1947-48 St. Louis Bombers Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 29-19
Finishing 1st in the BAA's Western Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost semifinals
Semifinals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 4-3
Coach: Ken Loeffler (29-19)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1947-48 St. Louis Bombers Roster
1947-48 St. Louis Bombers Results

The St. Louis Bombers of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 29 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the BAA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Bombers paced the league with just 3,335 points allowed. St. Louis scored 3,432 points. John Logan scored a team-best 644 points for the team, while Belus Smawley and Red Rocha netted 11 or more per game also. John Logan dished out 62 assists for the squad.

Ken Loeffler coached the team. The 1947-48 St. Louis Bombers lost in the semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
John Logan	G	48	734	221			272	202	62	141	644
Red Rocha	C-F	48	740	232			213	147	39	209	611
Belus Smawley	G-F	48	688	212			150	111	18	88	535
Bob Doll	F-C	42	658	174			148	98	26	107	446
Don Putman	G	42	399	105			84	57	25	95	267
Irv Rothenberg	C	24	218	63			106	60	4	69	186
Giff Roux	F-C	46	258	68			68	40	12	60	176
Buddy O'Grady	G	44	257	67			54	36	9	61	170
Grady Lewis	F-C	24	238	59			72	48	13	85	166
Ariel Maughan	F	28	165	54			37	21	4	53	129
Don Martin	C-F	39	150	35			33	15	2	61	85
Wyndol Gray	G-F	11	36	6			3	1	3	16	13
John Abramovic	F	4	10	1			4	2	1	5	4
Totals		448	4551	1297	0	0	1244	838	218	1050	3432

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
John Logan	G	48	30.1	74.3	1.3	2.9	13.4
Red Rocha	C-F	48	31.4	69.0	0.8	4.4	12.7
Belus Smawley	G-F	48	30.8	74.0	0.4	1.8	11.1
Bob Doll	F-C	42	26.4	66.2	0.6	2.5	10.6
Don Putman	G	42	26.3	67.9	0.6	2.3	6.4
Irv Rothenberg	C	24	28.9	56.6	0.2	2.9	7.8
Giff Roux	F-C	46	26.4	58.8	0.3	1.3	3.8
Buddy O'Grady	G	44	26.1	66.7	0.2	1.4	3.9
Grady Lewis	F-C	24	24.8	66.7	0.5	3.5	6.9
Ariel Maughan	F	28	32.7	56.8	0.1	1.9	4.6
Don Martin	C-F	39	23.3	45.5	0.1	1.6	2.2
Wyndol Gray	G-F	11	16.7	33.3	0.3	1.5	1.2
John Abramovic	F	4	10.0	50.0	0.3	1.3	1.0
Averages		448	28.5	67.4	0.5	2.3	7.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Red Rocha	C-F	7	118	29			30	22	6	30	80
Ariel Maughan	F	7	122	32			23	16	1	22	80
Belus Smawley	G-F	6	86	26			18	14	2	15	66
John Logan	G	5	55	17			28	22	8	19	56
Bob Doll	F-C	7	91	18			26	14	5	18	50
Buddy O'Grady	G	7	33	11			3	3	0	5	25
Don Putman	G	7	44	8			12	7	5	15	23
Irv Rothenberg	C	5	34	5			7	4	0	9	14
Don Martin	C-F	5	20	5			1	1	1	6	11
Giff Roux	F-C	5	24	2			7	3	0	3	7
Totals		61	627	153	0	0	155	106	28	142	412

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Red Rocha	C-F	7	24.6	73.3	0.9	4.3	11.4
Ariel Maughan	F	7	26.2	69.6	0.1	3.1	11.4
Belus Smawley	G-F	6	30.2	77.8	0.3	2.5	11.0
John Logan	G	5	30.9	78.6	1.6	3.8	11.2
Bob Doll	F-C	7	19.8	53.8	0.7	2.6	7.1
Buddy O'Grady	G	7	33.3	100.0	0.0	0.7	3.6
Don Putman	G	7	18.2	58.3	0.7	2.1	3.3
Irv Rothenberg	C	5	14.7	57.1	0.0	1.8	2.8
Don Martin	C-F	5	25.0	100.0	0.2	1.2	2.2
Giff Roux	F-C	5	8.3	42.9	0.0	0.6	1.4
Averages		448	24.4	68.4	0.5	2.3	6.8