1956-57 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

Record: 34-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Eckman (34-38)

Executive: Otto Adams, Fred Zollner

PTS/G: 96.4 (7th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 98.7 (3rd of 8)

SRS: -2.17 (8th of 8) Pace: 107.7 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.8 (4th of 8) Def Rtg: 91.0 (8th of 8) Net Rtg: -2.1 (8th of 8)

Expected W-L: 30-42 (8th of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1957 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (0-1) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (0-2) 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
8	Corky Devlin	SG	6-5	195	December 21, 1931	us US	1	George Washington
16	Larry Foust	C	6-9	215	June 24, 1928	us US	6	La Salle
18	Alex Hannum	PF	6-7	210	July 19, 1923	us US	7	USC
17	Bob Houbregs	C	6-8	225	March 12, 1932	ca CA	3	Washington
9	Mel Hutchins	PF	6-6	200	November 22, 1928	us US	5	BYU
14	Billy Kenville	SG	6-2	187	December 1, 1930	us US	3	St. Bonaventure
5	Chuck Noble	SG	6-4	190	July 24, 1931		1	Louisville
6	Red Rocha	C	6-9	185	September 18, 1923	us US	8	Oregon State
15	Dick Rosenthal	SF	6-5	205	January 20, 1930	us US	1	Notre Dame
7	Gene Shue	PG	6-2	170	December 18, 1931	us US	2	Maryland
19	Odie Spears	SF	6-5	205	June 17, 1924	us US	7	Western Kentucky
10	Bill Thieben	PF	6-7	215	March 28, 1935		R	Hofstra
12	George Yardley	SF	6-5	190	November 3, 1928	us US	3	Stanford

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	George Yardley	28	SF	72	37.4	7.3	17.7	.410	7.0	8.9	.787	10.5	2.0	3.2	21.5	MVP-5,AS,NBA2
2	Mel Hutchins	28	PF	72	36.8	5.1	13.2	.387	2.1	2.9	.738	7.9	2.9	2.5	12.4	MVP-8,AS
3	Gene Shue	25	PG	72	34.3	3.8	9.9	.385	3.3	4.4	.763	5.8	3.3	1.9	10.9
4	Bob Houbregs	24	C	60	26.5	4.2	9.8	.432	2.8	3.9	.714	6.7	1.9	2.0	11.2
5	Larry Foust	28	C	61	25.1	4.0	10.1	.394	4.5	6.2	.718	9.1	1.2	3.6	12.4
6	Billy Kenville	26	SG	71	24.0	2.9	8.6	.336	2.5	3.1	.798	4.6	2.4	2.4	8.2
7	Chuck Noble	25	SG	54	23.3	3.7	10.3	.360	1.4	1.9	.745	2.5	3.3	3.0	8.8
8	Corky Devlin	25	SG	71	17.5	2.7	7.1	.378	1.4	2.0	.678	2.1	2.0	1.6	6.7
9	Red Rocha	33	C	72	16.0	1.9	5.4	.349	1.5	2.0	.757	3.8	1.1	2.3	5.3
10	Bill Thieben	21	PF	58	10.9	1.6	4.4	.352	1.0	1.5	.655	3.6	0.3	1.3	4.1
11	Dick Rosenthal	27	SF	18	10.4	1.2	4.4	.266	0.5	0.9	.529	2.9	0.9	1.2	2.8
12	Alex Hannum	33	PF	22	10.0	1.3	3.5	.382	0.5	0.9	.600	2.5	0.5	2.1	3.2
13	Odie Spears	32	SF	4	5.3	0.5	1.8	.286	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.8	0.3	0.5	2.0
	Team Totals			72	24.5	3.6	9.4	.383	2.7	3.6	.747	5.5	2.0	2.3	9.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	28	SF	2	42.5	12.0	26.5	.453	4.5	5.5	.818	9.5	4.0	3.5	28.5
2	Gene Shue	25	PG	2	39.5	7.0	13.5	.519	2.0	2.0	1.000	3.5	4.0	1.5	16.0
3	Mel Hutchins	28	PF	2	34.0	4.5	15.0	.300	2.5	3.5	.714	11.5	5.0	4.0	11.5
4	Larry Foust	28	C	2	32.0	6.5	11.5	.565	9.5	11.5	.826	12.5	3.0	5.0	22.5
5	Corky Devlin	25	SG	1	25.0	6.0	8.0	.750	1.0	1.0	1.000	5.0	5.0	5.0	13.0
6	Chuck Noble	25	SG	2	22.5	5.0	13.0	.385	0.5	1.0	.500	1.5	2.0	2.5	10.5
7	Bob Houbregs	24	C	2	19.0	3.5	8.5	.412	4.0	5.5	.727	3.0	1.5	1.5	11.0
8	Billy Kenville	26	SG	2	15.0	1.0	6.5	.154	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	2.5	0.5	2.0
9	Bill Thieben	21	PF	2	14.0	3.0	3.5	.857	1.0	3.0	.333	3.0	1.5	2.5	7.0
10	Red Rocha	33	C	2	9.0	0.0	2.5	.000	2.0	3.0	.667	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0
	Team Totals			5	25.3	4.8	11.0	.435	2.8	3.8	.736	5.3	2.7	2.7	12.4

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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	George Yardley	28	SF	72	2691	7.0	17.0	.410	6.7	8.5	.787	10.1	2.0	3.1	20.7	MVP-5,AS,NBA2
2	Mel Hutchins	28	PF	72	2647	5.0	13.0	.387	2.1	2.8	.738	7.8	2.9	2.5	12.1	MVP-8,AS
3	Gene Shue	25	PG	72	2470	4.0	10.3	.385	3.5	4.6	.763	6.1	3.5	2.0	11.5
4	Billy Kenville	26	SG	71	1701	4.3	12.9	.336	3.7	4.6	.798	6.9	3.6	3.6	12.3
5	Bob Houbregs	24	C	60	1592	5.7	13.2	.432	3.8	5.3	.714	9.1	2.6	2.7	15.2
6	Larry Foust	28	C	61	1533	5.7	14.5	.394	6.4	8.9	.718	13.0	1.7	5.2	17.8
7	Chuck Noble	25	SG	54	1260	5.7	15.9	.360	2.2	2.9	.745	3.9	5.1	4.6	13.6
8	Corky Devlin	25	SG	71	1242	5.5	14.6	.378	2.8	4.1	.678	4.2	4.1	3.3	13.8
9	Red Rocha	33	C	72	1154	4.2	12.2	.349	3.4	4.5	.757	8.5	2.5	5.1	11.9
10	Bill Thieben	21	PF	58	633	5.1	14.6	.352	3.2	4.9	.655	11.8	1.0	4.4	13.5
11	Alex Hannum	33	PF	22	219	4.8	12.5	.382	2.0	3.3	.600	8.9	1.6	7.6	11.5
12	Dick Rosenthal	27	SF	18	188	4.0	15.1	.266	1.7	3.3	.529	10.0	3.3	4.2	9.8
13	Odie Spears	32	SF	4	21	3.4	12.0	.286	6.9	6.9	1.000	5.1	1.7	3.4	13.7

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	28	SF	2	85	10.2	22.4	.453	3.8	4.7	.818	8.0	3.4	3.0	24.1
2	Gene Shue	25	PG	2	79	6.4	12.3	.519	1.8	1.8	1.000	3.2	3.6	1.4	14.6
3	Mel Hutchins	28	PF	2	68	4.8	15.9	.300	2.6	3.7	.714	12.2	5.3	4.2	12.2
4	Larry Foust	28	C	2	64	7.3	12.9	.565	10.7	12.9	.826	14.1	3.4	5.6	25.3
5	Chuck Noble	25	SG	2	45	8.0	20.8	.385	0.8	1.6	.500	2.4	3.2	4.0	16.8
6	Bob Houbregs	24	C	2	38	6.6	16.1	.412	7.6	10.4	.727	5.7	2.8	2.8	20.8
7	Billy Kenville	26	SG	2	30	2.4	15.6	.154	0.0	1.2	.000	1.2	6.0	1.2	4.8
8	Bill Thieben	21	PF	2	28	7.7	9.0	.857	2.6	7.7	.333	7.7	3.9	6.4	18.0
9	Corky Devlin	25	SG	1	25	8.6	11.5	.750	1.4	1.4	1.000	7.2	7.2	7.2	18.7
10	Red Rocha	33	C	2	18	0.0	10.0	.000	8.0	12.0	.667	12.0	0.0	8.0	8.0