1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

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Record: 37-35, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Eckman (37-35)

Executive: Fred Zollner

PTS/G: 94.4 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 93.7 (1st of 8)

SRS: 0.45 (3rd of 8) Pace: 103.2 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.7 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 90.0 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: +0.7 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 38-34 (2nd of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Philadelphia Warriors (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
15, 18	Jesse Arnelle	PF	6-5	220	December 30, 1933	us	R	Penn State
18	Don Bielke	C	6-7	240	May 10, 1932	us	R	Valparaiso
7	Frankie Brian	PG	6-1	180	May 1, 1923	us	6	LSU
6	Chuck Cooper	SF	6-5	210	September 29, 1926	us	5	Duquesne
7, 8	Corky Devlin	SG	6-5	195	December 21, 1931	us	R	George Washington
16	Larry Foust	C	6-9	215	June 24, 1928	us	5	La Salle
10	Jim Holstein	SF	6-3	180	September 24, 1930	us	3	Cincinnati
15	Johnny Horan	F	6-8	190	November 24, 1932	us	R	Dayton
17	Bob Houbregs	C	6-8	225	March 12, 1932	ca	2	Washington
9	Mel Hutchins	PF	6-6	200	November 22, 1928	us	4	BYU
5	Chuck Noble	SG	6-4	190	July 24, 1931		R	Louisville
14	Andy Phillip	PG	6-2	195	March 7, 1922	us	8	Illinois
8, 15	Odie Spears	SF	6-5	205	June 17, 1924	us	6	Western Kentucky
12	George Yardley	SF	6-5	190	November 3, 1928	us	2	Stanford
10	Max Zaslofsky	SG	6-2	170	December 7, 1925	us	9	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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mel Hutchins	27	66	33.9	4.9	11.6	.425	4.9	11.6	.425	.425	2.2	3.3	.643	7.5	2.7	2.5	12.0
2	George Yardley	27	71	33.1	6.1	15.0	.407	6.1	15.0	.407	.407	5.1	6.9	.742	9.7	2.2	3.0	17.4
3	Andy Phillip	33	70	29.7	2.1	5.8	.365	2.1	5.8	.365	.365	1.6	2.8	.563	3.7	5.9	2.2	5.8
4	Larry Foust	27	72	28.1	5.1	11.4	.447	5.1	11.4	.447	.447	6.0	7.7	.778	9.0	1.8	3.7	16.2
5	Chuck Noble	24	72	28.0	3.8	10.7	.352	3.8	10.7	.352	.352	2.0	2.7	.749	3.6	3.9	3.5	9.5
6	Corky Devlin	24	69	22.2	2.9	7.8	.370	2.9	7.8	.370	.370	2.1	2.8	.760	2.5	2.0	1.7	7.9
7	Bob Houbregs	23	70	21.9	3.5	8.2	.430	3.5	8.2	.430	.430	4.0	5.5	.739	5.9	2.3	2.1	11.1
8	Max Zaslofsky	30	9	20.2	3.2	9.0	.358	3.2	9.0	.358	.358	3.3	3.9	.857	1.8	1.8	2.0	9.8
9	Odie Spears	31	72	19.1	2.3	6.5	.355	2.3	6.5	.355	.355	2.2	2.8	.791	3.2	1.7	2.7	6.8
10	Frankie Brian	32	37	18.4	2.1	7.1	.297	2.1	7.1	.297	.297	1.9	2.4	.818	2.4	2.0	1.7	6.2
11	Chuck Cooper	29	32	17.8	1.3	4.3	.316	1.3	4.3	.316	.316	1.2	1.5	.776	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.9
12	Jesse Arnelle	22	31	13.2	1.7	5.3	.317	1.7	5.3	.317	.317	1.4	2.2	.623	5.5	0.6	1.9	4.7
13	Jim Holstein	25	27	13.0	0.9	3.3	.270	0.9	3.3	.270	.270	0.9	1.4	.649	2.8	1.4	1.9	2.7
14	Johnny Horan	23	7	6.1	1.1	3.7	.308	1.1	3.7	.308	.308	0.9	0.9	1.000	0.6	0.1	2.0	3.1
15	Don Bielke	23	7	5.4	0.7	1.3	.556	0.7	1.3	.556	.556	0.6	1.0	.571	1.3	0.1	1.3	2.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	27	10	40.6	7.7	18.3	.421	7.7	18.3	.421	.421	7.6	9.8	.776	13.9	2.6	2.5	23.0
2	Mel Hutchins	27	10	37.7	3.4	11.2	.304	3.4	11.2	.304	.304	2.5	4.1	.610	8.8	2.3	2.7	9.3
3	Larry Foust	27	10	28.9	4.9	13.0	.377	4.9	13.0	.377	.377	7.0	8.9	.787	12.7	1.4	3.8	16.8
4	Corky Devlin	24	10	27.5	4.1	10.1	.406	4.1	10.1	.406	.406	1.5	2.5	.600	2.1	2.3	2.1	9.7
5	Chuck Noble	24	10	26.1	2.9	9.2	.315	2.9	9.2	.315	.315	1.6	1.7	.941	3.0	4.1	3.0	7.4
6	Bob Houbregs	23	10	21.7	3.6	7.8	.462	3.6	7.8	.462	.462	3.1	4.4	.705	6.7	1.4	2.1	10.3
7	Odie Spears	31	10	17.7	2.0	6.2	.323	2.0	6.2	.323	.323	1.3	2.3	.565	2.9	1.4	3.3	5.3
8	Andy Phillip	33	10	17.3	0.9	2.7	.333	0.9	2.7	.333	.333	1.1	2.5	.440	2.6	3.5	1.6	2.9
9	Frankie Brian	32	10	16.6	2.6	6.8	.382	2.6	6.8	.382	.382	1.7	2.1	.810	1.2	1.7	1.5	6.9
10	Chuck Cooper	29	9	6.6	0.6	2.9	.192	0.6	2.9	.192	.192	0.2	0.3	.667	1.9	0.2	0.6	1.3

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	27	71	2353	434	1067	.407	434	1067	.407	.407	365	492	.742	686	159	212	1233
2	Mel Hutchins	27	66	2240	325	764	.425	325	764	.425	.425	142	221	.643	496	180	166	792
3	Andy Phillip	33	70	2078	148	405	.365	148	405	.365	.365	112	199	.563	257	410	155	408
4	Larry Foust	27	72	2024	367	821	.447	367	821	.447	.447	432	555	.778	648	127	263	1166
5	Chuck Noble	24	72	2013	270	767	.352	270	767	.352	.352	146	195	.749	261	282	253	686
6	Corky Devlin	24	69	1535	200	541	.370	200	541	.370	.370	146	192	.760	171	138	119	546
7	Bob Houbregs	23	70	1535	247	575	.430	247	575	.430	.430	283	383	.739	414	159	147	777
8	Odie Spears	31	72	1378	166	468	.355	166	468	.355	.355	159	201	.791	231	121	191	491
9	Frankie Brian	32	37	680	78	263	.297	78	263	.297	.297	72	88	.818	88	74	62	228
10	Chuck Cooper	29	32	570	43	136	.316	43	136	.316	.316	38	49	.776	101	28	69	124
11	Jesse Arnelle	22	31	409	52	164	.317	52	164	.317	.317	43	69	.623	170	18	60	147
12	Jim Holstein	25	27	352	24	89	.270	24	89	.270	.270	24	37	.649	76	38	51	72
13	Max Zaslofsky	30	9	182	29	81	.358	29	81	.358	.358	30	35	.857	16	16	18	88
14	Johnny Horan	23	7	43	8	26	.308	8	26	.308	.308	6	6	1.000	4	1	14	22
15	Don Bielke	23	7	38	5	9	.556	5	9	.556	.556	4	7	.571	9	1	9	14
			72		2396	6174	.388	2396	6174	.388	.388	2002	2729	.734	3974	1752	1789	6794

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	27	10	406	77	183	.421	77	183	.421	.421	76	98	.776	139	26	25	230
2	Mel Hutchins	27	10	377	34	112	.304	34	112	.304	.304	25	41	.610	88	23	27	93
3	Larry Foust	27	10	289	49	130	.377	49	130	.377	.377	70	89	.787	127	14	38	168
4	Corky Devlin	24	10	275	41	101	.406	41	101	.406	.406	15	25	.600	21	23	21	97
5	Chuck Noble	24	10	261	29	92	.315	29	92	.315	.315	16	17	.941	30	41	30	74
6	Bob Houbregs	23	10	217	36	78	.462	36	78	.462	.462	31	44	.705	67	14	21	103
7	Odie Spears	31	10	177	20	62	.323	20	62	.323	.323	13	23	.565	29	14	33	53
8	Andy Phillip	33	10	173	9	27	.333	9	27	.333	.333	11	25	.440	26	35	16	29
9	Frankie Brian	32	10	166	26	68	.382	26	68	.382	.382	17	21	.810	12	17	15	69
10	Chuck Cooper	29	9	59	5	26	.192	5	26	.192	.192	2	3	.667	17	2	5	12

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George Yardley	27	71	2353	20.0	.480	.461	4.6	2.8	7.5	.152
2	Mel Hutchins	27	66	2240	14.4	.460	.289	2.1	2.4	4.4	.095
3	Andy Phillip	33	70	2078	12.0	.414	.491	0.6	2.3	2.9	.066
4	Larry Foust	27	72	2024	23.8	.547	.676	8.6	2.6	11.1	.264
5	Chuck Noble	24	72	2013	10.8	.402	.254	-0.9	2.0	1.1	.026
6	Corky Devlin	24	69	1535	11.3	.436	.355	0.6	1.2	1.8	.057
7	Bob Houbregs	23	70	1535	22.0	.523	.666	4.9	1.9	6.9	.214
8	Odie Spears	31	72	1378	11.3	.441	.429	0.7	1.3	2.0	.070
9	Frankie Brian	32	37	680	9.4	.378	.335	-0.8	0.6	-0.2	-0.016
10	Chuck Cooper	29	32	570	6.4	.394	.360	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.016
11	Jesse Arnelle	22	31	409	12.6	.378	.421	-0.6	0.6	0.0	-0.001
12	Jim Holstein	25	27	352	7.1	.342	.416	-0.5	0.4	-0.1	-0.015
13	Max Zaslofsky	30	9	182	13.8	.456	.432	0.2	0.1	0.3	.091
14	Johnny Horan	23	7	43	2.3	.384	.231	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.066
15	Don Bielke	23	7	38	12.2	.579	.778	0.1	0.0	0.2	.198

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George Yardley	27	10	406	25.4	.509	.536	13.1	1.3	0.8	2.1	.244
2	Mel Hutchins	27	10	377	9.0	.358	.366	10.4	-0.6	0.6	0.0	.003
3	Larry Foust	27	10	289	25.2	.497	.685	9.5	0.8	0.6	1.5	.243
4	Corky Devlin	24	10	275	10.7	.433	.248	15.8	0.1	0.3	0.4	.066
5	Chuck Noble	24	10	261	9.9	.372	.185	27.7	-0.3	0.4	0.1	.025
6	Bob Houbregs	23	10	217	21.7	.529	.564	12.6	0.7	0.4	1.1	.239
7	Odie Spears	31	10	177	6.1	.367	.371	14.0	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.004
8	Andy Phillip	33	10	173	11.4	.382	.926	32.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	.084
9	Frankie Brian	32	10	166	13.0	.447	.309	19.6	0.1	0.2	0.3	.094
10	Chuck Cooper	29	9	59	1.3	.220	.115	5.7	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.228

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