1955-56 St. Louis Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 33-39
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 4-5 Lost division finals
Division Tiebreaker - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 1-0
Division Semifinals - Defeated Minneapolis Lakers 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to Fort Wayne Pistons 3-2
Coach: Red Holzman (33-39)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 156,009, Avg. 6,000 in 26 home dates

1955-56 St. Louis Hawks Roster
1955-56 St. Louis Hawks Results

The St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 33 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Hawks scored 6,953 points and gave up 7,059. Bob Pettit tossed in a team-leading 1,849 points for St. Louis and contributed 1,164 rebounds. Bob Harrison dished out 277 assists for the squad.

Red Holzman coached the team. The 1955-56 St. Louis Hawks lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	72	2794	1507	646			757	557	1164	189	202	1849
Chuck Share	C	72	1975	733	315			498	346	774	131	318	976
Jack Stephens	G-F	72	2219	643	248			357	247	377	207	144	743
Bob Harrison	G	72	2219	725	260			146	97	195	277	246	617
Al Ferrari	G-F	68	1611	534	191			236	164	186	163	192	546
Jack Coleman	F-C	41	1369	473	195			124	88	344	147	121	478
Alex Hannum	F-C	71	1480	453	146			154	93	344	157	271	385
Jack McMahon	G	36	857	308	102			95	55	95	107	85	259
Dick Ricketts	F-C	29	777	301	94			78	55	196	82	115	243
Bob Schafer	G	42	496	235	69			69	55	58	44	61	193
Frank Selvy	G-F	17	444	183	67			71	53	54	35	38	187
Chuck Cooper	F	35	574	172	58			84	62	138	61	71	178
Med Park	G-F	40	424	152	53			70	44	94	40	64	150
Chris Harris	G	15	168	60	15			18	11	18	18	17	41
Totals		682	17407	6479	2459	0	0	2757	1927	4037	1658	1945	6845

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	72	38.8	42.9	73.6	16.2	2.6	2.8	25.7
Chuck Share	C	72	27.4	43.0	69.5	10.8	1.8	4.4	13.6
Jack Stephens	G-F	72	30.8	38.6	69.2	5.2	2.9	2.0	10.3
Bob Harrison	G	72	30.8	35.9	66.4	2.7	3.8	3.4	8.6
Al Ferrari	G-F	68	23.7	35.8	69.5	2.7	2.4	2.8	8.0
Jack Coleman	F-C	41	33.4	41.2	71.0	8.4	3.6	3.0	11.7
Alex Hannum	F-C	71	20.8	32.2	60.4	4.8	2.2	3.8	5.4
Jack McMahon	G	36	23.8	33.1	57.9	2.6	3.0	2.4	7.2
Dick Ricketts	F-C	29	26.8	31.2	70.5	6.8	2.8	4.0	8.4
Bob Schafer	G	42	11.8	29.4	79.7	1.4	1.0	1.5	4.6
Frank Selvy	G-F	17	26.1	36.6	74.6	3.2	2.1	2.2	11.0
Chuck Cooper	F	35	16.4	33.7	73.8	3.9	1.7	2.0	5.1
Med Park	G-F	40	10.6	34.9	62.9	2.4	1.0	1.6	3.8
Chris Harris	G	15	11.2	25.0	61.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	2.7
Averages		682	25.5	38.0	69.9	5.9	2.4	2.9	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	8	274	128	47			70	59	84	18	20	153
Al Ferrari	G-F	8	264	85	32			70	54	33	24	28	118
Jack Coleman	F-C	8	331	112	44			35	22	79	32	31	110
Chuck Share	C	8	231	73	36			48	31	73	13	41	103
Bob Harrison	G	8	256	75	27			19	12	24	29	27	66
Alex Hannum	F-C	8	159	66	21			35	19	29	10	36	61
Jack McMahon	G	8	162	55	19			11	5	9	15	18	43
Jack Stephens	G-F	7	116	41	12			25	15	23	9	9	39
Med Park	G-F	6	88	30	7			33	24	17	11	19	38
Bob Schafer	G	4	39	20	3			6	5	9	1	8	11
Totals		73	1920	685	248	0	0	352	246	380	162	237	742

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	8	34.3	36.7	84.3	10.5	2.3	2.5	19.1
Al Ferrari	G-F	8	33.0	37.6	77.1	4.1	3.0	3.5	14.8
Jack Coleman	F-C	8	41.4	39.3	62.9	9.9	4.0	3.9	13.8
Chuck Share	C	8	28.9	49.3	64.6	9.1	1.6	5.1	12.9
Bob Harrison	G	8	32.0	36.0	63.2	3.0	3.6	3.4	8.3
Alex Hannum	F-C	8	19.9	31.8	54.3	3.6	1.3	4.5	7.6
Jack McMahon	G	8	20.3	34.5	45.5	1.1	1.9	2.3	5.4
Jack Stephens	G-F	7	16.6	29.3	60.0	3.3	1.3	1.3	5.6
Med Park	G-F	6	14.7	23.3	72.7	2.8	1.8	3.2	6.3
Bob Schafer	G	4	9.8	15.0	83.3	2.3	0.3	2.0	2.8
Averages		682	26.3	36.2	69.9	5.2	2.2	3.2	10.2