1946-47 Chicago American Gears Statistics

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 26-18
Finishing 3rd in the NBL's West Division
Won Championship
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1946-47 Chicago American Gears Roster
1946-47 Chicago American Gears Results

The Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League ended the 1946-47 season with a record of 26 wins and 18 losses, finishing third in the NBL's West Division.

Chicago poured in 2,569 points and gave up 2,389. Robert Calihan netted a team-leading 484 points for the American Gears, while Bruce Hale scored 9 or more per game, too. The 1946-47 Chicago American Gears won the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	PF	Pts
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	44	196			132	92	124	484
Bruce Hale	G-F	41	156			141	116	103	428
George Mikan	C	25	147			164	119	96	413
Bobby McDermott	G	27	123			81	58	0	304
Price Brookfield	F-G	42	82			33	24	53	188
Stan Patrick	F-G	42	72			67	36	61	180
Dick Triptow	G-F	44	59			90	60	71	178
Stanley Szukala	G	38	56			27	17	70	129
Max Morris	F-C	33	44			63	33	59	121
George Ratkovicz	C-F	37	43			58	26	68	112
Arthur Stoefen	C-F	18	8			19	8	0	24
Bob Cotton	F-C-G	4	1			6	3	0	5
Bill McDonald	G-F	5	0			3	2	0	2
Irving Noren	F	3	0			2	1	0	1
Robert Synnott	F-C	1	0			0	0	0	0
Les Rothman	F-G	1	0			0	0	0	0
Totals		405	987	0	0	886	595	705	2569

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	PF	Pts
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	44	69.7	2.8	11.0
Bruce Hale	G-F	41	82.3	2.5	10.4
George Mikan	C	25	72.6	3.8	16.5
Bobby McDermott	G	27	71.6	0.0	11.3
Price Brookfield	F-G	42	72.7	1.3	4.5
Stan Patrick	F-G	42	53.7	1.5	4.3
Dick Triptow	G-F	44	66.7	1.6	4.0
Stanley Szukala	G	38	63.0	1.8	3.4
Max Morris	F-C	33	52.4	1.8	3.7
George Ratkovicz	C-F	37	44.8	1.8	3.0
Arthur Stoefen	C-F	18	42.1	0.0	1.3
Bob Cotton	F-C-G	4	50.0	0.0	1.3
Bill McDonald	G-F	5	66.7	0.0	0.4
Irving Noren	F	3	50.0	0.0	0.3
Robert Synnott	F-C	1		0.0	0.0
Les Rothman	F-G	1		0.0	0.0
Averages		405	67.2	1.7	6.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Pts
George Mikan	C	11	72			96	73	217
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	11	57			37	21	135
Bruce Hale	G-F	11	35			30	24	94
Bobby McDermott	G	9	26			24	22	74
Stan Patrick	F-G	11	30			15	10	70
Price Brookfield	F-G	11	29			7	3	61
Dick Triptow	G-F	11	19			22	15	53
George Ratkovicz	C-F	10	6			9	8	20
Max Morris	F-C	10	8			6	2	18
Stanley Szukala	G	7	2			5	4	8
Arthur Stoefen	C-F	2	0			1	0	0
Totals		104	284	0	0	252	182	750

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	Pts
George Mikan	C	11	76.0	19.7
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	11	56.8	12.3
Bruce Hale	G-F	11	80.0	8.5
Bobby McDermott	G	9	91.7	8.2
Stan Patrick	F-G	11	66.7	6.4
Price Brookfield	F-G	11	42.9	5.5
Dick Triptow	G-F	11	68.2	4.8
George Ratkovicz	C-F	10	88.9	2.0
Max Morris	F-C	10	33.3	1.8
Stanley Szukala	G	7	80.0	1.1
Arthur Stoefen	C-F	2	0.0	0.0
Averages		405	72.2	7.2