1961-62 Kansas City Steers Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 54-25
Finishing 1st in the ABL's West Division
Lost Championship
Coach: Jack McMahon (54-25)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1961-62 Kansas City Steers Roster
1961-62 Kansas City Steers Results

The Kansas City Steers of the American Basketball League ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 54 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the ABL's West Division.

Kansas City netted 8,258 points and conceded 7,888. Bill Bridges scored a team-leading 1,697 points for the Steers, and Larry Staverman contributed 17 or more per game also. Bill Bridges accounted for 1,059 rebounds. Maury King dished out 246 assists for the squad.

Jack McMahon coached the team. The 1961-62 Kansas City Steers lost in the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Bridges	F-C	79	3259	1412	641	12	3	587	412	1059	181	302	1697
Larry Staverman	F	79	2777	1023	522	8	1	394	342	697	207	347	1387
Nick Mantis	G	77	2432	1043	429	240	89	242	182	220	214	216	1129
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	76	2301	835	364	55	17	297	202	808	145	302	947
Maury King	G	78	2105	594	229	88	34	145	118	205	246	196	610
George Pruitt	F	79	1506	507	204	23	7	291	191	202	139	124	606
George Patterson	C-F	75	1462	503	226	1	0	161	106	330	49	162	558
Bryce Vann	C-F	76	1304	581	207	136	36	121	87	262	90	148	537
Win Wilfong	G-F	69	1669	500	178	111	25	179	140	219	210	204	521
Larry Comley	G	36	821	446	167	30	8	117	89	217	36	68	431
Charles Henke	C	36	371	163	88	2	0	58	41	88	15	63	217
Bob McDonald		6	55	16	5	1	0	6	2	12	5	9	12
Totals		766	20062	7623	3260	707	220	2598	1912	4319	1537	2141	8652

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Bridges	F-C	79	41.3	45.4	25.0	70.2	13.4	2.3	3.8	21.5
Larry Staverman	F	79	35.2	51.0	12.5	86.8	8.8	2.6	4.4	17.6
Nick Mantis	G	77	31.6	41.1	37.1	75.2	2.9	2.8	2.8	14.7
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	76	30.3	43.6	30.9	68.0	10.6	1.9	4.0	12.5
Maury King	G	78	27.0	38.6	38.6	81.4	2.6	3.2	2.5	7.8
George Pruitt	F	79	19.1	40.2	30.4	65.6	2.6	1.8	1.6	7.7
George Patterson	C-F	75	19.5	44.9	0.0	65.8	4.4	0.7	2.2	7.4
Bryce Vann	C-F	76	17.2	35.6	26.5	71.9	3.4	1.2	1.9	7.1
Win Wilfong	G-F	69	24.2	35.6	22.5	78.2	3.2	3.0	3.0	7.6
Larry Comley	G	36	22.8	37.4	26.7	76.1	6.0	1.0	1.9	12.0
Charles Henke	C	36	10.3	54.0	0.0	70.7	2.4	0.4	1.8	6.0
Bob McDonald		6	9.2	31.3	0.0	33.3	2.0	0.8	1.5	2.0
Averages		766	26.2	42.8	31.1	73.6	5.6	2.0	2.8	11.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Bridges	F-C	5	219	110	57	0	0	32	27	82	15	18	141
Larry Staverman	F	5	200	69	34	2	0	35	34	46	20	21	102
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	5	145	52	26	12	4	26	30	44	7	23	76
Nick Mantis	G	5	148	57	24	9	3	4	4	17	14	16	55
Maury King	G	5	173	52	20	12	2	4	3	14	13	12	45
Larry Comley	G	4	72	36	13	1	0	18	15	25	6	10	41
Win Wilfong	G-F	5	100	28	11	8	2	22	17	14	10	11	41
George Patterson	C-F	5	61	24	10	0	0	10	7	16	2	10	27
George Pruitt	F	5	36	18	8	2	0	5	5	4	2	6	21
Bryce Vann	C-F	4	38	16	3	6	1	1	0	9	2	6	7
Charles Henke	C	1	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2
Totals		49	1200	465	207	52	12	157	142	276	91	135	558

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Bridges	F-C	5	43.8	51.8		84.4	16.4	3.0	3.6	28.2
Larry Staverman	F	5	40.0	49.3	0.0	97.1	9.2	4.0	4.2	20.4
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	5	29.0	50.0	33.3	115.4	8.8	1.4	4.6	15.2
Nick Mantis	G	5	29.6	42.1	33.3	100.0	3.4	2.8	3.2	11.0
Maury King	G	5	34.6	38.5	16.7	75.0	2.8	2.6	2.4	9.0
Larry Comley	G	4	18.0	36.1	0.0	83.3	6.3	1.5	2.5	10.3
Win Wilfong	G-F	5	20.0	39.3	25.0	77.3	2.8	2.0	2.2	8.2
George Patterson	C-F	5	12.2	41.7		70.0	3.2	0.4	2.0	5.4
George Pruitt	F	5	7.2	44.4	0.0	100.0	0.8	0.4	1.2	4.2
Bryce Vann	C-F	4	9.5	18.8	16.7	0.0	2.3	0.5	1.5	1.8
Charles Henke	C	1	8.0	33.3			5.0	0.0	2.0	2.0
Averages		766	24.5	44.5	23.1	90.4	5.6	1.9	2.8	11.4