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1948-49 Washington Capitols Roster and Statistics

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38-22, Finished 1st in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (38-22)

PTS/G: 81.8 (6th of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 79.4 (5th of 12)
SRS: 2.11 (4th of 12)
Expected W-L: 36-24 (4th of 12)

Arena: Uline Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Finals (4-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won BAA Eastern Division Finals (2-1) versus New York Knicks
Won BAA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Bob Feerick F-G 6-3 190 January 2, 1920 2 Santa Clara University
11 Kleggie Hermsen C-F 6-9 225 March 12, 1923 2 University of Minnesota
29 Sonny Hertzberg G 5-10 175 July 29, 1922 2 City College of New York
23 Leo Katkaveck G 6-0 185 April 17, 1923 R North Carolina State University
17 Bones McKinney F-C 6-6 185 January 1, 1919 2 University of North Carolina
15 Jack Nichols C-F 6-7 222 April 9, 1926 R University of Washington
16 Johnny Norlander F 6-3 180 March 5, 1921 2 Hamline University
13 Dick O'Keefe G-F 6-2 185 September 29, 1923 1 Santa Clara University
22 Dick Schulz F-G 6-2 192 January 3, 1917 2 University of Wisconsin
20 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 2 University of San Francisco
15 Jack Toomay C-F 6-6 215 August 9, 1922 1 University of the Pacific
18 Matt Zunic G-F 6-3 195 December 19, 1919 R George Washington 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 60 1751 5472 .320 1408 1914 .736 972 1710 4910 81.8
Lg Rank 5 4 9 3 5 2 12 4 6 6
Opponent 60 4764 79.4
Lg Rank 5 5

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 29 58 248 708 .350 256 298 .859 188 171 752
2 Bones McKinney 30 57 263 801 .328 197 279 .706 114 216 723
3 Kleggie Hermsen 25 60 248 794 .312 212 311 .682 99 257 708
4 Fred Scolari 26 48 196 633 .310 146 183 .798 100 150 538
5 Johnny Norlander 27 60 164 454 .361 116 171 .678 86 124 444
6 Sonny Hertzberg 26 60 154 541 .285 134 164 .817 114 140 442
7 Jack Nichols 22 34 153 392 .390 92 126 .730 56 118 398
8 Matt Zunic 29 56 98 323 .303 77 109 .706 50 182 273
9 Leo Katkaveck 25 53 84 253 .332 53 71 .746 68 110 221
10 Dick Schulz 32 50 65 278 .234 65 91 .714 53 107 195
11 Dick O'Keefe 25 50 70 274 .255 51 99 .515 43 119 191
12 Jack Toomay 26 13 8 21 .381 9 12 .750 1 16 25

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 29 58 4.3 12.2 .350 4.4 5.1 .859 3.2 2.9 13.0
2 Bones McKinney 30 57 4.6 14.1 .328 3.5 4.9 .706 2.0 3.8 12.7
3 Kleggie Hermsen 25 60 4.1 13.2 .312 3.5 5.2 .682 1.7 4.3 11.8
4 Jack Nichols 22 34 4.5 11.5 .390 2.7 3.7 .730 1.6 3.5 11.7
5 Fred Scolari 26 48 4.1 13.2 .310 3.0 3.8 .798 2.1 3.1 11.2
6 Sonny Hertzberg 26 60 2.6 9.0 .285 2.2 2.7 .817 1.9 2.3 7.4
7 Johnny Norlander 27 60 2.7 7.6 .361 1.9 2.9 .678 1.4 2.1 7.4
8 Matt Zunic 29 56 1.8 5.8 .303 1.4 1.9 .706 0.9 3.3 4.9
9 Leo Katkaveck 25 53 1.6 4.8 .332 1.0 1.3 .746 1.3 2.1 4.2
10 Dick Schulz 32 50 1.3 5.6 .234 1.3 1.8 .714 1.1 2.1 3.9
11 Dick O'Keefe 25 50 1.4 5.5 .255 1.0 2.0 .515 0.9 2.4 3.8
12 Jack Toomay 26 13 0.6 1.6 .381 0.7 0.9 .750 0.1 1.2 1.9

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 26 48 .310 .798
2 Sonny Hertzberg 26 60 .285 .817
3 Kleggie Hermsen 25 60 .312 .682
4 Jack Toomay 26 13 .381 .750
5 Leo Katkaveck 25 53 .332 .746
6 Bones McKinney 30 57 .328 .706
7 Jack Nichols 22 34 .390 .730
8 Johnny Norlander 27 60 .361 .678
9 Dick O'Keefe 25 50 .255 .515
10 Matt Zunic 29 56 .303 .706
11 Dick Schulz 32 50 .234 .714
12 Bob Feerick 29 58 .350 .859

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 29 58 .448 .350 6.1 2.8 8.9
2 Bones McKinney 30 57 .391 .328 2.1 2.8 4.9
3 Jack Nichols 22 34 .445 .390 2.8 1.5 4.3
4 Kleggie Hermsen 25 60 .380 .312 1.3 3.0 4.3
5 Johnny Norlander 27 60 .419 .361 2.4 1.7 4.2
6 Fred Scolari 26 48 .377 .310 0.9 2.1 3.1
7 Sonny Hertzberg 26 60 .360 .285 0.2 2.1 2.3
8 Leo Katkaveck 25 53 .389 .332 0.8 1.3 2.1
9 Matt Zunic 29 56 .368 .303 0.2 1.8 2.0
10 Jack Toomay 26 13 .476 .381 0.2 0.1 0.3
11 Dick Schulz 32 50 .307 .234 -1.2 1.3 0.0
12 Dick O'Keefe 25 50 .301 .255 -1.4 1.3 -0.1

Playoffs

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 Jack Nichols 22 11 62 152 34 51 27 44 158 .408 .667 14.4 2.5
2 Kleggie Hermsen 25 11 40 149 55 83 12 53 135 .268 .663 12.3 1.1
3 Bones McKinney 30 10 45 127 38 52 9 36 128 .354 .731 12.8 0.9
4 Sonny Hertzberg 26 11 39 112 40 47 27 33 118 .348 .851 10.7 2.5
5 Fred Scolari 26 9 27 100 28 40 16 24 82 .270 .700 9.1 1.8
6 Johnny Norlander 27 11 25 73 20 26 7 27 70 .342 .769 6.4 0.6
7 Dick O'Keefe 25 11 22 60 13 20 11 37 57 .367 .650 5.2 1.0
8 Dick Schulz 32 11 17 74 20 35 27 36 54 .230 .571 4.9 2.5
9 Matt Zunic 29 9 7 39 12 19 6 26 26 .179 .632 2.9 0.7
10 Leo Katkaveck 25 9 7 29 6 8 10 13 20 .241 .750 2.2 1.1
11 Bob Feerick 29 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1.000 2.0 1.0

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 Jack Nichols 22 11 .453 .408 1.1 0.6 1.7
2 Sonny Hertzberg 26 11 .445 .348 0.8 0.5 1.3
3 Bones McKinney 30 10 .427 .354 0.6 0.4 1.0
4 Dick O'Keefe 25 11 .414 .367 0.2 0.4 0.6
5 Johnny Norlander 27 11 .414 .342 0.3 0.3 0.5
6 Kleggie Hermsen 25 11 .364 .268 -0.2 0.6 0.4
7 Fred Scolari 26 9 .349 .270 -0.2 0.4 0.1
8 Bob Feerick 29 1 1.136 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Leo Katkaveck 25 9 .308 .241 -0.1 0.2 0.0
10 Dick Schulz 32 11 .302 .230 -0.4 0.5 0.0
11 Matt Zunic 29 9 .274 .179 -0.4 0.2 -0.1