1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-29
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 6-5 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Minneapolis Lakers 3-1
Finals - Lost to Syracuse Nationals 4-3
Coach: Charley Eckman (43-29)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 96,641, Avg. 3,717 in 26 home dates

1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster
1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons Results

The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1954-55 season with a record of 43 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

The Pistons scored 6,652 points and allowed 6,480. Larry Foust scored a team-best 1,189 points for Fort Wayne, and George Yardley contributed 15 or more per game also. Larry Foust accounted for 700 rebounds. Andy Phillip dished out 491 assists for the squad.

Charley Eckman coached the team. The 1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Larry Foust	C-F	70	69	2264	818	398			513	393	700	118	264	1189
George Yardley	F-G	60	49	2150	869	363			416	310	594	126	205	1036
Mel Hutchins	F-C	72	67	2860	903	341			257	182	665	247	232	864
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	70	47	1862	821	269			352	247	191	203	130	785
Frank Brian	G	71	27	1381	623	237			255	217	127	142	133	691
Andy Phillip	G-F	64	50	2332	545	202			308	213	290	491	166	617
Dick Rosenthal	F-G	67	19	1406	523	197			181	130	300	153	179	524
Don Meineke	F-C	68	0	1026	366	136			170	119	246	64	153	391
Paul Walther	G-F	68	8	820	161	56			88	54	155	131	115	166
Jim Fritsche	F-C	16	2	151	48	16			16	13	32	4	28	45
Totals		626	338	16252	5677	2215	0	0	2556	1878	3300	1679	1605	6308

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Larry Foust	C-F	70	69	32.3	48.7	76.6	10.0	1.7	3.8	17.0
George Yardley	F-G	60	49	35.8	41.8	74.5	9.9	2.1	3.4	17.3
Mel Hutchins	F-C	72	67	39.7	37.8	70.8	9.2	3.4	3.2	12.0
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	70	47	26.6	32.8	70.2	2.7	2.9	1.9	11.2
Frank Brian	G	71	27	19.5	38.0	85.1	1.8	2.0	1.9	9.7
Andy Phillip	G-F	64	50	36.4	37.1	69.2	4.5	7.7	2.6	9.6
Dick Rosenthal	F-G	67	19	21.0	37.7	71.8	4.5	2.3	2.7	7.8
Don Meineke	F-C	68	0	15.1	37.2	70.0	3.6	0.9	2.3	5.8
Paul Walther	G-F	68	8	12.1	34.8	61.4	2.3	1.9	1.7	2.4
Jim Fritsche	F-C	16	2	9.4	33.3	81.3	2.0	0.3	1.8	2.8
Averages		626	338	26.0	39.0	73.5	5.3	2.7	2.6	10.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Yardley	F-G	11	420	143	57			79	60	99	36	37	174
Larry Foust	C-F	11	331	152	60			73	52	107	26	43	172
Mel Hutchins	F-C	11	417	144	60			56	38	89	31	47	158
Frank Brian	G	11	269	120	48			38	31	22	27	26	127
Andy Phillip	G-F	11	445	93	30			40	34	60	78	37	94
Dick Rosenthal	F-G	11	209	84	27			39	28	48	26	39	82
Bob Houbregs	C-F	11	213	63	24			37	29	62	19	31	77
Don Meineke	F-C	11	162	40	18			25	23	48	9	22	59
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	11	129	44	18			20	16	16	18	20	52
Paul Walther	G-F	10	95	22	12			18	11	20	8	20	35
Totals		109	2690	905	354	0	0	425	322	571	278	322	1030

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Yardley	F-G	11	38.2	39.9	75.9	9.0	3.3	3.4	15.8
Larry Foust	C-F	11	30.1	39.5	71.2	9.7	2.4	3.9	15.6
Mel Hutchins	F-C	11	37.9	41.7	67.9	8.1	2.8	4.3	14.4
Frank Brian	G	11	24.5	40.0	81.6	2.0	2.5	2.4	11.5
Andy Phillip	G-F	11	40.5	32.3	85.0	5.5	7.1	3.4	8.5
Dick Rosenthal	F-G	11	19.0	32.1	71.8	4.4	2.4	3.5	7.5
Bob Houbregs	C-F	11	19.4	38.1	78.4	5.6	1.7	2.8	7.0
Don Meineke	F-C	11	14.7	45.0	92.0	4.4	0.8	2.0	5.4
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	11	11.7	40.9	80.0	1.5	1.6	1.8	4.7
Paul Walther	G-F	10	9.5	54.5	61.1	2.0	0.8	2.0	3.5
Averages		626	24.7	39.1	75.8	5.2	2.6	3.0	9.4