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1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

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)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

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

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

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Per Game

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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					27.2	75.8	.359	26.7	36.1	.738	51.4	20.8	30.7	81.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
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				19.2	21.8	62.9	.346	32.9	46.8	.703	27.0	11.9	34.4	76.4

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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	Fred Schaus	27	69		2541	240	719	.334				240	719	.334	.334	243	296	.821			413	245				261	723
2	Larry Foust	24	67		2303	311	865	.360				311	865	.360	.360	336	465	.723			769	151				267	958
3	Monk Meineke	22	68		2250	240	630	.381				240	630	.381	.381	245	313	.783			466	148				334	725
4	Andy Phillip	30	57		2147	202	505	.400				202	505	.400	.400	164	225	.729			278	286				181	568
5	Frankie Brian	29	68		1910	245	699	.351				245	699	.351	.351	236	297	.795			133	142				205	726
6	Dike Eddleman	30	69		1571	241	687	.351				241	687	.351	.351	133	237	.561			236	104				220	615
7	Chuck Share	25	67		1044	91	254	.358				91	254	.358	.358	172	234	.735			373	74				213	354
8	Jack Kerris	28	52		982	59	179	.330				59	179	.330	.330	61	99	.616			207	108				117	179
9	Dick Groat	22	26		663	100	272	.368				100	272	.368	.368	109	138	.790			86	69				90	309
10	Fred Scolari	30	16		505	61	162	.377				61	162	.377	.377	56	68	.824			47	37				54	178
11	Jake Fendley	23	45		380	32	80	.400				32	80	.400	.400	40	60	.667			46	36				82	104
12	Don Boven	27	17		377	36	111	.324				36	111	.324	.324	32	43	.744			58	21				57	104
13	Ray Corley	25	8		65	3	24	.125				3	24	.125	.125	5	6	.833			5	5				18	11
14	Ralph O'Brien	24	7		50	10	24	.417				10	24	.417	.417	3	5	.600			0	4				7	23
15	Ralph Johnson	31	3		30	3	9	.333				3	9	.333	.333	2	3	.667			1	5				6	8
16	Jack Kiley	24	6		27	2	10	.200				2	10	.200	.200	2	2	1.000			2	3				7	6
			69			1876	5230	.359				1876	5230	.359	.359	1839	2491	.738			3548	1438				2119	5591

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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	Larry Foust	24	8		332	48	121	.397				48	121	.397	.397	57	68	.838			111	6				34	153
2	Andy Phillip	30	8		329	24	71	.338				24	71	.338	.338	34	51	.667			32	30				23	82
3	Fred Scolari	30	8		268	29	90	.322				29	90	.322	.322	49	61	.803			25	21				31	107
4	Fred Schaus	27	8		244	18	60	.300				18	60	.300	.300	35	46	.761			42	12				40	71
5	Monk Meineke	22	8		227	15	40	.375				15	40	.375	.375	30	44	.682			26	10				37	60
6	Chuck Share	25	8		198	11	27	.407				11	27	.407	.407	26	39	.667			52	12				45	48
7	Frankie Brian	29	8		146	13	42	.310				13	42	.310	.310	19	25	.760			9	11				23	45
8	Don Boven	27	8		111	7	28	.250				7	28	.250	.250	9	16	.563			16	2				22	23
9	Dike Eddleman	30	7		63	9	23	.391				9	23	.391	.391	4	15	.267			5	2				19	22
10	Jake Fendley	23	1		2	0	0					0	0			0	0				1	0				1	0

Per 36 Minutes

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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	Awards
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

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	Fred Schaus	27	69	2541	13.2	.426		.412										1.3	2.7	4.0	.076
2	Larry Foust	24	67	2303	20.5	.448		.538										2.9	3.4	6.3	.131
3	Monk Meineke	22	68	2250	14.6	.472		.497										3.6	2.5	6.1	.130
4	Andy Phillip	30	57	2147	15.2	.470		.446										3.3	2.4	5.6	.126
5	Frankie Brian	29	68	1910	12.2	.438		.425										1.6	1.4	3.0	.076
6	Dike Eddleman	30	69	1571	10.7	.389		.345										-1.6	1.5	-0.1	-0.002
7	Chuck Share	25	67	1044	19.1	.496		.921										2.4	1.7	4.0	.186
8	Jack Kerris	28	52	982	11.7	.402		.553										0.1	1.2	1.3	.065
9	Dick Groat	22	26	663	18.2	.464		.507										1.4	0.7	2.0	.148
10	Fred Scolari	30	16	505	13.2	.464		.420										0.8	0.4	1.2	.111
11	Jake Fendley	23	45	380	10.9	.489		.750										0.7	0.4	1.1	.133
12	Don Boven	27	17	377	8.7	.400		.387										-0.1	0.3	0.2	.029
13	Ray Corley	25	8	65	-6.9	.206		.250										-0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.265
14	Ralph O'Brien	24	7	50	11.6	.439		.208										0.0	0.0	0.1	.071
15	Ralph Johnson	31	3	30	8.4	.388		.333										0.0	0.0	0.0	.031
16	Jack Kiley	24	6	27	-0.5	.276		.200										-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.149

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	Larry Foust	24	8	332	25.0	.507		.562				5.9						1.0	0.1	1.1	.158
2	Andy Phillip	30	8	329	12.5	.439		.718				24.0						0.2	0.1	0.3	.040
3	Fred Scolari	30	8	268	16.0	.458		.678				22.7						0.4	0.1	0.4	.076
4	Fred Schaus	27	8	244	11.8	.442		.767				13.0						0.1	0.1	0.2	.042
5	Monk Meineke	22	8	227	10.8	.505		1.100				11.4						0.4	0.0	0.5	.096
6	Chuck Share	25	8	198	14.5	.543		1.444				15.2						0.5	0.1	0.5	.127
7	Frankie Brian	29	8	146	9.7	.425		.595				20.7						0.0	0.0	0.1	.019
8	Don Boven	27	8	111	2.0	.328		.571				4.6						-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.104
9	Dike Eddleman	30	7	63	2.2	.372		.652				10.2						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.088
10	Jake Fendley	23	1	2	2.5							0.0						0.0	0.0	0.0	.023

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