1961-62 Washington/New York Tapers Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 31-50
Finishing 4th in the ABL's East Division
Lost conference finals
Coach: Stan Stutz (31-50)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia; New York, New York

1961-62 Washington/New York Tapers Roster
1961-62 Washington/New York Tapers Results

The Washington/New York Tapers of the American Basketball League ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 31 wins and 50 losses, finishing fourth in the ABL's East Division.

The Tapers racked up 8,216 points and allowed 8,571. Dan Swartz tossed in a team-leading 1,739 points for Washington/New York, while Sylvester Blye and Roger Kaiser scored 16 or more per game, too. Dan Swartz contributed 630 boards. Roland Taylor dished out 323 assists for the squad.

Stan Stutz coached the team. The 1961-62 Washington/New York Tapers lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dan Swartz	F	70	2792	1326	537	81	34	697	631	630	171	327	1739
Roger Kaiser	G	80	2947	1258	528	238	72	481	428	261	232	220	1556
Sylvester Blye	F	81	2696	1062	488	5	1	485	324	625	106	266	1301
Roland Taylor	G	79	2815	1095	470	21	8	339	293	192	323	259	1241
Jack Adams	F	82	2316	747	321	34	12	562	469	456	160	260	1123
Ronald Zagar	G	79	2150	995	349	165	52	263	177	198	207	185	927
Bruce Spraggins	F	78	1612	592	253	7	1	241	160	354	34	232	667
Leroy Wright	F	77	1732	417	149	9	1	193	74	506	58	171	373
Gene Conley	C-F	45	932	317	121	26	10	162	118	320	38	186	370
Ed Willis	G	47	1098	366	119	14	3	127	74	140	106	97	315
Richard Brott	C	63	1289	292	117	0	0	107	60	435	58	188	294
John Sullivan	F	41	729	277	99	24	6	97	71	68	59	95	275
Bob Hopkins	C-F	15	204	80	30	0	0	17	12	62	2	18	72
Jim Daniels	G	17	338	63	16	5	2	42	27	23	11	31	61
Bob Clarke	F	8	72	35	9	0	0	3	2	17	11	5	22
Willie Jones	G	5	24	11	3	2	0	7	4	2	4	6	10
Totals		867	23746	8933	3609	631	202	3823	2924	4289	1580	2546	10346

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dan Swartz	F	70	39.9	40.5	42.0	90.5	9.0	2.4	4.7	24.8
Roger Kaiser	G	80	36.8	42.0	30.3	89.0	3.3	2.9	2.8	19.5
Sylvester Blye	F	81	33.3	46.0	20.0	66.8	7.7	1.3	3.3	16.1
Roland Taylor	G	79	35.6	42.9	38.1	86.4	2.4	4.1	3.3	15.7
Jack Adams	F	82	28.2	43.0	35.3	83.5	5.6	2.0	3.2	13.7
Ronald Zagar	G	79	27.2	35.1	31.5	67.3	2.5	2.6	2.3	11.7
Bruce Spraggins	F	78	20.7	42.7	14.3	66.4	4.5	0.4	3.0	8.6
Leroy Wright	F	77	22.5	35.7	11.1	38.3	6.6	0.8	2.2	4.8
Gene Conley	C-F	45	20.7	38.2	38.5	72.8	7.1	0.8	4.1	8.2
Ed Willis	G	47	23.4	32.5	21.4	58.3	3.0	2.3	2.1	6.7
Richard Brott	C	63	20.5	40.1		56.1	6.9	0.9	3.0	4.7
John Sullivan	F	41	17.8	35.7	25.0	73.2	1.7	1.4	2.3	6.7
Bob Hopkins	C-F	15	13.6	37.5		70.6	4.1	0.1	1.2	4.8
Jim Daniels	G	17	19.9	25.4	40.0	64.3	1.4	0.6	1.8	3.6
Bob Clarke	F	8	9.0	25.7		66.7	2.1	1.4	0.6	2.8
Willie Jones	G	5	4.8	27.3	0.0	57.1	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.0
Averages		867	27.4	40.4	32.0	76.5	4.9	1.8	2.9	11.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dan Swartz	F	3	116	56	24	3	0	39	35	24	5	15	83
Roger Kaiser	G	3	102	49	27	8	1	20	16	10	4	9	71
Jack Adams	F	3	86	28	10	2	0	26	22	18	6	14	42
Roland Taylor	G	3	84	37	14	3	0	13	13	9	9	12	41
Sylvester Blye	F	3	92	33	10	0	0	19	17	25	3	11	37
Bruce Spraggins	F	3	65	20	8	0	0	14	8	16	2	6	24
Leroy Wright	F	3	114	16	8	0	0	7	2	38	0	13	18
Ronald Zagar	G	3	51	15	4	2	0	0	0	5	5	2	8
Richard Brott	C	3	28	3	0	1	0	2	0	9	1	7	0
Bob Hopkins	C-F	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals		29	745	258	105	19	1	140	113	155	35	89	324

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dan Swartz	F	3	38.7	42.9	0.0	89.7	8.0	1.7	5.0	27.7
Roger Kaiser	G	3	34.0	55.1	12.5	80.0	3.3	1.3	3.0	23.7
Jack Adams	F	3	28.7	35.7	0.0	84.6	6.0	2.0	4.7	14.0
Roland Taylor	G	3	28.0	37.8	0.0	100.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	13.7
Sylvester Blye	F	3	30.7	30.3		89.5	8.3	1.0	3.7	12.3
Bruce Spraggins	F	3	21.7	40.0		57.1	5.3	0.7	2.0	8.0
Leroy Wright	F	3	38.0	50.0		28.6	12.7	0.0	4.3	6.0
Ronald Zagar	G	3	17.0	26.7	0.0		1.7	1.7	0.7	2.7
Richard Brott	C	3	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.3	2.3	0.0
Bob Hopkins	C-F	2	3.5	0.0			0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		867	25.7	40.7	5.3	80.7	5.3	1.2	3.1	11.2