1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

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Record: 48-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Alex Hannum (48-32)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 121.6 (1st of 9) Opp PTS/G: 117.8 (8th of 9)

SRS: 3.40 (2nd of 9) Pace: 123.3 (2nd of 9)

Off Rtg: 98.4 (2nd of 9) Def Rtg: 95.3 (4th of 9) Net Rtg: +3.1 (2nd of 9)

Expected W-L: 49-31 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1963 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-3) versus Cincinnati Royals (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
24	Al Bianchi	SG	6-3	185	March 26, 1932	us	6	Bowling Green
23	Len Chappell	PF	6-8	240	January 31, 1941	us	R	Wake Forest
21	Larry Costello	PG	6-1	186	July 2, 1931	us	7	Niagara University
20	Dave Gambee	SF	6-6	215	April 16, 1937	us	4	Oregon State
15	Hal Greer	SG	6-2	175	June 26, 1936	us	4	Marshall
10	Red Kerr	C	6-9	230	July 17, 1932	us	8	Illinois
14	Porter Meriwether	PG	6-2	180	March 16, 1940		R	Tennessee State
5	Paul Neumann	PG	6-1	175	January 30, 1938		1	Stanford
12	Joe Roberts	PF	6-6	214	May 18, 1936		2	Ohio State
4	Dolph Schayes	PF	6-8	220	May 19, 1928	us	13	NYU
22	Lee Shaffer	SF	6-7	220	February 23, 1939	us	1	UNC
25	Chet Walker	SF	6-7	212	February 22, 1940	us	R	Bradley
14	Ben Warley	PF	6-5	200	September 4, 1936	us	R	Tennessee State

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Hal Greer	26	80	32.9	7.5	16.2	.464	7.5	16.2	.464	.464	4.5	5.4	.834	5.7	3.4	3.6	19.5
2	Red Kerr	30	80	32.0	6.3	13.4	.474	6.3	13.4	.474	.474	3.0	4.0	.753	13.0	2.7	2.6	15.7
3	Lee Shaffer	23	80	29.9	7.5	17.4	.429	7.5	17.4	.429	.429	3.7	4.7	.784	6.6	1.2	3.1	18.6
4	Larry Costello	31	78	26.5	3.7	8.5	.432	3.7	8.5	.432	.432	3.7	4.2	.881	3.0	4.3	3.4	11.0
5	Chet Walker	22	78	25.5	4.5	9.6	.469	4.5	9.6	.469	.469	3.2	4.6	.699	7.2	1.1	2.8	12.3
6	Dolph Schayes	34	66	21.8	3.4	8.7	.388	3.4	8.7	.388	.388	2.7	3.1	.879	5.7	2.7	2.7	9.5
7	Dave Gambee	25	60	20.6	3.9	9.0	.438	3.9	9.0	.438	.438	3.3	4.0	.836	4.8	0.8	3.2	11.2
8	Paul Neumann	25	80	19.8	3.0	6.3	.471	3.0	6.3	.471	.471	2.3	2.8	.815	2.5	2.8	2.8	8.2
9	Al Bianchi	30	61	19.0	3.3	7.8	.424	3.3	7.8	.424	.424	2.0	2.7	.732	2.2	2.8	2.7	8.6
10	Len Chappell	22	80	15.5	3.5	7.6	.465	3.5	7.6	.465	.465	1.9	3.0	.622	5.8	0.7	2.1	8.9
11	Joe Roberts	26	33	14.1	2.2	5.9	.372	2.2	5.9	.372	.372	1.1	1.5	.686	4.7	0.5	2.0	5.5
12	Porter Meriwether	22	31	8.6	1.5	3.9	.393	1.5	3.9	.393	.393	0.7	1.1	.697	0.9	1.4	0.6	3.8
13	Ben Warley	26	26	7.9	1.9	4.3	.450	1.9	4.3	.450	.450	1.0	1.3	.714	3.3	0.2	1.6	4.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Hal Greer	26	5	42.8	8.8	17.4	.506	8.8	17.4	.506	.506	5.8	7.0	.829	5.4	4.2	4.2	23.4
2	Red Kerr	30	5	37.4	5.2	12.0	.433	5.2	12.0	.433	.433	3.2	4.2	.762	15.0	1.8	2.4	13.6
3	Lee Shaffer	23	5	34.6	11.2	23.4	.479	11.2	23.4	.479	.479	4.8	6.0	.800	4.6	1.2	3.8	27.2
4	Larry Costello	31	5	26.8	3.2	7.4	.432	3.2	7.4	.432	.432	3.8	4.6	.826	0.8	4.6	5.4	10.2
5	Chet Walker	22	5	26.0	5.4	10.6	.509	5.4	10.6	.509	.509	4.4	6.0	.733	9.4	1.8	1.6	15.2
6	Dolph Schayes	34	5	21.6	4.0	8.8	.455	4.0	8.8	.455	.455	2.2	2.4	.917	5.6	1.4	3.4	10.2
7	Paul Neumann	25	4	16.3	2.0	4.5	.444	2.0	4.5	.444	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	2.3	2.8	4.0
8	Al Bianchi	30	5	15.4	3.0	6.8	.441	3.0	6.8	.441	.441	0.8	1.4	.571	1.6	0.4	3.4	6.8
9	Dave Gambee	25	5	15.0	2.0	6.8	.294	2.0	6.8	.294	.294	2.4	2.6	.923	3.2	0.0	2.8	6.4
10	Len Chappell	22	4	13.3	1.0	5.3	.190	1.0	5.3	.190	.190	3.3	4.0	.813	4.5	0.8	1.8	5.3
11	Ben Warley	26	2	4.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	.000	1.0	2.0	.500	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.0

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Hal Greer	26	80	2631	600	1293	.464	600	1293	.464	.464	362	434	.834	457	275	286	1562
2	Red Kerr	30	80	2561	507	1069	.474	507	1069	.474	.474	241	320	.753	1039	214	208	1255
3	Lee Shaffer	23	80	2392	597	1393	.429	597	1393	.429	.429	294	375	.784	524	97	249	1488
4	Larry Costello	31	78	2066	285	660	.432	285	660	.432	.432	288	327	.881	237	334	263	858
5	Chet Walker	22	78	1992	352	751	.469	352	751	.469	.469	253	362	.699	561	83	220	957
6	Paul Neumann	25	80	1581	237	503	.471	237	503	.471	.471	181	222	.815	200	227	221	655
7	Dolph Schayes	34	66	1438	223	575	.388	223	575	.388	.388	181	206	.879	375	175	177	627
8	Len Chappell	22	80	1241	281	604	.465	281	604	.465	.465	148	238	.622	461	56	171	710
9	Dave Gambee	25	60	1234	235	537	.438	235	537	.438	.438	199	238	.836	289	48	190	669
10	Al Bianchi	30	61	1159	202	476	.424	202	476	.424	.424	120	164	.732	134	170	165	524
11	Joe Roberts	26	33	466	73	196	.372	73	196	.372	.372	35	51	.686	155	16	66	181
12	Porter Meriwether	22	31	268	48	122	.393	48	122	.393	.393	23	33	.697	29	43	19	119
13	Ben Warley	26	26	206	50	111	.450	50	111	.450	.450	25	35	.714	86	4	42	125
			80		3690	8290	.445	3690	8290	.445	.445	2350	3005	.782	5516	1742	2277	9730

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Hal Greer	26	5	214	44	87	.506	44	87	.506	.506	29	35	.829	27	21	21	117
2	Red Kerr	30	5	187	26	60	.433	26	60	.433	.433	16	21	.762	75	9	12	68
3	Lee Shaffer	23	5	173	56	117	.479	56	117	.479	.479	24	30	.800	23	6	19	136
4	Larry Costello	31	5	134	16	37	.432	16	37	.432	.432	19	23	.826	4	23	27	51
5	Chet Walker	22	5	130	27	53	.509	27	53	.509	.509	22	30	.733	47	9	8	76
6	Dolph Schayes	34	5	108	20	44	.455	20	44	.455	.455	11	12	.917	28	7	17	51
7	Al Bianchi	30	5	77	15	34	.441	15	34	.441	.441	4	7	.571	8	2	17	34
8	Dave Gambee	25	5	75	10	34	.294	10	34	.294	.294	12	13	.923	16	0	14	32
9	Paul Neumann	25	4	65	8	18	.444	8	18	.444	.444	0	1	.000	14	9	11	16
10	Len Chappell	22	4	53	4	21	.190	4	21	.190	.190	13	16	.813	18	3	7	21
11	Ben Warley	26	2	9	0	4	.000	0	4	.000	.000	2	4	.500	3	0	2	2

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Hal Greer	26	80	2631	17.3	.526	.336	5.7	2.5	8.2	.149
2	Red Kerr	30	80	2561	18.6	.519	.299	4.1	3.6	7.7	.144
3	Lee Shaffer	23	80	2392	15.3	.478	.269	1.8	2.1	3.8	.077
4	Larry Costello	31	78	2066	13.8	.534	.495	3.6	2.1	5.7	.132
5	Chet Walker	22	78	1992	14.8	.526	.482	3.3	2.0	5.3	.129
6	Paul Neumann	25	80	1581	13.4	.545	.441	3.0	1.5	4.6	.139
7	Dolph Schayes	34	66	1438	14.2	.471	.358	0.7	1.7	2.4	.081
8	Len Chappell	22	80	1241	17.2	.501	.394	1.7	1.5	3.2	.123
9	Dave Gambee	25	60	1234	14.6	.521	.443	2.2	1.1	3.3	.129
10	Al Bianchi	30	61	1159	12.5	.478	.345	0.8	1.1	1.9	.079
11	Joe Roberts	26	33	466	10.1	.414	.260	-0.5	0.5	0.0	.004
12	Porter Meriwether	22	31	268	12.4	.436	.270	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.030
13	Ben Warley	26	26	206	16.8	.494	.315	0.2	0.3	0.5	.117

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Hal Greer	26	5	214	16.8	.571	.402	13.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	.144
2	Red Kerr	30	5	187	14.6	.491	.350	6.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	.045
3	Lee Shaffer	23	5	173	19.1	.522	.256	5.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	.122
4	Larry Costello	31	5	134	10.6	.541	.622	21.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	.088
5	Chet Walker	22	5	130	21.6	.574	.566	9.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	.159
6	Dolph Schayes	34	5	108	14.1	.517	.273	8.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	.078
7	Al Bianchi	30	5	77	7.0	.458	.206	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.005
8	Dave Gambee	25	5	75	6.7	.403	.382	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.065
9	Paul Neumann	25	4	65	8.7	.434	.056	17.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.002
10	Len Chappell	22	4	53	9.7	.374	.762	6.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.092
11	Ben Warley	26	2	9	-5.6	.174	1.000	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.431

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