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1947-48 Providence Steam Rollers Roster and Statistics

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6-42, Finished 4th in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Albert Soar (2-17), Nat Hickey (4-25)

Points Per Game: 69.1 (7th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 80.7 (8th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 5-43 (8th of 8)

Arena: Rhode Island Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -10.31 (8th of 8)

1947-48 Providence Steam Rollers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
6 Hank Beenders C-F 6-6 185 June 2, 1916 1 Long Island University
3 Ernie Calverley G 5-10 145 January 30, 1924 1 University of Rhode Island
Bill Downey C 6-6 210 November 11, 1923 R Marquette University
10 Johnny Ezersky F-G 6-3 175 R University of Rhode Island
16 Dick Fitzgerald F 6-2 175 November 18, 1920 1 Seton Hall University
11 Pop Goodwin F-C 6-2 203 December 22, 1920 1
Wyndol Gray G-F 6-1 175 March 20, 1922 1 Bowling Green State University
11 Nat Hickey G-F 5-11 180 January 30, 1902 R
9 Bob Hubbard C-F 6-6 215 December 27, 1922 R Springfield College
John Janisch F-G 6-3 200 March 15, 1920 1 Valparaiso University
13 Jerry Kelly F 6-2 172 June 14, 1918 1 Marshall University
4 Dino Martin G 5-8 160 May 25, 1920 1 Georgetown University
15 Ariel Maughan F 6-4 190 February 23, 1923 1 Utah State University
10 George Mearns F 6-3 175 April 18, 1922 1 University of Rhode Island
14-9 George Nostrand C-F 6-8 195 January 25, 1924 1 University of Wyoming
7-9 Lee Robbins F 6-3 175 February 11, 1922 R University of Colorado
5 Kenny Sailors G 5-10 175 January 14, 1922 1 University of Wyoming
12 Earl Shannon G-F 5-11 170 November 23, 1921 1 University of Rhode Island
Mel Thurston G 6-0 175 January 16, 1919 R Canisius College
Jack Toomay C-F 6-6 215 August 9, 1922 R University of the Pacific
8 Ray Wertis G 5-11 January 1, 1922 1 St. John's 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 48 1268 4630 .274 782 1275 .613 347 1105 3318 69.1
Opponent 48 3873 80.7

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 Ernie Calverley 24 47 226 835 .271 107 161 .665 119 168 559
2 George Nostrand 24 45 196 660 .297 129 239 .540 30 148 521
3 Kenny Sailors 26 41 205 683 .300 110 159 .692 59 157 520
4 Earl Shannon 26 45 123 469 .262 116 183 .634 49 106 362
5 Johnny Ezersky 25 95 376 .253 63 104 .606 16 62 253
6 Lee Robbins 25 31 72 260 .277 51 93 .548 7 93 195
7 Jack Toomay 25 14 52 144 .361 49 71 .690 5 49 153
8 Bob Hubbard 25 28 58 199 .291 36 52 .692 11 34 152
9 Hank Beenders 31 21 53 200 .265 37 58 .638 6 68 143
10 Dino Martin 27 32 46 193 .238 9 20 .450 14 17 101
11 Pop Goodwin 27 24 36 155 .232 19 27 .704 7 36 91
12 Mel Thurston 29 14 32 113 .283 14 28 .500 4 42 78
13 George Mearns 25 24 23 115 .200 15 31 .484 10 65 61
14 Ariel Maughan 24 14 22 91 .242 11 16 .688 2 36 55
15 John Janisch 27 7 13 43 .302 8 14 .571 2 2 34
16 Ray Wertis 26 7 13 72 .181 6 14 .429 6 13 32
17 Jerry Kelly 29 3 3 10 .300 0 1 .000 0 3 6
18 Wyndol Gray 25 1 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0
19 Dick Fitzgerald 27 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 1 0
20 Nat Hickey 46 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 1 0
21 Bill Downey 24 3 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0

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 Kenny Sailors 26 41 5.0 16.7 .300 2.7 3.9 .692 1.4 3.8 12.7
2 Ernie Calverley 24 47 4.8 17.8 .271 2.3 3.4 .665 2.5 3.6 11.9
3 George Nostrand 24 45 4.4 14.7 .297 2.9 5.3 .540 0.7 3.3 11.6
4 Jack Toomay 25 14 3.7 10.3 .361 3.5 5.1 .690 0.4 3.5 10.9
5 Johnny Ezersky 25 3.8 15.0 .253 2.5 4.2 .606 0.6 2.5 10.1
6 Earl Shannon 26 45 2.7 10.4 .262 2.6 4.1 .634 1.1 2.4 8.0
7 Hank Beenders 31 21 2.5 9.5 .265 1.8 2.8 .638 0.3 3.2 6.8
8 Lee Robbins 25 31 2.3 8.4 .277 1.6 3.0 .548 0.2 3.0 6.3
9 Mel Thurston 29 14 2.3 8.1 .283 1.0 2.0 .500 0.3 3.0 5.6
10 Bob Hubbard 25 28 2.1 7.1 .291 1.3 1.9 .692 0.4 1.2 5.4
11 John Janisch 27 7 1.9 6.1 .302 1.1 2.0 .571 0.3 0.3 4.9
12 Ray Wertis 26 7 1.9 10.3 .181 0.9 2.0 .429 0.9 1.9 4.6
13 Ariel Maughan 24 14 1.6 6.5 .242 0.8 1.1 .688 0.1 2.6 3.9
14 Pop Goodwin 27 24 1.5 6.5 .232 0.8 1.1 .704 0.3 1.5 3.8
15 Dino Martin 27 32 1.4 6.0 .238 0.3 0.6 .450 0.4 0.5 3.2
16 George Mearns 25 24 1.0 4.8 .200 0.6 1.3 .484 0.4 2.7 2.5
17 Jerry Kelly 29 3 1.0 3.3 .300 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 1.0 2.0
18 Wyndol Gray 25 1 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Bill Downey 24 3 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Nat Hickey 46 1 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
21 Dick Fitzgerald 27 1 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

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 Ray Wertis 26 7 .181 .429
2 Bob Hubbard 25 28 .291 .692
3 Nat Hickey 46 1 .000
4 Wyndol Gray 25 1 .000 .000
5 Pop Goodwin 27 24 .232 .704
6 Dick Fitzgerald 27 1 .000
7 Johnny Ezersky 25 .253 .606
8 Bill Downey 24 3 .000
9 Ernie Calverley 24 47 .271 .665
10 John Janisch 27 7 .302 .571
11 Jerry Kelly 29 3 .300 .000
12 Dino Martin 27 32 .238 .450
13 Jack Toomay 25 14 .361 .690
14 Mel Thurston 29 14 .283 .500
15 Earl Shannon 26 45 .262 .634
16 Kenny Sailors 26 41 .300 .692
17 Lee Robbins 25 31 .277 .548
18 George Nostrand 24 45 .297 .540
19 George Mearns 25 24 .200 .484
20 Ariel Maughan 24 14 .242 .688
21 Hank Beenders 31 21 .265 .638

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 Ray Wertis 26 7 .205 .181
2 Bob Hubbard 25 28 .343 .291
3 Nat Hickey 46 1 .000 .000
4 Wyndol Gray 25 1 .000 .000
5 Pop Goodwin 27 24 .273 .232
6 Dick Fitzgerald 27 1 .000 .000
7 Johnny Ezersky 25 .300 .253
8 Bill Downey 24 3 .000 .000
9 Ernie Calverley 24 47 .309 .271
10 John Janisch 27 7 .346 .302
11 Jerry Kelly 29 3 .287 .300
12 Dino Martin 27 32 .250 .238
13 Jack Toomay 25 14 .437 .361
14 Mel Thurston 29 14 .311 .283
15 Earl Shannon 26 45 .329 .262
16 Kenny Sailors 26 41 .345 .300
17 Lee Robbins 25 31 .324 .277
18 George Nostrand 24 45 .340 .297
19 George Mearns 25 24 .237 .200
20 Ariel Maughan 24 14 .280 .242
21 Hank Beenders 31 21 .317 .265