
1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics
Team Record: 40-32
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 0-4 Lost division round-robin
Coach: Paul Birch (40-32)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 113,889, Avg. 4,218 in 27 home dates
1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Pistons scored 5,593 points and yielded 5,476. Larry Foust scored a team-best 1,090 points for Fort Wayne and contributed 967 rebounds. Andy Phillip dished out 449 assists for the squad.
Paul Birch coached the team. The 1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the division round-robin.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Foust | C-F | 72 | 2693 | 919 | 376 | 475 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 967 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 1090 | ||
Andy Phillip | G-F | 71 | 2705 | 680 | 255 | 330 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 751 | ||
Mel Hutchins | F-C | 72 | 2934 | 736 | 295 | 223 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 695 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 741 | ||
George Yardley | F-G | 63 | 1489 | 492 | 209 | 205 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 407 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 564 | ||
Max Zaslofsky | G-F | 45 | 1164 | 456 | 174 | 212 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 495 | ||
Fred Scolari | G | 64 | 1589 | 491 | 159 | 180 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 462 | ||
Don Meineke | F-C | 71 | 1466 | 393 | 135 | 169 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 372 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 406 | ||
Frank Brian | G | 64 | 973 | 352 | 132 | 182 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 401 | ||
Jack Molinas | F | 32 | 958 | 292 | 114 | 187 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 370 | ||
Ken Murray | G-F | 49 | 528 | 195 | 53 | 60 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 149 | ||
Chuck Share | C | 21 | 155 | 35 | 9 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 36 | ||
Leo Barnhorst | F-G | 17 | 185 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29 | ||
Zeke Sinicola | G | 9 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | ||
Totals | 650 | 16872 | 5114 | 1927 | 0 | 0 | 2265 | 1651 | 0 | 0 | 3369 | 1453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1634 | 5505 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Foust | C-F | 72 | 37.4 | 40.9 | 71.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 15.1 | |
Andy Phillip | G-F | 71 | 38.1 | 37.5 | 73.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 10.6 | |
Mel Hutchins | F-C | 72 | 40.8 | 40.1 | 67.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 10.3 | |
George Yardley | F-G | 63 | 23.6 | 42.5 | 71.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 9.0 | |
Max Zaslofsky | G-F | 45 | 25.9 | 38.2 | 69.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 11.0 | |
Fred Scolari | G | 64 | 24.8 | 32.4 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 7.2 | |
Don Meineke | F-C | 71 | 20.6 | 34.4 | 80.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | |
Frank Brian | G | 64 | 15.2 | 37.5 | 75.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.3 | |
Jack Molinas | F | 32 | 29.9 | 39.0 | 75.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 11.6 | |
Ken Murray | G-F | 49 | 10.8 | 27.2 | 71.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | |
Chuck Share | C | 21 | 7.4 | 25.7 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | |
Leo Barnhorst | F-G | 17 | 10.9 | 21.1 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
Zeke Sinicola | G | 9 | 3.7 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | |
Averages | 650 | 26.0 | 37.7 | 72.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Mel Hutchins | F-C | 4 | 162 | 46 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 42 | ||
George Yardley | F-G | 4 | 107 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 | ||
Larry Foust | C-F | 4 | 129 | 41 | 11 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41 | ||
Frank Brian | G | 4 | 106 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 41 | ||
Andy Phillip | G-F | 4 | 136 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | ||
Max Zaslofsky | G-F | 4 | 98 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 35 | ||
Leo Barnhorst | F-G | 4 | 60 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | ||
Don Meineke | F-C | 4 | 87 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | ||
Ken Murray | G-F | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | ||
Fred Scolari | G | 4 | 60 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | ||
Totals | 39 | 960 | 306 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 304 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mel Hutchins | F-C | 4 | 40.5 | 32.6 | 70.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 10.5 | |
George Yardley | F-G | 4 | 26.8 | 48.5 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 10.5 | |
Larry Foust | C-F | 4 | 32.3 | 26.8 | 76.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 10.3 | |
Frank Brian | G | 4 | 26.5 | 41.7 | 68.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 10.3 | |
Andy Phillip | G-F | 4 | 34.0 | 34.2 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 8.8 | |
Max Zaslofsky | G-F | 4 | 24.5 | 30.6 | 86.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 8.8 | |
Leo Barnhorst | F-G | 4 | 15.0 | 52.6 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.8 | |
Don Meineke | F-C | 4 | 21.8 | 26.1 | 63.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 4.8 | |
Ken Murray | G-F | 3 | 5.0 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.7 | |
Fred Scolari | G | 4 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | ||
Averages | 650 | 24.6 | 35.6 | 74.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 7.8 |