1947-48 St. Louis Bombers Roster and Stats

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Record: 29-19, Finished 1st in BAA Western Division

Coach: Ken Loeffler (29-19)

PTS/G: 71.5 (6th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 69.5 (1st of 8)

SRS: 2.12 (5th of 8) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 29-19 (5th of 8)

Arena: St. Louis Arena

BAA 1948 Playoffs:
Lost BAA Semifinals (3-4) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

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

Roster

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

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bob Doll	28	7	2.6	13.0	.198	2.6	13.0	.198	.198	2.0	3.7	.538	0.7	2.6	7.1
2	John Logan	27	5	3.4	11.0	.309	3.4	11.0	.309	.309	4.4	5.6	.786	1.6	3.8	11.2
3	Don Martin	27	5	1.0	4.0	.250	1.0	4.0	.250	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	1.2	2.2
4	Ariel Maughan	24	7	4.6	17.4	.262	4.6	17.4	.262	.262	2.3	3.3	.696	0.1	3.1	11.4
5	Buddy O'Grady	28	7	1.6	4.7	.333	1.6	4.7	.333	.333	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.7	3.6
6	Don Putman	25	7	1.1	6.3	.182	1.1	6.3	.182	.182	1.0	1.7	.583	0.7	2.1	3.3
7	Red Rocha	24	7	4.1	16.9	.246	4.1	16.9	.246	.246	3.1	4.3	.733	0.9	4.3	11.4
8	Irv Rothenberg	26	5	1.0	6.8	.147	1.0	6.8	.147	.147	0.8	1.4	.571	0.0	1.8	2.8
9	Giff Roux	24	5	0.4	4.8	.083	0.4	4.8	.083	.083	0.6	1.4	.429	0.0	0.6	1.4
10	Belus Smawley	29	6	4.3	14.3	.302	4.3	14.3	.302	.302	2.3	3.0	.778	0.3	2.5	11.0

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Abramovic	28	4	1	10	.100	1	10	.100	.100	2	4	.500	1	5	4
2	Bob Doll	28	42	174	658	.264	174	658	.264	.264	98	148	.662	26	107	446
3	Wyndol Gray	25	11	6	36	.167	6	36	.167	.167	1	3	.333	3	16	13
4	Grady Lewis	30	24	59	238	.248	59	238	.248	.248	48	72	.667	13	85	166
5	John Logan	27	48	221	734	.301	221	734	.301	.301	202	272	.743	62	141	644
6	Don Martin	27	39	35	150	.233	35	150	.233	.233	15	33	.455	2	61	85
7	Ariel Maughan	24	28	54	165	.327	54	165	.327	.327	21	37	.568	4	53	129
8	Buddy O'Grady	28	44	67	257	.261	67	257	.261	.261	36	54	.667	9	61	170
9	Don Putman	25	42	105	399	.263	105	399	.263	.263	57	84	.679	25	95	267
10	Red Rocha	24	48	232	740	.314	232	740	.314	.314	147	213	.690	39	209	611
11	Irv Rothenberg	26	24	63	218	.289	63	218	.289	.289	60	106	.566	4	69	186
12	Giff Roux	24	46	68	258	.264	68	258	.264	.264	40	68	.588	12	60	176
13	Belus Smawley	29	48	212	688	.308	212	688	.308	.308	111	150	.740	18	88	535
			48	1297	4551	.285	1297	4551	.285	.285	838	1244	.674	218	1050	3432

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bob Doll	28	7	18	91	.198	18	91	.198	.198	14	26	.538	5	18	50
2	John Logan	27	5	17	55	.309	17	55	.309	.309	22	28	.786	8	19	56
3	Don Martin	27	5	5	20	.250	5	20	.250	.250	1	1	1.000	1	6	11
4	Ariel Maughan	24	7	32	122	.262	32	122	.262	.262	16	23	.696	1	22	80
5	Buddy O'Grady	28	7	11	33	.333	11	33	.333	.333	3	3	1.000	0	5	25
6	Don Putman	25	7	8	44	.182	8	44	.182	.182	7	12	.583	5	15	23
7	Red Rocha	24	7	29	118	.246	29	118	.246	.246	22	30	.733	6	30	80
8	Irv Rothenberg	26	5	5	34	.147	5	34	.147	.147	4	7	.571	0	9	14
9	Giff Roux	24	5	2	24	.083	2	24	.083	.083	3	7	.429	0	3	7
10	Belus Smawley	29	6	26	86	.302	26	86	.302	.302	14	18	.778	2	15	66

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS
1	John Abramovic	28	4	.170	.400	-0.1	0.1	-0.1
2	Bob Doll	28	42	.308	.225	-0.1	1.9	1.8
3	Wyndol Gray	25	11	.174	.083	-0.4	0.2	-0.2
4	Grady Lewis	30	24	.308	.303	0.0	1.1	1.1
5	John Logan	27	48	.377	.371	5.3	3.0	8.3
6	Don Martin	27	39	.258	.220	-0.8	0.7	-0.1
7	Ariel Maughan	24	28	.356	.224	0.7	0.6	1.3
8	Buddy O'Grady	28	44	.303	.210	-0.2	0.9	0.7
9	Don Putman	25	42	.306	.211	-0.1	1.6	1.5
10	Red Rocha	24	48	.366	.288	4.2	3.1	7.2
11	Irv Rothenberg	26	24	.351	.486	0.9	0.8	1.7
12	Giff Roux	24	46	.306	.264	-0.1	0.9	0.8
13	Belus Smawley	29	48	.355	.218	2.9	1.7	4.5

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS
1	Bob Doll	28	7	.244	.286	-0.7	0.2	-0.5
2	John Logan	27	5	.416	.509	0.7	0.2	0.9
3	Don Martin	27	5	.269	.050	-0.1	0.0	0.0
4	Ariel Maughan	24	7	.303	.189	-0.2	0.2	0.0
5	Buddy O'Grady	28	7	.364	.091	0.1	0.0	0.2
6	Don Putman	25	7	.233	.273	-0.4	0.1	-0.2
7	Red Rocha	24	7	.305	.254	-0.1	0.2	0.1
8	Irv Rothenberg	26	5	.189	.206	-0.5	0.1	-0.4
9	Giff Roux	24	5	.129	.292	-0.5	0.0	-0.5
10	Belus Smawley	29	6	.351	.209	0.3	0.1	0.4

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