1956-57 Rochester Royals Roster and Stats

Record: 31-41, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Bobby Wanzer (31-41)

PTS/G: 93.4 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 95.6 (1st of 8)

SRS: -2.08 (7th of 8) Pace: 109.4 (5th of 8)

Off Rtg: 84.9 (8th of 8) Def Rtg: 86.9 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: -2.0 (7th of 8)

Expected W-L: 30-42 (7th of 8)

Arena: Rochester Community War Memorial

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
6	Bob Burrow	C	6-7	228	June 29, 1934	us	R	Kentucky
3	Ed Fleming	SG	6-3	189	July 25, 1933	us	1	Niagara University
3	Si Green	SG	6-2	185	August 20, 1933	us	R	Duquesne
4	Lew Hitch	PF	6-8	200	July 16, 1929	us	5	Kansas State
16	Tom Marshall	SF	6-4	215	January 6, 1931	us	1	Western Kentucky
7	Johnny McCarthy	PG	6-1	185	April 25, 1934	us	R	Canisius
5	Dave Piontek	SF	6-6	230	August 27, 1934	us	R	Xavier
14	Richie Regan	PG	6-2	180	November 30, 1930	us	1	Seton Hall
15	Dick Ricketts	C	6-7	215	December 4, 1933	us	1	Duquesne
8	Art Spoelstra	C	6-9	220	September 11, 1932	us	2	Western Kentucky
12	Maurice Stokes	PF	6-7	232	June 17, 1933	us	1	Saint Francis University
10	Jack Twyman	SG	6-6	210	May 11, 1934	us	1	Cincinnati
9	Bobby Wanzer	SG	6-0	170	June 4, 1921	us	8	Seton Hall

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Maurice Stokes	23	72	38.3	6.0	17.3	.347	6.0	17.3	.347	.347	3.6	5.3	.665	17.4	4.6	4.0	15.6
2	Si Green	23	13	32.5	3.8	11.0	.350	3.8	11.0	.350	.350	3.8	5.3	.710	5.2	3.6	2.8	11.5
3	Jack Twyman	22	72	32.5	6.2	14.2	.439	6.2	14.2	.439	.439	3.8	5.0	.760	4.9	1.7	3.5	16.3
4	Richie Regan	26	71	29.6	3.6	11.0	.329	3.6	11.0	.329	.329	2.6	3.3	.774	2.9	3.1	2.5	9.8
5	Dick Ricketts	23	72	29.4	4.2	12.1	.344	4.2	12.1	.344	.344	2.9	4.1	.694	6.1	1.8	4.3	11.2
6	Dave Piontek	22	71	24.8	3.6	9.0	.403	3.6	9.0	.403	.403	1.7	2.6	.667	4.9	1.5	2.0	9.0
7	Johnny McCarthy	22	72	21.7	2.4	6.4	.376	2.4	6.4	.376	.376	1.8	2.7	.674	2.8	1.5	1.8	6.6
8	Lew Hitch	27	30	18.5	1.8	4.8	.372	1.8	4.8	.372	.372	1.2	1.7	.725	4.0	0.5	1.8	4.8
9	Ed Fleming	23	51	18.2	2.1	7.1	.299	2.1	7.1	.299	.299	2.7	3.7	.728	3.6	1.6	1.8	7.0
10	Art Spoelstra	24	69	17.0	3.1	8.1	.388	3.1	8.1	.388	.388	1.3	1.7	.733	3.2	0.8	2.4	7.6
11	Bob Burrow	22	67	15.3	2.0	5.5	.374	2.0	5.5	.374	.374	1.9	3.1	.616	4.4	0.6	2.5	6.0
12	Tom Marshall	26	40	11.5	1.4	4.1	.344	1.4	4.1	.344	.344	1.2	1.5	.810	2.1	0.8	0.8	4.0
13	Bobby Wanzer	35	21	7.6	1.1	2.3	.469	1.1	2.3	.469	.469	1.7	2.2	.783	1.2	0.4	1.0	3.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Maurice Stokes	23	72	2761	434	1249	.347	434	1249	.347	.347	256	385	.665	1256	331	287	1124
2	Jack Twyman	22	72	2338	449	1023	.439	449	1023	.439	.439	276	363	.760	354	123	251	1174
3	Dick Ricketts	23	72	2114	299	869	.344	299	869	.344	.344	206	297	.694	437	127	307	804
4	Richie Regan	26	71	2100	257	780	.329	257	780	.329	.329	182	235	.774	205	222	179	696
5	Dave Piontek	22	71	1759	257	637	.403	257	637	.403	.403	122	183	.667	351	108	141	636
6	Johnny McCarthy	22	72	1560	173	460	.376	173	460	.376	.376	130	193	.674	201	107	130	476
7	Art Spoelstra	24	69	1176	217	559	.388	217	559	.388	.388	88	120	.733	220	56	168	522
8	Bob Burrow	22	67	1028	137	366	.374	137	366	.374	.374	130	211	.616	293	41	165	404
9	Ed Fleming	23	51	927	109	364	.299	109	364	.299	.299	139	191	.728	183	81	94	357
10	Lew Hitch	27	30	556	54	145	.372	54	145	.372	.372	37	51	.725	119	15	55	145
11	Tom Marshall	26	40	460	56	163	.344	56	163	.344	.344	47	58	.810	83	31	33	159
12	Si Green	23	13	423	50	143	.350	50	143	.350	.350	49	69	.710	67	47	36	149
13	Bobby Wanzer	35	21	159	23	49	.469	23	49	.469	.469	36	46	.783	25	9	20	82
			72		2515	6807	.369	2515	6807	.369	.369	1698	2402	.707	4171	1298	1866	6728

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.