1968-69 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Record: 32-50, Finished 6th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Donnie Butcher (10-12), Paul Seymour (22-38)

Executive: Edwin Coil

PTS/G: 114.1 (5th of 14) Opp PTS/G: 117.3 (13th of 14)

SRS: -2.79 (11th of 14) Pace: 116.8 (9th of 14)

Off Rtg: 97.3 (6th of 14) Def Rtg: 100.0 (12th of 14) Net Rtg: -2.7 (11th of 14)

Expected W-L: 33-49 (11th of 14)

Arena: Cobo Arena

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
8	Walt Bellamy	C	6-11	225	July 24, 1939	us	7	Indiana
21	Dave Bing	PG	6-3	180	November 24, 1943	us	2	Syracuse
22	Dave DeBusschere	PF	6-6	220	October 16, 1940	us	6	Detroit Mercy
43	Terry Dischinger	SF	6-7	189	November 21, 1940	us	4	Purdue
44	Sonny Dove	PF	6-7	198	August 16, 1945	us	1	St. John's
23	Jim Fox	C	6-10	230	April 7, 1943	us	1	South Carolina
25	Dave Gambee	SF	6-6	215	April 16, 1937	us	10	Oregon State
5	Happy Hairston	PF	6-7	225	May 31, 1942	us	4	NYU
30	Howard Komives	PG	6-1	185	May 9, 1941	us	4	Bowling Green
23	McCoy McLemore	SF	6-7	230	April 3, 1942	us	4	Drake University
14	Eddie Miles	SG	6-4	195	July 5, 1940	us	5	Seattle University
20	Otto Moore	C	6-11	205	August 27, 1946	us	R	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
19	Rich Niemann	C	7-0	245	July 2, 1946	us	R	Saint Louis
10	Bud Olsen	PF	6-8	220	July 25, 1940	us	6	Louisville
24	Jimmy Walker	SG	6-3	195	April 8, 1944	us	1	Providence
12	Cliff Williams	G	6-3	180	April 15, 1945		R	Bowling Green

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dave Bing	25	77	39.5	8.8	20.7	.425	8.8	20.7	.425	.425	5.8	8.1	.713	5.0	7.1	3.3	23.4
2	Walt Bellamy	29	53	38.2	6.8	13.2	.512	6.8	13.2	.512	.512	5.2	7.8	.663	13.5	1.9	3.7	18.8
3	Dave DeBusschere	28	29	37.7	6.5	14.6	.447	6.5	14.6	.447	.447	3.2	4.5	.723	12.2	2.2	3.8	16.3
4	Happy Hairston	26	81	35.7	6.5	14.0	.469	6.5	14.0	.469	.469	5.0	6.8	.731	11.8	1.3	3.1	18.1
5	Howard Komives	27	53	32.6	5.1	12.5	.409	5.1	12.5	.409	.409	2.6	3.4	.775	3.8	5.0	3.4	12.9
6	Eddie Miles	28	80	28.2	5.5	12.3	.449	5.5	12.3	.449	.449	2.3	3.4	.667	3.5	2.3	2.5	13.3
7	Jimmy Walker	24	69	23.8	4.5	9.7	.466	4.5	9.7	.466	.466	2.6	3.3	.795	2.3	3.2	2.5	11.7
8	Otto Moore	22	74	21.7	3.3	7.4	.443	3.3	7.4	.443	.443	1.2	2.3	.524	7.1	0.9	2.5	7.7
9	Terry Dischinger	28	75	19.4	3.5	6.8	.515	3.5	6.8	.515	.515	1.7	2.4	.730	4.3	1.2	3.1	8.8
10	McCoy McLemore	26	50	18.2	2.8	7.1	.396	2.8	7.1	.396	.396	1.7	2.1	.808	4.7	0.9	2.3	7.3
11	Jim Fox	25	25	15.0	1.8	3.8	.469	1.8	3.8	.469	.469	1.4	2.1	.642	5.6	0.9	2.2	5.0
12	Dave Gambee	31	25	12.1	2.4	5.7	.423	2.4	5.7	.423	.423	2.0	2.5	.790	3.1	0.6	2.4	6.8
13	Sonny Dove	23	29	8.1	1.6	3.4	.470	1.6	3.4	.470	.470	0.8	1.2	.667	2.1	0.4	1.7	4.1
14	Rich Niemann	22	16	7.7	1.3	2.9	.426	1.3	2.9	.426	.426	0.5	0.6	.800	2.6	0.6	1.9	3.0
15	Bud Olsen	28	10	7.0	0.8	2.3	.348	0.8	2.3	.348	.348	0.4	1.2	.333	1.1	0.7	0.8	2.0
16	Cliff Williams	23	3	6.0	0.7	3.0	.222	0.7	3.0	.222	.222	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.7	2.3	1.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dave Bing	25	77	3039	678	1594	.425	678	1594	.425	.425	444	623	.713	382	546	256	1800
2	Happy Hairston	26	81	2889	530	1131	.469	530	1131	.469	.469	404	553	.731	959	109	255	1464
3	Eddie Miles	28	80	2252	441	983	.449	441	983	.449	.449	182	273	.667	283	180	201	1064
4	Walt Bellamy	29	53	2023	359	701	.512	359	701	.512	.512	276	416	.663	716	99	197	994
5	Howard Komives	27	53	1726	272	665	.409	272	665	.409	.409	138	178	.775	204	266	178	682
6	Jimmy Walker	24	69	1639	312	670	.466	312	670	.466	.466	182	229	.795	157	221	172	806
7	Otto Moore	22	74	1605	241	544	.443	241	544	.443	.443	88	168	.524	524	68	182	570
8	Terry Dischinger	28	75	1456	264	513	.515	264	513	.515	.515	130	178	.730	323	93	230	658
9	Dave DeBusschere	28	29	1092	189	423	.447	189	423	.447	.447	94	130	.723	353	63	111	472
10	McCoy McLemore	26	50	910	141	356	.396	141	356	.396	.396	84	104	.808	236	44	113	366
11	Jim Fox	25	25	375	45	96	.469	45	96	.469	.469	34	53	.642	139	23	56	124
12	Dave Gambee	31	25	302	60	142	.423	60	142	.423	.423	49	62	.790	78	15	60	169
13	Sonny Dove	23	29	236	47	100	.470	47	100	.470	.470	24	36	.667	62	12	49	118
14	Rich Niemann	22	16	123	20	47	.426	20	47	.426	.426	8	10	.800	41	9	30	48
15	Bud Olsen	28	10	70	8	23	.348	8	23	.348	.348	4	12	.333	11	7	8	20
16	Cliff Williams	23	3	18	2	9	.222	2	9	.222	.222	0	0		3	2	7	4
			82	19755	3609	7997	.451	3609	7997	.451	.451	2141	3025	.708	4471	1757	2105	9359

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.