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1948-49 St. Louis Bombers Roster and Statistics

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29-31, Finished 4th in BAA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Grady Lewis (29-31)

Points Per Game: 75.8 (10th of 12) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 79.4 (7th of 12)
Pythagorean W-L: 21-39 (10th of 12)

Arena: St. Louis Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -3.21 (10th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Rochester Royals

1948-49 St. Louis Bombers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Lonnie Eggleston G 6-0 170 June 8, 1918 R Oklahoma State University
12 Colby Gunther F 6-4 190 February 5, 1923 1 Boston College
13 Grady Lewis F-C 6-7 215 March 25, 1917 2 University of Oklahoma
7 John Logan G 6-2 175 January 1, 1921 2 Indiana University
14 Don Martin C-F 6-7 210 February 7, 1920 2 Central Missouri State University
11 Ariel Maughan F 6-4 190 February 23, 1923 2 Utah State University
13 Bill Miller F 6-3 190 November 24, 1924 R University of North Carolina
3 Bob O'Brien F 6-4 190 January 26, 1927 1 Pepperdine University
9 Buddy O'Grady G 5-11 160 January 19, 1920 2 Georgetown University
6 Easy Parham F-G 6-3 200 December 27, 1921 R Texas Wesleyan University
8 Don Putnam G 6-1 170 November 13, 1922 2 University of Denver
3 Bill Roberts C 6-9 210 March 13, 1925 R University of Wyoming
4 Red Rocha C-F 6-9 185 September 18, 1923 1 Oregon State University
12 Giff Roux F-C 6-5 195 June 28, 1923 2 University of Kansas
9 Otto Schnellbacher F-G 6-4 185 April 15, 1923 R University of Kansas
10 Belus Smawley G-F 6-1 195 March 20, 1918 2 Appalachian State University
3 D.C. Wilcutt G 6-2 165 March 25, 1923 R Saint Louis University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 60 1659 4858 .341 1229 1770 .694 1269 1480 4547 75.8
Opponent 60 4765 79.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Belus Smawley 30 59 352 946 .372 210 281 .747 183 145 914
2 John Logan 28 57 282 816 .346 239 302 .791 276 191 803
3 Red Rocha 25 58 223 574 .389 162 211 .768 157 251 608
4 Ariel Maughan 25 55 206 650 .317 184 285 .646 99 134 596
5 Easy Parham 27 60 124 404 .307 96 172 .558 151 134 344
6 Don Putnam 26 59 98 330 .297 52 97 .536 140 132 248
7 Otto Schnellbacher 25 20 59 162 .364 55 79 .696 45 61 173
8 Colby Gunther 25 32 57 181 .315 45 71 .634 33 64 159
9 Grady Lewis 31 34 53 137 .387 42 70 .600 37 104 148
10 Bill Roberts 23 22 52 155 .335 35 44 .795 28 77 139
11 Buddy O'Grady 29 30 52 176 .295 34 46 .739 43 36 138
12 Don Martin 28 37 50 161 .311 29 45 .644 21 101 129
13 D.C. Wilcutt 25 22 18 51 .353 15 18 .833 31 9 51
14 Bill Miller 24 14 16 49 .327 7 11 .636 12 15 39
15 Giff Roux 25 19 11 44 .250 15 17 .882 11 12 37
16 Bob O'Brien 22 8 5 18 .278 7 18 .389 1 11 17
17 Lonnie Eggleston 30 2 1 4 .250 2 3 .667 1 3 4

Per Game

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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 Belus Smawley 30 59 6.0 16.0 .372 3.6 4.8 .747 3.1 2.5 15.5
2 John Logan 28 57 4.9 14.3 .346 4.2 5.3 .791 4.8 3.4 14.1
3 Ariel Maughan 25 55 3.7 11.8 .317 3.3 5.2 .646 1.8 2.4 10.8
4 Red Rocha 25 58 3.8 9.9 .389 2.8 3.6 .768 2.7 4.3 10.5
5 Otto Schnellbacher 25 20 3.0 8.1 .364 2.8 4.0 .696 2.3 3.1 8.7
6 Bill Roberts 23 22 2.4 7.0 .335 1.6 2.0 .795 1.3 3.5 6.3
7 Easy Parham 27 60 2.1 6.7 .307 1.6 2.9 .558 2.5 2.2 5.7
8 Colby Gunther 25 32 1.8 5.7 .315 1.4 2.2 .634 1.0 2.0 5.0
9 Buddy O'Grady 29 30 1.7 5.9 .295 1.1 1.5 .739 1.4 1.2 4.6
10 Grady Lewis 31 34 1.6 4.0 .387 1.2 2.1 .600 1.1 3.1 4.4
11 Don Putnam 26 59 1.7 5.6 .297 0.9 1.6 .536 2.4 2.2 4.2
12 Don Martin 28 37 1.4 4.4 .311 0.8 1.2 .644 0.6 2.7 3.5
13 Bill Miller 24 14 1.1 3.5 .327 0.5 0.8 .636 0.9 1.1 2.8
14 D.C. Wilcutt 25 22 0.8 2.3 .353 0.7 0.8 .833 1.4 0.4 2.3
15 Bob O'Brien 22 8 0.6 2.3 .278 0.9 2.3 .389 0.1 1.4 2.1
16 Lonnie Eggleston 30 2 0.5 2.0 .250 1.0 1.5 .667 0.5 1.5 2.0
17 Giff Roux 25 19 0.6 2.3 .250 0.8 0.9 .882 0.6 0.6 1.9

Per 36 Minutes

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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 D.C. Wilcutt 25 22 .353 .833
2 Colby Gunther 25 32 .315 .634
3 Grady Lewis 31 34 .387 .600
4 John Logan 28 57 .346 .791
5 Don Martin 28 37 .311 .644
6 Ariel Maughan 25 55 .317 .646
7 Bill Miller 24 14 .327 .636
8 Buddy O'Grady 29 30 .295 .739
9 Bob O'Brien 22 8 .278 .389
10 Easy Parham 27 60 .307 .558
11 Don Putnam 26 59 .297 .536
12 Bill Roberts 23 22 .335 .795
13 Red Rocha 25 58 .389 .768
14 Giff Roux 25 19 .250 .882
15 Otto Schnellbacher 25 20 .364 .696
16 Belus Smawley 30 59 .372 .747
17 Lonnie Eggleston 30 2 .250 .667

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 D.C. Wilcutt 25 22 .433 .353
2 Colby Gunther 25 32 .375 .315
3 Grady Lewis 31 34 .441 .387
4 John Logan 28 57 .423 .346
5 Don Martin 28 37 .357 .311
6 Ariel Maughan 25 55 .384 .317
7 Bill Miller 24 14 .362 .327
8 Buddy O'Grady 29 30 .352 .295
9 Bob O'Brien 22 8 .328 .278
10 Easy Parham 27 60 .359 .307
11 Don Putnam 26 59 .333 .297
12 Bill Roberts 23 22 .399 .335
13 Red Rocha 25 58 .456 .389
14 Giff Roux 25 19 .359 .250
15 Otto Schnellbacher 25 20 .440 .364
16 Belus Smawley 30 59 .427 .372
17 Lonnie Eggleston 30 2 .376 .250

Playoffs

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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 Red Rocha 25 2 16 36 4 5 6 6 36 .444 .800 18.0 3.0
2 Bill Roberts 23 2 10 29 2 5 2 10 22 .345 .400 11.0 1.0
3 John Logan 28 2 7 23 6 9 8 10 20 .304 .667 10.0 4.0
4 Otto Schnellbacher 25 2 6 20 6 12 6 9 18 .300 .500 9.0 3.0
5 Belus Smawley 30 2 5 12 0 0 0 4 10 .417 5.0 0.0
6 Easy Parham 27 2 5 13 0 0 6 6 10 .385 5.0 3.0
7 D.C. Wilcutt 25 2 3 7 0 0 4 2 6 .429 3.0 2.0
8 Don Putnam 26 2 2 11 0 3 4 6 4 .182 .000 2.0 2.0
9 Ariel Maughan 25 2 0 6 2 3 3 3 2 .000 .667 1.0 1.5
10 Bill Miller 24 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
11 Colby Gunther 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Belus Smawley 30 2 .417 .417
2 Colby Gunther 25 1 .000 .000
3 John Logan 28 2 .371 .304
4 Ariel Maughan 25 2 .137 .000
5 Bill Miller 24 1 .000
6 Easy Parham 27 2 .385 .385
7 Don Putnam 26 2 .162 .182
8 Bill Roberts 23 2 .353 .345
9 Red Rocha 25 2 .471 .444
10 Otto Schnellbacher 25 2 .356 .300
11 D.C. Wilcutt 25 2 .429 .429