1948–49 St. Louis Bombers season

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Bombers' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA.[1]

1948–49 St. Louis Bombers season
Head coachGrady Lewis
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Results
Record29–31 (.483)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioKMOX

Draft
Main article: 1948 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Bob Gale– United StatesCornell
––Jack BurmasterG United StatesIllinois
––Gordon Flick– United StatesDrake
––John Hoppin– United StatesDickinson
––Dan London– United StatesWashington
––D. Miller– United StatesSaint Louis
––Easy ParhamG/F United StatesTexas Wesleyan
––D. C. WilcuttG United StatesSaint Louis

Roster
Roster listing
1948–49 St. Louis Bombers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 5 Eggleston, Lonnie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-06-08 Oklahoma State
F 12 Gunther, Coulby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-02-05 Boston College
F/C 13 Lewis, Grady 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma
G 7 Logan, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-01 Indiana
F/C 14 Martin, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-02-07 Central Missouri
F 11 Maughan, Ariel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-26 Utah State
F 13 Miller, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1924-11-24 North Carolina
F 3 O'Brien, Bob 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1927-01-26 Pepperdine
G 9 O'Grady, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-01-19 Georgetown
G/F 6 Parham, Easy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1921-12-27 Texas Wesleyan
G 8 Putman, Don 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-11-13 University of Denver
C 3 Roberts, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1926-03-29 Wyoming
C 4 Rocha, Red 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-18 Oregon State
F/C 12 Roux, Giff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-06-28 Kansas
G/F 9 Schnellbacher, Otto 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-04-15 Kansas
SG 10 Smawley, Belus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1918-03-20 Appalachian State
G 3 Wilcutt, D. C. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1928-01-30 Saint Louis
Head coach

Grady Lewis

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 1@ Indianapolis80–84Logan, Parham (18)0–1
2November 6Fort Wayne65–55Easy Parham (15)1–1
3November 9New York60–56Ariel Maughan (13)2–1
4November 13Philadelphia76–75Red Rocha (18)3–1
5November 16Boston79–74 (OT)Maughan, Rocha (15)4–1
6November 19vs Baltimore82–72Ariel Maughan (18)5–1
7November 20Baltimore64–85Red Rocha (14)5–2
8November 25Providence84–82Red Rocha (22)6–2
9November 27Minneapolis71–87Belus Smawley (20)6–3
10December 1Chicago72–61Belus Smawley (17)7–3
11December 4Fort Wayne76–62Johnny Logan (21)8–3
12December 5@ Minneapolis68–78Buddy O'Grady (18)8–4
13December 8@ Fort Wayne60–70Johnny Logan (16)8–5
14December 10vs Washington88–83 (OT)Belus Smawley (24)9–5
15December 11@ Washington63–87Johnny Logan (15)9–6
16December 13@ Boston79–83 (OT)Belus Smawley (22)9–7
17December 14@ Philadelphia61–74Ariel Maughan (15)9–8
18December 16@ Baltimore85–82 (OT)Johnny Logan (28)10–8
19December 18@ New York79–88Logan, Maughan (18)10–9
20December 23@ Providence109–99Belus Smawley (30)11–9
21December 25@ Rochester82–90Johnny Logan (16)11–10
22December 26Indianapolis75–65Belus Smawley (28)12–10
23December 30Washington68–81Johnny Logan (17)12–11
24January 1@ Rochester83–106Maughan, Smawley (17)12–12
25January 2Rochester64–89Belus Smawley (15)12–13
26January 5@ Minneapolis76–101Ariel Maughan (18)12–14
27January 8Minneapolis64–59Maughan, Rocha (17)13–14
28January 9@ Minneapolis58–74Belus Smawley (16)13–15
29January 12Chicago66–75Ariel Maughan (16)13–16
30January 15Providence79–76Ariel Maughan (22)14–16
31January 17@ New York79–71Belus Smawley (26)15–16
32January 18@ Boston89–83Belus Smawley (25)16–16
33January 20Rochester74–84Red Rocha (16)16–17
34January 23Indianapolis73–91Belus Smawley (19)16–18
35January 25@ Indianapolis53–65Easy Parham (13)16–19
36January 28@ Chicago65–83Johnny Logan (17)16–20
37January 29Fort Wayne86–73Ariel Maughan (21)17–20
38February 3Washington65–74Ariel Maughan (16)17–21
39February 6Philadelphia74–77 (OT)Belus Smawley (28)17–22
40February 8@ Chicago75–73Belus Smawley (22)18–22
41February 9New York83–95Belus Smawley (18)18–23
42February 12Baltimore74–73Belus Smawley (19)19–23
43February 15vs New York75–79 (OT)Red Rocha (20)19–24
44February 17Rochester63–68Belus Smawley (21)19–25
45February 19Chicago63–59Belus Smawley (18)20–25
46February 20@ Fort Wayne70–64Red Rocha (20)21–25
47February 23Boston77–83Johnny Logan (19)21–26
48February 25@ Boston83–102Belus Smawley (27)21–27
49February 26@ Providence93–90Ariel Maughan (19)22–27
50March 1@ Philadelphia83–89Logan, Smawley (18)22–28
51March 2@ Washington82–75Rocha, Smawley (18)23–28
52March 3@ Baltimore66–94Belus Smawley (22)23–29
53March 9@ Indianapolis81–80Belus Smawley (21)24–29
54March 10Minneapolis88–71Belus Smawley (25)25–29
55March 12@ Rochester74–104Johnny Logan (15)25–30
56March 13Indianapolis87–86Belus Smawley (23)26–30
57March 16Providence81–59Belus Smawley (18)27–30
58March 17@ Chicago79–85Johnny Logan (18)27–31
59March 19Philadelphia109–100Bill Roberts (30)28–31
60March 20@ Fort Wayne87–82Bill Roberts (22)29–31

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Rochester 93, St. Louis 64
  • Game 2 @ St. Louis: Rochester 66, St. Louis 64

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.

Awards and records

References
  1. 1948-49 St. Louis Bombers
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