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1948-49 Providence Steam Rollers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 12-48, Finished 6th in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ken Loeffler (12-48)

PTS/G: 78.5 (8th of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 87.6 (12th of 12)
SRS: -8.43 (12th of 12)
Expected W-L: 11-49 (12th of 12)

Arena: Rhode Island Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
11 Bob Brown F 6-4 205 November 12, 1923 R Miami University
3 Ernie Calverley G 5-10 145 January 30, 1924 2 University of Rhode Island
Johnny Ezersky F-G 6-3 175 1 University of Rhode Island
6 Chick Halbert C 6-9 225 February 27, 1919 2 West Texas A&M University
10 Bob Hubbard C-F 6-6 215 December 27, 1922 1 Springfield College
11 Carl Meinhold G-F 6-2 185 March 29, 1926 1 Long Island University
6 George Nostrand C-F 6-8 195 January 25, 1924 2 University of Wyoming
Buddy O'Grady G 5-11 160 January 19, 1920 2 Georgetown University
Fred Paine F 6-5 210 December 7, 1925 R Westminster College of Pennsylvania
8 Les Pugh C-F 6-7 190 September 18, 1923 R Ohio State University
5 Mel Riebe G-F 5-11 180 July 12, 1916 2 College of Wooster
12 Lee Robbins F 6-3 175 February 11, 1922 1 University of Colorado
12 Giff Roux F-C 6-5 195 June 28, 1923 2 University of Kansas
4 Kenny Sailors G 5-10 175 January 14, 1922 2 University of Wyoming
15 Ben Scharnus F 6-2 173 December 11, 1917 1 Seton Hall University
7 Otto Schnellbacher F-G 6-4 185 April 15, 1923 R University of Kansas
5 Earl Shannon G-F 5-11 170 November 23, 1921 2 University of Rhode Island
9 Howie Shannon G-F 6-2 175 June 10, 1923 R Kansas State University
7 Andy Tonkovich G 6-1 185 November 1, 1922 R Marshall University
16 Brady Walker PF 6-6 205 March 15, 1921 R Brigham Young 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 60 1750 5427 .322 1207 1742 .693 1026 1349 4707 78.5
Lg Rank 6 5 6 11 12 8 9 12 8 8
Opponent 60 5255 87.6
Lg Rank 12 12

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 11 49 -9.13 0.74 -8.43 .322 .222 Rhode Island Auditorium
Lg Rank 12 12 12 1 12 6 10

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 Kenny Sailors 27 57 309 906 .341 281 367 .766 209 239 899
2 Howie Shannon 25 55 292 802 .364 152 189 .804 125 154 736
3 Ernie Calverley 25 59 218 696 .313 121 160 .756 251 183 557
4 Brady Walker 27 59 202 556 .363 87 155 .561 68 100 491
5 Les Pugh 25 60 168 556 .302 125 167 .749 59 168 461
6 George Nostrand 25 33 121 384 .315 82 149 .550 56 90 324
7 Chick Halbert 29 27 103 309 .333 102 157 .650 52 78 308
8 Carl Meinhold 22 35 85 270 .315 52 83 .627 38 48 222
9 Bob Brown 25 20 37 111 .333 34 47 .723 14 67 108
10 Otto Schnellbacher 25 23 34 118 .288 34 54 .630 19 48 102
11 Earl Shannon 27 27 32 116 .276 38 54 .704 40 31 102
12 Buddy O'Grady 29 17 33 117 .282 15 25 .600 25 21 81
13 Bob Hubbard 26 34 25 135 .185 22 34 .647 18 39 72
14 Mel Riebe 32 10 26 88 .295 9 17 .529 9 13 61
15 Johnny Ezersky 11 16 73 .219 21 25 .840 11 13 53
16 Giff Roux 25 26 18 74 .243 14 27 .519 9 18 50
17 Andy Tonkovich 26 17 19 71 .268 6 9 .667 10 12 44
18 Lee Robbins 26 16 9 25 .360 11 17 .647 12 24 29
19 Fred Paine 23 3 3 19 .158 1 5 .200 1 3 7
20 Ben Scharnus 31 1 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0

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 Kenny Sailors 27 57 5.4 15.9 .341 4.9 6.4 .766 3.7 4.2 15.8
2 Howie Shannon 25 55 5.3 14.6 .364 2.8 3.4 .804 2.3 2.8 13.4
3 Chick Halbert 29 27 3.8 11.4 .333 3.8 5.8 .650 1.9 2.9 11.4
4 George Nostrand 25 33 3.7 11.6 .315 2.5 4.5 .550 1.7 2.7 9.8
5 Ernie Calverley 25 59 3.7 11.8 .313 2.1 2.7 .756 4.3 3.1 9.4
6 Brady Walker 27 59 3.4 9.4 .363 1.5 2.6 .561 1.2 1.7 8.3
7 Les Pugh 25 60 2.8 9.3 .302 2.1 2.8 .749 1.0 2.8 7.7
8 Carl Meinhold 22 35 2.4 7.7 .315 1.5 2.4 .627 1.1 1.4 6.3
9 Mel Riebe 32 10 2.6 8.8 .295 0.9 1.7 .529 0.9 1.3 6.1
10 Bob Brown 25 20 1.9 5.6 .333 1.7 2.4 .723 0.7 3.4 5.4
11 Johnny Ezersky 11 1.5 6.6 .219 1.9 2.3 .840 1.0 1.2 4.8
12 Buddy O'Grady 29 17 1.9 6.9 .282 0.9 1.5 .600 1.5 1.2 4.8
13 Otto Schnellbacher 25 23 1.5 5.1 .288 1.5 2.3 .630 0.8 2.1 4.4
14 Earl Shannon 27 27 1.2 4.3 .276 1.4 2.0 .704 1.5 1.1 3.8
15 Andy Tonkovich 26 17 1.1 4.2 .268 0.4 0.5 .667 0.6 0.7 2.6
16 Fred Paine 23 3 1.0 6.3 .158 0.3 1.7 .200 0.3 1.0 2.3
17 Bob Hubbard 26 34 0.7 4.0 .185 0.6 1.0 .647 0.5 1.1 2.1
18 Giff Roux 25 26 0.7 2.8 .243 0.5 1.0 .519 0.3 0.7 1.9
19 Lee Robbins 26 16 0.6 1.6 .360 0.7 1.1 .647 0.8 1.5 1.8
20 Ben Scharnus 31 1 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Brady Walker 27 59 .363 .561
2 Fred Paine 23 3 .158 .200
3 George Nostrand 25 33 .315 .550
4 Buddy O'Grady 29 17 .282 .600
5 Carl Meinhold 22 35 .315 .627
6 Bob Hubbard 26 34 .185 .647
7 Chick Halbert 29 27 .333 .650
8 Johnny Ezersky 11 .219 .840
9 Ernie Calverley 25 59 .313 .756
10 Les Pugh 25 60 .302 .749
11 Mel Riebe 32 10 .295 .529
12 Andy Tonkovich 26 17 .268 .667
13 Earl Shannon 27 27 .276 .704
14 Howie Shannon 25 55 .364 .804
15 Ben Scharnus 31 1 .000 .000
16 Otto Schnellbacher 25 23 .288 .630
17 Kenny Sailors 27 57 .341 .766
18 Giff Roux 25 26 .243 .519
19 Lee Robbins 26 16 .360 .647
20 Bob Brown 25 20 .333 .723

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 Kenny Sailors 27 57 .421 .341 5.1 -0.2 4.9
2 Howie Shannon 25 55 .416 .364 3.5 -0.1 3.4
3 Chick Halbert 29 27 .407 .333 1.3 -0.1 1.3
4 Brady Walker 27 59 .393 .363 1.3 -0.1 1.2
5 Ernie Calverley 25 59 .363 .313 0.9 -0.2 0.7
6 Bob Brown 25 20 .410 .333 0.5 0.0 0.4
7 Lee Robbins 26 16 .446 .360 0.2 0.0 0.2
8 Earl Shannon 27 27 .365 .276 0.2 0.0 0.1
9 Otto Schnellbacher 25 23 .360 .288 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Carl Meinhold 22 35 .362 .315 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Les Pugh 25 60 .366 .302 0.1 -0.1 0.0
12 Ben Scharnus 31 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 George Nostrand 25 33 .360 .315 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
14 Fred Paine 23 3 .165 .158 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
15 Mel Riebe 32 10 .319 .295 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
16 Johnny Ezersky 11 .315 .219 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
17 Andy Tonkovich 26 17 .293 .268 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
18 Buddy O'Grady 29 17 .316 .282 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
19 Giff Roux 25 26 .291 .243 -0.4 0.0 -0.5
20 Bob Hubbard 26 34 .240 .185 -1.3 0.0 -1.4