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1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

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Record: 43-29, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Charles Eckman (43-29)

PTS/G: 92.4 (5th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 90.0 (2nd of 8)
SRS: 2.01 (1st of 8)
Expected W-L: 43-29 (1st of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 96,641 (4th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Syracuse Nationals
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers

Western Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Frankie Brian SG 6-1 180 May 1, 1923 5 Louisiana State University
16 Larry Foust C 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 4 La Salle University
8 Jim Fritsche PF 6-8 210 December 10, 1931 1 Hamline University
8 Bob Houbregs C 6-7 210 March 12, 1932 1 University of Washington
9 Mel Hutchins PF 6-6 200 November 22, 1928 3 Brigham Young University
17 Monk Meineke PF 6-7 208 October 30, 1930 2 University of Dayton
14 Andy Phillip PG 6-2 195 March 7, 1922 7 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
18 Al Roges SG 6-4 195 October 25, 1930 1 Long Island University
15 Dick Rosenthal SF 6-5 205 January 20, 1930 R University of Notre Dame
5 Paul Walther SG 6-2 160 March 23, 1927 5 University of Tennessee
12 George Yardley SF 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 1 Stanford University
10 Max Zaslofsky SG 6-2 170 December 7, 1925 8 St. John's University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 72 2333 5980 .390 1986 2710 .733 3826 1737 1753 6652 92.4
Lg Rank 7 8 3 2 1 5 8 5 5 5 5
Opponent 72 6480 90.0
Lg Rank 2 2

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 43 29 2.39 -0.38 2.01 .390 .332 War Memorial Coliseum 96,641
Lg Rank 1 1 1 8 1 3 1 4

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 26 70 2264 398 818 .487 393 513 .766 700 118 264 1189
2 George Yardley 26 60 2150 363 869 .418 310 416 .745 594 126 205 1036
3 Mel Hutchins 26 72 2860 341 903 .378 182 257 .708 665 247 232 864
4 Max Zaslofsky 29 70 1862 269 821 .328 247 352 .702 191 203 130 785
5 Frankie Brian 31 71 1381 237 623 .380 217 255 .851 127 142 133 691
6 Andy Phillip 32 64 2332 202 545 .371 213 308 .692 290 491 166 617
7 Dick Rosenthal 25 67 1406 197 523 .377 130 181 .718 300 153 179 524
8 Monk Meineke 24 68 1026 136 366 .372 119 170 .700 246 64 153 391
9 Paul Walther 27 68 820 56 161 .348 54 88 .614 155 131 115 166
10 Jim Fritsche 23 16 151 16 48 .333 13 16 .813 32 4 28 45
11 Bob Houbregs* 22
12 Al Roges 24

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 George Yardley 26 60 35.8 6.1 14.5 .418 5.2 6.9 .745 9.9 2.1 3.4 17.3
2 Larry Foust 26 70 32.3 5.7 11.7 .487 5.6 7.3 .766 10.0 1.7 3.8 17.0
3 Mel Hutchins 26 72 39.7 4.7 12.5 .378 2.5 3.6 .708 9.2 3.4 3.2 12.0
4 Max Zaslofsky 29 70 26.6 3.8 11.7 .328 3.5 5.0 .702 2.7 2.9 1.9 11.2
5 Frankie Brian 31 71 19.5 3.3 8.8 .380 3.1 3.6 .851 1.8 2.0 1.9 9.7
6 Andy Phillip 32 64 36.4 3.2 8.5 .371 3.3 4.8 .692 4.5 7.7 2.6 9.6
7 Dick Rosenthal 25 67 21.0 2.9 7.8 .377 1.9 2.7 .718 4.5 2.3 2.7 7.8
8 Monk Meineke 24 68 15.1 2.0 5.4 .372 1.8 2.5 .700 3.6 0.9 2.3 5.8
9 Jim Fritsche 23 16 9.4 1.0 3.0 .333 0.8 1.0 .813 2.0 0.3 1.8 2.8
10 Paul Walther 27 68 12.1 0.8 2.4 .348 0.8 1.3 .614 2.3 1.9 1.7 2.4
11 Bob Houbregs* 22
12 Al Roges 24

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 Larry Foust 26 70 2264 6.3 13.0 .487 6.2 8.2 .766 11.1 1.9 4.2 18.9
2 Frankie Brian 31 71 1381 6.2 16.2 .380 5.7 6.6 .851 3.3 3.7 3.5 18.0
3 George Yardley 26 60 2150 6.1 14.6 .418 5.2 7.0 .745 9.9 2.1 3.4 17.3
4 Max Zaslofsky 29 70 1862 5.2 15.9 .328 4.8 6.8 .702 3.7 3.9 2.5 15.2
5 Monk Meineke 24 68 1026 4.8 12.8 .372 4.2 6.0 .700 8.6 2.2 5.4 13.7
6 Dick Rosenthal 25 67 1406 5.0 13.4 .377 3.3 4.6 .718 7.7 3.9 4.6 13.4
7 Mel Hutchins 26 72 2860 4.3 11.4 .378 2.3 3.2 .708 8.4 3.1 2.9 10.9
8 Jim Fritsche 23 16 151 3.8 11.4 .333 3.1 3.8 .813 7.6 1.0 6.7 10.7
9 Andy Phillip 32 64 2332 3.1 8.4 .371 3.3 4.8 .692 4.5 7.6 2.6 9.5
10 Paul Walther 27 68 820 2.5 7.1 .348 2.4 3.9 .614 6.8 5.8 5.0 7.3
11 Bob Houbregs* 22
12 Al Roges 24

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 26 70 2264 23.0 .570 .487 10.3 3.0 13.3 .282
2 George Yardley 26 60 2150 18.9 .492 .418 4.9 2.7 7.6 .170
3 Andy Phillip 32 64 2332 15.2 .453 .371 2.6 2.9 5.5 .112
4 Mel Hutchins 26 72 2860 12.7 .425 .378 0.4 3.5 3.9 .065
5 Frankie Brian 31 71 1381 15.7 .470 .380 2.5 1.2 3.6 .127
6 Dick Rosenthal 25 67 1406 13.7 .435 .377 0.7 1.7 2.4 .081
7 Monk Meineke 24 68 1026 12.5 .444 .372 0.6 1.2 1.8 .086
8 Paul Walther 27 68 820 10.8 .416 .348 0.2 1.1 1.3 .074
9 Max Zaslofsky 29 70 1862 11.9 .402 .328 -1.1 1.7 0.6 .014
10 Jim Fritsche 23 16 151 6.7 .409 .333 -0.1 0.1 0.1 .028
11 Bob Houbregs* 22
12 Al Roges 24

Playoffs 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 George Yardley 26 11 420 57 143 .399 60 79 .759 99 36 37 174
2 Larry Foust 26 11 331 60 152 .395 52 73 .712 107 26 43 172
3 Mel Hutchins 26 11 417 60 144 .417 38 56 .679 89 31 47 158
4 Frankie Brian 31 11 269 48 120 .400 31 38 .816 22 27 26 127
5 Andy Phillip 32 11 445 30 93 .323 34 40 .850 60 78 37 94
6 Dick Rosenthal 25 11 209 27 84 .321 28 39 .718 48 26 39 82
7 Bob Houbregs 22 11 213 24 63 .381 29 37 .784 62 19 31 77
8 Monk Meineke 24 11 162 18 40 .450 23 25 .920 48 9 22 59
9 Max Zaslofsky 29 11 129 18 44 .409 16 20 .800 16 18 20 52
10 Paul Walther 27 10 95 12 22 .545 11 18 .611 20 8 20 35

Playoffs 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 George Yardley 26 11 38.2 5.2 13.0 .399 5.5 7.2 .759 9.0 3.3 3.4 15.8
2 Larry Foust 26 11 30.1 5.5 13.8 .395 4.7 6.6 .712 9.7 2.4 3.9 15.6
3 Mel Hutchins 26 11 37.9 5.5 13.1 .417 3.5 5.1 .679 8.1 2.8 4.3 14.4
4 Frankie Brian 31 11 24.5 4.4 10.9 .400 2.8 3.5 .816 2.0 2.5 2.4 11.5
5 Andy Phillip 32 11 40.5 2.7 8.5 .323 3.1 3.6 .850 5.5 7.1 3.4 8.5
6 Dick Rosenthal 25 11 19.0 2.5 7.6 .321 2.5 3.5 .718 4.4 2.4 3.5 7.5
7 Bob Houbregs 22 11 19.4 2.2 5.7 .381 2.6 3.4 .784 5.6 1.7 2.8 7.0
8 Monk Meineke 24 11 14.7 1.6 3.6 .450 2.1 2.3 .920 4.4 0.8 2.0 5.4
9 Max Zaslofsky 29 11 11.7 1.6 4.0 .409 1.5 1.8 .800 1.5 1.6 1.8 4.7
10 Paul Walther 27 10 9.5 1.2 2.2 .545 1.1 1.8 .611 2.0 0.8 2.0 3.5

Playoffs 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 Larry Foust 26 11 331 6.5 16.5 .395 5.7 7.9 .712 11.6 2.8 4.7 18.7
2 Frankie Brian 31 11 269 6.4 16.1 .400 4.1 5.1 .816 2.9 3.6 3.5 17.0
3 George Yardley 26 11 420 4.9 12.3 .399 5.1 6.8 .759 8.5 3.1 3.2 14.9
4 Max Zaslofsky 29 11 129 5.0 12.3 .409 4.5 5.6 .800 4.5 5.0 5.6 14.5
5 Dick Rosenthal 25 11 209 4.7 14.5 .321 4.8 6.7 .718 8.3 4.5 6.7 14.1
6 Mel Hutchins 26 11 417 5.2 12.4 .417 3.3 4.8 .679 7.7 2.7 4.1 13.6
7 Paul Walther 27 10 95 4.5 8.3 .545 4.2 6.8 .611 7.6 3.0 7.6 13.3
8 Monk Meineke 24 11 162 4.0 8.9 .450 5.1 5.6 .920 10.7 2.0 4.9 13.1
9 Bob Houbregs 22 11 213 4.1 10.6 .381 4.9 6.3 .784 10.5 3.2 5.2 13.0
10 Andy Phillip 32 11 445 2.4 7.5 .323 2.8 3.2 .850 4.9 6.3 3.0 7.6

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 George Yardley 26 11 420 17.5 .489 .399 16.4 0.8 0.5 1.2 .139
2 Larry Foust 26 11 331 19.8 .467 .395 16.5 0.5 0.4 0.9 .132
3 Mel Hutchins 26 11 417 14.1 .468 .417 14.5 0.5 0.4 0.9 .102
4 Monk Meineke 24 11 162 17.7 .578 .450 10.2 0.5 0.2 0.7 .210
5 Bob Houbregs 22 11 213 16.0 .486 .381 16.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 .134
6 Andy Phillip 32 11 445 12.1 .425 .323 29.7 0.1 0.5 0.6 .066
7 Frankie Brian 31 11 269 14.5 .464 .400 20.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 .096
8 Paul Walther 27 10 95 14.7 .585 .545 15.8 0.3 0.1 0.4 .211
9 Max Zaslofsky 29 11 129 14.9 .492 .409 26.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 .139
10 Dick Rosenthal 25 11 209 12.2 .405 .321 23.5 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .029