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1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 28-43, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Herm Schaefer (28-43)

PTS/G: 74.6 (10th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 77.4 (1st of 10)
SRS: -2.31 (7th of 10)
Expected W-L: 27-44 (8th of 10)

Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 Leo Barnhorst SF 6-4 190 May 11, 1924 3 University of Notre Dame
19 Joe Graboski C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 3
18 Don Hanrahan F 6-7 200 February 6, 1929 R Loyola University of Chicago
10 Kleggie Hermsen C-F 6-9 225 March 12, 1923 5 University of Minnesota
8 Bob Lavoy PF 6-7 185 June 29, 1926 2 Western Kentucky University
10-18 Ed Mikan C 6-8 230 October 20, 1925 4 DePaul University
14 Bob Naber F 6-3 185 September 3, 1929 R University of Louisville
Ralph O'Brien G 5-9 160 April 8, 1928 1 Butler University
16 Mel Payton SF 6-4 185 July 16, 1926 1 Tulane University
7 Gene Rhodes SG 6-1 170 September 2, 1927 R Western Kentucky University
9 Bill Tosheff PG 6-1 175 June 2, 1926 1 Indiana University
5 Paul Walther SG 6-2 160 March 23, 1927 3 University of Tennessee
17 Zeke Zawoluk PF 6-7 215 October 13, 1930 R 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 71 1829 5204 .351 1637 2277 .719 3326 1281 1765 5295 74.6
Lg Rank 10 10 10 9 9 6 10 10 10 10 10
Opponent 71 5493 77.4
Lg Rank 1 1

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 27 44 -2.79 0.48 -2.31 .351 .315 Hinkle Fieldhouse
Lg Rank 8 8 8 4 7 10 6

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 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 2871 402 1034 .389 163 259 .629 483 277 245 967
2 Joe Graboski 23 69 2769 272 799 .340 350 513 .682 687 156 303 894
3 Bill Tosheff 26 67 2459 253 783 .323 253 314 .806 229 243 243 759
4 Paul Walther 25 67 2468 227 645 .352 264 354 .746 284 205 260 718
5 Bob Lavoy 26 70 2327 225 560 .402 168 242 .694 528 130 274 618
6 Mel Payton 26 66 1424 173 485 .357 120 161 .745 313 81 118 466
7 Gene Rhodes 25 65 1162 109 342 .319 119 169 .704 98 91 78 337
8 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 622 55 150 .367 77 116 .664 146 31 83 187
9 Ralph O'Brien 24 34 526 59 190 .311 57 65 .877 50 35 37 175
10 Ed Mikan 27 43 569 39 158 .247 52 64 .813 118 17 84 130
11 Don Hanrahan 23 18 121 11 32 .344 11 15 .733 30 11 24 33
12 Kleggie Hermsen 29 6 40 4 22 .182 2 3 .667 12 4 12 10
13 Bob Naber 23 4 11 0 4 .000 1 2 .500 5 1 6 1

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 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 40.4 5.7 14.6 .389 2.3 3.6 .629 6.8 3.9 3.5 13.6
2 Joe Graboski 23 69 40.1 3.9 11.6 .340 5.1 7.4 .682 10.0 2.3 4.4 13.0
3 Bill Tosheff 26 67 36.7 3.8 11.7 .323 3.8 4.7 .806 3.4 3.6 3.6 11.3
4 Paul Walther 25 67 36.8 3.4 9.6 .352 3.9 5.3 .746 4.2 3.1 3.9 10.7
5 Bob Lavoy 26 70 33.2 3.2 8.0 .402 2.4 3.5 .694 7.5 1.9 3.9 8.8
6 Mel Payton 26 66 21.6 2.6 7.3 .357 1.8 2.4 .745 4.7 1.2 1.8 7.1
7 Gene Rhodes 25 65 17.9 1.7 5.3 .319 1.8 2.6 .704 1.5 1.4 1.2 5.2
8 Ralph O'Brien 24 34 15.5 1.7 5.6 .311 1.7 1.9 .877 1.5 1.0 1.1 5.1
9 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 15.2 1.3 3.7 .367 1.9 2.8 .664 3.6 0.8 2.0 4.6
10 Ed Mikan 27 43 13.2 0.9 3.7 .247 1.2 1.5 .813 2.7 0.4 2.0 3.0
11 Don Hanrahan 23 18 6.7 0.6 1.8 .344 0.6 0.8 .733 1.7 0.6 1.3 1.8
12 Kleggie Hermsen 29 6 6.7 0.7 3.7 .182 0.3 0.5 .667 2.0 0.7 2.0 1.7
13 Bob Naber 23 4 2.8 0.0 1.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .500 1.3 0.3 1.5 0.3

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 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 2871 5.0 13.0 .389 2.0 3.2 .629 6.1 3.5 3.1 12.1
2 Ralph O'Brien 24 34 526 4.0 13.0 .311 3.9 4.4 .877 3.4 2.4 2.5 12.0
3 Mel Payton 26 66 1424 4.4 12.3 .357 3.0 4.1 .745 7.9 2.0 3.0 11.8
4 Joe Graboski 23 69 2769 3.5 10.4 .340 4.6 6.7 .682 8.9 2.0 3.9 11.6
5 Bill Tosheff 26 67 2459 3.7 11.5 .323 3.7 4.6 .806 3.4 3.6 3.6 11.1
6 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 622 3.2 8.7 .367 4.5 6.7 .664 8.5 1.8 4.8 10.8
7 Paul Walther 25 67 2468 3.3 9.4 .352 3.9 5.2 .746 4.1 3.0 3.8 10.5
8 Gene Rhodes 25 65 1162 3.4 10.6 .319 3.7 5.2 .704 3.0 2.8 2.4 10.4
9 Don Hanrahan 23 18 121 3.3 9.5 .344 3.3 4.5 .733 8.9 3.3 7.1 9.8
10 Bob Lavoy 26 70 2327 3.5 8.7 .402 2.6 3.7 .694 8.2 2.0 4.2 9.6
11 Kleggie Hermsen 29 6 40 3.6 19.8 .182 1.8 2.7 .667 10.8 3.6 10.8 9.0
12 Ed Mikan 27 43 569 2.5 10.0 .247 3.3 4.0 .813 7.5 1.1 5.3 8.2
13 Bob Naber 23 4 11 0.0 13.1 .000 3.3 6.5 .500 16.4 3.3 19.6 3.3

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 Joe Graboski 23 69 2769 16.2 .436 .340 2.1 3.7 5.8 .101
2 Bob Lavoy 26 70 2327 14.8 .464 .402 2.9 2.9 5.8 .119
3 Paul Walther 25 67 2468 13.2 .448 .352 2.7 2.4 5.2 .100
4 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 2871 16.0 .421 .389 1.1 3.5 4.6 .076
5 Bill Tosheff 26 67 2459 12.5 .412 .323 0.4 2.4 2.8 .055
6 Mel Payton 26 66 1424 15.5 .419 .357 0.3 1.8 2.1 .069
7 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 622 15.4 .465 .367 0.9 0.8 1.7 .129
8 Gene Rhodes 25 65 1162 11.2 .405 .319 -0.1 1.0 0.9 .037
9 Ralph O'Brien 24 34 526 11.7 .400 .311 -0.2 0.5 0.3 .024
10 Don Hanrahan 23 18 121 14.1 .427 .344 0.1 0.2 0.2 .098
11 Bob Naber 23 4 11 -10.4 .102 .000 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.418
12 Kleggie Hermsen 29 6 40 -1.9 .214 .182 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.364
13 Ed Mikan 27 43 569 7.0 .349 .247 -1.0 0.6 -0.3 -0.029

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 Joe Graboski 23 2 76 14 28 .500 6 8 .750 16 0 5 34
2 Leo Barnhorst 28 2 79 12 33 .364 6 9 .667 22 5 10 30
3 Paul Walther 25 2 75 5 20 .250 16 17 .941 8 4 8 26
4 Mel Payton 26 2 36 7 17 .412 7 8 .875 6 0 7 21
5 Bob Lavoy 26 2 47 4 16 .250 2 5 .400 10 2 10 10
6 Bill Tosheff 26 2 66 1 16 .063 7 7 1.000 5 4 5 9
7 Gene Rhodes 25 2 51 4 14 .286 1 4 .250 7 5 5 9
8 Ed Mikan 27 2 32 2 10 .200 3 3 1.000 7 0 1 7
9 Zeke Zawoluk 22 2 18 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 2 0 5 2

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 Joe Graboski 23 2 38.0 7.0 14.0 .500 3.0 4.0 .750 8.0 0.0 2.5 17.0
2 Leo Barnhorst 28 2 39.5 6.0 16.5 .364 3.0 4.5 .667 11.0 2.5 5.0 15.0
3 Paul Walther 25 2 37.5 2.5 10.0 .250 8.0 8.5 .941 4.0 2.0 4.0 13.0
4 Mel Payton 26 2 18.0 3.5 8.5 .412 3.5 4.0 .875 3.0 0.0 3.5 10.5
5 Bob Lavoy 26 2 23.5 2.0 8.0 .250 1.0 2.5 .400 5.0 1.0 5.0 5.0
6 Bill Tosheff 26 2 33.0 0.5 8.0 .063 3.5 3.5 1.000 2.5 2.0 2.5 4.5
7 Gene Rhodes 25 2 25.5 2.0 7.0 .286 0.5 2.0 .250 3.5 2.5 2.5 4.5
8 Ed Mikan 27 2 16.0 1.0 5.0 .200 1.5 1.5 1.000 3.5 0.0 0.5 3.5
9 Zeke Zawoluk 22 2 9.0 0.5 3.0 .167 0.0 1.0 .000 1.0 0.0 2.5 1.0

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 Mel Payton 26 2 36 7.0 17.0 .412 7.0 8.0 .875 6.0 0.0 7.0 21.0
2 Joe Graboski 23 2 76 6.6 13.3 .500 2.8 3.8 .750 7.6 0.0 2.4 16.1
3 Leo Barnhorst 28 2 79 5.5 15.0 .364 2.7 4.1 .667 10.0 2.3 4.6 13.7
4 Paul Walther 25 2 75 2.4 9.6 .250 7.7 8.2 .941 3.8 1.9 3.8 12.5
5 Ed Mikan 27 2 32 2.3 11.3 .200 3.4 3.4 1.000 7.9 0.0 1.1 7.9
6 Bob Lavoy 26 2 47 3.1 12.3 .250 1.5 3.8 .400 7.7 1.5 7.7 7.7
7 Gene Rhodes 25 2 51 2.8 9.9 .286 0.7 2.8 .250 4.9 3.5 3.5 6.4
8 Bill Tosheff 26 2 66 0.5 8.7 .063 3.8 3.8 1.000 2.7 2.2 2.7 4.9
9 Zeke Zawoluk 22 2 18 2.0 12.0 .167 0.0 4.0 .000 4.0 0.0 10.0 4.0

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 Joe Graboski 23 2 76 23.7 .539 .500 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 .247
2 Paul Walther 25 2 75 15.4 .473 .250 11.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 .147
3 Mel Payton 26 2 36 23.4 .512 .412 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 .246
4 Leo Barnhorst 28 2 79 18.5 .406 .364 17.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 .089
5 Zeke Zawoluk 22 2 18 -13.1 .145 .167 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.359
6 Gene Rhodes 25 2 51 6.4 .286 .286 22.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.052
7 Ed Mikan 27 2 32 7.6 .309 .200 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.083
8 Bob Lavoy 26 2 47 2.5 .275 .250 9.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.125
9 Bill Tosheff 26 2 66 0.9 .236 .063 12.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.130