1956-57 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats

Record: 34-38, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Red Holzman (14-19), Slater Martin (5-3), Alex Hannum (15-16)

PTS/G: 98.5 (6th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 98.6 (2nd of 8)

SRS: -0.27 (4th of 8) Pace: 108.3 (6th of 8)

Off Rtg: 89.0 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 89.1 (3rd of 8) Net Rtg: -0.1 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 36-36 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium

NBA 1957 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (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
25	John Barber	F	6-6	210	June 27, 1927		R	California State University, Los Angeles
26	Irv Bemoras	SF	6-3	185	November 18, 1930	us US	1	Illinois
12	Jack Coleman	PF	6-7	195	May 23, 1924	us US	7	Louisville
6, 17	Cliff Hagan	SF	6-4	210	December 9, 1931	us US	R	Kentucky
33	Alex Hannum	PF	6-7	210	July 19, 1923	us US	7	USC
	Bob Harrison	G	6-1	190	August 12, 1927	us US	7	Michigan
20, 50	Ed Macauley	PF	6-8	185	March 22, 1928	us US	7	Saint Louis
22	Slater Martin	PG	5-10	170	October 22, 1925	us US	7	Texas
21	Jack McMahon	SG	6-1	185	December 3, 1928	us US	4	St. John's
33	Willie Naulls	F-C	6-6	225	October 7, 1934	us US	R	UCLA
32	Med Park	SG	6-2	205	April 11, 1933	us US	1	Missouri
9	Bob Pettit	C	6-9	205	December 12, 1932	us US	2	LSU
70	Chuck Share	C	6-11	235	March 14, 1927	us US	5	Bowling Green
15	Odie Spears	SF	6-5	205	June 17, 1924	us US	7	Western Kentucky
22	Norm Stewart	F	6-5	205	January 20, 1935	us US	R	Missouri

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	Slater Martin	31	PG	53	37.3	4.0	12.1	.330	3.5	4.5	.782	4.6	4.3	3.1	11.5	AS,NBA2
2	Ed Macauley	28	PF	72	35.9	5.8	13.7	.419	5.0	6.7	.749	6.1	2.8	2.9	16.5	AS
3	Bob Pettit	24	C	71	35.1	8.6	20.8	.415	7.5	9.6	.773	14.6	1.9	2.5	24.7	MVP-2,AS,NBA1
4	Jack McMahon	28	SG	72	32.6	3.3	10.1	.330	2.0	3.1	.631	3.1	5.1	3.0	8.6
5	Jack Coleman	32	PF	72	29.8	4.4	10.8	.408	1.7	2.2	.764	9.0	2.2	3.3	10.5
6	Chuck Share	29	C	72	23.2	3.3	7.4	.439	3.7	5.5	.684	8.9	1.1	3.7	10.3
7	Willie Naulls	22		19	23.1	4.1	11.1	.365	2.2	3.2	.683	8.8	1.2	3.0	10.3
8	Med Park	23	SG	66	17.1	1.8	4.9	.364	1.6	2.2	.740	3.0	1.4	2.1	5.2
9	Irv Bemoras	26	SF	62	15.9	2.0	6.2	.322	1.1	1.7	.680	2.0	0.7	1.2	5.1
10	Cliff Hagan	25	SF	67	14.5	2.0	5.5	.361	1.5	2.2	.690	3.7	1.3	2.5	5.5
11	Odie Spears	32	SF	7	13.9	1.4	4.4	.323	2.1	2.6	.833	1.7	0.9	3.1	5.0
12	Alex Hannum	33	PF	37	11.4	1.3	4.0	.327	0.7	1.0	.694	2.8	0.5	2.4	3.3
13	Norm Stewart	22		5	7.4	0.8	3.0	.267	0.4	1.2	.333	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.0
14	Bob Harrison	29		10	4.8	1.1	3.1	.355	0.3	0.8	.375	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.5
15	John Barber	29		5	3.8	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.2	.500	1.2	0.0	0.8	1.4
	Team Totals			72	25.2	3.7	9.7	.384	2.9	3.9	.729	6.0	2.1	2.7	10.3

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Slater Martin	31	PG	10	43.9	5.5	15.5	.355	5.6	7.4	.757	4.2	4.9	3.9	16.6
2	Bob Pettit	24	C	10	43.0	9.8	23.7	.414	10.2	13.3	.767	16.8	2.5	3.3	29.8
3	Jack McMahon	28	SG	10	37.5	5.2	13.7	.380	2.0	3.6	.556	3.8	5.7	4.8	12.4
4	Cliff Hagan	25	SF	10	31.9	6.2	14.3	.434	4.6	6.3	.730	11.2	2.8	4.7	17.0
5	Jack Coleman	32	PF	10	31.3	3.6	11.3	.319	2.0	3.4	.588	8.8	3.3	3.2	9.2
6	Ed Macauley	28	PF	10	29.7	4.4	10.9	.404	5.4	7.4	.730	6.2	2.2	3.9	14.2
7	Med Park	23	SG	10	18.3	1.4	4.9	.286	1.6	2.2	.727	3.3	1.2	1.8	4.4
8	Chuck Share	29	C	10	16.8	3.1	7.2	.431	3.0	5.0	.600	6.3	0.6	3.9	9.2
9	Irv Bemoras	26	SF	3	6.7	1.0	2.7	.375	1.0	1.0	1.000	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.0
10	Alex Hannum	33	PF	2	3.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
	Team Totals			22	30.0	4.6	12.1	.385	4.1	5.8	.710	7.2	2.7	3.5	13.4

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Ed Macauley	28	PF	72	2582	5.8	13.8	.419	5.0	6.7	.749	6.1	2.8	2.9	16.5	AS
2	Bob Pettit	24	C	71	2491	8.9	21.3	.415	7.6	9.9	.773	15.0	1.9	2.6	25.4	MVP-2,AS,NBA1
3	Jack McMahon	28	SG	72	2344	3.7	11.1	.330	2.2	3.5	.631	3.4	5.6	3.3	9.5
4	Jack Coleman	32	PF	72	2145	5.3	13.0	.408	2.1	2.7	.764	10.8	2.7	3.9	12.7
5	Slater Martin	31	PG	53	1975	3.8	11.7	.330	3.4	4.3	.782	4.5	4.2	3.0	11.1	AS,NBA2
6	Chuck Share	29	C	72	1673	5.1	11.5	.439	5.8	8.5	.684	13.8	1.7	5.8	15.9
7	Med Park	23	SG	66	1130	3.8	10.3	.364	3.4	4.7	.740	6.4	3.0	4.4	11.0
8	Irv Bemoras	26	SF	62	983	4.5	14.1	.322	2.6	3.8	.680	4.7	1.7	2.8	11.6
9	Cliff Hagan	25	SF	67	971	5.0	13.8	.361	3.7	5.4	.690	9.2	3.2	6.1	13.6
10	Willie Naulls	22		19	438	6.3	17.3	.365	3.4	4.9	.683	13.7	1.8	4.7	16.0
11	Alex Hannum	33	PF	37	423	4.1	12.5	.327	2.1	3.1	.694	8.9	1.5	7.6	10.3
12	Odie Spears	32	SF	7	97	3.7	11.5	.323	5.6	6.7	.833	4.5	2.2	8.2	13.0
13	Bob Harrison	29		10	48	8.2	23.2	.355	2.3	6.0	.375	4.5	6.0	14.2	18.7
14	Norm Stewart	22		5	37	3.9	14.6	.267	1.9	5.8	.333	4.9	1.9	8.8	9.7
15	John Barber	29		5	19	3.8	15.2	.250	5.7	11.4	.500	11.4	0.0	7.6	13.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Slater Martin	31	PG	10	439	4.5	12.7	.355	4.6	6.1	.757	3.4	4.0	3.2	13.6
2	Bob Pettit	24	C	10	430	8.2	19.8	.414	8.5	11.1	.767	14.1	2.1	2.8	24.9
3	Jack McMahon	28	SG	10	375	5.0	13.2	.380	1.9	3.5	.556	3.6	5.5	4.6	11.9
4	Cliff Hagan	25	SF	10	319	7.0	16.1	.434	5.2	7.1	.730	12.6	3.2	5.3	19.2
5	Jack Coleman	32	PF	10	313	4.1	13.0	.319	2.3	3.9	.588	10.1	3.8	3.7	10.6
6	Ed Macauley	28	PF	10	297	5.3	13.2	.404	6.5	9.0	.730	7.5	2.7	4.7	17.2
7	Med Park	23	SG	10	183	2.8	9.6	.286	3.1	4.3	.727	6.5	2.4	3.5	8.7
8	Chuck Share	29	C	10	168	6.6	15.4	.431	6.4	10.7	.600	13.5	1.3	8.4	19.7
9	Irv Bemoras	26	SF	3	20	5.4	14.4	.375	5.4	5.4	1.000	10.8	1.8	7.2	16.2
10	Alex Hannum	33	PF	2	6	0.0	12.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	12.0	0.0