1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 29-37
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Rochester Royals 2-0
Coach: Paul Birch (29-37)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster
1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Results

The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1951-52 season with a record of 29 wins and 37 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

Fort Wayne scored 5,151 points and yielded 5,286. Frank Brian scored a team-best 1,051 points for the Pistons, while Larry Foust and Fred Schaus netted 12 or more per game also. Larry Foust contributed 880 rebounds. Fred Schaus dished out 247 assists for the squad.

Paul Birch coached the team. The 1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Frank Brian	G	66	2672	972	342			433	367	232	233	220	1051
Larry Foust	C-F	66	2615	989	390			394	267	880	200	245	1047
Fred Schaus	F	62	2581	778	281			372	310	434	247	221	872
Jack Kerris	F-C	66	2148	480	186			325	217	514	212	265	589
Ralph Johnson	G	66	2265	592	211			140	101	222	210	243	523
Bill Closs	F-C	57	1120	389	120			157	107	204	76	125	347
Chuck Share	C	63	882	236	76			155	96	331	66	141	248
Jake Fendley	G	58	651	170	54			95	75	80	58	118	183
Jack Kiley	G	47	477	193	44			54	30	49	62	54	118
Dike Eddleman	F-G	16	288	113	43			39	18	37	23	59	104
Art Burris	F	29	245	75	18			12	7	49	11	39	43
Don Otten	C	7	63	20	5			16	14	20	5	19	24
Zeke Sinicola	G	3	15	4	1			2	0	1	0	2	2
Totals		606	16022	5011	1771	0	0	2194	1609	3053	1403	1751	5151

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Frank Brian	G	66	40.5	35.2	84.8	3.5	3.5	3.3	15.9
Larry Foust	C-F	66	39.6	39.4	67.8	13.3	3.0	3.7	15.9
Fred Schaus	F	62	41.6	36.1	83.3	7.0	4.0	3.6	14.1
Jack Kerris	F-C	66	32.5	38.8	66.8	7.8	3.2	4.0	8.9
Ralph Johnson	G	66	34.3	35.6	72.1	3.4	3.2	3.7	7.9
Bill Closs	F-C	57	19.6	30.8	68.2	3.6	1.3	2.2	6.1
Chuck Share	C	63	14.0	32.2	61.9	5.3	1.0	2.2	3.9
Jake Fendley	G	58	11.2	31.8	78.9	1.4	1.0	2.0	3.2
Jack Kiley	G	47	10.1	22.8	55.6	1.0	1.3	1.1	2.5
Dike Eddleman	F-G	16	18.0	38.1	46.2	2.3	1.4	3.7	6.5
Art Burris	F	29	8.4	24.0	58.3	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.5
Don Otten	C	7	9.0	25.0	87.5	2.9	0.7	2.7	3.4
Zeke Sinicola	G	3	5.0	25.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7
Averages		606	26.4	35.3	73.3	5.0	2.3	2.9	8.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Fred Schaus	F	2	90	35	12			8	7	15	14	9	31
Larry Foust	C-F	2	77	23	12			7	6	30	5	8	30
Jack Kerris	F-C	2	63	20	7			20	11	18	9	11	25
Chuck Share	C	2	35	11	8			5	3	10	3	8	19
Ralph Johnson	G	2	70	23	8			1	1	6	7	11	17
Frank Brian	G	2	81	24	6			6	5	6	9	10	17
Dike Eddleman	F-G	2	37	16	6			7	4	7	4	9	16
Bill Closs	F-C	1	21	6	1			3	3	8	4	0	5
Jake Fendley	G	1	4	4	1			0	0	1	1	2	2
Jack Kiley	G	1	2	3	1			0	0	0	1	0	2
Totals		17	480	165	62	0	0	57	40	101	57	68	164

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Fred Schaus	F	2	45.0	34.3	87.5	7.5	7.0	4.5	15.5
Larry Foust	C-F	2	38.5	52.2	85.7	15.0	2.5	4.0	15.0
Jack Kerris	F-C	2	31.5	35.0	55.0	9.0	4.5	5.5	12.5
Chuck Share	C	2	17.5	72.7	60.0	5.0	1.5	4.0	9.5
Ralph Johnson	G	2	35.0	34.8	100.0	3.0	3.5	5.5	8.5
Frank Brian	G	2	40.5	25.0	83.3	3.0	4.5	5.0	8.5
Dike Eddleman	F-G	2	18.5	37.5	57.1	3.5	2.0	4.5	8.0
Bill Closs	F-C	1	21.0	16.7	100.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	5.0
Jake Fendley	G	1	4.0	25.0		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
Jack Kiley	G	1	2.0	33.3		0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0
Averages		606	28.2	37.6	70.2	5.9	3.4	4.0	9.6