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1956-57 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 98.5 (6th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.6 (2nd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-36 (3rd of 8)

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

SRS: -0.26 (4th 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

1956-57 St. Louis Hawks:

Roster

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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 F-G 6-3 185 November 18, 1930 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12 Jack Coleman F-C 6-7 195 May 23, 1924 7 University of Louisville
17-6 Cliff Hagan F-G 6-4 210 December 9, 1931 R University of Kentucky
33 Alex Hannum F-C 6-7 210 July 19, 1923 7 University of Southern California
20-50 Ed Macauley C-F 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 7 Saint Louis University
22 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 7 University of Texas at Austin
21 Jack McMahon G 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 G-F 6-2 205 April 11, 1933 1 University of Missouri
9 Bob Pettit F-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 G 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 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 2557 6669 .383 1977 2710 .730 4566 1454 1848 7091 98.5
Opponent 72 7097 98.6

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 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 Odie Spears 31

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 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 Willie Naulls 22 19 23.1 4.1 11.1 .365 2.2 3.2 .683 8.8 1.2 3.0 10.3
6 Chuck Share 29 72 23.2 3.3 7.4 .439 3.7 5.5 .684 8.9 1.1 3.7 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 Odie Spears 31

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 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 Odie Spears 31

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 24 71 2491 28.2 .494 .415 8.4 3.2 11.6
2 Ed Macauley 28 72 2582 16.9 .496 .419 6.1 2.2 8.3
3 Chuck Share 29 72 1673 19.0 .522 .439 4.7 2.0 6.7
4 Jack Coleman 32 72 2145 14.7 .446 .408 1.7 2.4 4.1
5 Med Park 23 66 1130 10.7 .443 .364 0.8 1.0 1.8
6 Slater Martin 31 53 1975 10.6 .408 .330 0.1 1.7 1.7
7 Cliff Hagan 25 67 971 12.3 .423 .361 0.3 1.0 1.3
8 Jack McMahon 28 72 2344 9.3 .376 .330 -1.3 2.1 0.8
9 Willie Naulls 22 19 438 15.5 .411 .365 -0.1 0.5 0.4
10 John Barber 29 5 19 4.2 .329 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
11 Norm Stewart 22 5 37 -2.0 .283 .267 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Irv Bemoras 26 62 983 7.0 .369 .322 -1.3 0.6 -0.6
13 Alex Hannum* 33
14 Odie Spears 31

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 24 10 430 98 237 102 133 168 25 33 298 .414 .767 43.0 29.8 16.8 2.5
2 Cliff Hagan 25 10 319 62 143 46 63 112 28 47 170 .434 .730 31.9 17.0 11.2 2.8
3 Slater Martin 31 10 439 55 155 56 74 42 49 39 166 .355 .757 43.9 16.6 4.2 4.9
4 Ed Macauley 28 10 297 44 109 54 74 62 22 39 142 .404 .730 29.7 14.2 6.2 2.2
5 Jack McMahon 28 10 375 52 137 20 36 38 57 48 124 .380 .556 37.5 12.4 3.8 5.7
6 Chuck Share 29 10 168 31 72 30 50 63 6 39 92 .431 .600 16.8 9.2 6.3 0.6
7 Jack Coleman 32 10 313 36 113 20 34 88 33 32 92 .319 .588 31.3 9.2 8.8 3.3
8 Med Park 23 10 183 14 49 16 22 33 12 18 44 .286 .727 18.3 4.4 3.3 1.2
9 Irv Bemoras 26 3 20 3 8 3 3 6 1 4 9 .375 1.000 6.7 3.0 2.0 0.3
10 Alex Hannum 33 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 3.0 0.0 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 Bob Pettit 24 10 430 25.0 .504 .414 11.2 1.5 0.2 1.7
2 Cliff Hagan 25 10 319 19.6 .498 .434 15.9 0.8 0.1 1.0
3 Ed Macauley 28 10 297 15.4 .502 .404 12.4 0.7 0.1 0.8
4 Slater Martin 31 10 439 11.1 .443 .355 18.0 0.4 0.1 0.5
5 Chuck Share 29 10 168 16.5 .489 .431 6.4 0.4 0.1 0.5
6 Jack McMahon 28 10 375 9.6 .406 .380 25.1 0.0 0.1 0.2
7 Alex Hannum 33 2 6 -18.2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Med Park 23 10 183 6.8 .375 .286 9.8 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Irv Bemoras 26 3 20 14.0 .483 .375 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Jack Coleman 32 10 313 10.1 .359 .319 16.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.2