1948-49 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 22-38
Finishing 5th in the BAA's Western Division
Coach: Carl Bennett (0-6)
Coach: Curly Armstrong (22-32)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

1948-49 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster
1948-49 Fort Wayne Pistons Results

The Fort Wayne Pistons of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 22 wins and 38 losses, finishing fifth in the BAA's Western Division.

The Pistons racked up 4,457 points, worst in the circuit and allowed 4,651. Bob Tough scored a team-best 466 points for Fort Wayne, and Jack Smiley dished out 138 assists for the squad.

Carl Bennett and Curly Armstrong coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Tough	G-F	53	661	183			138	100	99	101	466
Jack Smiley	F-G	59	571	141			164	112	138	202	394
Curly Armstrong	G-F	52	428	131			169	118	105	152	380
Richie Niemiera	G-F	55	331	115			165	132	96	115	362
John Mahnken	C	37	514	136			119	79	82	143	351
Leo Klier	F-G	47	492	125			137	97	56	124	347
Dick Triptow	G-F	55	417	116			141	102	96	107	334
Bruce Hale	G-F	34	348	109			136	102	87	72	320
Bill Henry	C	32	300	96			203	125	55	110	317
Bob Kinney	C-F	37	271	86			143	82	51	135	254
Ward Williams	F	53	257	61			124	93	82	158	215
Leo Mogus	F-C	20	176	59			74	55	27	66	173
Blackie Towery	F-C	22	216	56			73	52	35	79	164
Charlie Black	F-C	17	145	46			62	38	25	64	130
Jake Pelkington	C-F	14	104	33			75	58	32	54	124
Walt Kirk	G-F	14	61	22			33	25	12	24	69
Ralph Hamilton	G-F	10	66	16			13	10	3	10	42
Roy Pugh	C-F	4	8	4			4	1	1	3	9
Dillard Crocker	F-G	2	4	1			6	4	0	3	6
Totals		617	5370	1536	0	0	1979	1385	1082	1722	4457

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Tough	G-F	53	27.7	72.5	1.9	1.9	8.8
Jack Smiley	F-G	59	24.7	68.3	2.3	3.4	6.7
Curly Armstrong	G-F	52	30.6	69.8	2.0	2.9	7.3
Richie Niemiera	G-F	55	34.7	80.0	1.7	2.1	6.6
John Mahnken	C	37	26.5	66.4	2.2	3.9	9.5
Leo Klier	F-G	47	25.4	70.8	1.2	2.6	7.4
Dick Triptow	G-F	55	27.8	72.3	1.7	1.9	6.1
Bruce Hale	G-F	34	31.3	75.0	2.6	2.1	9.4
Bill Henry	C	32	32.0	61.6	1.7	3.4	9.9
Bob Kinney	C-F	37	31.7	57.3	1.4	3.6	6.9
Ward Williams	F	53	23.7	75.0	1.5	3.0	4.1
Leo Mogus	F-C	20	33.5	74.3	1.4	3.3	8.7
Blackie Towery	F-C	22	25.9	71.2	1.6	3.6	7.5
Charlie Black	F-C	17	31.7	61.3	1.5	3.8	7.6
Jake Pelkington	C-F	14	31.7	77.3	2.3	3.9	8.9
Walt Kirk	G-F	14	36.1	75.8	0.9	1.7	4.9
Ralph Hamilton	G-F	10	24.2	76.9	0.3	1.0	4.2
Roy Pugh	C-F	4	50.0	25.0	0.3	0.8	2.3
Dillard Crocker	F-G	2	25.0	66.7	0.0	1.5	3.0
Averages		617	28.6	70.0	1.8	2.8	7.2