
1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics
Team Record: 40-28
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division
Postseason: 3-2 Lost division finals
Division Tiebreaker - Defeated Chicago Stags 1-0
Division Semifinals - Defeated Rochester Royals 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 2-0
Coach: Murray Mendenhall (40-28)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 40 wins and 28 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-2.
The Pistons scored 5,390 points and conceded 5,297. Fred Schaus scored a team-best 972 points for Fort Wayne, and Fred Schaus dished out 176 assists for the squad.
Murray Mendenhall coached the team. The 1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the division finals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Schaus | F | 68 | 0 | 996 | 351 | 330 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 972 | ||
Bob Carpenter | F-C | 66 | 0 | 617 | 212 | 256 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 614 | ||
Bob Harris | F-C | 62 | 0 | 465 | 168 | 223 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 476 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 63 | 0 | 516 | 144 | 241 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 458 | ||
Jack Kerris | F-C | 64 | 0 | 455 | 149 | 248 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 457 | ||
Leo Klier | F-G | 66 | 0 | 516 | 157 | 190 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 455 | ||
Charlie Black | F-C | 36 | 0 | 435 | 125 | 209 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 382 | ||
John Oldham | G | 59 | 0 | 426 | 127 | 145 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 357 | ||
Howie Schultz | C-F | 32 | 0 | 355 | 96 | 122 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 271 | ||
Ralph Johnson | G | 32 | 0 | 353 | 110 | 46 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 253 | ||
Bill Henry | C | 44 | 0 | 209 | 65 | 125 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 214 | ||
Richie Niemiera | G-F | 31 | 0 | 207 | 59 | 73 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 174 | ||
Duane Klueh | G | 19 | 0 | 112 | 49 | 69 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 144 | ||
Clint Wager | C-F | 63 | 0 | 203 | 57 | 47 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 143 | ||
Jerry Nagel | G | 14 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | ||
John Mahnken | C | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | ||
Totals | 721 | 0 | 5901 | 1878 | 0 | 0 | 2331 | 1634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2065 | 5390 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Schaus | F | 68 | 0.0 | 35.2 | 81.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 14.3 | |
Bob Carpenter | F-C | 66 | 0.0 | 34.4 | 74.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 9.3 | |
Bob Harris | F-C | 62 | 0.0 | 36.1 | 62.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 7.7 | |
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 63 | 0.0 | 27.9 | 70.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 7.3 | |
Jack Kerris | F-C | 64 | 0.0 | 32.7 | 64.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 7.1 | |
Leo Klier | F-G | 66 | 0.0 | 30.4 | 74.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 6.9 | |
Charlie Black | F-C | 36 | 0.0 | 28.7 | 63.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 10.6 | |
John Oldham | G | 59 | 0.0 | 29.8 | 71.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 6.1 | |
Howie Schultz | C-F | 32 | 0.0 | 27.0 | 64.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 8.5 | |
Ralph Johnson | G | 32 | 0.0 | 31.2 | 71.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.9 | |
Bill Henry | C | 44 | 0.0 | 31.1 | 67.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.9 | |
Richie Niemiera | G-F | 31 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 76.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 5.6 | |
Duane Klueh | G | 19 | 0.0 | 43.8 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 7.6 | |
Clint Wager | C-F | 63 | 0.0 | 28.1 | 61.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | |
Jerry Nagel | G | 14 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
John Mahnken | C | 2 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | |
Averages | 721 | 0.0 | 31.8 | 70.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 7.5 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Schaus | F | 4 | 0 | 66 | 24 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 74 | ||
Howie Schultz | C-F | 4 | 0 | 61 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 43 | ||
Jack Kerris | F-C | 4 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 37 | ||
Bob Carpenter | F-C | 4 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | ||
Bob Harris | F-C | 4 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | ||
Clint Wager | C-F | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 30 | ||
Ralph Johnson | G | 4 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | ||
Duane Klueh | G | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
Leo Klier | F-G | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals | 35 | 0 | 311 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 293 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Schaus | F | 4 | 0.0 | 36.4 | 83.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 18.5 | |
Howie Schultz | C-F | 4 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 76.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 10.8 | |
Jack Kerris | F-C | 4 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 9.3 | |
Bob Carpenter | F-C | 4 | 0.0 | 36.7 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 8.0 | |
Bob Harris | F-C | 4 | 0.0 | 28.1 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 7.5 | |
Clint Wager | C-F | 4 | 0.0 | 44.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | |
Ralph Johnson | G | 4 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 7.0 | |
Duane Klueh | G | 2 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | |
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 3 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
Leo Klier | F-G | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Averages | 721 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 72.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 8.4 |