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1956-57 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

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Record: 34-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Charles Eckman (34-38)

PTS/G: 96.4 (7th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.7 (3rd of 8)
SRS: -2.17 (8th of 8)
Expected W-L: 30-42 (8th of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 108,054 (7th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Lost NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus St. Louis Hawks

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
8 Corky Devlin SG 6-5 195 December 21, 1931 1 George Washington University
16 Larry Foust C 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 6 La Salle University
18 Alex Hannum PF 6-7 210 July 19, 1923 7 University of Southern California
17 Bob Houbregs C 6-7 210 March 12, 1932 3 University of Washington
9 Mel Hutchins PF 6-6 200 November 22, 1928 5 Brigham Young University
14 Billy Kenville SG 6-2 187 December 1, 1930 3 St. Bonaventure University
5 Chuck Noble SG 6-4 190 July 24, 1931 1 University of Louisville
6 Red Rocha C 6-9 185 September 18, 1923 8 Oregon State University
15 Dick Rosenthal SF 6-5 205 January 20, 1930 1 University of Notre Dame
7 Gene Shue PG 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 2 University of Maryland
19 Odie Spears SF 6-5 205 June 26, 1925 7 Western Kentucky University
10 Bill Thieben PF 6-7 215 March 28, 1935 R Hofstra University
12 George Yardley SF 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 3 Stanford 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 2532 6612 .383 1874 2510 .747 4289 1398 1643 6938 96.4
Lg Rank 7 7 5 7 7 5 7 4 8 7 7
Opponent 72 7104 98.7
Lg Rank 3 3

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 30 42 -2.31 0.14 -2.17 .383 .283 War Memorial Coliseum 108,054
Lg Rank 8 8 8 3 8 5 6 7

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 28 72 2691 522 1273 .410 503 639 .787 755 147 231 1547
2 Mel Hutchins 28 72 2647 369 953 .387 152 206 .738 571 210 182 890
3 Gene Shue 25 72 2470 273 710 .385 241 316 .763 421 238 137 787
4 Larry Foust 28 61 1533 243 617 .394 273 380 .718 555 71 221 759
5 Bob Houbregs 24 60 1592 253 585 .432 167 234 .714 401 113 118 673
6 Billy Kenville 26 71 1701 204 608 .336 174 218 .798 324 172 169 582
7 Corky Devlin 25 71 1242 190 502 .378 97 143 .678 146 141 114 477
8 Chuck Noble 25 54 1260 200 556 .360 76 102 .745 135 180 161 476
9 Red Rocha 33 72 1154 136 390 .349 109 144 .757 272 81 162 381
10 Bill Thieben 21 58 633 90 256 .352 57 87 .655 207 17 78 237
11 Dick Rosenthal 27 18 188 21 79 .266 9 17 .529 52 17 22 51
12 Alex Hannum 33
13 Odie Spears 31

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 28 72 37.4 7.3 17.7 .410 7.0 8.9 .787 10.5 2.0 3.2 21.5
2 Larry Foust 28 61 25.1 4.0 10.1 .394 4.5 6.2 .718 9.1 1.2 3.6 12.4
3 Mel Hutchins 28 72 36.8 5.1 13.2 .387 2.1 2.9 .738 7.9 2.9 2.5 12.4
4 Bob Houbregs 24 60 26.5 4.2 9.8 .432 2.8 3.9 .714 6.7 1.9 2.0 11.2
5 Gene Shue 25 72 34.3 3.8 9.9 .385 3.3 4.4 .763 5.8 3.3 1.9 10.9
6 Chuck Noble 25 54 23.3 3.7 10.3 .360 1.4 1.9 .745 2.5 3.3 3.0 8.8
7 Billy Kenville 26 71 24.0 2.9 8.6 .336 2.5 3.1 .798 4.6 2.4 2.4 8.2
8 Corky Devlin 25 71 17.5 2.7 7.1 .378 1.4 2.0 .678 2.1 2.0 1.6 6.7
9 Red Rocha 33 72 16.0 1.9 5.4 .349 1.5 2.0 .757 3.8 1.1 2.3 5.3
10 Bill Thieben 21 58 10.9 1.6 4.4 .352 1.0 1.5 .655 3.6 0.3 1.3 4.1
11 Dick Rosenthal 27 18 10.4 1.2 4.4 .266 0.5 0.9 .529 2.9 0.9 1.2 2.8
12 Alex Hannum 33
13 Odie Spears 31

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 George Yardley 28 72 2691 7.0 17.0 .410 6.7 8.5 .787 10.1 2.0 3.1 20.7
2 Larry Foust 28 61 1533 5.7 14.5 .394 6.4 8.9 .718 13.0 1.7 5.2 17.8
3 Bob Houbregs 24 60 1592 5.7 13.2 .432 3.8 5.3 .714 9.1 2.6 2.7 15.2
4 Corky Devlin 25 71 1242 5.5 14.6 .378 2.8 4.1 .678 4.2 4.1 3.3 13.8
5 Chuck Noble 25 54 1260 5.7 15.9 .360 2.2 2.9 .745 3.9 5.1 4.6 13.6
6 Bill Thieben 21 58 633 5.1 14.6 .352 3.2 4.9 .655 11.8 1.0 4.4 13.5
7 Billy Kenville 26 71 1701 4.3 12.9 .336 3.7 4.6 .798 6.9 3.6 3.6 12.3
8 Mel Hutchins 28 72 2647 5.0 13.0 .387 2.1 2.8 .738 7.8 2.9 2.5 12.1
9 Red Rocha 33 72 1154 4.2 12.2 .349 3.4 4.5 .757 8.5 2.5 5.1 11.9
10 Gene Shue 25 72 2470 4.0 10.3 .385 3.5 4.6 .763 6.1 3.5 2.0 11.5
11 Dick Rosenthal 27 18 188 4.0 15.1 .266 1.7 3.3 .529 10.0 3.3 4.2 9.8
12 Alex Hannum 33
13 Odie Spears 31

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 28 72 2691 21.9 .498 .410 8.0 2.1 10.0 .179
2 Larry Foust 28 61 1533 19.2 .484 .394 3.4 1.3 4.7 .148
3 Gene Shue 25 72 2470 13.8 .463 .385 3.0 1.7 4.6 .090
4 Bob Houbregs 24 60 1592 17.6 .489 .432 3.3 1.2 4.5 .134
5 Mel Hutchins 28 72 2647 13.0 .426 .387 0.9 1.9 2.8 .050
6 Billy Kenville 26 71 1701 12.2 .413 .336 0.2 1.2 1.4 .039
7 Corky Devlin 25 71 1242 12.2 .422 .378 0.4 0.8 1.2 .046
8 Red Rocha 33 72 1154 11.0 .420 .349 0.2 0.8 1.0 .044
9 Chuck Noble 25 54 1260 10.9 .396 .360 -0.5 0.8 0.4 .014
10 Bill Thieben 21 58 633 12.1 .403 .352 -0.3 0.5 0.2 .015
11 Dick Rosenthal 27 18 188 6.8 .295 .266 -0.6 0.2 -0.5 -0.124
12 Alex Hannum 33
13 Odie Spears 31

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 28 2 85 24 53 .453 9 11 .818 19 8 7 57
2 Larry Foust 28 2 64 13 23 .565 19 23 .826 25 6 10 45
3 Gene Shue 25 2 79 14 27 .519 4 4 1.000 7 8 3 32
4 Mel Hutchins 28 2 68 9 30 .300 5 7 .714 23 10 8 23
5 Bob Houbregs 24 2 38 7 17 .412 8 11 .727 6 3 3 22
6 Chuck Noble 25 2 45 10 26 .385 1 2 .500 3 4 5 21
7 Bill Thieben 21 2 28 6 7 .857 2 6 .333 6 3 5 14
8 Corky Devlin 25 1 25 6 8 .750 1 1 1.000 5 5 5 13
9 Red Rocha 33 2 18 0 5 .000 4 6 .667 6 0 4 4
10 Billy Kenville 26 2 30 2 13 .154 0 1 .000 1 5 1 4

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 28 2 42.5 12.0 26.5 .453 4.5 5.5 .818 9.5 4.0 3.5 28.5
2 Larry Foust 28 2 32.0 6.5 11.5 .565 9.5 11.5 .826 12.5 3.0 5.0 22.5
3 Gene Shue 25 2 39.5 7.0 13.5 .519 2.0 2.0 1.000 3.5 4.0 1.5 16.0
4 Corky Devlin 25 1 25.0 6.0 8.0 .750 1.0 1.0 1.000 5.0 5.0 5.0 13.0
5 Mel Hutchins 28 2 34.0 4.5 15.0 .300 2.5 3.5 .714 11.5 5.0 4.0 11.5
6 Bob Houbregs 24 2 19.0 3.5 8.5 .412 4.0 5.5 .727 3.0 1.5 1.5 11.0
7 Chuck Noble 25 2 22.5 5.0 13.0 .385 0.5 1.0 .500 1.5 2.0 2.5 10.5
8 Bill Thieben 21 2 14.0 3.0 3.5 .857 1.0 3.0 .333 3.0 1.5 2.5 7.0
9 Red Rocha 33 2 9.0 0.0 2.5 .000 2.0 3.0 .667 3.0 0.0 2.0 2.0
10 Billy Kenville 26 2 15.0 1.0 6.5 .154 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 2.5 0.5 2.0

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 28 2 64 7.3 12.9 .565 10.7 12.9 .826 14.1 3.4 5.6 25.3
2 George Yardley 28 2 85 10.2 22.4 .453 3.8 4.7 .818 8.0 3.4 3.0 24.1
3 Bob Houbregs 24 2 38 6.6 16.1 .412 7.6 10.4 .727 5.7 2.8 2.8 20.8
4 Corky Devlin 25 1 25 8.6 11.5 .750 1.4 1.4 1.000 7.2 7.2 7.2 18.7
5 Bill Thieben 21 2 28 7.7 9.0 .857 2.6 7.7 .333 7.7 3.9 6.4 18.0
6 Chuck Noble 25 2 45 8.0 20.8 .385 0.8 1.6 .500 2.4 3.2 4.0 16.8
7 Gene Shue 25 2 79 6.4 12.3 .519 1.8 1.8 1.000 3.2 3.6 1.4 14.6
8 Mel Hutchins 28 2 68 4.8 15.9 .300 2.6 3.7 .714 12.2 5.3 4.2 12.2
9 Red Rocha 33 2 18 0.0 10.0 .000 8.0 12.0 .667 12.0 0.0 8.0 8.0
10 Billy Kenville 26 2 30 2.4 15.6 .154 0.0 1.2 .000 1.2 6.0 1.2 4.8

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 28 2 64 30.1 .679 .565 12.6 0.5 -0.1 0.4 .312
2 George Yardley 28 2 85 21.0 .493 .453 14.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 .110
3 Gene Shue 25 2 79 15.0 .556 .519 13.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 .117
4 Bob Houbregs 24 2 38 17.6 .504 .412 10.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 .113
5 Corky Devlin 25 1 25 24.4 .770 .750 28.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 .283
6 Bill Thieben 21 2 28 20.5 .726 .857 14.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 .246
7 Chuck Noble 25 2 45 8.4 .391 .385 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.047
8 Mel Hutchins 28 2 68 11.9 .348 .300 18.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.105
9 Red Rocha 33 2 18 0.6 .262 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.186
10 Billy Kenville 26 2 30 -2.2 .149 .154 18.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.297