1948-49 Washington Capitols Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 38-22
Finishing 1st in the BAA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 6-5 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated New York Knicks 2-1
Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 4-2
Coach: Red Auerbach (38-22)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1948-49 Washington Capitols Roster
1948-49 Washington Capitols Results

The Washington Capitols of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 38 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the BAA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

The Capitols scored 4,910 points and surrendered 4,764. Bob Feerick scored a team-best 752 points for Washington, and Bob Feerick dished out 188 assists for the squad.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1948-49 Washington Capitols lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Feerick	F-G	58	708	248			298	256	188	171	752
Horace McKinney	F-C	57	801	263			279	197	114	216	723
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	60	794	248			311	212	99	257	708
Fred Scolari	G	48	633	196			183	146	100	150	538
Johnny Norlander	F	60	454	164			171	116	86	124	444
Sonny Hertzberg	G	60	541	154			164	134	114	140	442
Jack Nichols	C-F	34	392	153			126	92	56	118	398
Matt Zunic	G-F	56	323	98			109	77	50	182	273
Leo Katkaveck	G	53	253	84			71	53	68	110	221
Dick Schulz	F-G	50	278	65			91	65	53	107	195
Dick O'Keefe	G-F	50	274	70			99	51	43	119	191
Jack Toomay	C-F	13	21	8			12	9	1	16	25
Totals		599	5472	1751	0	0	1914	1408	972	1710	4910

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Feerick	F-G	58	35.0	85.9	3.2	2.9	13.0
Horace McKinney	F-C	57	32.8	70.6	2.0	3.8	12.7
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	60	31.2	68.2	1.7	4.3	11.8
Fred Scolari	G	48	31.0	79.8	2.1	3.1	11.2
Johnny Norlander	F	60	36.1	67.8	1.4	2.1	7.4
Sonny Hertzberg	G	60	28.5	81.7	1.9	2.3	7.4
Jack Nichols	C-F	34	39.0	73.0	1.6	3.5	11.7
Matt Zunic	G-F	56	30.3	70.6	0.9	3.3	4.9
Leo Katkaveck	G	53	33.2	74.6	1.3	2.1	4.2
Dick Schulz	F-G	50	23.4	71.4	1.1	2.1	3.9
Dick O'Keefe	G-F	50	25.5	51.5	0.9	2.4	3.8
Jack Toomay	C-F	13	38.1	75.0	0.1	1.2	1.9
Averages		599	32.0	73.6	1.6	2.9	8.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Jack Nichols	C-F	11	152	62			51	34	27	44	158
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	11	149	40			83	55	12	53	135
Horace McKinney	F-C	10	127	45			52	38	9	36	128
Sonny Hertzberg	G	11	112	39			47	40	27	33	118
Fred Scolari	G	9	100	27			40	28	16	24	82
Johnny Norlander	F	11	73	25			26	20	7	27	70
Dick O'Keefe	G-F	11	60	22			20	13	11	37	57
Dick Schulz	F-G	11	74	17			35	20	27	36	54
Matt Zunic	G-F	9	39	7			19	12	6	26	26
Leo Katkaveck	G	9	29	7			8	6	10	13	20
Bob Feerick	F-G	1	0	0			2	2	1	1	2
Totals		104	915	291	0	0	383	268	153	330	850

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Jack Nichols	C-F	11	40.8	66.7	2.5	4.0	14.4
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	11	26.8	66.3	1.1	4.8	12.3
Horace McKinney	F-C	10	35.4	73.1	0.9	3.6	12.8
Sonny Hertzberg	G	11	34.8	85.1	2.5	3.0	10.7
Fred Scolari	G	9	27.0	70.0	1.8	2.7	9.1
Johnny Norlander	F	11	34.2	76.9	0.6	2.5	6.4
Dick O'Keefe	G-F	11	36.7	65.0	1.0	3.4	5.2
Dick Schulz	F-G	11	23.0	57.1	2.5	3.3	4.9
Matt Zunic	G-F	9	17.9	63.2	0.7	2.9	2.9
Leo Katkaveck	G	9	24.1	75.0	1.1	1.4	2.2
Bob Feerick	F-G	1		100.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
Averages		599	31.8	70.0	1.5	3.2	8.2