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1948-49 Rochester Royals Roster and Stats

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Record: 45-15, Finished 1st in BAA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Les Harrison (45-15)

PTS/G: 84.0 (2nd of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 77.4 (2nd of 12)
SRS: 6.13 (2nd of 12)
Expected W-L: 46-14 (2nd of 12)

Arena: Edgerton Park Arena ▪ Attendance: 121,499 (3rd of 4)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Western Division Finals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won BAA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus St. Louis Bombers

Western Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
19 Bill Calhoun SG 6-3 180 November 4, 1927 R City College of San Francisco
15 Fran Curran G 6-0 175 September 19, 1925 R University of Notre Dame
11 Bob Davies PG 6-1 175 January 15, 1920 R Seton Hall University
10 Andy Duncan F-C 6-6 195 April 17, 1922 R College of William & Mary
10-12 Bob Fitzgerald F-C 6-5 190 March 14, 1923 1 Fordham University
16 Red Holzman PG 5-10 175 August 10, 1920 R City College of New York
17 Arnie Johnson SF 6-5 236 May 16, 1920 R Bemidji State University
13 Andrew Levane F-G 6-2 190 April 11, 1920 R St. John's University
12 Lionel Malamed G 5-9 150 November 15, 1924 R City College of New York
18 Mike Novak C-F 6-9 219 April 23, 1915 R Loyola University of Chicago
14 Arnie Risen C 6-9 200 October 9, 1924 R Ohio State University
09 Bobby Wanzer G 6-0 170 June 4, 1921 R Seton Hall 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 1811 4869 .372 1420 2060 .689 1259 1539 5042 84.0
Lg Rank 4 11 1 2 1 11 2 6 1 1
Opponent 60 4644 77.4
Lg Rank 2 2

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 46 14 6.63 -0.51 6.13 .372 .292 Edgerton Park Arena 121,499
Lg Rank 2 2 2 11 2 1 2 3

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 Arnie Risen 24 60 345 816 .423 305 462 .660 100 216 995
2 Bob Davies 29 60 317 871 .364 270 348 .776 321 197 904
3 Bobby Wanzer 27 60 202 533 .379 209 254 .823 186 132 613
4 Red Holzman 28 60 225 691 .326 96 157 .611 149 93 546
5 Arnie Johnson 28 60 156 375 .416 199 284 .701 80 247 511
6 Andy Duncan 26 55 162 391 .414 83 135 .615 51 179 407
7 Bill Calhoun 21 56 146 408 .358 75 131 .573 125 97 367
8 Mike Novak 33 60 124 363 .342 72 124 .581 112 188 320
9 Fran Curran 23 57 61 168 .363 85 126 .675 78 118 207
10 Andrew Levane 28 36 55 193 .285 13 21 .619 39 37 123
11 Lionel Malamed 24 9 12 31 .387 6 8 .750 6 9 30
12 Bob Fitzgerald 25 18 6 29 .207 7 10 .700 12 26 19

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 Arnie Risen 24 60 5.8 13.6 .423 5.1 7.7 .660 1.7 3.6 16.6
2 Bob Davies 29 60 5.3 14.5 .364 4.5 5.8 .776 5.4 3.3 15.1
3 Bobby Wanzer 27 60 3.4 8.9 .379 3.5 4.2 .823 3.1 2.2 10.2
4 Red Holzman 28 60 3.8 11.5 .326 1.6 2.6 .611 2.5 1.6 9.1
5 Arnie Johnson 28 60 2.6 6.3 .416 3.3 4.7 .701 1.3 4.1 8.5
6 Andy Duncan 26 55 2.9 7.1 .414 1.5 2.5 .615 0.9 3.3 7.4
7 Bill Calhoun 21 56 2.6 7.3 .358 1.3 2.3 .573 2.2 1.7 6.6
8 Mike Novak 33 60 2.1 6.1 .342 1.2 2.1 .581 1.9 3.1 5.3
9 Fran Curran 23 57 1.1 2.9 .363 1.5 2.2 .675 1.4 2.1 3.6
10 Andrew Levane 28 36 1.5 5.4 .285 0.4 0.6 .619 1.1 1.0 3.4
11 Lionel Malamed 24 9 1.3 3.4 .387 0.7 0.9 .750 0.7 1.0 3.3
12 Bob Fitzgerald 25 18 0.3 1.6 .207 0.4 0.6 .700 0.7 1.4 1.1

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 Bobby Wanzer 27 60 .379 .823
2 Fran Curran 23 57 .363 .675
3 Bob Davies 29 60 .364 .776
4 Andy Duncan 26 55 .414 .615
5 Bob Fitzgerald 25 18 .207 .700
6 Red Holzman 28 60 .326 .611
7 Arnie Johnson 28 60 .416 .701
8 Lionel Malamed 24 9 .387 .750
9 Andrew Levane 28 36 .285 .619
10 Mike Novak 33 60 .342 .581
11 Arnie Risen 24 60 .423 .660
12 Bill Calhoun 21 56 .358 .573

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 Arnie Risen 24 60 .488 .423 9.4 1.2 10.6
2 Bob Davies 29 60 .441 .364 7.1 1.5 8.6
3 Bobby Wanzer 27 60 .475 .379 6.0 0.9 7.0
4 Arnie Johnson 28 60 .511 .416 5.7 1.0 6.7
5 Andy Duncan 26 55 .452 .414 2.9 0.8 3.7
6 Fran Curran 23 57 .463 .363 2.0 0.5 2.5
7 Bill Calhoun 21 56 .394 .358 1.4 0.7 2.1
8 Mike Novak 33 60 .383 .342 0.9 0.9 1.8
9 Red Holzman 28 60 .359 .326 0.0 0.8 0.8
10 Lionel Malamed 24 9 .435 .387 0.2 0.1 0.2
11 Bob Fitzgerald 25 18 .284 .207 -0.2 0.1 0.0
12 Andrew Levane 28 36 .304 .285 -0.9 0.3 -0.6

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 Arnie Risen 24 4 22 53 .415 22 33 .667 10 16 66
2 Bob Davies 29 4 19 51 .373 10 13 .769 13 12 48
3 Red Holzman 28 4 18 40 .450 5 6 .833 13 3 41
4 Bill Calhoun 21 4 13 30 .433 13 18 .722 14 6 39
5 Bobby Wanzer 27 4 13 41 .317 12 17 .706 9 9 38
6 Arnie Johnson 28 4 11 41 .268 16 22 .727 7 16 38
7 Mike Novak 33 4 6 22 .273 1 1 1.000 10 13 13
8 Andy Duncan 26 4 3 13 .231 0 1 .000 2 5 6
9 Fran Curran 23 4 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 3 3 4
10 Bob Fitzgerald 25 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0

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 Arnie Risen 24 4 5.5 13.3 .415 5.5 8.3 .667 2.5 4.0 16.5
2 Bob Davies 29 4 4.8 12.8 .373 2.5 3.3 .769 3.3 3.0 12.0
3 Red Holzman 28 4 4.5 10.0 .450 1.3 1.5 .833 3.3 0.8 10.3
4 Bill Calhoun 21 4 3.3 7.5 .433 3.3 4.5 .722 3.5 1.5 9.8
5 Bobby Wanzer 27 4 3.3 10.3 .317 3.0 4.3 .706 2.3 2.3 9.5
6 Arnie Johnson 28 4 2.8 10.3 .268 4.0 5.5 .727 1.8 4.0 9.5
7 Mike Novak 33 4 1.5 5.5 .273 0.3 0.3 1.000 2.5 3.3 3.3
8 Andy Duncan 26 4 0.8 3.3 .231 0.0 0.3 .000 0.5 1.3 1.5
9 Fran Curran 23 4 0.3 1.3 .200 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.8 0.8 1.0
10 Bob Fitzgerald 25 1 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

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 Bob Fitzgerald 25 1 .000
2 Fran Curran 23 4 .200 1.000
3 Bob Davies 29 4 .373 .769
4 Andy Duncan 26 4 .231 .000
5 Bobby Wanzer 27 4 .317 .706
6 Arnie Risen 24 4 .415 .667
7 Mike Novak 33 4 .273 1.000
8 Arnie Johnson 28 4 .268 .727
9 Red Holzman 28 4 .450 .833
10 Bill Calhoun 21 4 .433 .722

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 Arnie Risen 24 4 .489 .415 0.6 0.2 0.9
2 Bill Calhoun 21 4 .514 .433 0.5 0.1 0.6
3 Red Holzman 28 4 .481 .450 0.4 0.1 0.5
4 Bob Davies 29 4 .423 .373 0.2 0.2 0.4
5 Bobby Wanzer 27 4 .392 .317 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Arnie Johnson 28 4 .375 .268 0.0 0.2 0.2
7 Mike Novak 33 4 .290 .273 -0.1 0.2 0.0
8 Fran Curran 23 4 .340 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Bob Fitzgerald 25 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Andy Duncan 26 4 .223 .231 -0.2 0.1 -0.1