1948–49 Fort Wayne Pistons season

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Pistons' first season in the NBA/BAA and eighth season as a franchise.[1] Despite their NBL success which included four championship series births and two titles the team wasn't able to translate that success to the new league and missed the playoffs for the first time in team history.

1948–49 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Head coachCarl Bennett (0–6)
Curly Armstrong (22–32)
ArenaNorth Side High School Gym
Results
Record22–38 (.367)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Draft
Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
18Ward WilliamsF United StatesIndiana
––Bobby CookG United StatesWisconsin
––Link Richmond– United StatesArizona
––Kenny RollinsG United StatesKentucky
––Murray WierG United StatesIowa

Roster
Roster listing
1948–49 Fort Wayne Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 31 Armstrong, Curly 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-11-01 Indiana
F/C 29 B. Black, Charles 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1921-06-15 Kansas
PF Crocker, Dillard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1925-01-19 Western Michigan
G/F 35 Hale, Bruce 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-08-30 Santa Clara
G/F 36 Hamilton, Ralph 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1921-06-10 Indiana
C 30 Henry, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1924-12-27 Rice
F/C 32 Kinney, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1920-09-16 Rice
PG 35 Kirk, Walt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1924-09-03 Illinois
G/F 26 Klier, Leo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1923-05-21 Notre Dame
C 24 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown
F/C 29 Mogus, Leo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-04-13 Youngstown State
G/F 23 Niemiera, Richie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1921-05-26 Notre Dame
F/C 30 Pelkington, Jake 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1916-01-03 Manhattan
F/C Pugh, Roy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1922-10-16 SMU
G/F 37 Smiley, Jack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-12-22 Illinois
G/F 20 Tough, Bob 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-08-28 St. John's
F/C 24 Towery, Blackie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-06-20 Western Kentucky
G/F 28 Triptow, Dick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-11-03 DePaul
F 25 Williams, Ward 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-06-26 Indiana
Head coach

Curly Armstrong

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents
1948–49 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore —4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
Boston 2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
Chicago 4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
Fort Wayne 1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
Indianapolis 0–52–31-53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
Minneapolis 4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
New York 4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
Providence 4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
Rochester 4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
St. Louis 3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
Washington 3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 3New York76–80Jake Pelkington (15)0–1
2November 6@ St. Louis55–65Dick Triptow (12)0–2
3November 7Baltimore77–78Leo Klier (16)0–3
4November 11@ Providence87–90Leo Klier (16)0–4
5November 12@ Boston75–84Jack Smiley (21)0–5
6November 13@ Washington71–80Carlisle Towery (15)0–6
7November 14Indianapolis79–73Walt Kirk (18)1–6
8November 17Philadelphia80–72Carlisle Towery (20)2–6
9November 21Chicago69–70Bob Tough (14)2–7
10November 23@ Philadelphia90–80Pelkington, Tough (16)3–7
11November 25@ Baltimore64–69Tough, Towery (14)3–8
12November 27@ New York70–80Pelkington, Smiley (12)3–9
13November 28Boston80–74Richie Niemiera (19)4–9
14November 30@ Indianapolis77–62Dick Triptow (13)5–9
15December 1Minneapolis84–74Bob Tough (18)6–9
16December 4@ St. Louis62–76Bob Kinney (12)6–10
17December 5Chicago79–88Leo Klier (20)6–11
18December 8St. Louis70–60Leo Klier (25)7–11
19December 10@ Chicago70–78Leo Klier (18)7–12
20December 12New York78–89Leo Mogus (22)7–13
21December 16@ Providence76–61Klier, Mogus (15)8–13
22December 18@ Rochester64–84Leo Mogus (15)8–14
23December 19Rochester78–83 (OT)Dick Triptow (13)8–15
24December 23@ Indianapolis60–71Curly Armstrong (11)8–16
25December 25@ Washington74–88John Mahnken (20)8–17
26December 26Washington91–73John Mahnken (16)9–17
27January 1@ Minneapolis72–92Klier, Mahnken (16)9–18
28January 2Boston69–90Bob Tough (17)9–19
29January 8@ Philadelphia73–67John Mahnken (20)10–19
30January 9Indianapolis80–78Curly Armstrong (20)11–19
31January 15@ Rochester62–73John Mahnken (12)11–20
32January 16Providence76–56Bruce Hale (15)12–20
33January 19@ Chicago104–96 (2OT)John Mahnken (14)13–20
34January 20@ Minneapolis65–83Curly Armstrong (10)13–21
35January 23Rochester80–81 (OT)John Mahnken (17)13–22
36January 26Philadelphia88–80Leo Mogus (22)14–22
37January 28@ Indianapolis63–77Jack Smiley (16)14–23
38January 29@ St. Louis73–86Bruce Hale (20)14–24
39January 30Baltimore78–93Bruce Hale (26)14–25
40February 2Minneapolis79–82 (OT)Curly Armstrong (26)14–26
41February 5@ Rochester61–80Hale, Mahnken (11)14–27
42February 6Washington82–72Bruce Hale (15)15–27
43February 8vs Philadelphia89–87Bill Henry (20)16–27
44February 9Indianapolis67–70Bill Henry (17)16–28
45February 12@ New York58–85Bruce Hale (12)16–29
46February 13New York82–73Richie Niemiera (16)17–29
47February 15@ Chicago69–83Curly Armstrong (13)17–30
48February 16Baltimore84–68Bill Henry (20)18–30
49February 20St. Louis64–70Bruce Hale (18)18–31
50February 24@ Minneapolis73–77John Mahnken (21)18–32
51February 27Minneapolis74–50Dick Triptow (17)19–32
52March 4@ Boston70–76Black, Triptow (12)19–33
53March 6Rochester66–78Bill Henry (16)19–34
54March 8vs Boston60–63Dick Triptow (11)19–35
55March 9Providence84–80Bruce Hale (18)20–35
56March 12@ Washington60–87Bruce Hale (10)20–36
57March 13Chicago81–78Bruce Hale (16)21–36
58March 17vs Providence74–72Bruce Hale (12)22–36
59March 19@ Baltimore79–99Bill Henry (17)22–37
60March 20St. Louis82–87Bill Henry (16)22–38

References
  1. 1948–49 Fort Wayne Pistons
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