1948-49 Providence Steamrollers Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 12-48
Finishing 6th in the BAA's Eastern Division
Coach: Ken Loeffler (12-48)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island

1948-49 Providence Steamrollers Roster
1948-49 Providence Steamrollers Results

The Providence Steamrollers of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 12 wins and 48 losses, finishing sixth in the BAA's Eastern Division.

Providence racked up 4,707 points and yielded 5,255, most in the league. Kenny Sailors netted a team-high 899 points for the Steamrollers, and Howie Shannon scored 13 or more per game, too. Ernie Calverley dished out 251 assists for the squad.

Ken Loeffler coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Kenny Sailors	G	57	906	309			367	281	209	239	899
Howie Shannon	G-F	55	802	292			189	152	125	154	736
Ernie Calverley	G	59	696	218			160	121	251	183	557
Brady Walker	F-C	59	556	202			155	87	68	100	491
Les Pugh	C-F	60	556	168			167	125	59	168	461
George Nostrand	C-F	33	384	121			149	82	56	90	324
Chick Halbert	C	27	309	103			157	102	52	78	308
Carl Meinhold	G-F	35	270	85			83	52	38	48	222
Bob Brown	F	20	111	37			47	34	14	67	108
Earl Shannon	G-F	27	116	32			54	38	40	31	102
Otto Schnellbacher	F-G	23	118	34			54	34	19	48	102
Buddy O'Grady	G	17	117	33			25	15	25	21	81
Bob Hubbard	C-F	34	135	25			34	22	18	39	72
Mel Riebe	G-F	10	88	26			17	9	9	13	61
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	11	73	16			25	21	11	13	53
Giff Roux	F-C	26	74	18			27	14	9	18	50
Andy Tonkovich	G	17	71	19			9	6	10	12	44
Lee Robbins	F	16	25	9			17	11	12	24	29
Fred Paine	F	3	19	3			5	1	1	3	7
Ben Scharnus	F	1	1	0			1	0	0	0	0
Totals		590	5427	1750	0	0	1742	1207	1026	1349	4707

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Kenny Sailors	G	57	34.1	76.6	3.7	4.2	15.8
Howie Shannon	G-F	55	36.4	80.4	2.3	2.8	13.4
Ernie Calverley	G	59	31.3	75.6	4.3	3.1	9.4
Brady Walker	F-C	59	36.3	56.1	1.2	1.7	8.3
Les Pugh	C-F	60	30.2	74.9	1.0	2.8	7.7
George Nostrand	C-F	33	31.5	55.0	1.7	2.7	9.8
Chick Halbert	C	27	33.3	65.0	1.9	2.9	11.4
Carl Meinhold	G-F	35	31.5	62.7	1.1	1.4	6.3
Bob Brown	F	20	33.3	72.3	0.7	3.4	5.4
Earl Shannon	G-F	27	27.6	70.4	1.5	1.1	3.8
Otto Schnellbacher	F-G	23	28.8	63.0	0.8	2.1	4.4
Buddy O'Grady	G	17	28.2	60.0	1.5	1.2	4.8
Bob Hubbard	C-F	34	18.5	64.7	0.5	1.1	2.1
Mel Riebe	G-F	10	29.5	52.9	0.9	1.3	6.1
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	11	21.9	84.0	1.0	1.2	4.8
Giff Roux	F-C	26	24.3	51.9	0.3	0.7	1.9
Andy Tonkovich	G	17	26.8	66.7	0.6	0.7	2.6
Lee Robbins	F	16	36.0	64.7	0.8	1.5	1.8
Fred Paine	F	3	15.8	20.0	0.3	1.0	2.3
Ben Scharnus	F	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		590	32.2	69.3	1.7	2.3	8.0