STATISTICS & HISTORY
Joe Fabel was a three-sport star at East Pittsburgh High School and then attended the University of Pittsburgh for one year. Fabel was a longtime fixture in Eastern Pennsylvania independent pro basketball. After World War II service as a bomber pilot, Fabel played one season in the Basketball Association of America for the Pittsburgh Ironmen.
| JOE FABEL | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 190 | College: | Pittsburgh’37 | |||||
| Joseph A.
Fabel |
Born: May 15, 1917 | Died: Jan 31, 1967 | Hometown: | Pittsburgh, Pa. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1936-37 | Pittsburgh | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Wilmerding Westinghouse Airbrakes | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Pittsburgh | NBL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Pittsburgh Hyatt Big Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | McKeesport Big-Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Cardon Big Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Wilmerding Westinghouse Airbrakes | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | McKeesport Big-Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 19040-41 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Cumberland Collegians | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Hagerstown Conoco Oilers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Cumberland Collegians | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army Air Corp. | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Utica Blues | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Pittsburgh | BAA | 30 | 25 | 13 | 26 | .500 | 2 | 63 | 2.1 | |
| 1947-48 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Pittsburgh-McKeesport | AAL | 23 | 178 | 7.7 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 31 | 28 | 13 | 69 | 2.2 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Hagerstown Oilers | WBT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| 1945-46 | Pittsburgh Raiders | WBT | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 11 | 11.0 | ||
| 1946-47 | Pittsburgh Pirates | WBT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | McKeesport | AAL | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | |||