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1947-48 St. Louis Bombers Roster and Statistics

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29-19, Finished 1st in BAA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ken Loeffler (29-19)

PTS/G: 71.5 (6th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 69.5 (1st of 8)
SRS: 2.13 (5th of 8)
Expected W-L: 29-19 (5th of 8)

Arena: St. Louis Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia Warriors

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
9 John Abramovic F 6-3 195 February 9, 1919 1 Salem International University
5 Bob Doll F-C 6-5 195 August 10, 1919 1 University of Colorado
3 Wyndol Gray G-F 6-1 175 March 20, 1922 1 Bowling Green State University
6 Grady Lewis F-C 6-7 215 March 25, 1917 1 University of Oklahoma
7 John Logan G 6-2 175 January 1, 1921 1 Indiana University
14 Don Martin C-F 6-7 210 February 7, 1920 1 Central Missouri State University
11 Ariel Maughan F 6-4 190 February 23, 1923 1 Utah State University
9 Buddy O'Grady G 5-11 160 January 19, 1920 1 Georgetown University
8 Don Putnam G 6-1 170 November 13, 1922 1 University of Denver
4 Red Rocha C-F 6-9 185 September 18, 1923 R Oregon State University
6 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 December 31, 1921 1 Long Island University
12 Giff Roux F-C 6-5 195 June 28, 1923 1 University of Kansas
10-2 Belus Smawley G-F 6-1 195 March 20, 1918 1 Appalachian State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 48 1297 4551 .285 838 1244 .674 218 1050 3432 71.5
Lg Rank 4 6 5 6 7 4 8 7 6 6
Opponent 48 3335 69.5
Lg Rank 1 1

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 John Logan 27 48 221 734 .301 202 272 .743 62 141 644
2 Red Rocha 24 48 232 740 .314 147 213 .690 39 209 611
3 Belus Smawley 29 48 212 688 .308 111 150 .740 18 88 535
4 Bob Doll 28 42 174 658 .264 98 148 .662 26 107 446
5 Don Putnam 25 42 105 399 .263 57 84 .679 25 95 267
6 Irv Rothenberg 26 24 63 218 .289 60 106 .566 4 69 186
7 Giff Roux 24 46 68 258 .264 40 68 .588 12 60 176
8 Buddy O'Grady 28 44 67 257 .261 36 54 .667 9 61 170
9 Grady Lewis 30 24 59 238 .248 48 72 .667 13 85 166
10 Ariel Maughan 24 28 54 165 .327 21 37 .568 4 53 129
11 Don Martin 27 39 35 150 .233 15 33 .455 2 61 85
12 Wyndol Gray 25 11 6 36 .167 1 3 .333 3 16 13
13 John Abramovic 28 4 1 10 .100 2 4 .500 1 5 4

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 John Logan 27 48 4.6 15.3 .301 4.2 5.7 .743 1.3 2.9 13.4
2 Red Rocha 24 48 4.8 15.4 .314 3.1 4.4 .690 0.8 4.4 12.7
3 Belus Smawley 29 48 4.4 14.3 .308 2.3 3.1 .740 0.4 1.8 11.1
4 Bob Doll 28 42 4.1 15.7 .264 2.3 3.5 .662 0.6 2.5 10.6
5 Irv Rothenberg 26 24 2.6 9.1 .289 2.5 4.4 .566 0.2 2.9 7.8
6 Grady Lewis 30 24 2.5 9.9 .248 2.0 3.0 .667 0.5 3.5 6.9
7 Don Putnam 25 42 2.5 9.5 .263 1.4 2.0 .679 0.6 2.3 6.4
8 Ariel Maughan 24 28 1.9 5.9 .327 0.8 1.3 .568 0.1 1.9 4.6
9 Buddy O'Grady 28 44 1.5 5.8 .261 0.8 1.2 .667 0.2 1.4 3.9
10 Giff Roux 24 46 1.5 5.6 .264 0.9 1.5 .588 0.3 1.3 3.8
11 Don Martin 27 39 0.9 3.8 .233 0.4 0.8 .455 0.1 1.6 2.2
12 Wyndol Gray 25 11 0.5 3.3 .167 0.1 0.3 .333 0.3 1.5 1.2
13 John Abramovic 28 4 0.3 2.5 .100 0.5 1.0 .500 0.3 1.3 1.0

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 Giff Roux 24 46 .264 .588
2 Bob Doll 28 42 .264 .662
3 Belus Smawley 29 48 .308 .740
4 Wyndol Gray 25 11 .167 .333
5 Grady Lewis 30 24 .248 .667
6 John Logan 27 48 .301 .743
7 Don Martin 27 39 .233 .455
8 Ariel Maughan 24 28 .327 .568
9 Buddy O'Grady 28 44 .261 .667
10 Don Putnam 25 42 .263 .679
11 Red Rocha 24 48 .314 .690
12 Irv Rothenberg 26 24 .289 .566
13 John Abramovic 28 4 .100 .500

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 John Logan 27 48 .377 .301 5.3 3.0 8.3
2 Red Rocha 24 48 .366 .314 4.2 3.1 7.2
3 Belus Smawley 29 48 .355 .308 2.9 1.7 4.5
4 Bob Doll 28 42 .308 .264 -0.1 1.9 1.8
5 Irv Rothenberg 26 24 .351 .289 0.9 0.8 1.7
6 Don Putnam 25 42 .306 .263 -0.1 1.6 1.5
7 Ariel Maughan 24 28 .356 .327 0.7 0.6 1.3
8 Grady Lewis 30 24 .308 .248 0.0 1.1 1.1
9 Giff Roux 24 46 .306 .264 -0.1 0.9 0.8
10 Buddy O'Grady 28 44 .303 .261 -0.2 0.9 0.7
11 Don Martin 27 39 .258 .233 -0.8 0.7 -0.1
12 John Abramovic 28 4 .170 .100 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
13 Wyndol Gray 25 11 .174 .167 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Ariel Maughan 24 7 32 122 16 23 1 22 80 .262 .696 11.4 0.1
2 Red Rocha 24 7 29 118 22 30 6 30 80 .246 .733 11.4 0.9
3 Belus Smawley 29 6 26 86 14 18 2 15 66 .302 .778 11.0 0.3
4 John Logan 27 5 17 55 22 28 8 19 56 .309 .786 11.2 1.6
5 Bob Doll 28 7 18 91 14 26 5 18 50 .198 .538 7.1 0.7
6 Buddy O'Grady 28 7 11 33 3 3 0 5 25 .333 1.000 3.6 0.0
7 Don Putnam 25 7 8 44 7 12 5 15 23 .182 .583 3.3 0.7
8 Irv Rothenberg 26 5 5 34 4 7 0 9 14 .147 .571 2.8 0.0
9 Don Martin 27 5 5 20 1 1 1 6 11 .250 1.000 2.2 0.2
10 Giff Roux 24 5 2 24 3 7 0 3 7 .083 .429 1.4 0.0

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 John Logan 27 5 .416 .309 0.7 0.2 0.9
2 Belus Smawley 29 6 .351 .302 0.3 0.1 0.4
3 Buddy O'Grady 28 7 .364 .333 0.1 0.0 0.2
4 Red Rocha 24 7 .305 .246 -0.1 0.2 0.1
5 Ariel Maughan 24 7 .303 .262 -0.2 0.2 0.0
6 Don Martin 27 5 .269 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
7 Don Putnam 25 7 .233 .182 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
8 Irv Rothenberg 26 5 .189 .147 -0.5 0.1 -0.4
9 Giff Roux 24 5 .129 .083 -0.5 0.0 -0.5
10 Bob Doll 28 7 .244 .198 -0.7 0.2 -0.5