1948–49 St. Louis Bombers season

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Bombers' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA.^[1]

1948–49 St. Louis Bombers season
Head coach	Grady Lewis
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Results
Record	29–31 (.483)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Semifinals (eliminated 0-2)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio	KMOX
< 1947–48 1949–50 >

Draft

Main article: 1948 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Bob Gale	–	United States	Cornell
–	–	Jack Burmaster	G	United States	Illinois
–	–	Gordon Flick	–	United States	Drake
–	–	John Hoppin	–	United States	Dickinson
–	–	Dan London	–	United States	Washington
–	–	D. Miller	–	United States	Saint Louis
–	–	Easy Parham	G/F	United States	Texas Wesleyan
–	–	D. C. Wilcutt	G	United States	Saint Louis

Roster

1948–49 St. Louis Bombers roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 5 Lonnie Eggleston 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-06-08 Oklahoma State F 12 Coulby Gunther 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-02-05 Boston College F/C 13 Grady Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma G 7 Johnny Logan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-01 Indiana F/C 14 Don Martin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-02-07 Central Missouri F 11 Ariel Maughan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-26 Utah State F 13 Bill Miller 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1924-11-24 North Carolina F 3 Bob O'Brien 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1927-01-26 Pepperdine G 9 Buddy O'Grady 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-01-19 Georgetown G/F 6 Easy Parham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1921-12-27 Texas Wesleyan G 8 Don Putman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-11-13 Denver C 3 Bill Roberts 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1926-03-29 Wyoming C 4 Red Rocha 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-18 Oregon State F/C 12 Giff Roux 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-06-28 Kansas G/F 9 Otto Schnellbacher 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-04-15 Kansas SG 10 Belus Smawley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1918-03-20 Appalachian State G 3 D. C. Wilcutt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1928-01-30 Saint Louis

Head coach Grady Lewis Legend (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-Rochester Royals 45 15 .750 – 2 x-Minneapolis Lakers 44 16 .733 1 3 x-Chicago Stags 38 22 .633 7 4 x-St. Louis Bombers 29 31 .483 16 5 Fort Wayne Pistons 22 38 .367 23 6 Indianapolis Jets 18 42 .300 27

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 BAA records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	PRO	ROC	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	4–2	1–4	4–1	5–0	1–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–3	3–3
Boston	2–4	—	0–5	4–1	3–2	2–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	1–4	3–2	1–5
Chicago	4–1	5–0	—	4–2	5–1	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–4	3–3	3–2
Fort Wayne	1–4	1–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–4	1–4	5–0	4–1	0–6	1–4	2–3
Indianapolis	0–5	2–3	1-5	3–3	—	0–6	1–4	1–4	4–1	1–5	3–3	2–3
Minneapolis	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–2	6–0	—	4–1	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–2	2–3
New York	4–2	3–3	2–3	4–1	4–1	1–4	—	2–4	5–1	1–4	3–2	2–3
Philadelphia	2–4	3–3	3–2	0–5	4–1	1–4	4–2	—	6–0	0–5	3–2	2–4
Providence	4–2	3–3	0–5	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–5	0–6	—	2–3	0–5	0–6
Rochester	4–1	4–1	4–2	6–0	5–1	2–4	4–1	5–0	3–2	—	6–0	2–3
St. Louis	3–2	2–3	3–3	4–1	3–3	2–4	2–3	2–3	5–0	0–6	—	2–3
Washington	3–3	5–1	2–3	3–2	3–2	3–2	3–2	4–2	6–0	3–2	3–2	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 1	@ Indianapolis	80–84	Logan, Parham (18)	0–1
2	November 6	Fort Wayne	65–55	Easy Parham (15)	1–1
3	November 9	New York	60–56	Ariel Maughan (13)	2–1
4	November 13	Philadelphia	76–75	Red Rocha (18)	3–1
5	November 16	Boston	79–74 (OT)	Maughan, Rocha (15)	4–1
6	November 19	vs Baltimore	82–72	Ariel Maughan (18)	5–1
7	November 20	Baltimore	64–85	Red Rocha (14)	5–2
8	November 25	Providence	84–82	Red Rocha (22)	6–2
9	November 27	Minneapolis	71–87	Belus Smawley (20)	6–3
10	December 1	Chicago	72–61	Belus Smawley (17)	7–3
11	December 4	Fort Wayne	76–62	Johnny Logan (21)	8–3
12	December 5	@ Minneapolis	68–78	Buddy O'Grady (18)	8–4
13	December 8	@ Fort Wayne	60–70	Johnny Logan (16)	8–5
14	December 10	vs Washington	88–83 (OT)	Belus Smawley (24)	9–5
15	December 11	@ Washington	63–87	Johnny Logan (15)	9–6
16	December 13	@ Boston	79–83 (OT)	Belus Smawley (22)	9–7
17	December 14	@ Philadelphia	61–74	Ariel Maughan (15)	9–8
18	December 16	@ Baltimore	85–82 (OT)	Johnny Logan (28)	10–8
19	December 18	@ New York	79–88	Logan, Maughan (18)	10–9
20	December 23	@ Providence	109–99	Belus Smawley (30)	11–9
21	December 25	@ Rochester	82–90	Johnny Logan (16)	11–10
22	December 26	Indianapolis	75–65	Belus Smawley (28)	12–10
23	December 30	Washington	68–81	Johnny Logan (17)	12–11
24	January 1	@ Rochester	83–106	Maughan, Smawley (17)	12–12
25	January 2	Rochester	64–89	Belus Smawley (15)	12–13
26	January 5	@ Minneapolis	76–101	Ariel Maughan (18)	12–14
27	January 8	Minneapolis	64–59	Maughan, Rocha (17)	13–14
28	January 9	@ Minneapolis	58–74	Belus Smawley (16)	13–15
29	January 12	Chicago	66–75	Ariel Maughan (16)	13–16
30	January 15	Providence	79–76	Ariel Maughan (22)	14–16
31	January 17	@ New York	79–71	Belus Smawley (26)	15–16
32	January 18	@ Boston	89–83	Belus Smawley (25)	16–16
33	January 20	Rochester	74–84	Red Rocha (16)	16–17
34	January 23	Indianapolis	73–91	Belus Smawley (19)	16–18
35	January 25	@ Indianapolis	53–65	Easy Parham (13)	16–19
36	January 28	@ Chicago	65–83	Johnny Logan (17)	16–20
37	January 29	Fort Wayne	86–73	Ariel Maughan (21)	17–20
38	February 3	Washington	65–74	Ariel Maughan (16)	17–21
39	February 6	Philadelphia	74–77 (OT)	Belus Smawley (28)	17–22
40	February 8	@ Chicago	75–73	Belus Smawley (22)	18–22
41	February 9	New York	83–95	Belus Smawley (18)	18–23
42	February 12	Baltimore	74–73	Belus Smawley (19)	19–23
43	February 15	vs New York	75–79 (OT)	Red Rocha (20)	19–24
44	February 17	Rochester	63–68	Belus Smawley (21)	19–25
45	February 19	Chicago	63–59	Belus Smawley (18)	20–25
46	February 20	@ Fort Wayne	70–64	Red Rocha (20)	21–25
47	February 23	Boston	77–83	Johnny Logan (19)	21–26
48	February 25	@ Boston	83–102	Belus Smawley (27)	21–27
49	February 26	@ Providence	93–90	Ariel Maughan (19)	22–27
50	March 1	@ Philadelphia	83–89	Logan, Smawley (18)	22–28
51	March 2	@ Washington	82–75	Rocha, Smawley (18)	23–28
52	March 3	@ Baltimore	66–94	Belus Smawley (22)	23–29
53	March 9	@ Indianapolis	81–80	Belus Smawley (21)	24–29
54	March 10	Minneapolis	88–71	Belus Smawley (25)	25–29
55	March 12	@ Rochester	74–104	Johnny Logan (15)	25–30
56	March 13	Indianapolis	87–86	Belus Smawley (23)	26–30
57	March 16	Providence	81–59	Belus Smawley (18)	27–30
58	March 17	@ Chicago	79–85	Johnny Logan (18)	27–31
59	March 19	Philadelphia	109–100	Bill Roberts (30)	28–31
60	March 20	@ Fort Wayne	87–82	Bill Roberts (22)	29–31

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0

• Game 1 @ Rochester: Rochester 93, St. Louis 64
• Game 2 @ St. Louis: Rochester 66, St. Louis 64

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.

Awards and records

• Johnny Logan, All-NBA Second Team