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1960-61 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats

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Record: 51-28, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Paul Seymour (51-28)

PTS/G: 118.8 (4th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 115.2 (3rd of 8)
SRS: 2.98 (2nd of 8)
Expected W-L: 48-31 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 291,084 (2nd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers

Western Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Ernie Beck SG 6-4 190 December 11, 1931 6 University of Pennsylvania
11 Al Ferrari SG 6-4 190 July 6, 1933 3 Michigan State University
13 Larry Foust C 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 10 La Salle University
17 Si Green SG 6-2 185 August 20, 1933 3 Duquesne University
16 Cliff Hagan SF 6-4 210 December 9, 1931 4 University of Kentucky
19 Fred LaCour SF 6-5 210 February 7, 1938 R University of San Francisco
34 Clyde Lovellette C 6-9 234 September 7, 1929 7 University of Kansas
15 Johnny McCarthy PG 6-1 185 April 25, 1934 3 Canisius College
9 Bob Pettit PF 6-9 205 December 12, 1932 6 Louisiana State University
25 Dave Piontek SF 6-6 230 August 27, 1934 4 Xavier University
12 Phil Rollins G 6-2 185 January 19, 1934 2 University of Louisville
21 Woody Sauldsberry PF 6-7 220 July 11, 1934 3 Texas Southern University
32 Lenny Wilkens PG 6-1 180 October 28, 1937 R Providence College

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 79 3618 8795 .411 2147 2921 .735 5994 2136 2135 9383 118.8
Lg Rank 5 3 5 4 5 6 2 1 5 4 4
Opponent 79 9102 115.2
Lg Rank 3 3

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 48 31 3.56 -0.58 2.98 .411 .244 Kiel Auditorium 291,084
Lg Rank 2 2 2 7 2 5 6 2

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 28 76 3027 769 1720 .447 582 804 .724 1540 262 217 2120
2 Cliff Hagan 29 77 2701 661 1490 .444 383 467 .820 715 381 286 1705
3 Clyde Lovellette 31 67 2111 599 1321 .453 273 329 .830 677 172 248 1471
4 Lenny Wilkens 23 75 1898 333 783 .425 214 300 .713 335 212 215 880
5 Si Green 27 76 1968 263 718 .366 174 247 .704 380 258 234 700
6 Johnny McCarthy 26 79 2519 266 746 .357 122 226 .540 325 430 272 654
7 Larry Foust 32 68 1208 194 489 .397 164 208 .788 389 77 185 552
8 Woody Sauldsberry 26 69 1491 230 768 .299 56 100 .560 491 74 197 516
9 Al Ferrari 27 63 1031 117 328 .357 95 116 .819 115 143 157 329
10 Fred LaCour 22 55 722 123 295 .417 63 84 .750 178 84 73 309
11 Dave Piontek 26 29 254 47 96 .490 16 31 .516 68 19 31 110
12 Ernie Beck 29 7 62 7 21 .333 5 5 1.000 12 13 6 19
13 Phil Rollins 27 7 71 9 20 .450 0 4 .000 3 11 14 18

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 28 76 39.8 10.1 22.6 .447 7.7 10.6 .724 20.3 3.4 2.9 27.9
2 Cliff Hagan 29 77 35.1 8.6 19.4 .444 5.0 6.1 .820 9.3 4.9 3.7 22.1
3 Clyde Lovellette 31 67 31.5 8.9 19.7 .453 4.1 4.9 .830 10.1 2.6 3.7 22.0
4 Lenny Wilkens 23 75 25.3 4.4 10.4 .425 2.9 4.0 .713 4.5 2.8 2.9 11.7
5 Si Green 27 76 25.9 3.5 9.4 .366 2.3 3.3 .704 5.0 3.4 3.1 9.2
6 Johnny McCarthy 26 79 31.9 3.4 9.4 .357 1.5 2.9 .540 4.1 5.4 3.4 8.3
7 Larry Foust 32 68 17.8 2.9 7.2 .397 2.4 3.1 .788 5.7 1.1 2.7 8.1
8 Woody Sauldsberry 26 69 21.6 3.3 11.1 .299 0.8 1.4 .560 7.1 1.1 2.9 7.5
9 Fred LaCour 22 55 13.1 2.2 5.4 .417 1.1 1.5 .750 3.2 1.5 1.3 5.6
10 Al Ferrari 27 63 16.4 1.9 5.2 .357 1.5 1.8 .819 1.8 2.3 2.5 5.2
11 Dave Piontek 26 29 8.8 1.6 3.3 .490 0.6 1.1 .516 2.3 0.7 1.1 3.8
12 Ernie Beck 29 7 8.9 1.0 3.0 .333 0.7 0.7 1.000 1.7 1.9 0.9 2.7
13 Phil Rollins 27 7 10.1 1.3 2.9 .450 0.0 0.6 .000 0.4 1.6 2.0 2.6

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 28 76 3027 9.1 20.5 .447 6.9 9.6 .724 18.3 3.1 2.6 25.2
2 Clyde Lovellette 31 67 2111 10.2 22.5 .453 4.7 5.6 .830 11.5 2.9 4.2 25.1
3 Cliff Hagan 29 77 2701 8.8 19.9 .444 5.1 6.2 .820 9.5 5.1 3.8 22.7
4 Lenny Wilkens 23 75 1898 6.3 14.9 .425 4.1 5.7 .713 6.4 4.0 4.1 16.7
5 Larry Foust 32 68 1208 5.8 14.6 .397 4.9 6.2 .788 11.6 2.3 5.5 16.5
6 Dave Piontek 26 29 254 6.7 13.6 .490 2.3 4.4 .516 9.6 2.7 4.4 15.6
7 Fred LaCour 22 55 722 6.1 14.7 .417 3.1 4.2 .750 8.9 4.2 3.6 15.4
8 Si Green 27 76 1968 4.8 13.1 .366 3.2 4.5 .704 7.0 4.7 4.3 12.8
9 Woody Sauldsberry 26 69 1491 5.6 18.5 .299 1.4 2.4 .560 11.9 1.8 4.8 12.5
10 Al Ferrari 27 63 1031 4.1 11.5 .357 3.3 4.1 .819 4.0 5.0 5.5 11.5
11 Ernie Beck 29 7 62 4.1 12.2 .333 2.9 2.9 1.000 7.0 7.5 3.5 11.0
12 Johnny McCarthy 26 79 2519 3.8 10.7 .357 1.7 3.2 .540 4.6 6.1 3.9 9.3
13 Phil Rollins 27 7 71 4.6 10.1 .450 0.0 2.0 .000 1.5 5.6 7.1 9.1

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 28 76 3027 25.2 .511 .447 8.4 6.5 14.9 .237
2 Cliff Hagan 29 77 2701 20.1 .503 .444 6.4 4.4 10.8 .193
3 Clyde Lovellette 31 67 2111 20.5 .502 .453 5.1 3.4 8.5 .193
4 Lenny Wilkens 23 75 1898 13.4 .481 .425 2.4 2.4 4.9 .123
5 Larry Foust 32 68 1208 13.7 .475 .397 1.3 1.8 3.1 .124
6 Si Green 27 76 1968 10.5 .423 .366 -0.2 2.8 2.6 .063
7 Johnny McCarthy 26 79 2519 8.3 .387 .357 -1.5 3.4 1.9 .036
8 Fred LaCour 22 55 722 13.8 .465 .417 0.6 1.1 1.7 .113
9 Al Ferrari 27 63 1031 8.5 .434 .357 0.2 1.2 1.4 .066
10 Dave Piontek 26 29 254 13.7 .502 .490 0.4 0.4 0.8 .142
11 Phil Rollins 27 7 71 5.2 .414 .450 0.0 0.1 0.1 .043
12 Ernie Beck 29 7 62 12.1 .409 .333 0.0 0.1 0.1 .071
13 Woody Sauldsberry 26 69 1491 6.1 .318 .299 -5.1 2.2 -2.8 -0.091

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 28 12 526 117 284 .412 109 144 .757 211 38 42 343
2 Cliff Hagan 29 12 455 104 235 .443 56 69 .812 118 54 45 264
3 Lenny Wilkens 23 12 437 63 166 .380 44 58 .759 72 42 51 170
4 Woody Sauldsberry 26 12 407 75 206 .364 14 25 .560 108 34 51 164
5 Si Green 27 12 350 56 148 .378 25 37 .676 71 48 38 137
6 Clyde Lovellette 31 8 191 46 114 .404 31 47 .660 52 11 23 123
7 Al Ferrari 27 10 157 20 44 .455 10 17 .588 22 21 31 50
8 Johnny McCarthy 26 12 236 19 55 .345 6 9 .667 31 33 29 44
9 Larry Foust 32 8 89 9 20 .450 8 14 .571 28 2 13 26
10 Fred LaCour 22 5 47 7 21 .333 6 7 .857 6 4 6 20
11 Dave Piontek 26 1 10 1 7 .143 0 0 3 1 2 2

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 28 12 43.8 9.8 23.7 .412 9.1 12.0 .757 17.6 3.2 3.5 28.6
2 Cliff Hagan 29 12 37.9 8.7 19.6 .443 4.7 5.8 .812 9.8 4.5 3.8 22.0
3 Clyde Lovellette 31 8 23.9 5.8 14.3 .404 3.9 5.9 .660 6.5 1.4 2.9 15.4
4 Lenny Wilkens 23 12 36.4 5.3 13.8 .380 3.7 4.8 .759 6.0 3.5 4.3 14.2
5 Woody Sauldsberry 26 12 33.9 6.3 17.2 .364 1.2 2.1 .560 9.0 2.8 4.3 13.7
6 Si Green 27 12 29.2 4.7 12.3 .378 2.1 3.1 .676 5.9 4.0 3.2 11.4
7 Al Ferrari 27 10 15.7 2.0 4.4 .455 1.0 1.7 .588 2.2 2.1 3.1 5.0
8 Fred LaCour 22 5 9.4 1.4 4.2 .333 1.2 1.4 .857 1.2 0.8 1.2 4.0
9 Johnny McCarthy 26 12 19.7 1.6 4.6 .345 0.5 0.8 .667 2.6 2.8 2.4 3.7
10 Larry Foust 32 8 11.1 1.1 2.5 .450 1.0 1.8 .571 3.5 0.3 1.6 3.3
11 Dave Piontek 26 1 10.0 1.0 7.0 .143 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 2.0

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 28 12 526 8.0 19.4 .412 7.5 9.9 .757 14.4 2.6 2.9 23.5
2 Clyde Lovellette 31 8 191 8.7 21.5 .404 5.8 8.9 .660 9.8 2.1 4.3 23.2
3 Cliff Hagan 29 12 455 8.2 18.6 .443 4.4 5.5 .812 9.3 4.3 3.6 20.9
4 Fred LaCour 22 5 47 5.4 16.1 .333 4.6 5.4 .857 4.6 3.1 4.6 15.3
5 Woody Sauldsberry 26 12 407 6.6 18.2 .364 1.2 2.2 .560 9.6 3.0 4.5 14.5
6 Si Green 27 12 350 5.8 15.2 .378 2.6 3.8 .676 7.3 4.9 3.9 14.1
7 Lenny Wilkens 23 12 437 5.2 13.7 .380 3.6 4.8 .759 5.9 3.5 4.2 14.0
8 Al Ferrari 27 10 157 4.6 10.1 .455 2.3 3.9 .588 5.0 4.8 7.1 11.5
9 Larry Foust 32 8 89 3.6 8.1 .450 3.2 5.7 .571 11.3 0.8 5.3 10.5
10 Dave Piontek 26 1 10 3.6 25.2 .143 0.0 0.0 10.8 3.6 7.2 7.2
11 Johnny McCarthy 26 12 236 2.9 8.4 .345 0.9 1.4 .667 4.7 5.0 4.4 6.7

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 28 12 526 22.3 .494 .412 10.8 1.2 0.5 1.7 .159
2 Cliff Hagan 29 12 455 19.3 .497 .443 17.9 1.0 0.4 1.4 .149
3 Lenny Wilkens 23 12 437 10.8 .444 .380 12.9 0.2 0.3 0.5 .053
4 Clyde Lovellette 31 8 191 16.8 .457 .404 8.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 .084
5 Al Ferrari 27 10 157 9.6 .486 .455 17.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 .091
6 Si Green 27 12 350 12.0 .417 .378 18.8 -0.1 0.3 0.2 .032
7 Larry Foust 32 8 89 10.2 .497 .450 2.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 .088
8 Johnny McCarthy 26 12 236 6.5 .373 .345 17.3 -0.1 0.2 0.0 .008
9 Fred LaCour 22 5 47 9.3 .415 .333 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 .013
10 Dave Piontek 26 1 10 -6.3 .143 .143 12.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.473
11 Woody Sauldsberry 26 12 407 9.9 .378 .364 11.8 -0.6 0.3 -0.3 -0.031