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1959-60 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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27-48, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Andrew Levane (8-19), Carl Braun (19-29)

Points Per Game: 117.3 (4th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 119.6 (8th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 32-43 (5th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 335,578 (1st of 8)

SRS: -1.43 (5th of 8)

1959-60 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Bob Anderegg F-G 6-3 200 August 24, 1937 R Michigan State University
15 Whitey Bell G 6-0 180 September 13, 1932 R North Carolina State University
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 10 Colgate University
8 Mike Farmer F 6-7 210 September 26, 1936 1 University of San Francisco
19 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 December 10, 1930 6 Long Island University
18 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 October 29, 1932 4 University of Minnesota
5 Jack George G 6-2 190 November 13, 1928 6 La Salle University
11 Johnny Green F-C 6-5 200 December 8, 1933 R Michigan State University
9 Richie Guerin G 6-4 195 May 29, 1932 3 Iona College
3 Brendan McCann G 6-2 178 July 5, 1935 2 St. Bonaventure University
6 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 3 University of California, Los Angeles
19 Jim Palmer F-C 6-8 224 June 8, 1933 1 University of Dayton
15 Cal Ramsey F 6-4 200 July 13, 1937 R New York University
12 Kenny Sears F 6-9 198 August 17, 1933 4 Santa Clara University
17 Ron Sobie G 6-3 185 September 21, 1934 3 DePaul University
14 Charlie Tyra C-F 6-8 230 August 16, 1935 2 University of Louisville

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 75 3429 8153 .421 1942 2539 .765 5251 1667 1940 8800 117.3
Opponent 75 8973 119.6

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 Richie Guerin 27 74 2429 579 1379 .420 457 591 .773 505 468 242 1615
2 Willie Naulls 25 65 2250 551 1286 .428 286 342 .836 921 138 214 1388
3 Kenny Sears 26 64 2099 412 863 .477 363 418 .868 876 127 191 1187
4 Charlie Tyra 24 74 2033 406 942 .431 133 189 .704 598 80 258 945
5 Carl Braun 32 54 1514 285 659 .432 129 154 .838 168 270 127 699
6 Jack George 31 69 1604 250 650 .385 155 202 .767 197 240 148 655
7 Mike Farmer 23 67 1536 212 568 .373 70 83 .843 385 57 130 494
8 Johnny Green 26 69 1232 209 468 .447 63 155 .406 539 52 195 481
9 Jim Palmer 26 54 1082 175 419 .418 80 119 .672 278 53 159 430
10 Dick Garmaker 27 26 745 125 290 .431 86 100 .860 124 73 60 336
11 Whitey Bell 27 31 449 70 185 .378 28 43 .651 87 55 59 168
12 Bob Anderegg 22 33 373 55 143 .385 23 42 .548 69 29 32 133
13 Ron Sobie 25 15 221 36 104 .346 31 36 .861 46 19 28 103
14 Ray Felix 29 16 187 31 94 .330 19 33 .576 80 4 44 81
15 Cal Ramsey 22 7 160 32 77 .416 16 29 .552 47 9 21 80
16 Brendan McCann 24 4 29 1 10 .100 3 3 1.000 4 10 2 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 Richie Guerin 27 74 32.8 7.8 18.6 .420 6.2 8.0 .773 6.8 6.3 3.3 21.8
2 Willie Naulls 25 65 34.6 8.5 19.8 .428 4.4 5.3 .836 14.2 2.1 3.3 21.4
3 Kenny Sears 26 64 32.8 6.4 13.5 .477 5.7 6.5 .868 13.7 2.0 3.0 18.5
4 Carl Braun 32 54 28.0 5.3 12.2 .432 2.4 2.9 .838 3.1 5.0 2.4 12.9
5 Dick Garmaker 27 26 28.7 4.8 11.2 .431 3.3 3.8 .860 4.8 2.8 2.3 12.9
6 Charlie Tyra 24 74 27.5 5.5 12.7 .431 1.8 2.6 .704 8.1 1.1 3.5 12.8
7 Cal Ramsey 22 7 22.9 4.6 11.0 .416 2.3 4.1 .552 6.7 1.3 3.0 11.4
8 Jack George 31 69 23.2 3.6 9.4 .385 2.2 2.9 .767 2.9 3.5 2.1 9.5
9 Jim Palmer 26 54 20.0 3.2 7.8 .418 1.5 2.2 .672 5.1 1.0 2.9 8.0
10 Mike Farmer 23 67 22.9 3.2 8.5 .373 1.0 1.2 .843 5.7 0.9 1.9 7.4
11 Johnny Green 26 69 17.9 3.0 6.8 .447 0.9 2.2 .406 7.8 0.8 2.8 7.0
12 Ron Sobie 25 15 14.7 2.4 6.9 .346 2.1 2.4 .861 3.1 1.3 1.9 6.9
13 Whitey Bell 27 31 14.5 2.3 6.0 .378 0.9 1.4 .651 2.8 1.8 1.9 5.4
14 Ray Felix 29 16 11.7 1.9 5.9 .330 1.2 2.1 .576 5.0 0.3 2.8 5.1
15 Bob Anderegg 22 33 11.3 1.7 4.3 .385 0.7 1.3 .548 2.1 0.9 1.0 4.0
16 Brendan McCann 24 4 7.3 0.3 2.5 .100 0.8 0.8 1.000 1.0 2.5 0.5 1.3

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 Richie Guerin 27 74 2429 8.6 20.4 .420 6.8 8.8 .773 7.5 6.9 3.6 23.9
2 Willie Naulls 25 65 2250 8.8 20.6 .428 4.6 5.5 .836 14.7 2.2 3.4 22.2
3 Kenny Sears 26 64 2099 7.1 14.8 .477 6.2 7.2 .868 15.0 2.2 3.3 20.4
4 Cal Ramsey 22 7 160 7.2 17.3 .416 3.6 6.5 .552 10.6 2.0 4.7 18.0
5 Ron Sobie 25 15 221 5.9 16.9 .346 5.0 5.9 .861 7.5 3.1 4.6 16.8
6 Charlie Tyra 24 74 2033 7.2 16.7 .431 2.4 3.3 .704 10.6 1.4 4.6 16.7
7 Carl Braun 32 54 1514 6.8 15.7 .432 3.1 3.7 .838 4.0 6.4 3.0 16.6
8 Dick Garmaker 27 26 745 6.0 14.0 .431 4.2 4.8 .860 6.0 3.5 2.9 16.2
9 Ray Felix 29 16 187 6.0 18.1 .330 3.7 6.4 .576 15.4 0.8 8.5 15.6
10 Jack George 31 69 1604 5.6 14.6 .385 3.5 4.5 .767 4.4 5.4 3.3 14.7
11 Jim Palmer 26 54 1082 5.8 13.9 .418 2.7 4.0 .672 9.2 1.8 5.3 14.3
12 Johnny Green 26 69 1232 6.1 13.7 .447 1.8 4.5 .406 15.8 1.5 5.7 14.1
13 Whitey Bell 27 31 449 5.6 14.8 .378 2.2 3.4 .651 7.0 4.4 4.7 13.5
14 Bob Anderegg 22 33 373 5.3 13.8 .385 2.2 4.1 .548 6.7 2.8 3.1 12.8
15 Mike Farmer 23 67 1536 5.0 13.3 .373 1.6 1.9 .843 9.0 1.3 3.0 11.6
16 Brendan McCann 24 4 29 1.2 12.4 .100 3.7 3.7 1.000 5.0 12.4 2.5 6.2

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 Kenny Sears 26 64 2099 21.8 .567 .477 7.6 1.2 8.8
2 Richie Guerin 27 74 2429 21.4 .493 .420 6.1 1.3 7.4
3 Willie Naulls 25 65 2250 20.0 .483 .428 4.1 1.2 5.3
4 Carl Braun 32 54 1514 15.0 .481 .432 2.3 0.6 3.0
5 Charlie Tyra 24 74 2033 12.9 .461 .431 1.6 0.8 2.5
6 Dick Garmaker 27 26 745 14.2 .503 .431 1.4 0.3 1.7
7 Jack George 31 69 1604 12.0 .443 .385 0.9 0.6 1.5
8 Johnny Green 26 69 1232 13.1 .449 .447 0.5 0.7 1.2
9 Jim Palmer 26 54 1082 10.8 .456 .418 0.7 0.4 1.1
10 Cal Ramsey 22 7 160 13.4 .446 .416 0.1 0.1 0.1
11 Ron Sobie 25 15 221 11.7 .430 .346 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Whitey Bell 27 31 449 10.3 .412 .378 -0.1 0.2 0.1
13 Bob Anderegg 22 33 373 9.3 .412 .385 -0.1 0.1 0.0
14 Brendan McCann 24 4 29 8.3 .221 .100 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Mike Farmer 23 67 1536 8.8 .409 .373 -0.7 0.6 -0.1
16 Ray Felix 29 16 187 9.0 .373 .330 -0.3 0.1 -0.2