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1955-56 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Statistics

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33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Holzman (33-39)

Points Per Game: 96.6 (6th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.0 (3rd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 32-40 (7th of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 156,009 (4th of 8)

SRS: -1.42 (7th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Lost NBA Western Division Second Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers

1955-56 St. Louis Hawks:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Jack Coleman F-C 6-7 195 May 23, 1924 6 University of Louisville
11 Chuck Cooper F 6-5 210 September 29, 1926 5 Duquesne University
22 Al Ferrari G-F 6-4 190 July 6, 1933 R Michigan State University
6 Alex Hannum F-C 6-7 210 July 19, 1923 6 University of Southern California
24 Chris Harris G 6-3 190 August 11, 1933 R University of Dayton
7 Bob Harrison G 6-1 190 August 12, 1927 6 University of Michigan
24 Jack McMahon G 6-1 185 December 3, 1928 3 St. John's University
11-27 Med Park G-F 6-2 205 April 11, 1933 R University of Missouri
9 Bob Pettit F-C 6-9 205 December 12, 1932 1 Louisiana State University
12 Dick Ricketts F-C 6-7 215 December 4, 1933 R Duquesne University
27 Bob Schafer G 6-3 195 R Villanova University
28 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 November 9, 1932 1 Furman University
5 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 March 14, 1927 4 Bowling Green State University
15 Jack Stephens G-F 6-3 185 May 18, 1933 R University of Notre Dame

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 72 2506 6628 .378 1941 2761 .703 4493 1748 1971 6953 96.6
Opponent 72 7059 98.0

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 Bob Pettit 23 72 2794 646 1507 .429 557 757 .736 1164 189 202 1849
2 Chuck Share 28 72 1975 315 733 .430 346 498 .695 774 131 318 976
3 Jack Stephens 22 72 2219 248 643 .386 247 357 .692 377 207 144 743
4 Bob Harrison 28 72 2219 260 725 .359 97 146 .664 195 277 246 617
5 Al Ferrari 22 68 1611 191 534 .358 164 236 .695 186 163 192 546
6 Jack Coleman 31 41 1369 195 473 .412 88 124 .710 344 147 121 478
7 Alex Hannum 32 71 1480 146 453 .322 93 154 .604 344 157 271 385
8 Jack McMahon 27 36 857 102 308 .331 55 95 .579 95 107 85 259
9 Dick Ricketts 22 29 777 94 301 .312 55 78 .705 196 82 115 243
10 Bob Schafer 42 496 69 235 .294 55 69 .797 58 44 61 193
11 Frank Selvy 23 17 444 67 183 .366 53 71 .746 54 35 38 187
12 Chuck Cooper 29 35 574 58 172 .337 62 84 .738 138 61 71 178
13 Med Park 22 40 424 53 152 .349 44 70 .629 94 40 64 150
14 Chris Harris 22 15 168 15 60 .250 11 18 .611 18 18 17 41

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 Bob Pettit 23 72 38.8 9.0 20.9 .429 7.7 10.5 .736 16.2 2.6 2.8 25.7
2 Chuck Share 28 72 27.4 4.4 10.2 .430 4.8 6.9 .695 10.8 1.8 4.4 13.6
3 Jack Coleman 31 41 33.4 4.8 11.5 .412 2.1 3.0 .710 8.4 3.6 3.0 11.7
4 Frank Selvy 23 17 26.1 3.9 10.8 .366 3.1 4.2 .746 3.2 2.1 2.2 11.0
5 Jack Stephens 22 72 30.8 3.4 8.9 .386 3.4 5.0 .692 5.2 2.9 2.0 10.3
6 Bob Harrison 28 72 30.8 3.6 10.1 .359 1.3 2.0 .664 2.7 3.8 3.4 8.6
7 Dick Ricketts 22 29 26.8 3.2 10.4 .312 1.9 2.7 .705 6.8 2.8 4.0 8.4
8 Al Ferrari 22 68 23.7 2.8 7.9 .358 2.4 3.5 .695 2.7 2.4 2.8 8.0
9 Jack McMahon 27 36 23.8 2.8 8.6 .331 1.5 2.6 .579 2.6 3.0 2.4 7.2
10 Alex Hannum 32 71 20.8 2.1 6.4 .322 1.3 2.2 .604 4.8 2.2 3.8 5.4
11 Chuck Cooper 29 35 16.4 1.7 4.9 .337 1.8 2.4 .738 3.9 1.7 2.0 5.1
12 Bob Schafer 42 11.8 1.6 5.6 .294 1.3 1.6 .797 1.4 1.0 1.5 4.6
13 Med Park 22 40 10.6 1.3 3.8 .349 1.1 1.8 .629 2.4 1.0 1.6 3.8
14 Chris Harris 22 15 11.2 1.0 4.0 .250 0.7 1.2 .611 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.7

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 Bob Pettit 23 72 2794 8.3 19.4 .429 7.2 9.8 .736 15.0 2.4 2.6 23.8
2 Chuck Share 28 72 1975 5.7 13.4 .430 6.3 9.1 .695 14.1 2.4 5.8 17.8
3 Frank Selvy 23 17 444 5.4 14.8 .366 4.3 5.8 .746 4.4 2.8 3.1 15.2
4 Bob Schafer 42 496 5.0 17.1 .294 4.0 5.0 .797 4.2 3.2 4.4 14.0
5 Med Park 22 40 424 4.5 12.9 .349 3.7 5.9 .629 8.0 3.4 5.4 12.7
6 Jack Coleman 31 41 1369 5.1 12.4 .412 2.3 3.3 .710 9.0 3.9 3.2 12.6
7 Al Ferrari 22 68 1611 4.3 11.9 .358 3.7 5.3 .695 4.2 3.6 4.3 12.2
8 Jack Stephens 22 72 2219 4.0 10.4 .386 4.0 5.8 .692 6.1 3.4 2.3 12.1
9 Dick Ricketts 22 29 777 4.4 13.9 .312 2.5 3.6 .705 9.1 3.8 5.3 11.3
10 Chuck Cooper 29 35 574 3.6 10.8 .337 3.9 5.3 .738 8.7 3.8 4.5 11.2
11 Jack McMahon 27 36 857 4.3 12.9 .331 2.3 4.0 .579 4.0 4.5 3.6 10.9
12 Bob Harrison 28 72 2219 4.2 11.8 .359 1.6 2.4 .664 3.2 4.5 4.0 10.0
13 Alex Hannum 32 71 1480 3.6 11.0 .322 2.3 3.7 .604 8.4 3.8 6.6 9.4
14 Chris Harris 22 15 168 3.2 12.9 .250 2.4 3.9 .611 3.9 3.9 3.6 8.8

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 Bob Pettit 23 72 2794 27.3 .502 .429 8.9 4.8 13.8
2 Chuck Share 28 72 1975 20.6 .513 .430 5.4 3.3 8.6
3 Jack Stephens 22 72 2219 13.3 .464 .386 2.3 2.5 4.8
4 Jack Coleman 31 41 1369 15.1 .453 .412 1.1 1.9 3.0
5 Al Ferrari 22 68 1611 9.9 .428 .358 0.4 1.6 1.9
6 Chuck Cooper 29 35 574 12.3 .426 .337 0.1 0.8 0.9
7 Bob Harrison 28 72 2219 8.0 .391 .359 -1.3 2.2 0.9
8 Frank Selvy 23 17 444 12.0 .436 .366 0.2 0.4 0.6
9 Med Park 22 40 424 10.9 .410 .349 -0.1 0.5 0.4
10 Alex Hannum 32 71 1480 7.9 .370 .322 -1.6 2.0 0.4
11 Dick Ricketts 22 29 777 9.5 .362 .312 -1.2 1.1 -0.2
12 Jack McMahon 27 36 857 8.3 .370 .331 -1.1 0.9 -0.2
13 Chris Harris 22 15 168 4.0 .302 .250 -0.5 0.2 -0.3
14 Bob Schafer 42 496 7.4 .364 .294 -1.0 0.5 -0.5

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 Bob Pettit 23 8 274 47 128 59 70 84 18 20 153 .367 .843 34.3 19.1 10.5 2.3
2 Al Ferrari 22 8 264 32 85 54 70 33 24 28 118 .376 .771 33.0 14.8 4.1 3.0
3 Jack Coleman 31 8 331 44 112 22 35 79 32 31 110 .393 .629 41.4 13.8 9.9 4.0
4 Chuck Share 28 8 231 36 73 31 48 73 13 41 103 .493 .646 28.9 12.9 9.1 1.6
5 Bob Harrison 28 8 256 27 75 12 19 24 29 27 66 .360 .632 32.0 8.3 3.0 3.6
6 Alex Hannum 32 8 159 21 66 19 35 29 10 36 61 .318 .543 19.9 7.6 3.6 1.3
7 Jack McMahon 27 8 162 19 55 5 11 9 15 18 43 .345 .455 20.3 5.4 1.1 1.9
8 Jack Stephens 22 7 116 12 41 15 25 23 9 9 39 .293 .600 16.6 5.6 3.3 1.3
9 Med Park 22 6 88 7 30 24 33 17 11 19 38 .233 .727 14.7 6.3 2.8 1.8
10 Bob Schafer 4 39 3 20 5 6 9 1 8 11 .150 .833 9.8 2.8 2.3 0.3

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 Chuck Share 28 8 231 18.0 .547 .493 11.5 0.7 0.0 0.8
2 Al Ferrari 22 8 264 15.6 .509 .376 17.3 0.7 0.0 0.7
3 Bob Pettit 23 8 274 21.5 .482 .367 13.9 0.6 0.0 0.6
4 Jack Coleman 31 8 331 13.3 .432 .393 18.8 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Med Park 22 6 88 12.2 .427 .233 22.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Bob Harrison 28 8 256 7.8 .396 .360 21.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
7 Jack Stephens 22 7 116 9.9 .375 .293 14.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Alex Hannum 32 8 159 5.9 .375 .318 12.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
9 Jack McMahon 27 8 162 4.8 .359 .345 17.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
10 Bob Schafer 4 39 -2.7 .243 .150 4.5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3