1947-48 Providence Steamrollers Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 6-42
Finishing 4th in the BAA's Eastern Division
Coach: Nat Hickey (4-25)
Coach: Albert Soar (2-17)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island

1947-48 Providence Steamrollers Roster
1947-48 Providence Steamrollers Results

The Providence Steamrollers of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 6 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the BAA's Eastern Division.

Providence netted 3,318 points and surrendered 3,873, most in the league. Ernie Calverley tossed in a team-high 559 points for the Steamrollers, while George Nostrand and Kenny Sailors scored 11 or more per game, too. Ernie Calverley dished out 119 assists for the squad.

Nat Hickey and Albert Soar coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Ernie Calverley	G	47	835	226			161	107	119	168	559
George Nostrand	C-F	45	660	196			239	129	30	148	521
Kenny Sailors	G	41	683	205			159	110	59	157	520
Earl Shannon	G-F	45	469	123			183	116	49	106	362
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	25	376	95			104	63	16	62	253
Lee Robbins	F	31	260	72			93	51	7	93	195
Jack Toomay	C-F	14	144	52			71	49	5	49	153
Bob Hubbard	C-F	28	199	58			52	36	11	34	152
Hank Beenders	C-F	21	200	53			58	37	6	68	143
Dino Martin	G	32	193	46			20	9	14	17	101
Pop Goodwin	F-C	24	155	36			27	19	7	36	91
Mel Thurston	G	14	113	32			28	14	4	42	78
George Mearns	F	24	115	23			31	15	10	65	61
Ariel Maughan	F	14	91	22			16	11	2	36	55
John Janisch	F-G	7	43	13			14	8	2	2	34
Ray Wertis	G	7	72	13			14	6	6	13	32
Jerry Kelly	F	3	10	3			1	0	0	3	6
Nat Hickey	G-F	2	6	0			3	2	0	5	2
Bill Downey	C	3	2	0			0	0	0	0	0
Wyndol Gray	G-F	1	1	0			1	0	0	0	0
Dick Fitzgerald	F	1	3	0			0	0	0	1	0
Totals		429	4630	1268	0	0	1275	782	347	1105	3318

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Ernie Calverley	G	47	27.1	66.5	2.5	3.6	11.9
George Nostrand	C-F	45	29.7	54.0	0.7	3.3	11.6
Kenny Sailors	G	41	30.0	69.2	1.4	3.8	12.7
Earl Shannon	G-F	45	26.2	63.4	1.1	2.4	8.0
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	25	25.3	60.6	0.6	2.5	10.1
Lee Robbins	F	31	27.7	54.8	0.2	3.0	6.3
Jack Toomay	C-F	14	36.1	69.0	0.4	3.5	10.9
Bob Hubbard	C-F	28	29.1	69.2	0.4	1.2	5.4
Hank Beenders	C-F	21	26.5	63.8	0.3	3.2	6.8
Dino Martin	G	32	23.8	45.0	0.4	0.5	3.2
Pop Goodwin	F-C	24	23.2	70.4	0.3	1.5	3.8
Mel Thurston	G	14	28.3	50.0	0.3	3.0	5.6
George Mearns	F	24	20.0	48.4	0.4	2.7	2.5
Ariel Maughan	F	14	24.2	68.8	0.1	2.6	3.9
John Janisch	F-G	7	30.2	57.1	0.3	0.3	4.9
Ray Wertis	G	7	18.1	42.9	0.9	1.9	4.6
Jerry Kelly	F	3	30.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Nat Hickey	G-F	2	0.0	66.7	0.0	2.5	1.0
Bill Downey	C	3	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
Wyndol Gray	G-F	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Fitzgerald	F	1	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		429	27.4	61.3	0.8	2.6	7.7