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1947-48 Washington Capitols Roster and Statistics

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28-20, Finished 4th in BAA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (28-20)

PTS/G: 73.7 (4th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 71.1 (3rd of 8)
SRS: 2.57 (3rd of 8)
Expected W-L: 30-18 (4th of 8)

Arena: Uline Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Chicago Stags

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Bob Feerick F-G 6-3 190 January 2, 1920 1 Santa Clara University
14 Sonny Hertzberg G 5-10 175 July 29, 1922 1 City College of New York
12 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 1 Georgetown University
17 Bones McKinney F-C 6-6 185 January 1, 1919 1 University of North Carolina
16 Johnny Norlander F 6-3 180 March 5, 1921 1 Hamline University
15 Dick O'Keefe G-F 6-2 185 September 29, 1923 R Santa Clara University
18 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 December 31, 1921 1 Long Island University
20 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 1 University of San Francisco
19 Jack Tingle F 6-4 205 December 30, 1924 R University of Kentucky
22 Irv Torgoff F 6-2 192 March 6, 1917 1 Long Island University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 48 1336 4785 .279 865 1203 .719 305 1084 3537 73.7
Lg Rank 3 2 6 4 8 1 7 3 4 4
Opponent 48 3415 71.1
Lg Rank 3 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 Feerick 28 48 293 861 .340 189 240 .788 56 139 775
2 Fred Scolari 25 47 229 780 .294 131 179 .732 58 153 589
3 Bones McKinney 29 43 182 680 .268 121 188 .644 36 176 485
4 Johnny Norlander 26 48 167 543 .308 135 182 .742 44 102 469
5 Irv Torgoff 30 47 111 541 .205 117 144 .813 32 153 339
6 John Mahnken 25 48 131 526 .249 54 88 .614 31 151 316
7 Sonny Hertzberg 25 37 109 400 .273 55 69 .797 22 58 273
8 Dick O'Keefe 24 37 63 257 .245 30 59 .508 18 85 156
9 Jack Tingle 23 37 36 137 .263 17 33 .515 7 45 89
10 Irv Rothenberg 26 11 15 60 .250 16 21 .762 1 22 46

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 Feerick 28 48 6.1 17.9 .340 3.9 5.0 .788 1.2 2.9 16.1
2 Fred Scolari 25 47 4.9 16.6 .294 2.8 3.8 .732 1.2 3.3 12.5
3 Bones McKinney 29 43 4.2 15.8 .268 2.8 4.4 .644 0.8 4.1 11.3
4 Johnny Norlander 26 48 3.5 11.3 .308 2.8 3.8 .742 0.9 2.1 9.8
5 Sonny Hertzberg 25 37 2.9 10.8 .273 1.5 1.9 .797 0.6 1.6 7.4
6 Irv Torgoff 30 47 2.4 11.5 .205 2.5 3.1 .813 0.7 3.3 7.2
7 John Mahnken 25 48 2.7 11.0 .249 1.1 1.8 .614 0.6 3.1 6.6
8 Dick O'Keefe 24 37 1.7 6.9 .245 0.8 1.6 .508 0.5 2.3 4.2
9 Irv Rothenberg 26 11 1.4 5.5 .250 1.5 1.9 .762 0.1 2.0 4.2
10 Jack Tingle 23 37 1.0 3.7 .263 0.5 0.9 .515 0.2 1.2 2.4

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 Fred Scolari 25 47 .294 .732
2 Bob Feerick 28 48 .340 .788
3 Sonny Hertzberg 25 37 .273 .797
4 Irv Torgoff 30 47 .205 .813
5 John Mahnken 25 48 .249 .614
6 Bones McKinney 29 43 .268 .644
7 Johnny Norlander 26 48 .308 .742
8 Dick O'Keefe 24 37 .245 .508
9 Irv Rothenberg 26 11 .250 .762
10 Jack Tingle 23 37 .263 .515

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 Feerick 28 48 .401 .340 7.5 3.0 10.5
2 Johnny Norlander 26 48 .376 .308 3.6 2.2 5.8
3 Fred Scolari 25 47 .343 .294 2.5 3.1 5.6
4 Bones McKinney 29 43 .318 .268 0.5 2.9 3.3
5 Sonny Hertzberg 25 37 .317 .273 0.2 1.3 1.5
6 Irv Torgoff 30 47 .280 .205 -1.5 2.4 1.0
7 John Mahnken 25 48 .280 .249 -1.5 2.4 0.9
8 Dick O'Keefe 24 37 .276 .245 -0.8 1.3 0.5
9 Irv Rothenberg 26 11 .332 .250 0.1 0.3 0.4
10 Jack Tingle 23 37 .294 .263 -0.2 0.7 0.4