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1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics
Team Record: 32-36
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Rochester Royals 2-1
Coach: Murray Mendenhall (32-36)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 107,019, Avg. 3,148 in 34 home dates
1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 32 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Pistons scored 5,722 points and gave up 5,849. Fred Schaus scored a team-best 1,028 points for Fort Wayne, and Larry Foust contributed 13 or more per game, too. Larry Foust accounted for 681 rebounds. Fred Schaus dished out 184 assists for the squad.
Murray Mendenhall coached the team. The 1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the division semifinals.
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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 | 918 | 312 | 484 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 495 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 1028 | ||
Larry Foust | C-F | 68 | 0 | 944 | 327 | 396 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 681 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 915 | ||
Jack Kerris | F-C | 68 | 0 | 689 | 255 | 295 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 477 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 711 | ||
Ralph Johnson | G | 68 | 0 | 737 | 235 | 162 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 584 | ||
John Oldham | G | 68 | 0 | 597 | 199 | 292 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 569 | ||
Duane Klueh | G | 61 | 0 | 458 | 157 | 184 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 449 | ||
Don Otten | C | 49 | 0 | 337 | 122 | 206 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 411 | ||
Dick Mehen | F-C-G | 43 | 0 | 310 | 118 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 279 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 38 | 0 | 232 | 72 | 90 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 202 | ||
Jim Riffey | F | 35 | 0 | 185 | 65 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 150 | ||
Ken Murray | G-F | 14 | 0 | 152 | 46 | 51 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 134 | ||
Bob Carpenter | F-C | 21 | 0 | 124 | 27 | 58 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 101 | ||
Art Burris | F | 33 | 0 | 113 | 28 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 77 | ||
John Hargis | G-F | 14 | 0 | 66 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 67 | ||
Bob Harris | F-C | 12 | 0 | 57 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 41 | ||
Totals | 660 | 0 | 5919 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 2381 | 1716 | 0 | 0 | 3226 | 1141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1961 | 5718 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Schaus | F | 68 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 83.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 15.1 | |
Larry Foust | C-F | 68 | 0.0 | 34.6 | 65.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 13.5 | |
Jack Kerris | F-C | 68 | 0.0 | 37.0 | 68.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 10.5 | |
Ralph Johnson | G | 68 | 0.0 | 31.9 | 70.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 8.6 | |
John Oldham | G | 68 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 58.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 8.4 | |
Duane Klueh | G | 61 | 0.0 | 34.3 | 73.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 7.4 | |
Don Otten | C | 49 | 0.0 | 36.2 | 81.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 8.4 | |
Dick Mehen | F-C-G | 43 | 0.0 | 38.1 | 75.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 6.5 | |
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 38 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 64.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 5.3 | |
Jim Riffey | F | 35 | 0.0 | 35.1 | 76.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.3 | |
Ken Murray | G-F | 14 | 0.0 | 30.3 | 82.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 9.6 | |
Bob Carpenter | F-C | 21 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 81.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.8 | |
Art Burris | F | 33 | 0.0 | 24.8 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | |
John Hargis | G-F | 14 | 0.0 | 37.9 | 70.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.8 | |
Bob Harris | F-C | 12 | 0.0 | 22.8 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 3.4 | |
Averages | 660 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 72.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.7 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 43 | ||
Larry Foust | C-F | 3 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | ||
Don Otten | C | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 29 | ||
Dick Mehen | F-C-G | 3 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | ||
Ken Murray | G-F | 3 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | ||
Ralph Johnson | G | 3 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 25 | ||
Jack Kerris | F-C | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | ||
John Oldham | G | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | ||
Duane Klueh | G | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Totals | 29 | 0 | 291 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 242 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Schaus | F | 3 | 0.0 | 38.6 | 81.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 14.3 | |
Larry Foust | C-F | 3 | 0.0 | 31.1 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 12.0 | |
Don Otten | C | 3 | 0.0 | 30.8 | 81.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 9.7 | |
Dick Mehen | F-C-G | 3 | 0.0 | 41.4 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.7 | |
Ken Murray | G-F | 3 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 8.7 | |
Ralph Johnson | G | 3 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 8.3 | |
Jack Kerris | F-C | 3 | 0.0 | 34.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7.7 | |
John Oldham | G | 3 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 5.7 | |
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 3 | 0.0 | 36.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 5.0 | |
Duane Klueh | G | 2 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | ||
Averages | 660 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 8.3 |