1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

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)

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

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

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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	Mel Hutchins	26	PF	72	39.7	4.7	12.5	.378	2.5	3.6	.708	9.2	3.4	3.2	12.0
2	Andy Phillip	32	PG	64	36.4	3.2	8.5	.371	3.3	4.8	.692	4.5	7.7	2.6	9.6	AS
3	George Yardley	26	SF	60	35.8	6.1	14.5	.418	5.2	6.9	.745	9.9	2.1	3.4	17.3	AS
4	Larry Foust	26	C	70	32.3	5.7	11.7	.487	5.6	7.3	.766	10.0	1.7	3.8	17.0	AS,NBA1
5	Max Zaslofsky	29	SG	70	26.6	3.8	11.7	.328	3.5	5.0	.702	2.7	2.9	1.9	11.2
6	Dick Rosenthal	25	SF	67	21.0	2.9	7.8	.377	1.9	2.7	.718	4.5	2.3	2.7	7.8
7	Frankie Brian	31	SG	71	19.5	3.3	8.8	.380	3.1	3.6	.851	1.8	2.0	1.9	9.7
8	Bob Houbregs	22	C	52	19.4	2.2	5.7	.391	2.0	2.8	.707	4.6	1.1	2.7	6.4
9	Monk Meineke	24	PF	68	15.1	2.0	5.4	.372	1.8	2.5	.700	3.6	0.9	2.3	5.8
10	Paul Walther	27	SG	68	12.1	0.8	2.4	.348	0.8	1.3	.614	2.3	1.9	1.7	2.4
11	Al Roges	24	SG	4	10.5	0.8	2.3	.333	1.0	1.8	.571	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.5
12	Jim Fritsche	23	PF	16	9.4	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	1.0	.813	2.0	0.3	1.8	2.8
	Team Totals			72	25.4	3.4	8.8	.390	2.9	4.0	.733	5.2	2.5	2.6	9.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Andy Phillip	32	PG	11	40.5	2.7	8.5	.323	3.1	3.6	.850	5.5	7.1	3.4	8.5
2	George Yardley	26	SF	11	38.2	5.2	13.0	.399	5.5	7.2	.759	9.0	3.3	3.4	15.8
3	Mel Hutchins	26	PF	11	37.9	5.5	13.1	.417	3.5	5.1	.679	8.1	2.8	4.3	14.4
4	Larry Foust	26	C	11	30.1	5.5	13.8	.395	4.7	6.6	.712	9.7	2.4	3.9	15.6
5	Frankie Brian	31	SG	11	24.5	4.4	10.9	.400	2.8	3.5	.816	2.0	2.5	2.4	11.5
6	Bob Houbregs	22	C	11	19.4	2.2	5.7	.381	2.6	3.4	.784	5.6	1.7	2.8	7.0
7	Dick Rosenthal	25	SF	11	19.0	2.5	7.6	.321	2.5	3.5	.718	4.4	2.4	3.5	7.5
8	Monk Meineke	24	PF	11	14.7	1.6	3.6	.450	2.1	2.3	.920	4.4	0.8	2.0	5.4
9	Max Zaslofsky	29	SG	11	11.7	1.6	4.0	.409	1.5	1.8	.800	1.5	1.6	1.8	4.7
10	Paul Walther	27	SG	10	9.5	1.2	2.2	.545	1.1	1.8	.611	2.0	0.8	2.0	3.5
	Team Totals			22	24.7	3.2	8.3	.391	3.0	3.9	.758	5.2	2.6	3.0	9.4

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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	Mel Hutchins	26	PF	72	2860	4.3	11.4	.378	2.3	3.2	.708	8.4	3.1	2.9	10.9
2	Andy Phillip	32	PG	64	2332	3.1	8.4	.371	3.3	4.8	.692	4.5	7.6	2.6	9.5	AS
3	Larry Foust	26	C	70	2264	6.3	13.0	.487	6.2	8.2	.766	11.1	1.9	4.2	18.9	AS,NBA1
4	George Yardley	26	SF	60	2150	6.1	14.6	.418	5.2	7.0	.745	9.9	2.1	3.4	17.3	AS
5	Max Zaslofsky	29	SG	70	1862	5.2	15.9	.328	4.8	6.8	.702	3.7	3.9	2.5	15.2
6	Dick Rosenthal	25	SF	67	1406	5.0	13.4	.377	3.3	4.6	.718	7.7	3.9	4.6	13.4
7	Frankie Brian	31	SG	71	1381	6.2	16.2	.380	5.7	6.6	.851	3.3	3.7	3.5	18.0
8	Monk Meineke	24	PF	68	1026	4.8	12.8	.372	4.2	6.0	.700	8.6	2.2	5.4	13.7
9	Bob Houbregs	22	C	52	1011	4.1	10.5	.391	3.7	5.2	.707	8.6	2.0	5.1	11.9
10	Paul Walther	27	SG	68	820	2.5	7.1	.348	2.4	3.9	.614	6.8	5.8	5.0	7.3
11	Jim Fritsche	23	PF	16	151	3.8	11.4	.333	3.1	3.8	.813	7.6	1.0	6.7	10.7
12	Al Roges	24	SG	4	42	2.6	7.7	.333	3.4	6.0	.571	2.6	1.7	5.1	8.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Andy Phillip	32	PG	11	445	2.4	7.5	.323	2.8	3.2	.850	4.9	6.3	3.0	7.6
2	George Yardley	26	SF	11	420	4.9	12.3	.399	5.1	6.8	.759	8.5	3.1	3.2	14.9
3	Mel Hutchins	26	PF	11	417	5.2	12.4	.417	3.3	4.8	.679	7.7	2.7	4.1	13.6
4	Larry Foust	26	C	11	331	6.5	16.5	.395	5.7	7.9	.712	11.6	2.8	4.7	18.7
5	Frankie Brian	31	SG	11	269	6.4	16.1	.400	4.1	5.1	.816	2.9	3.6	3.5	17.0
6	Bob Houbregs	22	C	11	213	4.1	10.6	.381	4.9	6.3	.784	10.5	3.2	5.2	13.0
7	Dick Rosenthal	25	SF	11	209	4.7	14.5	.321	4.8	6.7	.718	8.3	4.5	6.7	14.1
8	Monk Meineke	24	PF	11	162	4.0	8.9	.450	5.1	5.6	.920	10.7	2.0	4.9	13.1
9	Max Zaslofsky	29	SG	11	129	5.0	12.3	.409	4.5	5.6	.800	4.5	5.0	5.6	14.5
10	Paul Walther	27	SG	10	95	4.5	8.3	.545	4.2	6.8	.611	7.6	3.0	7.6	13.3