1948-49 Indianapolis Jets Roster and Stats

Record: 18-42, Finished 6th in BAA Western Division

Coach: Bruce Hale (4-13), Burl Friddle (14-29)

PTS/G: 74.7 (11th of 12) Opp PTS/G: 79.4 (6th of 12)

SRS: -4.20 (11th of 12) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 18-42 (11th of 12)

Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse

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
44	Charlie Black	F-C	6-5	200	June 15, 1921	us US	R	Kansas
66	Price Brookfield	F-G	6-4	185	May 11, 1920	us US	R	West Texas A&M University
22	Tommy Byrnes	F-G	6-3	175	February 19, 1923	us US	2	Seton Hall
30, 70	Jack Eskridge	C-F	6-5	200	January 21, 1924		R	Kansas
99	George Glamack	C-F	6-6	225	June 7, 1918	us US	R	UNC
22	Bruce Hale	G-F	6-1	170	August 30, 1918	us US	R	Santa Clara
55	Ralph Hamilton	G-F	6-1	188	June 10, 1921	us US	R	Indiana
60	Walt Kirk	PG	6-3	173	September 3, 1924	us US	R	Illinois
70	Andy Kostecka	F	6-3	203	February 10, 1921	us US	R	Georgetown
20	Freddie Lewis	F-G	6-2	195	January 6, 1921	us US	R	Eastern Kentucky University
40	Ray Lumpp	G	6-1	178	July 11, 1923	us US	R	NYU
	Jack Maddox	F-G	6-3	185	December 10, 1919	us US	R	SMU, West Texas A&M University
77	John Mahnken	C	6-8	220	June 16, 1922	us US	2	Georgetown
20	Lionel Malamed	G	5-9	150	November 15, 1924	us US	R	City College of New York
50	John Mandic	F-C	6-4	205	October 3, 1919	us US	R	Oregon State
44	Leo Mogus	F-C	6-4	190	April 13, 1921	us US	1	Youngstown State University
33	Fritz Nagy	G-F	6-2	185	January 3, 1924	us US	R	University of Akron
	Paul Napolitano	F-G	6-2	185	February 3, 1923	us US	R	San Francisco
55	Marty Passaglia	G	6-1	170	April 22, 1919	us US	1	Santa Clara
	Roy Pugh	C-F	6-6	210	October 16, 1922	us US	R	SMU
	Jim Springer	C	6-9	235	June 17, 1926	us US	R
	Jim Spruill	G	6-2	225	February 26, 1923	us US	R	Rice University
20	Hal Tidrick	F-G	6-1	190	April 4, 1915	us US	R	Washington & Jefferson College
77	Blackie Towery	F-C	6-4	210	June 20, 1920	us US	R	Western Kentucky
60	Dick Wehr	F	6-4	180	December 9, 1925	us US	R	Rice University

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	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Mahnken	26	C	13	4.5	18.2	.246	1.1	2.3	.467	2.6	3.1	10.0
2	Dick Wehr	23		9	0.6	2.3	.238	0.2	0.7	.333	0.3	1.3	1.3
3	Blackie Towery	28		38	3.9	14.6	.265	3.8	5.0	.753	3.6	4.3	11.5
4	Hal Tidrick	33		8	1.5	8.4	.179	1.8	2.3	.778	1.4	2.3	4.8
5	Jim Spruill	25		1	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	3.0	2.0
6	Jim Springer	22		2	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.5
7	Roy Pugh	26		6	0.2	1.2	.143	0.2	0.8	.200	0.3	0.3	0.5
8	Marty Passaglia	29		10	1.4	5.7	.246	0.3	0.4	.750	1.7	1.7	3.1
9	Paul Napolitano	25		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Fritz Nagy	25		50	1.9	5.4	.347	1.3	1.9	.670	1.4	1.7	5.1
11	Leo Mogus	27		19	5.4	14.9	.364	5.1	7.0	.729	3.9	3.9	15.9
12	John Mandic	29		56	1.7	5.4	.321	1.3	2.1	.652	1.4	2.7	4.8
13	Lionel Malamed	24		35	2.4	7.4	.328	1.7	2.0	.841	1.6	1.3	6.5
14	Charlie Black	27		41	3.8	13.3	.288	3.0	5.6	.537	2.8	4.5	10.7
15	Jack Maddox	29		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0
16	Ray Lumpp	25		37	4.4	13.2	.331	3.5	4.6	.754	3.4	2.7	12.2
17	Freddie Lewis	28		8	3.9	14.4	.270	2.1	3.0	.708	2.4	3.1	9.9
18	Andy Kostecka	27		21	2.2	5.2	.418	2.0	3.3	.614	0.7	2.3	6.4
19	Walt Kirk	24	PG	35	3.4	9.9	.342	4.1	5.7	.717	3.0	2.9	10.8
20	Ralph Hamilton	27		38	2.6	10.0	.257	1.3	2.1	.654	2.1	1.5	6.5
21	Bruce Hale	30		18	4.3	13.2	.329	3.9	5.1	.761	3.8	2.2	12.6
22	George Glamack	30		11	2.7	11.0	.248	3.8	5.0	.764	1.7	2.5	9.3
23	Jack Eskridge	25		20	1.3	3.5	.362	0.7	1.0	.700	0.7	1.2	3.2
24	Tommy Byrnes	25		22	3.8	11.6	.325	2.1	3.1	.676	2.2	1.4	9.6
25	Price Brookfield	28		54	3.3	11.8	.276	1.7	2.3	.720	2.5	2.7	8.2
	Team Totals				27.0	89.5	.302	20.7	30.0	.690	20.4	23.2	74.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Mahnken	26	13	58	236	.246	58	236	.246	.246	14	30	.467	34	40	130
2	Dick Wehr	23	9	5	21	.238	5	21	.238	.238	2	6	.333	3	12	12
3	Blackie Towery	28	38	147	555	.265	147	555	.265	.265	143	190	.753	136	164	437
4	Hal Tidrick	33	8	12	67	.179	12	67	.179	.179	14	18	.778	11	18	38
5	Jim Spruill	25	1	1	3	.333	1	3	.333	.333	0	0		0	3	2
6	Jim Springer	22	2	0	0		0	0			1	1	1.000	0	0	1
7	Roy Pugh	26	6	1	7	.143	1	7	.143	.143	1	5	.200	2	2	3
8	Marty Passaglia	29	10	14	57	.246	14	57	.246	.246	3	4	.750	17	17	31
9	Paul Napolitano	25	1	0	0		0	0			0	0		0	0	0
10	Fritz Nagy	25	50	94	271	.347	94	271	.347	.347	65	97	.670	68	84	253
11	Leo Mogus	27	19	103	283	.364	103	283	.364	.364	97	133	.729	74	75	303
12	John Mandic	29	56	97	302	.321	97	302	.321	.321	75	115	.652	80	151	269
13	Lionel Malamed	24	35	85	259	.328	85	259	.328	.328	58	69	.841	55	44	228
14	Charlie Black	27	41	157	546	.288	157	546	.288	.288	123	229	.537	115	183	437
15	Jack Maddox	29	1	0	0		0	0			0	0		1	0	0
16	Ray Lumpp	25	37	162	489	.331	162	489	.331	.331	129	171	.754	124	99	453
17	Freddie Lewis	28	8	31	115	.270	31	115	.270	.270	17	24	.708	19	25	79
18	Andy Kostecka	27	21	46	110	.418	46	110	.418	.418	43	70	.614	14	48	135
19	Walt Kirk	24	35	118	345	.342	118	345	.342	.342	142	198	.717	106	103	378
20	Ralph Hamilton	27	38	98	381	.257	98	381	.257	.257	51	78	.654	80	57	247
21	Bruce Hale	30	18	78	237	.329	78	237	.329	.329	70	92	.761	69	40	226
22	George Glamack	30	11	30	121	.248	30	121	.248	.248	42	55	.764	19	28	102
23	Jack Eskridge	25	20	25	69	.362	25	69	.362	.362	14	20	.700	14	24	64
24	Tommy Byrnes	25	22	83	255	.325	83	255	.325	.325	46	68	.676	48	31	212
25	Price Brookfield	28	54	176	638	.276	176	638	.276	.276	90	125	.720	136	145	442
			60	1621	5367	.302	1621	5367	.302	.302	1240	1798	.690	1225	1393	4482

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.