1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

Record: 36-33, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Paul Birch (36-33)

PTS/G: 81.0 (7th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 81.1 (5th of 10)

SRS: 0.17 (6th of 10) Pace: 91.1 (8th of 10)

Off Rtg: 87.6 (6th of 10) Def Rtg: 87.7 (6th of 10) Net Rtg: -0.1 (6th of 10)

Expected W-L: 34-35 (6th of 10)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (2-3) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)

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	Birth	Exp	College
13	Don Boven	SF	6-4	210	March 6, 1925	us US	2	Western Michigan
7	Frankie Brian	SG	6-1	180	May 1, 1923	us US	3	LSU
4	Ray Corley	G	6-0	180	January 14, 1928	us US	2	Georgetown
12	Dike Eddleman	SF	6-3	189	December 27, 1922	us US	3	Illinois
6	Jake Fendley	PG	6-0	180	June 12, 1929	us US	1	Northwestern
16	Larry Foust	C	6-9	215	June 24, 1928	us US	2	La Salle
5	Dick Groat	PG	5-11	180	November 4, 1930	us US	R	Duke
5	Ralph Johnson	PG	5-11	170	December 6, 1921	us US	3	Huntington University
	Jack Kerris	F-C	6-6	215	January 30, 1925	us US	3	Loyola Chicago
10	Jack Kiley	SG	6-1	170	January 5, 1929	us US	1	Syracuse
17	Monk Meineke	PF	6-7	208	October 30, 1930	us US	R	Dayton
	Ralph O'Brien	G	5-9	160	April 8, 1928	us US	1	Butler
4, 14	Andy Phillip	SG	6-2	195	March 7, 1922	us US	5	Illinois
8	Fred Schaus	SF	6-5	205	June 30, 1925	us US	3	West Virginia
10	Fred Scolari	PG	5-10	180	March 1, 1922	us US	6	San Francisco
18	Chuck Share	C	6-11	235	March 14, 1927	us US	1	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	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Andy Phillip	30	SG	57	37.7	3.5	8.9	.400	2.9	3.9	.729	4.9	5.0	3.2	10.0	AS,NBA2
2	Fred Schaus	27	SF	69	36.8	3.5	10.4	.334	3.5	4.3	.821	6.0	3.6	3.8	10.5
3	Larry Foust	24	C	67	34.4	4.6	12.9	.360	5.0	6.9	.723	11.5	2.3	4.0	14.3	AS
4	Monk Meineke	22	PF	68	33.1	3.5	9.3	.381	3.6	4.6	.783	6.9	2.2	4.9	10.7	ROY-1
5	Fred Scolari	30	PG	16	31.6	3.8	10.1	.377	3.5	4.3	.824	2.9	2.3	3.4	11.1	AS
6	Frankie Brian	29	SG	68	28.1	3.6	10.3	.351	3.5	4.4	.795	2.0	2.1	3.0	10.7
7	Dick Groat	22	PG	26	25.5	3.8	10.5	.368	4.2	5.3	.790	3.3	2.7	3.5	11.9
8	Dike Eddleman	30	SF	69	22.8	3.5	10.0	.351	1.9	3.4	.561	3.4	1.5	3.2	8.9
9	Don Boven	27	SF	17	22.2	2.1	6.5	.324	1.9	2.5	.744	3.4	1.2	3.4	6.1
10	Jack Kerris	28		52	18.9	1.1	3.4	.330	1.2	1.9	.616	4.0	2.1	2.3	3.4
11	Chuck Share	25	C	67	15.6	1.4	3.8	.358	2.6	3.5	.735	5.6	1.1	3.2	5.3
12	Ralph Johnson	31	PG	3	10.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.7	1.0	.667	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.7
13	Jake Fendley	23	PG	45	8.4	0.7	1.8	.400	0.9	1.3	.667	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.3
14	Ray Corley	25		8	8.1	0.4	3.0	.125	0.6	0.8	.833	0.6	0.6	2.3	1.4
15	Ralph O'Brien	24		7	7.1	1.4	3.4	.417	0.4	0.7	.600	0.0	0.6	1.0	3.3
16	Jack Kiley	24	SG	6	4.5	0.3	1.7	.200	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.0
	Team Totals			69	26.1	2.9	8.1	.359	2.9	3.9	.738	4.8	2.2	3.3	8.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Larry Foust	24	C	8	41.5	6.0	15.1	.397	7.1	8.5	.838	13.9	0.8	4.3	19.1
2	Andy Phillip	30	SG	8	41.1	3.0	8.9	.338	4.3	6.4	.667	4.0	3.8	2.9	10.3
3	Fred Scolari	30	PG	8	33.5	3.6	11.3	.322	6.1	7.6	.803	3.1	2.6	3.9	13.4
4	Fred Schaus	27	SF	8	30.5	2.3	7.5	.300	4.4	5.8	.761	5.3	1.5	5.0	8.9
5	Monk Meineke	22	PF	8	28.4	1.9	5.0	.375	3.8	5.5	.682	3.3	1.3	4.6	7.5
6	Chuck Share	25	C	8	24.8	1.4	3.4	.407	3.3	4.9	.667	6.5	1.5	5.6	6.0
7	Frankie Brian	29	SG	8	18.3	1.6	5.3	.310	2.4	3.1	.760	1.1	1.4	2.9	5.6
8	Don Boven	27	SF	8	13.9	0.9	3.5	.250	1.1	2.0	.563	2.0	0.3	2.8	2.9
9	Dike Eddleman	30	SF	7	9.0	1.3	3.3	.391	0.6	2.1	.267	0.7	0.3	2.7	3.1
10	Jake Fendley	23	PG	1	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
	Team Totals			16	26.7	2.4	7.0	.347	3.7	5.1	.721	4.4	1.5	3.8	8.5

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Fred Schaus	27	SF	69	2541	3.4	10.2	.334	3.4	4.2	.821	5.9	3.5	3.7	10.2
2	Larry Foust	24	C	67	2303	4.9	13.5	.360	5.3	7.3	.723	12.0	2.4	4.2	15.0	AS
3	Monk Meineke	22	PF	68	2250	3.8	10.1	.381	3.9	5.0	.783	7.5	2.4	5.3	11.6	ROY-1
4	Andy Phillip	30	SG	57	2147	3.4	8.5	.400	2.7	3.8	.729	4.7	4.8	3.0	9.5	AS,NBA2
5	Frankie Brian	29	SG	68	1910	4.6	13.2	.351	4.4	5.6	.795	2.5	2.7	3.9	13.7
6	Dike Eddleman	30	SF	69	1571	5.5	15.7	.351	3.0	5.4	.561	5.4	2.4	5.0	14.1
7	Chuck Share	25	C	67	1044	3.1	8.8	.358	5.9	8.1	.735	12.9	2.6	7.3	12.2
8	Jack Kerris	28		52	982	2.2	6.6	.330	2.2	3.6	.616	7.6	4.0	4.3	6.6
9	Dick Groat	22	PG	26	663	5.4	14.8	.368	5.9	7.5	.790	4.7	3.7	4.9	16.8
10	Fred Scolari	30	PG	16	505	4.3	11.5	.377	4.0	4.8	.824	3.4	2.6	3.8	12.7	AS
11	Jake Fendley	23	PG	45	380	3.0	7.6	.400	3.8	5.7	.667	4.4	3.4	7.8	9.9
12	Don Boven	27	SF	17	377	3.4	10.6	.324	3.1	4.1	.744	5.5	2.0	5.4	9.9
13	Ray Corley	25		8	65	1.7	13.3	.125	2.8	3.3	.833	2.8	2.8	10.0	6.1
14	Ralph O'Brien	24		7	50	7.2	17.3	.417	2.2	3.6	.600	0.0	2.9	5.0	16.6
15	Ralph Johnson	31	PG	3	30	3.6	10.8	.333	2.4	3.6	.667	1.2	6.0	7.2	9.6
16	Jack Kiley	24	SG	6	27	2.7	13.3	.200	2.7	2.7	1.000	2.7	4.0	9.3	8.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Larry Foust	24	C	8	332	5.2	13.1	.397	6.2	7.4	.838	12.0	0.7	3.7	16.6
2	Andy Phillip	30	SG	8	329	2.6	7.8	.338	3.7	5.6	.667	3.5	3.3	2.5	9.0
3	Fred Scolari	30	PG	8	268	3.9	12.1	.322	6.6	8.2	.803	3.4	2.8	4.2	14.4
4	Fred Schaus	27	SF	8	244	2.7	8.9	.300	5.2	6.8	.761	6.2	1.8	5.9	10.5
5	Monk Meineke	22	PF	8	227	2.4	6.3	.375	4.8	7.0	.682	4.1	1.6	5.9	9.5
6	Chuck Share	25	C	8	198	2.0	4.9	.407	4.7	7.1	.667	9.5	2.2	8.2	8.7
7	Frankie Brian	29	SG	8	146	3.2	10.4	.310	4.7	6.2	.760	2.2	2.7	5.7	11.1
8	Don Boven	27	SF	8	111	2.3	9.1	.250	2.9	5.2	.563	5.2	0.6	7.1	7.5
9	Dike Eddleman	30	SF	7	63	5.1	13.1	.391	2.3	8.6	.267	2.9	1.1	10.9	12.6
10	Jake Fendley	23	PG	1	2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		18.0	0.0	18.0	0.0