FORT WAYNE - 1944-1945
PLayed home games at North High School Gym in Fort Wayne, Indiana – Seating capacity – 3,800
| FORT WAYNE PISTONS | NBL | 25-5 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | ||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Buddy Jeannette | G | 27 | 5:11 | 175 | Washington & Jefferson’38 | 27 | 85 | 82 | 252 | 9.3 | |
| Jerry Bush | F | 30 | 6:03 | 205 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | 28 | 62 | 30 | 154 | 5.5 | |
| Jake Pelkington | C | 27 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 30 | 85 | 76 | 246 | 8.2 | |
| Chick Reiser | G-F | 30 | 5:11 | 165 | NYU’35 | 30 | 82 | 53 | 217 | 7.2 | |
| Bobby McDermott | G | 30 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 30 | 258 | 87 | 603 | 20.1 | |
| Charlie Shipp | G | 31 | 6:01 | 200 | None | 30 | 31 | 16 | 78 | 2.6 | |
| Bob Synnott | F-C-G | 32 | 6:03 | 190 | None | 30 | 32 | 11 | 75 | 2.5 | |
| Paul Birch | F | 34 | 6:01 | 195 | Duquesne’35 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 65 | 2.3 | |
| Ed Sadowski | C | 27 | 6:05 | 225 | Seton Hall’40 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Jim Glass | C-F | 23 | 6:08 | 210 | Toledo’43 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Blackie Towery | C-F | 24 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Dale Hamilton | F-G | 26 | 6:00 | 180 | Franklin(In)’49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 5-2 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Buddy Jeannette | G | 27 | 5:11 | 175 | Washington & Jefferson’38 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 67 | 9.6 | |
| Jerry Bush | F | 30 | 6:03 | 205 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 5.4 | |
| Jake Pelkington | C | 27 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 7 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 5.4 | |
| Chick Reiser | G-F | 30 | 5:11 | 165 | NYU’35 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 58 | 8.3 | |
| Bobby McDermott | G | 30 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 7 | 45 | 15 | 105 | 15.0 | |
| Charlie Shipp | G | 31 | 6:01 | 200 | None | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1.9 | |
| Bob Synnott | F-C-G | 32 | 6:03 | 190 | None | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 3.2 | |
| Paul Birch | F | 34 | 6:01 | 195 | Duquesne’35 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | |
| Ed Sadowski | C | 27 | 6:05 | 225 | Seton Hall’40 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 45 | 6.4 | |
| Jim Glass | C-F | 23 | 6:08 | 210 | Toledo’43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | |
| FORT WAYNE PISTONS | WBT | 3-0 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | WBT | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FGA | Pct | PTS | AVG | |||
| Jerry Bush | F | 30 | 6:03 | 205 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 28 | 9.3 | |||
| Buddy Jeannette | G | 27 | 5:11 | 175 | Washington & Jefferson’38 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 14 | .857 | 36 | 12.0 | |||
| Jake Pelkington | C | 27 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 3 | 9 | 11 | 15 | .733 | 29 | 9.7 | |||
| Bobby McDermott | G | 31 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 3 | 17 | 15 | 19 | .789 | 49 | 16.3 | |||
| Chick Reiser | G-F | 30 | 5:11 | 165 | NYU’35 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 21 | 7.0 | |||
| Ed Sadowski | C | 27 | 6:05 | 225 | Seton Hall’40 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 20 | 6.7 | |||
| Bob Synnott | F-C-G | 32 | 6:03 | 190 | None | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 13 | 4.3 | |||
| Herm Schaefer | F-G | 26 | 6:00 | 175 | Indiana’41 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 2.7 | |||
| Charlie Shipp | G | 31 | 6:01 | 200 | None | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 5 | 1.7 | |||
| Jim Glass | C-F | 24 | 6:08 | 210 | Toledo’43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Paul Birch | F | 34 | 6:01 | 195 | Duquesne’35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||