1946–47 St. Louis Bombers season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the Bombers' 1st season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]

1946–47 St. Louis Bombers season
Head coachKen Loeffler
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Results
Record38–23 (.623)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost BAA Quarterfinals
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioKMOX

Roster
Roster listing
St. Louis Bombers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 6 Baltimore, Herschel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1921-06-21 Penn State
F 8, 13 Barr, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1918-08-08 Penn State
G/F 9, 10 Davis, Aubrey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-03-28 Oklahoma Baptist
F/C 5 Doll, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-08-10 Colorado
G 9, 11 Hankins, Cecil 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-01-06 Oklahoma State
F 4, 12 Jacobs, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-12-02 University of Denver
G 7 Logan, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-01 Indiana
F/C 14 Martin, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-02-07 Central Missouri State
G 3 Munroe, George 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-01-05 Dartmouth
G 8, 13 Putman, Don 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-11-13 Denver
F/C 12, 14 Roux, Giff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-06-28 Kansas
G 14 Smawley, Belus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1918-03-20 Appalachian State
F 10, 11 Smith, Deb 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1920-01-07 Utah
Head coach

Ken Loeffler

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents
1946–47 BAA records
Team BOS CHI CLE DET NYK PHI PIT PRO STL TOR WAS
Boston —0–62–43–34–21–55–11–51–54–21–5
Chicago 6–0—5–13–33–35–16–03–33–44–21–5
Cleveland 4–21–5—4–24–23–34–22–41–56–01–5
Detroit 3–33–32–4—1–52–43–32–40–63–31–5
New York 2–43–32-45–1—2–46–04–24–23–32–4
Philadelphia 5–11–53–34–24–2—5–14–23–35–11–5
Pittsburgh 1–50–62–43–30–61–5—3–31–53–31–5
Providence 5–13–34–24–22–42–43–3—2–43–30–6
St. Louis 5–14–35–16–02–43–35–14–2—2–42–4
Toronto 2–42–40–63–33–31–53–33–34–2—1–5
Washington 5–15–15–15–14–25–15–16–04–25–1—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 2Pittsburgh56–51Logan, Putman (12)1–0
2November 5@ Detroit53–49John Barr (12)2–0
3November 7New York63–68Don Putman (17)2–1
4November 9Washington70–69Cecil Hankins (18)3–1
5November 14Boston64–62 (OT)Logan, Putman (14)4–1
6November 16Cleveland83–74 (OT)Don Putman (16)5–1
7November 19@ Philadelphia66–63Cecil Hankins (14)6–1
8November 20@ Washington51–54John Logan (14)6–2
9November 21@ Boston65–53George Munroe (16)7–2
10November 23@ Providence65–59Cecil Hankins (18)8–2
11November 27@ New York60–67Cecil Hankins (18)8–3
12November 28@ Chicago75–72John Logan (21)9–3
13November 30Detroit60–57 (OT)Don Putman (13)10–3
14December 5Pittsburgh66–55Hankins, Logan (15)11–3
15December 7Philadelphia47–57John Logan (17)11–4
16December 10@ Cleveland62–61 (OT)Aubrey Davis (15)12–4
17December 12Chicago68–88Hankins (18)12–5
18December 15Toronto46–50John Logan (9)12–6
19December 16@ Pittsburgh66–55John Logan (11)13–6
20December 18@ Washington47–68George Munroe (10)13–7
21December 19@ Boston76–74Bob Doll (22)14–7
22December 22Boston65–53John Logan (15)15–7
23December 26Detroit55–51Barr, Munroe (10)16–7
24December 29Philadelphia75–68John Logan (27)17–7
25December 31@ Cleveland68–59John Logan (15)18–7
26January 1@ Chicago103–90Davis, Munroe, Putman (15)19–7
27January 2Washington66–57John Logan (17)20–7
28January 5New York57–59George Munroe (15)20–8
29January 9Chicago84–81Bob Doll (22)21–8
30January 12Pittsburgh72–59Giff Roux (24)22–8
31January 16Cleveland59–63Bob Doll (20)22–9
32January 19Providence69–53John Logan (13)23–9
33January 21@ Toronto71–72John Logan (14)23–10
34January 26Detroit71–66John Logan (17)24–10
35January 30Providence70–82Logan, Putman (12)24–11
36February 1Cleveland70–48John Barr (13)25–11
37February 3@ Pittsburgh63–68Munroe, Putman (13)25–12
38February 5@ New York71–46John Logan (16)26–12
39February 6@ Providence73–65John Logan (18)27–12
40February 8Washington65–68Don Martin (12)27–13
41February 11@ Philadelphia59–75Bob Doll (16)27–14
42February 13@ Boston54–64John Logan (12)27–15
43February 16Toronto80–64John Logan (15)28–15
44February 18@ Toronto57–65Bob Doll (17)28–16
45February 21Chicago65–60Bob Doll (16)29–16
46February 23Philadelphia71–66John Logan (17)30–16
47February 25@ Cleveland96–76Belus Smawley (23)31–16
48February 26@ Philadelphia65–75Belus Smawley (18)31–17
49March 2@ Chicago86–98George Munroe (20)31–18
50March 3Providence71–70 (OT)John Logan (22)32–18
51March 8@ Washington73–74John Logan (21)32–19
52March 11@ Toronto71–79Bob Doll (16)32–20
53March 13@ New York74–78 (2OT)Baltimore, Roux (13)32–21
54March 15@ Providence56–60Don Putman (15)32–22
55March 18@ Detroit68–59Logan, Smawley (16)33–22
56March 19@ Pittsburgh79–54Belus Smawley (16)34–22
57March 20New York51–49Belus Smawley (18)35–22
58March 23Toronto60–40Belus Smawley (10)36–22
59March 26@ Detroit67–63Bob Doll (15)37–22
60March 29Boston59–55John Logan (18)38–22
61March 31@ Chicago66–73 (OT)Belus Smawley (17)38–23

Playoffs
1947 playoff game log
First round: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
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References
  1. 1946-47 St. Louis Bombers
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