5.1 11.9 .425 3.5 5.0 .712 9.8 2.4 4.0 13.6
4 Jack Molinas 23 29 993 3.9 10.1 .388 4.9 6.4 .761 7.6 1.7 2.7 12.7
5 Fred Scolari 31 64 1589 3.6 11.1 .324 3.3 4.1 .800 3.1 3.0 3.5 10.5
6 Ken Murray 25 49 528 3.6 13.3 .272 2.9 4.1 .717 4.4 3.8 4.1 10.2
7 Andy Phillip 31 71 2705 3.4 9.0 .375 3.2 4.4 .730 3.5 6.0 2.7 10.0
8 Monk Meineke 23 71 1466 3.3 9.7 .344 3.3 4.2 .805 9.1 2.0 5.3 10.0
9 Mel Hutchins 25 72 2934 3.6 9.0 .401 1.9 2.7 .677 8.5 2.6 2.8 9.1
10 Zeke Sinicola 25 9 53 2.7 10.9 .250 2.0 4.1 .500 0.7 2.0 5.4 7.5
11 Leo Barnhorst 29
12 Chuck Share 26
13 Max Zaslofsky 28

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 25 72 2693 22.6 .483 .409 6.5 3.9 10.4
2 Andy Phillip 31 71 2705 15.9 .455 .375 4.2 2.9 7.1
3 Mel Hutchins 25 72 2934 14.5 .444 .401 2.5 3.4 5.8
4 George Yardley 25 63 1489 19.4 .484 .425 3.4 1.8 5.3
5 Jack Molinas 23 29 993 17.2 .492 .388 2.3 1.0 3.3
6 Frankie Brian 30 64 973 15.5 .464 .375 2.0 0.8 2.7
7 Monk Meineke 23 71 1466 13.0 .434 .344 1.0 1.7 2.6
8 Fred Scolari 31 64 1589 9.8 .405 .324 0.0 1.2 1.2
9 Zeke Sinicola 25 9 53 -1.0 .295 .250 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
10 Ken Murray 25 49 528 7.9 .336 .272 -1.2 0.5 -0.7
11 Leo Barnhorst 29
12 Chuck Share 26
13 Max Zaslofsky 28

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 George Yardley 25 4 107 16 33 10 12 24 3 10 42 .485 .833 26.8 10.5 6.0 0.8
2 Mel Hutchins 25 4 162 15 46 12 17 37 6 18 42 .326 .706 40.5 10.5 9.3 1.5
3 Frankie Brian 30 4 106 15 36 11 16 12 10 7 41 .417 .688 26.5 10.3 3.0 2.5
4 Larry Foust 25 4 129 11 41 19 25 38 7 21 41 .268 .760 32.3 10.3 9.5 1.8
5 Andy Phillip 31 4 136 13 38 9 12 12 17 9 35 .342 .750 34.0 8.8 3.0 4.3
6 Max Zaslofsky 28 4 98 11 36 13 15 3 6 7 35 .306 .867 24.5 8.8 0.8 1.5
7 Leo Barnhorst 29 4 60 10 19 3 5 5 6 10 23 .526 .600 15.0 5.8 1.3 1.5
8 Monk Meineke 23 4 87 6 23 7 11 15 6 11 19 .261 .636 21.8 4.8 3.8 1.5
9 Ken Murray 25 3 15 6 10 2 2 0 0 6 14 .600 1.000 5.0 4.7 0.0 0.0
10 Fred Scolari 31 4 60 6 24 0 0 7 6 8 12 .250 15.0 3.0 1.8 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 George Yardley 25 4 107 19.4 .549 .485 6.7 0.3 0.1 0.4
2 Ken Murray 25 3 15 30.3 .643 .600 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
3 Leo Barnhorst 29 4 60 16.4 .542 .526 24.9 0.2 0.1 0.2
4 Frankie Brian 30 4 106 17.1 .476 .417 22.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Andy Phillip 31 4 136 11.8 .404 .342 26.5 -0.1 0.1 0.1
6 Max Zaslofsky 28 4 98 9.8 .411 .306 13.4 -0.1 0.1 0.0
7 Larry Foust 25 4 129 12.9 .394 .268 11.2 -0.2 0.2 0.0
8 Mel Hutchins 25 4 162 10.3 .393 .326 7.8 -0.2 0.2 0.0
9 Monk Meineke 23 4 87 7.1 .341 .261 13.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
10 Fred Scolari 31 4 60 1.8 .250 .250 21.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.3