1946–47 St. Louis Bombers season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the first season for the St. Louis Bombers in the BAA (which later became the NBA).^[1]

1946–47 St. Louis Bombers season
Head coach	Ken Loeffler
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Results
Record	38–23 (.623)
Place	Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost BAA Quarterfinals
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	KMOX
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Roster

St. Louis Bombers roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (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 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 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

# Western Division v t e Team W L PCT GB 1 x-Chicago Stags 39 22 .639 – 2 x-St. Louis Bombers 38 23 .623 1 3 x-Cleveland Rebels 30 30 .500 8.5 4 Detroit Falcons 20 40 .333 18.5 5 Pittsburgh Ironmen 15 45 .250 23.5

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 BAA records
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	DET	NYK	PHI	PIT	PRO	STL	TOR	WAS
Boston	—	0–6	2–4	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–1	1–5	1–5	4–2	1–5
Chicago	6–0	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	3–3	3–4	4–2	1–5
Cleveland	4–2	1–5	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–5	6–0	1–5
Detroit	3–3	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	0–6	3–3	1–5
New York	2–4	3–3	2-4	5–1	—	2–4	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–4
Philadelphia	5–1	1–5	3–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	5–1	1–5
Pittsburgh	1–5	0–6	2–4	3–3	0–6	1–5	—	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–5
Providence	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	—	2–4	3–3	0–6
St. Louis	5–1	4–3	5–1	6–0	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4
Toronto	2–4	2–4	0–6	3–3	3–3	1–5	3–3	3–3	4–2	—	1–5
Washington	5–1	5–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	5–1	5–1	6–0	4–2	5–1	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 2	Pittsburgh	56–51	Logan, Putman (12)	1–0
2	November 5	@ Detroit	53–49	John Barr (12)	2–0
3	November 7	New York	63–68	Don Putman (17)	2–1
4	November 9	Washington	70–69	Cecil Hankins (18)	3–1
5	November 14	Boston	64–62 (OT)	Logan, Putman (14)	4–1
6	November 16	Cleveland	83–74 (OT)	Don Putman (16)	5–1
7	November 19	@ Philadelphia	66–63	Cecil Hankins (14)	6–1
8	November 20	@ Washington	51–54	John Logan (14)	6–2
9	November 21	@ Boston	65–53	George Munroe (16)	7–2
10	November 23	@ Providence	65–59	Cecil Hankins (18)	8–2
11	November 27	@ New York	60–67	Cecil Hankins (18)	8–3
12	November 28	@ Chicago	75–72	John Logan (21)	9–3
13	November 30	Detroit	60–57 (OT)	Don Putman (13)	10–3
14	December 5	Pittsburgh	66–55	Hankins, Logan (15)	11–3
15	December 7	Philadelphia	47–57	John Logan (17)	11–4
16	December 10	@ Cleveland	62–61 (OT)	Aubrey Davis (15)	12–4
17	December 12	Chicago	68–88	Hankins (18)	12–5
18	December 15	Toronto	46–50	John Logan (9)	12–6
19	December 16	@ Pittsburgh	66–55	John Logan (11)	13–6
20	December 18	@ Washington	47–68	George Munroe (10)	13–7
21	December 19	@ Boston	76–74	Bob Doll (22)	14–7
22	December 22	Boston	65–53	John Logan (15)	15–7
23	December 26	Detroit	55–51	Barr, Munroe (10)	16–7
24	December 29	Philadelphia	75–68	John Logan (27)	17–7
25	December 31	@ Cleveland	68–59	John Logan (15)	18–7
26	January 1	@ Chicago	103–90	Davis, Munroe, Putman (15)	19–7
27	January 2	Washington	66–57	John Logan (17)	20–7
28	January 5	New York	57–59	George Munroe (15)	20–8
29	January 9	Chicago	84–81	Bob Doll (22)	21–8
30	January 12	Pittsburgh	72–59	Giff Roux (24)	22–8
31	January 16	Cleveland	59–63	Bob Doll (20)	22–9
32	January 19	Providence	69–53	John Logan (13)	23–9
33	January 21	@ Toronto	71–72	John Logan (14)	23–10
34	January 26	Detroit	71–66	John Logan (17)	24–10
35	January 30	Providence	70–82	Logan, Putman (12)	24–11
36	February 1	Cleveland	70–48	John Barr (13)	25–11
37	February 3	@ Pittsburgh	63–68	Munroe, Putman (13)	25–12
38	February 5	@ New York	71–46	John Logan (16)	26–12
39	February 6	@ Providence	73–65	John Logan (18)	27–12
40	February 8	Washington	65–68	Don Martin (12)	27–13
41	February 11	@ Philadelphia	59–75	Bob Doll (16)	27–14
42	February 13	@ Boston	54–64	John Logan (12)	27–15
43	February 16	Toronto	80–64	John Logan (15)	28–15
44	February 18	@ Toronto	57–65	Bob Doll (17)	28–16
45	February 21	Chicago	65–60	Bob Doll (16)	29–16
46	February 23	Philadelphia	71–66	John Logan (17)	30–16
47	February 25	@ Cleveland	96–76	Belus Smawley (23)	31–16
48	February 26	@ Philadelphia	65–75	Belus Smawley (18)	31–17
49	March 2	@ Chicago	86–98	George Munroe (20)	31–18
50	March 3	Providence	71–70 (OT)	John Logan (22)	32–18
51	March 8	@ Washington	73–74	John Logan (21)	32–19
52	March 11	@ Toronto	71–79	Bob Doll (16)	32–20
53	March 13	@ New York	74–78 (2OT)	Baltimore, Roux (13)	32–21
54	March 15	@ Providence	56–60	Don Putman (15)	32–22
55	March 18	@ Detroit	68–59	Logan, Smawley (16)	33–22
56	March 19	@ Pittsburgh	79–54	Belus Smawley (16)	34–22
57	March 20	New York	51–49	Belus Smawley (18)	35–22
58	March 23	Toronto	60–40	Belus Smawley (10)	36–22
59	March 26	@ Detroit	67–63	Bob Doll (15)	37–22
60	March 29	Boston	59–55	John Logan (18)	38–22
61	March 31	@ Chicago	66–73 (OT)	Belus Smawley (17)	38–23

Playoffs

See also: 1947 BAA Playoffs

1947 playoff game log
First round: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 2 @ Philadelphia 68–73 George Munroe & Johnny Logan (16) Philadelphia Arena 0–1 2 April 5 Philadelphia 73–51 Belus Smawley (17) St. Louis Arena 1–1 3 April 6 Philadelphia 59–75 Belus Smawley (21) St. Louis Arena 1–2

References

1. 1946-47 St. Louis Bombers