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1946-47 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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33-27, Finished 3rd in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Neil Cohalan (33-27)

Points Per Game: 64.7 (8th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 64.0 (2nd of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 32-28 (5th of 11)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 0.61 (5th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Semifinals (2-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors
Won BAA Quarterfinals (2-1) versus Cleveland Rebels

1946-47 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12-15 Aud Brindley F 6-4 175 December 31, 1923 R Dartmouth College
14 Tommy Byrnes F-G 6-3 175 February 19, 1923 R Seton Hall University
3 Bob Cluggish C 6-10 235 September 18, 1917 R University of Kentucky
10 Bob Fitzgerald F-C 6-5 190 March 14, 1923 R Fordham University
4 Frido Frey F 6-2 195 October 26, 1921 R Long Island University
9 Leo Gottlieb G 5-11 180 November 28, 1920 R
8 Sonny Hertzberg G 5-10 175 July 29, 1922 R City College of New York
5 Ralph Kaplowitz G-F 6-2 170 May 18, 1919 R New York University
19-5 Lee Knorek C 6-7 215 July 15, 1921 R University of Detroit Mercy
5 Frank Mangiapane G 5-10 195 August 5, 1925 R New York University
4 Nat Militzok F 6-3 195 May 3, 1923 R Cornell University
10 Bob Mullens G 6-1 175 November 1, 1922 R Fordham University
11-15 Dick Murphy G 6-1 175 March 10, 1921 R Marshall University
12 John Murphy F 6-2 175 September 13, 1924 R
16 Bud Palmer F-C 6-4 180 September 14, 1921 R Princeton University
12 Hank Rosenstein F 6-4 185 June 16, 1920 R City College of New York
6 Ossie Schectman G 6-0 175 March 30, 1919 R Long Island University
7 Stan Stutz G-F 5-10 170 April 14, 1920 R University of Rhode Island
11-17 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 October 28, 1922 R New York University
11 Jake Weber C 6-6 225 March 18, 1918 R Purdue 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 60 1465 5255 .279 951 1438 .661 457 1218 3881 64.7
Opponent 60 3842 64.0

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 Sonny Hertzberg 24 59 201 695 .289 113 149 .758 37 109 515
2 Stan Stutz 26 60 172 641 .268 133 170 .782 49 127 477
3 Tommy Byrnes 23 60 175 583 .300 103 160 .644 35 90 453
4 Ossie Schectman 27 54 162 588 .276 111 179 .620 109 115 435
5 Bud Palmer 25 42 160 521 .307 81 121 .669 34 110 401
6 Leo Gottlieb 26 57 149 494 .302 36 55 .655 24 71 334
7 Bob Cluggish 29 54 93 356 .261 52 91 .571 22 113 238
8 Ralph Kaplowitz 27 27 71 274 .259 52 71 .732 25 57 194
9 Lee Knorek 25 22 62 219 .283 47 72 .653 21 64 171
10 Nat Militzok 23 36 52 214 .243 40 73 .548 28 91 144
11 Hank Rosenstein 26 31 38 145 .262 57 95 .600 19 71 133
12 Frido Frey 25 23 28 97 .289 32 56 .571 14 37 88
13 Bob Fitzgerald 23 29 23 121 .190 36 60 .600 9 67 82
14 Bob Mullens 24 26 27 104 .260 22 34 .647 18 32 76
15 Aud Brindley 23 12 14 49 .286 6 7 .857 1 16 34
16 Dick Murphy 25 24 14 58 .241 4 5 .800 5 9 32
17 Butch Van Breda Kolff 24 16 7 34 .206 11 17 .647 6 10 25
18 John Murphy 22 9 8 25 .320 8 12 .667 0 3 24
19 Jake Weber 28 11 7 24 .292 6 8 .750 1 20 20
20 Frank Mangiapane 21 6 2 13 .154 1 3 .333 0 6 5

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 Bud Palmer 25 42 3.8 12.4 .307 1.9 2.9 .669 0.8 2.6 9.5
2 Sonny Hertzberg 24 59 3.4 11.8 .289 1.9 2.5 .758 0.6 1.8 8.7
3 Ossie Schectman 27 54 3.0 10.9 .276 2.1 3.3 .620 2.0 2.1 8.1
4 Stan Stutz 26 60 2.9 10.7 .268 2.2 2.8 .782 0.8 2.1 8.0
5 Lee Knorek 25 22 2.8 10.0 .283 2.1 3.3 .653 1.0 2.9 7.8
6 Tommy Byrnes 23 60 2.9 9.7 .300 1.7 2.7 .644 0.6 1.5 7.6
7 Ralph Kaplowitz 27 27 2.6 10.1 .259 1.9 2.6 .732 0.9 2.1 7.2
8 Leo Gottlieb 26 57 2.6 8.7 .302 0.6 1.0 .655 0.4 1.2 5.9
9 Bob Cluggish 29 54 1.7 6.6 .261 1.0 1.7 .571 0.4 2.1 4.4
10 Hank Rosenstein 26 31 1.2 4.7 .262 1.8 3.1 .600 0.6 2.3 4.3
11 Nat Militzok 23 36 1.4 5.9 .243 1.1 2.0 .548 0.8 2.5 4.0
12 Frido Frey 25 23 1.2 4.2 .289 1.4 2.4 .571 0.6 1.6 3.8
13 Bob Mullens 24 26 1.0 4.0 .260 0.8 1.3 .647 0.7 1.2 2.9
14 Bob Fitzgerald 23 29 0.8 4.2 .190 1.2 2.1 .600 0.3 2.3 2.8
15 Aud Brindley 23 12 1.2 4.1 .286 0.5 0.6 .857 0.1 1.3 2.8
16 John Murphy 22 9 0.9 2.8 .320 0.9 1.3 .667 0.0 0.3 2.7
17 Jake Weber 28 11 0.6 2.2 .292 0.5 0.7 .750 0.1 1.8 1.8
18 Butch Van Breda Kolff 24 16 0.4 2.1 .206 0.7 1.1 .647 0.4 0.6 1.6
19 Dick Murphy 25 24 0.6 2.4 .241 0.2 0.2 .800 0.2 0.4 1.3
20 Frank Mangiapane 21 6 0.3 2.2 .154 0.2 0.5 .333 0.0 1.0 0.8

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 Jake Weber 28 11 .292 .750
2 Lee Knorek 25 22 .283 .653
3 Ralph Kaplowitz 27 27 .259 .732
4 Sonny Hertzberg 24 59 .289 .758
5 Leo Gottlieb 26 57 .302 .655
6 Frido Frey 25 23 .289 .571
7 Bob Fitzgerald 23 29 .190 .600
8 Bob Cluggish 29 54 .261 .571
9 Tommy Byrnes 23 60 .300 .644
10 Frank Mangiapane 21 6 .154 .333
11 Nat Militzok 23 36 .243 .548
12 Butch Van Breda Kolff 24 16 .206 .647
13 Stan Stutz 26 60 .268 .782
14 Ossie Schectman 27 54 .276 .620
15 Hank Rosenstein 26 31 .262 .600
16 Bud Palmer 25 42 .307 .669
17 Dick Murphy 25 24 .241 .800
18 John Murphy 22 9 .320 .667
19 Bob Mullens 24 26 .260 .647
20 Aud Brindley 23 12 .286 .857

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 Jake Weber 28 11 .363 .292
2 Lee Knorek 25 22 .341 .283
3 Ralph Kaplowitz 27 27 .318 .259
4 Sonny Hertzberg 24 59 .339 .289
5 Leo Gottlieb 26 57 .322 .302
6 Frido Frey 25 23 .362 .289
7 Bob Fitzgerald 23 29 .278 .190
8 Bob Cluggish 29 54 .300 .261
9 Tommy Byrnes 23 60 .347 .300
10 Frank Mangiapane 21 6 .175 .154
11 Nat Militzok 23 36 .293 .243
12 Butch Van Breda Kolff 24 16 .301 .206
13 Stan Stutz 26 60 .333 .268
14 Ossie Schectman 27 54 .326 .276
15 Hank Rosenstein 26 31 .356 .262
16 Bud Palmer 25 42 .349 .307
17 Dick Murphy 25 24 .266 .241
18 John Murphy 22 9 .396 .320
19 Bob Mullens 24 26 .319 .260
20 Aud Brindley 23 12 .326 .286

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 Stan Stutz 26 5 28 101 28 32 7 13 84 .277 .875 16.8 1.4
2 Bud Palmer 25 5 33 94 12 20 4 8 78 .351 .600 15.6 0.8
3 Lee Knorek 25 5 21 58 11 19 8 22 53 .362 .579 10.6 1.6
4 Sonny Hertzberg 24 5 15 69 6 8 5 14 36 .217 .750 7.2 1.0
5 Tommy Byrnes 23 5 11 46 2 11 0 2 24 .239 .182 4.8 0.0
6 Leo Gottlieb 26 4 10 39 4 6 1 6 24 .256 .667 6.0 0.3
7 Butch Van Breda Kolff 24 5 7 32 7 13 4 5 21 .219 .538 4.2 0.8
8 Frido Frey 25 5 3 19 4 11 7 11 10 .158 .364 2.0 1.4
9 Aud Brindley 23 3 3 6 4 6 0 4 10 .500 .667 3.3 0.0
10 Bob Cluggish 29 5 4 27 0 2 0 12 8 .148 .000 1.6 0.0
11 Bob Fitzgerald 23 5 1 9 3 4 1 3 5 .111 .750 1.0 0.2

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 Stan Stutz 26 5 .365 .277
2 Lee Knorek 25 5 .399 .362
3 Sonny Hertzberg 24 5 .248 .217
4 Leo Gottlieb 26 4 .288 .256
5 Frido Frey 25 5 .210 .158
6 Bob Fitzgerald 23 5 .232 .111
7 Bob Cluggish 29 5 .143 .148
8 Tommy Byrnes 23 5 .236 .239
9 Bud Palmer 25 5 .379 .351
10 Butch Van Breda Kolff 24 5 .278 .219
11 Aud Brindley 23 3 .579 .500