1956-57 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 36-36, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Vince Boryla (36-36)

PTS/G: 100.8 (3rd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 100.9 (6th of 8)

SRS: 0.07 (3rd of 8) Pace: 110.5 (4th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.6 (2nd of 8) Def Rtg: 90.7 (6th of 8) Net Rtg: -0.1 (4th of 8)

Expected W-L: 36-36 (4th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

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
10	Jim Baechtold	SF	6-4	205	December 9, 1927	us US	4	Eastern Kentucky University
18	Gary Bergen	C	6-8	210	July 16, 1932	us US	R	Utah
4	Carl Braun	PG	6-5	180	September 25, 1927	us US	7	Colgate
8	Nat Clifton	PF	6-6	220	October 13, 1922	us US	6	Xavier University of Louisiana
19	Ray Felix	C	6-11	220	December 10, 1930	us US	3	Long Island University
11	Harry Gallatin	PF	6-6	210	April 26, 1927	us US	8	Truman State University
9	Richie Guerin	SG	6-4	195	May 29, 1932	us US	R	Iona College
18	Phil Jordon	C-F	6-10	205	September 12, 1933	us US	R	Whitworth
7	Slater Martin	PG	5-10	170	October 22, 1925	us US	7	Texas
15	Dick McGuire	PG	6-0	180	January 25, 1926	us US	7	St. John's
6	Willie Naulls	PF	6-6	225	October 7, 1934	us US	R	UCLA
12	Kenny Sears	SF	6-9	198	August 17, 1933	us US	1	Santa Clara
14	Ron Shavlik	F	6-8	200	December 4, 1933	us US	R	NC State
17	Ron Sobie	SG	6-3	185	September 21, 1934	us US	R	DePaul

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Kenny Sears	23	SF	72	34.9	4.8	11.4	.418	5.3	6.7	.790	8.5	1.4	3.1	14.8	MVP-8
2	Slater Martin	31	PG	13	32.8	2.5	7.4	.344	3.4	4.1	.830	3.2	3.0	2.2	8.5	AS,NBA2
3	Carl Braun	29	PG	72	32.6	5.3	13.8	.381	3.4	4.2	.809	3.6	3.6	2.7	13.9	AS
4	Nat Clifton	34	PF	71	31.4	4.3	11.5	.377	2.1	3.1	.673	7.8	2.3	3.4	10.7	AS
5	Harry Gallatin	29	PF	72	27.0	4.6	11.3	.406	5.8	7.2	.800	10.1	1.2	2.8	15.0	MVP-8,AS
6	Willie Naulls	22	PF	52	25.8	4.2	11.7	.355	1.8	2.6	.674	8.7	1.2	2.5	10.1
7	Richie Guerin	24	SG	72	24.9	3.6	9.7	.368	2.5	4.1	.620	4.6	2.5	2.6	9.7
8	Ray Felix	26	C	72	22.5	4.1	9.8	.416	3.8	5.2	.747	8.2	0.5	3.9	12.0	MVP-8
9	Ron Sobie	22	SG	71	19.4	2.3	6.2	.376	2.1	2.8	.764	4.6	1.8	2.2	6.8
10	Dick McGuire	31	PG	72	16.5	1.9	5.1	.383	1.5	2.3	.644	2.0	3.1	1.4	5.3
11	Jim Baechtold	29	SF	45	10.3	1.7	4.4	.381	1.5	2.0	.750	1.8	0.7	0.9	4.8
12	Ron Shavlik	23		7	10.3	0.6	3.1	.182	0.3	0.7	.400	3.1	0.0	1.7	1.4
13	Phil Jordon	23		9	10.1	2.0	5.4	.367	0.9	1.3	.667	3.8	0.2	1.7	4.9
14	Gary Bergen	24		6	6.7	0.5	1.8	.273	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.3	0.2	0.7	1.3
	Team Totals			72	24.7	3.6	9.4	.386	3.0	4.0	.744	5.9	1.9	2.6	10.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Kenny Sears	23	SF	72	2516	4.9	11.7	.418	5.5	6.9	.790	8.8	1.4	3.2	15.3	MVP-8
2	Carl Braun	29	PG	72	2345	5.8	15.2	.381	3.8	4.7	.809	4.0	3.9	3.0	15.4	AS
3	Nat Clifton	34	PF	71	2231	5.0	13.2	.377	2.4	3.5	.673	9.0	2.6	3.9	12.3	AS
4	Harry Gallatin	29	PF	72	1943	6.2	15.1	.406	7.7	9.6	.800	13.4	1.6	3.7	20.0	MVP-8,AS
5	Richie Guerin	24	SG	72	1793	5.2	14.0	.368	3.6	5.9	.620	6.7	3.7	3.7	14.0
6	Ray Felix	26	C	72	1622	6.5	15.7	.416	6.1	8.2	.747	13.0	0.8	6.3	19.2	MVP-8
7	Ron Sobie	22	SG	71	1378	4.3	11.5	.376	4.0	5.2	.764	8.5	3.4	4.1	12.6
8	Willie Naulls	22	PF	52	1340	5.8	16.4	.355	2.4	3.6	.674	12.1	1.7	3.5	14.1
9	Dick McGuire	31	PG	72	1191	4.2	11.1	.383	3.2	4.9	.644	4.4	6.7	3.1	11.6
10	Jim Baechtold	29	SF	45	462	5.8	15.4	.381	5.1	6.9	.750	6.2	2.6	3.0	16.8
11	Slater Martin	31	PG	13	426	2.8	8.1	.344	3.7	4.5	.830	3.5	3.3	2.4	9.3	AS,NBA2
12	Phil Jordon	23		9	91	7.1	19.4	.367	3.2	4.7	.667	13.5	0.8	5.9	17.4
13	Ron Shavlik	23		7	72	2.0	11.0	.182	1.0	2.5	.400	11.0	0.0	6.0	5.0
14	Gary Bergen	24		6	40	2.7	9.9	.273	1.8	1.8	1.000	7.2	0.9	3.6	7.2