1949-50 Anderson Packers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-27
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 4-4 Lost semifinals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Tri-Cities Blackhawks 2-1
Division Finals - Defeated Indianapolis Olympians 2-1
Semifinals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 2-0
Coach: Howie Schultz (21-14)
Coach: Ike Duffey (1-2)
Coach: Doxie Moore (15-11)
Location: Anderson, Indiana

1949-50 Anderson Packers Roster
1949-50 Anderson Packers Results

The Anderson Packers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 37 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-4.

The Packers poured in 5,589 points and yielded 5,346. Frank Brian tossed in a team-best 1,138 points for Anderson, and Frank Brian dished out 189 assists for the squad.

Howie Schultz, Ike Duffey and Doxie Moore coached the team. The 1949-50 Anderson Packers lost in the semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Frank Brian	G	64	1156	368			488	402	189	192	1138
Bill Closs	F-C	64	898	283			259	186	160	190	752
John Hargis	G-F	60	550	223			277	197	102	170	643
Milo Komenich	F-C	64	861	244			250	146	124	246	634
Ed Stanczak	F	57	456	159			270	203	67	166	521
Ralph Johnson	G	35	426	133			83	71	104	112	337
Frank Gates	G-F	64	402	113			98	61	91	147	287
Howie Schultz	C-F	35	316	83			160	117	88	125	283
Charlie Black	F-C	29	378	101			112	77	88	133	279
Rollie Seltz	G-F	34	309	93			104	80	64	72	266
Richie Niemiera	G-F	29	143	51			66	48	55	35	150
Walt Kirk	G-F	26	125	31			83	57	43	63	119
Red Owens	G-F	35	151	44			42	28	41	87	116
Jake Carter	F-C	11	30	10			27	18	8	32	38
Jack Smiley	F-G	12	50	6			24	12	14	35	24
Murray Mitchell	C	2	3	1			0	0	2	1	2
Totals		621	6254	1943	0	0	2343	1703	1240	1806	5589

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Frank Brian	G	64	31.8	82.4	3.0	3.0	17.8
Bill Closs	F-C	64	31.5	71.8	2.5	3.0	11.8
John Hargis	G-F	60	40.5	71.1	1.7	2.8	10.7
Milo Komenich	F-C	64	28.3	58.4	1.9	3.8	9.9
Ed Stanczak	F	57	34.9	75.2	1.2	2.9	9.1
Ralph Johnson	G	35	31.2	85.5	3.0	3.2	9.6
Frank Gates	G-F	64	28.1	62.2	1.4	2.3	4.5
Howie Schultz	C-F	35	26.3	73.1	2.5	3.6	8.1
Charlie Black	F-C	29	26.7	68.8	3.0	4.6	9.6
Rollie Seltz	G-F	34	30.1	76.9	1.9	2.1	7.8
Richie Niemiera	G-F	29	35.7	72.7	1.9	1.2	5.2
Walt Kirk	G-F	26	24.8	68.7	1.7	2.4	4.6
Red Owens	G-F	35	29.1	66.7	1.2	2.5	3.3
Jake Carter	F-C	11	33.3	66.7	0.7	2.9	3.5
Jack Smiley	F-G	12	12.0	50.0	1.2	2.9	2.0
Murray Mitchell	C	2	33.3		1.0	0.5	1.0
Averages		621	31.1	72.7	2.0	2.9	9.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
John Hargis	G-F	8	89	32			45	37	13	26	101
Frank Brian	G	8	96	26			48	43	19	24	95
Bill Closs	F-C	8	109	33			30	25	14	27	91
Red Owens	G-F	8	89	26			41	28	19	37	80
Milo Komenich	F-C	8	107	26			28	16	14	36	68
Charlie Black	F-C	8	61	18			29	21	17	38	57
Ed Stanczak	F	8	48	14			30	23	10	26	51
Richie Niemiera	G-F	8	27	11			8	6	8	10	28
Jake Carter	F-C	8	21	3			6	4	3	12	10
Totals		72	647	189	0	0	265	203	117	236	581

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
John Hargis	G-F	8	36.0	82.2	1.6	3.3	12.6
Frank Brian	G	8	27.1	89.6	2.4	3.0	11.9
Bill Closs	F-C	8	30.3	83.3	1.8	3.4	11.4
Red Owens	G-F	8	29.2	68.3	2.4	4.6	10.0
Milo Komenich	F-C	8	24.3	57.1	1.8	4.5	8.5
Charlie Black	F-C	8	29.5	72.4	2.1	4.8	7.1
Ed Stanczak	F	8	29.2	76.7	1.3	3.3	6.4
Richie Niemiera	G-F	8	40.7	75.0	1.0	1.3	3.5
Jake Carter	F-C	8	14.3	66.7	0.4	1.5	1.3
Averages		621	29.2	76.6	1.6	3.3	8.1