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1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 43-29, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Eckman (43-29)

Executive: Fred Zollner

PTS/G: 92.4 (5th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 90.0 (2nd of 8)

SRS: 2.01 (1st of 8) Pace: 100.7 (6th of 8)

Off Rtg: 91.2 (2nd of 8) Def Rtg: 88.9 (3rd of 8) Net Rtg: +2.4 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 43-29 (1st of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1955 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

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
7	Frankie Brian	SG	6-1	180	May 1, 1923	us	5	LSU
16	Larry Foust	C	6-9	215	June 24, 1928	us	4	La Salle
8	Jim Fritsche	PF	6-8	210	December 10, 1931	us	1	Hamline University
8	Bob Houbregs	C	6-8	225	March 12, 1932	ca	1	Washington
9	Mel Hutchins	PF	6-6	200	November 22, 1928	us	3	BYU
17	Monk Meineke	PF	6-7	208	October 30, 1930	us	2	Dayton
14	Andy Phillip	PG	6-2	195	March 7, 1922	us	7	Illinois
18	Al Roges	SG	6-4	195	October 25, 1930	us	1	Long Island University
15	Dick Rosenthal	SF	6-5	205	January 20, 1930	us	R	Notre Dame
5	Paul Walther	SG	6-2	160	March 23, 1927	us	5	Tennessee
12	George Yardley	SF	6-5	190	November 3, 1928	us	1	Stanford
10	Max Zaslofsky	SG	6-2	170	December 7, 1925	us	8	St. John's

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

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Mel Hutchins	26	72		39.7	4.7	12.5	.378				4.7	12.5	.378	.378	2.5	3.6	.708			9.2	3.4				3.2	12.0
2	Andy Phillip	32	64		36.4	3.2	8.5	.371				3.2	8.5	.371	.371	3.3	4.8	.692			4.5	7.7				2.6	9.6
3	George Yardley	26	60		35.8	6.1	14.5	.418				6.1	14.5	.418	.418	5.2	6.9	.745			9.9	2.1				3.4	17.3
4	Larry Foust	26	70		32.3	5.7	11.7	.487				5.7	11.7	.487	.487	5.6	7.3	.766			10.0	1.7				3.8	17.0
5	Max Zaslofsky	29	70		26.6	3.8	11.7	.328				3.8	11.7	.328	.328	3.5	5.0	.702			2.7	2.9				1.9	11.2
6	Dick Rosenthal	25	67		21.0	2.9	7.8	.377				2.9	7.8	.377	.377	1.9	2.7	.718			4.5	2.3				2.7	7.8
7	Frankie Brian	31	71		19.5	3.3	8.8	.380				3.3	8.8	.380	.380	3.1	3.6	.851			1.8	2.0				1.9	9.7
8	Monk Meineke	24	68		15.1	2.0	5.4	.372				2.0	5.4	.372	.372	1.8	2.5	.700			3.6	0.9				2.3	5.8
9	Paul Walther	27	68		12.1	0.8	2.4	.348				0.8	2.4	.348	.348	0.8	1.3	.614			2.3	1.9				1.7	2.4
10	Jim Fritsche	23	16		9.4	1.0	3.0	.333				1.0	3.0	.333	.333	0.8	1.0	.813			2.0	0.3				1.8	2.8
11	Bob Houbregs	22
12	Al Roges	24

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Andy Phillip	32	11		40.5	2.7	8.5	.323				2.7	8.5	.323	.323	3.1	3.6	.850			5.5	7.1				3.4	8.5
2	George Yardley	26	11		38.2	5.2	13.0	.399				5.2	13.0	.399	.399	5.5	7.2	.759			9.0	3.3				3.4	15.8
3	Mel Hutchins	26	11		37.9	5.5	13.1	.417				5.5	13.1	.417	.417	3.5	5.1	.679			8.1	2.8				4.3	14.4
4	Larry Foust	26	11		30.1	5.5	13.8	.395				5.5	13.8	.395	.395	4.7	6.6	.712			9.7	2.4				3.9	15.6
5	Frankie Brian	31	11		24.5	4.4	10.9	.400				4.4	10.9	.400	.400	2.8	3.5	.816			2.0	2.5				2.4	11.5
6	Bob Houbregs	22	11		19.4	2.2	5.7	.381				2.2	5.7	.381	.381	2.6	3.4	.784			5.6	1.7				2.8	7.0
7	Dick Rosenthal	25	11		19.0	2.5	7.6	.321				2.5	7.6	.321	.321	2.5	3.5	.718			4.4	2.4				3.5	7.5
8	Monk Meineke	24	11		14.7	1.6	3.6	.450				1.6	3.6	.450	.450	2.1	2.3	.920			4.4	0.8				2.0	5.4
9	Max Zaslofsky	29	11		11.7	1.6	4.0	.409				1.6	4.0	.409	.409	1.5	1.8	.800			1.5	1.6				1.8	4.7
10	Paul Walther	27	10		9.5	1.2	2.2	.545				1.2	2.2	.545	.545	1.1	1.8	.611			2.0	0.8				2.0	3.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mel Hutchins	26	72		2860	341	903	.378				341	903	.378	.378	182	257	.708			665	247				232	864
2	Andy Phillip	32	64		2332	202	545	.371				202	545	.371	.371	213	308	.692			290	491				166	617
3	Larry Foust	26	70		2264	398	818	.487				398	818	.487	.487	393	513	.766			700	118				264	1189
4	George Yardley	26	60		2150	363	869	.418				363	869	.418	.418	310	416	.745			594	126				205	1036
5	Max Zaslofsky	29	70		1862	269	821	.328				269	821	.328	.328	247	352	.702			191	203				130	785
6	Dick Rosenthal	25	67		1406	197	523	.377				197	523	.377	.377	130	181	.718			300	153				179	524
7	Frankie Brian	31	71		1381	237	623	.380				237	623	.380	.380	217	255	.851			127	142				133	691
8	Monk Meineke	24	68		1026	136	366	.372				136	366	.372	.372	119	170	.700			246	64				153	391
9	Paul Walther	27	68		820	56	161	.348				56	161	.348	.348	54	88	.614			155	131				115	166
10	Jim Fritsche	23	16		151	16	48	.333				16	48	.333	.333	13	16	.813			32	4				28	45
11	Bob Houbregs	22
12	Al Roges	24
			72			2333	5980	.390				2333	5980	.390	.390	1986	2710	.733			3826	1737				1753	6652

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Andy Phillip	32	11		445	30	93	.323				30	93	.323	.323	34	40	.850			60	78				37	94
2	George Yardley	26	11		420	57	143	.399				57	143	.399	.399	60	79	.759			99	36				37	174
3	Mel Hutchins	26	11		417	60	144	.417				60	144	.417	.417	38	56	.679			89	31				47	158
4	Larry Foust	26	11		331	60	152	.395				60	152	.395	.395	52	73	.712			107	26				43	172
5	Frankie Brian	31	11		269	48	120	.400				48	120	.400	.400	31	38	.816			22	27				26	127
6	Bob Houbregs	22	11		213	24	63	.381				24	63	.381	.381	29	37	.784			62	19				31	77
7	Dick Rosenthal	25	11		209	27	84	.321				27	84	.321	.321	28	39	.718			48	26				39	82
8	Monk Meineke	24	11		162	18	40	.450				18	40	.450	.450	23	25	.920			48	9				22	59
9	Max Zaslofsky	29	11		129	18	44	.409				18	44	.409	.409	16	20	.800			16	18				20	52
10	Paul Walther	27	10		95	12	22	.545				12	22	.545	.545	11	18	.611			20	8				20	35

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Mel Hutchins	26	72	2860	12.7	.425		.285										0.4	3.5	3.9	.065
2	Andy Phillip	32	64	2332	15.2	.453		.565										2.6	2.9	5.5	.112
3	Larry Foust	26	70	2264	23.0	.570		.627										10.3	3.0	13.3	.282
4	George Yardley	26	60	2150	18.9	.492		.479										4.9	2.7	7.6	.170
5	Max Zaslofsky	29	70	1862	11.9	.402		.429										-1.1	1.7	0.6	.014
6	Dick Rosenthal	25	67	1406	13.7	.435		.346										0.7	1.7	2.4	.081
7	Frankie Brian	31	71	1381	15.7	.470		.409										2.5	1.2	3.6	.127
8	Monk Meineke	24	68	1026	12.5	.444		.464										0.6	1.2	1.8	.086
9	Paul Walther	27	68	820	10.8	.416		.547										0.2	1.1	1.3	.074
10	Jim Fritsche	23	16	151	6.7	.409		.333										-0.1	0.1	0.1	.028
11	Bob Houbregs	22
12	Al Roges	24

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Andy Phillip	32	11	445	12.1	.425		.430				29.7						0.1	0.5	0.6	.066
2	George Yardley	26	11	420	17.5	.489		.552				16.4						0.8	0.5	1.2	.139
3	Mel Hutchins	26	11	417	14.1	.468		.389				14.5						0.5	0.4	0.9	.102
4	Larry Foust	26	11	331	19.8	.467		.480				16.5						0.5	0.4	0.9	.132
5	Frankie Brian	31	11	269	14.5	.464		.317				20.9						0.3	0.2	0.5	.096
6	Bob Houbregs	22	11	213	16.0	.486		.587				16.4						0.3	0.3	0.6	.134
7	Dick Rosenthal	25	11	209	12.2	.405		.464				23.5						-0.1	0.2	0.1	.029
8	Monk Meineke	24	11	162	17.7	.578		.625				10.2						0.5	0.2	0.7	.210
9	Max Zaslofsky	29	11	129	14.9	.492		.455				26.9						0.3	0.1	0.4	.139
10	Paul Walther	27	10	95	14.7	.585		.818				15.8						0.3	0.1	0.4	.211

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