1959-60 St. Louis Hawks Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-29
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-7 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Minneapolis Lakers 4-3
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Ed Macauley (46-29)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 277,502, Avg. 8,409 in 33 home dates
1959-60 St. Louis Hawks RosterTeam Record: 46-29
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-7 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Minneapolis Lakers 4-3
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Ed Macauley (46-29)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 277,502, Avg. 8,409 in 33 home dates
1959-60 St. Louis Hawks Results
The St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1959-60 season with a record of 46 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.
The Hawks surrendered 8,303 points, least in the league. St. Louis racked up 8,506 points. Bob Pettit tossed in a team-leading 1,882 points for the squad, while Cliff Hagan and Clyde Lovellette scored 18 or more per game, too. Bob Pettit contributed 1,221 boards. Slater Martin dished out 330 assists for the team.
Ed Macauley coached the team. The 1959-60 St. Louis Hawks lost in the finals.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Pettit | F-C | 72 | 2896 | 1526 | 669 | 722 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 1221 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 1882 | ||
| Cliff Hagan | F-G | 75 | 2798 | 1549 | 719 | 524 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 803 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 1859 | ||
| Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 68 | 1953 | 1174 | 550 | 385 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 721 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 1416 | ||
| Johnny McCarthy | G | 75 | 2383 | 730 | 240 | 226 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 629 | ||
| Al Ferrari | G-F | 71 | 1567 | 523 | 216 | 225 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 608 | ||
| Si Green | G-F | 70 | 1354 | 427 | 159 | 175 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 429 | ||
| Slater Martin | G | 64 | 1756 | 383 | 142 | 155 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 397 | ||
| Bob Ferry | C-F | 62 | 875 | 338 | 144 | 119 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 364 | ||
| Dave Piontek | F-C | 25 | 722 | 197 | 75 | 80 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 195 | ||
| Jack McMahon | G | 25 | 334 | 93 | 33 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 82 | ||
| Cal Ramsey | F | 4 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Hub Reed | C-F | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Larry Foust | C-F | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Share | C | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gambee | F | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 718 | 16690 | 6962 | 2955 | 0 | 0 | 2644 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 4050 | 1785 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1732 | 7880 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Pettit | F-C | 72 | 40.2 | 43.8 | 75.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 26.1 | |
| Cliff Hagan | F-G | 75 | 37.3 | 46.4 | 80.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 24.8 | |
| Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 68 | 28.7 | 46.8 | 82.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 20.8 | |
| Johnny McCarthy | G | 75 | 31.8 | 32.9 | 65.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 8.4 | |
| Al Ferrari | G-F | 71 | 22.1 | 41.3 | 78.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 8.6 | |
| Si Green | G-F | 70 | 19.3 | 37.2 | 63.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 6.1 | |
| Slater Martin | G | 64 | 27.4 | 37.1 | 72.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 6.2 | |
| Bob Ferry | C-F | 62 | 14.1 | 42.6 | 63.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 5.9 | |
| Dave Piontek | F-C | 25 | 28.9 | 38.1 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 7.8 | |
| Jack McMahon | G | 25 | 13.4 | 35.5 | 55.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | |
| Cal Ramsey | F | 4 | 8.8 | 36.8 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.3 | |
| Hub Reed | C-F | 2 | 8.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Larry Foust | C-F | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Chuck Share | C | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Dave Gambee | F | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Averages | 718 | 23.2 | 42.4 | 74.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 11.0 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Pettit | F-C | 14 | 576 | 292 | 129 | 142 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 365 | ||
| Cliff Hagan | F-G | 14 | 544 | 296 | 125 | 109 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 339 | ||
| Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 14 | 426 | 242 | 95 | 68 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 246 | ||
| Si Green | G-F | 14 | 565 | 171 | 81 | 58 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 197 | ||
| Johnny McCarthy | G | 14 | 566 | 106 | 43 | 36 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 113 | ||
| Larry Foust | C-F | 12 | 205 | 74 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 78 | ||
| Dave Piontek | F-C | 14 | 220 | 79 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 72 | ||
| Al Ferrari | G-F | 9 | 142 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 40 | ||
| Bob Ferry | C-F | 11 | 56 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | ||
| Jack McMahon | G | 2 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Slater Martin | G | 3 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 121 | 3385 | 1334 | 557 | 0 | 0 | 496 | 367 | 0 | 0 | 832 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 1481 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Pettit | F-C | 14 | 41.1 | 44.2 | 75.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 26.1 | |
| Cliff Hagan | F-G | 14 | 38.9 | 42.2 | 81.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 24.2 | |
| Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 14 | 30.4 | 39.3 | 82.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 17.6 | |
| Si Green | G-F | 14 | 40.4 | 47.4 | 60.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 14.1 | |
| Johnny McCarthy | G | 14 | 40.4 | 40.6 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 8.1 | |
| Larry Foust | C-F | 12 | 17.1 | 39.2 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 6.5 | |
| Dave Piontek | F-C | 14 | 15.7 | 34.2 | 72.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 | |
| Al Ferrari | G-F | 9 | 15.8 | 39.5 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.4 | |
| Bob Ferry | C-F | 11 | 5.1 | 52.6 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | |
| Jack McMahon | G | 2 | 13.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | |
| Slater Martin | G | 3 | 19.3 | 7.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | |
| Averages | 718 | 28.0 | 41.8 | 74.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 12.2 |
