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1956-57 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats

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Record: 34-38, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Holzman (14-19), Slater Martin (5-3), Alex Hannum (15-16)

PTS/G: 98.5 (6th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.6 (2nd of 8)
SRS: -0.26 (4th of 8)
Expected W-L: 36-36 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 217,300 (3rd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Won NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers

Western Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 John Barber F 6-6 210 June 27, 1927 R California State University, Los Angeles
26 Irv Bemoras SF 6-3 185 November 18, 1930 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12 Jack Coleman PF 6-7 195 May 23, 1924 7 University of Louisville
6-17 Cliff Hagan SF 6-4 210 December 9, 1931 R University of Kentucky
33 Alex Hannum PF 6-7 210 July 19, 1923 7 University of Southern California
Bob Harrison G 6-1 190 August 12, 1927 7 University of Michigan
20-50 Ed Macauley PF 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 7 Saint Louis University
22 Slater Martin PG 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 7 University of Texas at Austin
21 Jack McMahon SG 6-1 185 December 3, 1928 4 St. John's University
33 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 R University of California, Los Angeles
32 Med Park SG 6-2 205 April 11, 1933 1 University of Missouri
9 Bob Pettit C 6-9 205 December 12, 1932 2 Louisiana State University
70 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 March 14, 1927 5 Bowling Green State University
15 Odie Spears SF 6-5 205 June 26, 1925 7 Western Kentucky University
22 Norm Stewart F 6-5 205 January 20, 1935 R University of Missouri

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 72 2557 6669 .383 1977 2710 .730 4566 1454 1848 7091 98.5
Lg Rank 5 5 3 6 3 7 4 3 4 6 6
Opponent 72 7097 98.6
Lg Rank 2 2

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 36 36 -0.08 -0.18 -0.26 .383 .296 Kiel Auditorium 217,300
Lg Rank 3 3 3 7 4 3 5 3

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 Bob Pettit 24 71 2491 613 1477 .415 529 684 .773 1037 133 181 1755
2 Ed Macauley 28 72 2582 414 987 .419 359 479 .749 440 202 206 1187
3 Jack Coleman 32 72 2145 316 775 .408 123 161 .764 645 159 235 755
4 Chuck Share 29 72 1673 235 535 .439 269 393 .684 642 79 269 739
5 Jack McMahon 28 72 2344 239 725 .330 142 225 .631 222 367 213 620
6 Slater Martin 31 53 1975 211 640 .330 186 238 .782 246 230 165 608
7 Cliff Hagan 25 67 971 134 371 .361 100 145 .690 247 86 165 368
8 Med Park 23 66 1130 118 324 .364 108 146 .740 200 94 137 344
9 Irv Bemoras 26 62 983 124 385 .322 70 103 .680 127 46 76 318
10 Willie Naulls 22 19 438 77 211 .365 41 60 .683 167 22 57 195
11 Norm Stewart 22 5 37 4 15 .267 2 6 .333 5 2 9 10
12 John Barber 29 5 19 2 8 .250 3 6 .500 6 0 4 7
13 Alex Hannum 33
14 Bob Harrison 29
15 Odie Spears 31

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 Bob Pettit 24 71 35.1 8.6 20.8 .415 7.5 9.6 .773 14.6 1.9 2.5 24.7
2 Ed Macauley 28 72 35.9 5.8 13.7 .419 5.0 6.7 .749 6.1 2.8 2.9 16.5
3 Slater Martin 31 53 37.3 4.0 12.1 .330 3.5 4.5 .782 4.6 4.3 3.1 11.5
4 Jack Coleman 32 72 29.8 4.4 10.8 .408 1.7 2.2 .764 9.0 2.2 3.3 10.5
5 Chuck Share 29 72 23.2 3.3 7.4 .439 3.7 5.5 .684 8.9 1.1 3.7 10.3
6 Willie Naulls 22 19 23.1 4.1 11.1 .365 2.2 3.2 .683 8.8 1.2 3.0 10.3
7 Jack McMahon 28 72 32.6 3.3 10.1 .330 2.0 3.1 .631 3.1 5.1 3.0 8.6
8 Cliff Hagan 25 67 14.5 2.0 5.5 .361 1.5 2.2 .690 3.7 1.3 2.5 5.5
9 Med Park 23 66 17.1 1.8 4.9 .364 1.6 2.2 .740 3.0 1.4 2.1 5.2
10 Irv Bemoras 26 62 15.9 2.0 6.2 .322 1.1 1.7 .680 2.0 0.7 1.2 5.1
11 Norm Stewart 22 5 7.4 0.8 3.0 .267 0.4 1.2 .333 1.0 0.4 1.8 2.0
12 John Barber 29 5 3.8 0.4 1.6 .250 0.6 1.2 .500 1.2 0.0 0.8 1.4
13 Alex Hannum 33
14 Bob Harrison 29
15 Odie Spears 31

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 Bob Pettit 24 71 2491 8.9 21.3 .415 7.6 9.9 .773 15.0 1.9 2.6 25.4
2 Ed Macauley 28 72 2582 5.8 13.8 .419 5.0 6.7 .749 6.1 2.8 2.9 16.5
3 Willie Naulls 22 19 438 6.3 17.3 .365 3.4 4.9 .683 13.7 1.8 4.7 16.0
4 Chuck Share 29 72 1673 5.1 11.5 .439 5.8 8.5 .684 13.8 1.7 5.8 15.9
5 Cliff Hagan 25 67 971 5.0 13.8 .361 3.7 5.4 .690 9.2 3.2 6.1 13.6
6 John Barber 29 5 19 3.8 15.2 .250 5.7 11.4 .500 11.4 0.0 7.6 13.3
7 Jack Coleman 32 72 2145 5.3 13.0 .408 2.1 2.7 .764 10.8 2.7 3.9 12.7
8 Irv Bemoras 26 62 983 4.5 14.1 .322 2.6 3.8 .680 4.7 1.7 2.8 11.6
9 Slater Martin 31 53 1975 3.8 11.7 .330 3.4 4.3 .782 4.5 4.2 3.0 11.1
10 Med Park 23 66 1130 3.8 10.3 .364 3.4 4.7 .740 6.4 3.0 4.4 11.0
11 Norm Stewart 22 5 37 3.9 14.6 .267 1.9 5.8 .333 4.9 1.9 8.8 9.7
12 Jack McMahon 28 72 2344 3.7 11.1 .330 2.2 3.5 .631 3.4 5.6 3.3 9.5
13 Alex Hannum 33
14 Bob Harrison 29
15 Odie Spears 31

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 Bob Pettit 24 71 2491 28.1 .494 .415 8.4 3.2 11.6 .224
2 Ed Macauley 28 72 2582 16.8 .496 .419 6.1 2.2 8.3 .154
3 Chuck Share 29 72 1673 18.9 .522 .439 4.7 2.0 6.7 .193
4 Jack Coleman 32 72 2145 14.6 .446 .408 1.7 2.4 4.1 .091
5 Med Park 23 66 1130 10.7 .443 .364 0.8 1.0 1.8 .075
6 Slater Martin 31 53 1975 10.6 .408 .330 0.1 1.7 1.7 .042
7 Cliff Hagan 25 67 971 12.2 .423 .361 0.3 1.0 1.3 .065
8 Jack McMahon 28 72 2344 9.3 .376 .330 -1.3 2.1 0.8 .016
9 Willie Naulls 22 19 438 15.4 .411 .365 -0.1 0.5 0.4 .046
10 John Barber 29 5 19 4.2 .329 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.108
11 Norm Stewart 22 5 37 -1.9 .283 .267 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.157
12 Irv Bemoras 26 62 983 7.0 .369 .322 -1.3 0.6 -0.6 -0.031
13 Alex Hannum 33
14 Bob Harrison 29
15 Odie Spears 31

Playoffs 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 Bob Pettit 24 10 430 98 237 .414 102 133 .767 168 25 33 298
2 Cliff Hagan 25 10 319 62 143 .434 46 63 .730 112 28 47 170
3 Slater Martin 31 10 439 55 155 .355 56 74 .757 42 49 39 166
4 Ed Macauley 28 10 297 44 109 .404 54 74 .730 62 22 39 142
5 Jack McMahon 28 10 375 52 137 .380 20 36 .556 38 57 48 124
6 Chuck Share 29 10 168 31 72 .431 30 50 .600 63 6 39 92
7 Jack Coleman 32 10 313 36 113 .319 20 34 .588 88 33 32 92
8 Med Park 23 10 183 14 49 .286 16 22 .727 33 12 18 44
9 Irv Bemoras 26 3 20 3 8 .375 3 3 1.000 6 1 4 9
10 Alex Hannum 33 2 6 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0

Playoffs 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 Bob Pettit 24 10 43.0 9.8 23.7 .414 10.2 13.3 .767 16.8 2.5 3.3 29.8
2 Cliff Hagan 25 10 31.9 6.2 14.3 .434 4.6 6.3 .730 11.2 2.8 4.7 17.0
3 Slater Martin 31 10 43.9 5.5 15.5 .355 5.6 7.4 .757 4.2 4.9 3.9 16.6
4 Ed Macauley 28 10 29.7 4.4 10.9 .404 5.4 7.4 .730 6.2 2.2 3.9 14.2
5 Jack McMahon 28 10 37.5 5.2 13.7 .380 2.0 3.6 .556 3.8 5.7 4.8 12.4
6 Chuck Share 29 10 16.8 3.1 7.2 .431 3.0 5.0 .600 6.3 0.6 3.9 9.2
7 Jack Coleman 32 10 31.3 3.6 11.3 .319 2.0 3.4 .588 8.8 3.3 3.2 9.2
8 Med Park 23 10 18.3 1.4 4.9 .286 1.6 2.2 .727 3.3 1.2 1.8 4.4
9 Irv Bemoras 26 3 6.7 1.0 2.7 .375 1.0 1.0 1.000 2.0 0.3 1.3 3.0
10 Alex Hannum 33 2 3.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Bob Pettit 24 10 430 8.2 19.8 .414 8.5 11.1 .767 14.1 2.1 2.8 24.9
2 Chuck Share 29 10 168 6.6 15.4 .431 6.4 10.7 .600 13.5 1.3 8.4 19.7
3 Cliff Hagan 25 10 319 7.0 16.1 .434 5.2 7.1 .730 12.6 3.2 5.3 19.2
4 Ed Macauley 28 10 297 5.3 13.2 .404 6.5 9.0 .730 7.5 2.7 4.7 17.2
5 Irv Bemoras 26 3 20 5.4 14.4 .375 5.4 5.4 1.000 10.8 1.8 7.2 16.2
6 Slater Martin 31 10 439 4.5 12.7 .355 4.6 6.1 .757 3.4 4.0 3.2 13.6
7 Jack McMahon 28 10 375 5.0 13.2 .380 1.9 3.5 .556 3.6 5.5 4.6 11.9
8 Jack Coleman 32 10 313 4.1 13.0 .319 2.3 3.9 .588 10.1 3.8 3.7 10.6
9 Med Park 23 10 183 2.8 9.6 .286 3.1 4.3 .727 6.5 2.4 3.5 8.7
10 Alex Hannum 33 2 6 0.0 12.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 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 Bob Pettit 24 10 430 25.1 .504 .414 10.6 1.5 0.2 1.7 .186
2 Cliff Hagan 25 10 319 19.7 .498 .434 15.1 0.8 0.1 1.0 .144
3 Ed Macauley 28 10 297 15.5 .502 .404 11.8 0.7 0.1 0.8 .131
4 Chuck Share 29 10 168 16.6 .489 .431 6.1 0.4 0.1 0.5 .131
5 Slater Martin 31 10 439 11.1 .443 .355 17.2 0.4 0.1 0.5 .056
6 Jack McMahon 28 10 375 9.6 .406 .380 23.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 .021
7 Alex Hannum 33 2 6 -18.4 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.352
8 Med Park 23 10 183 6.8 .375 .286 9.4 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.011
9 Irv Bemoras 26 3 20 14.0 .483 .375 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .105
10 Jack Coleman 32 10 313 10.1 .359 .319 16.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.028