1946-47 Washington Capitols Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 49-11
Finishing 1st in the BAA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost semifinals
Semifinals - Lost to Chicago Stags 4-2
Coach: Red Auerbach (49-11)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1946-47 Washington Capitols Roster
1946-47 Washington Capitols Results

The Washington Capitols of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1946-47 season with a record of 49 wins and 11 losses, finishing first in the BAA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Capitols yielded 3,836 points, fewest in the league. Washington netted 4,428 points. Bob Feerick scored a team-best 926 points for the team, and Fred Scolari contributed 12 or more per game, too. Bob Feerick and Horace McKinney apiece dished out 69 assists for the squad.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1946-47 Washington Capitols lost in the semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Feerick	F-G	55	908	364			260	198	69	142	926
Fred Scolari	G	58	989	291			180	146	58	159	728
Horace McKinney	F-C	58	987	275			210	145	69	162	695
Johnny Norlander	F	60	698	223			276	180	50	122	626
John Mahnken	C	60	876	223			163	111	60	181	557
Irv Torgoff	F	58	684	187			159	116	30	173	490
Buddy O'Grady	G	55	231	55			53	38	20	60	148
Marty Passaglia	G	43	221	51			32	18	9	44	120
Bob Gantt	F-C	23	89	29			28	13	5	45	71
Al Negratti	F-C	11	69	13			8	5	5	20	31
Ken Keller	G	25	30	10			4	2	1	14	22
Gene Gillette	F	14	11	1			9	6	2	13	8
Al Lujack	F	5	8	1			5	2	0	6	4
Ben Goldfaden	F	2	2	0			4	2	0	3	2
Totals		527	5803	1723	0	0	1391	982	378	1144	4428

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Feerick	F-G	55	40.1	76.2	1.3	2.6	16.8
Fred Scolari	G	58	29.4	81.1	1.0	2.7	12.6
Horace McKinney	F-C	58	27.9	69.0	1.2	2.8	12.0
Johnny Norlander	F	60	31.9	65.2	0.8	2.0	10.4
John Mahnken	C	60	25.5	68.1	1.0	3.0	9.3
Irv Torgoff	F	58	27.3	73.0	0.5	3.0	8.4
Buddy O'Grady	G	55	23.8	71.7	0.4	1.1	2.7
Marty Passaglia	G	43	23.1	56.3	0.2	1.0	2.8
Bob Gantt	F-C	23	32.6	46.4	0.2	2.0	3.1
Al Negratti	F-C	11	18.8	62.5	0.5	1.8	2.8
Ken Keller	G	25	33.3	50.0	0.0	0.6	0.9
Gene Gillette	F	14	9.1	66.7	0.1	0.9	0.6
Al Lujack	F	5	12.5	40.0	0.0	1.2	0.8
Ben Goldfaden	F	2	0.0	50.0	0.0	1.5	1.0
Averages		527	29.7	70.6	0.7	2.2	8.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Feerick	F-G	6	110	35			27	20	6	22	90
Fred Scolari	G	6	95	22			34	27	5	17	71
John Mahnken	C	6	96	23			19	16	1	25	62
Horace McKinney	F-C	6	85	18			34	22	3	17	58
Johnny Norlander	F	6	50	14			17	13	2	11	41
Irv Torgoff	F	6	81	13			19	13	5	23	39
Buddy O'Grady	G	6	20	2			5	5	0	5	9
Marty Passaglia	G	6	14	2			3	1	0	10	5
Bob Gantt	F-C	2	3	1			1	0	0	0	2
Totals		50	554	130	0	0	159	117	22	130	377

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Feerick	F-G	6	31.8	74.1	1.0	3.7	15.0
Fred Scolari	G	6	23.2	79.4	0.8	2.8	11.8
John Mahnken	C	6	24.0	84.2	0.2	4.2	10.3
Horace McKinney	F-C	6	21.2	64.7	0.5	2.8	9.7
Johnny Norlander	F	6	28.0	76.5	0.3	1.8	6.8
Irv Torgoff	F	6	16.0	68.4	0.8	3.8	6.5
Buddy O'Grady	G	6	10.0	100.0	0.0	0.8	1.5
Marty Passaglia	G	6	14.3	33.3	0.0	1.7	0.8
Bob Gantt	F-C	2	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Averages		527	23.5	73.6	0.4	2.6	7.5