1947–48 Washington Capitols season

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Capitols' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]

1947–48 Washington Capitols season
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaUline Arena
Results
Record28–20 (.583)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost Division tiebreaker
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWTOP

Draft picks
Main article: 1947 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
19Dick O'KeefeG/F United StatesSanta Clara
––Bill Burke– United StatesSt. Mary's College (MD)
––Paul CloydG/F United StatesWisconsin
––John MandicF/C United StatesOregon State
––Saul MariaschinG United StatesHarvard
––Abel Rodriguez– United StatesSan Francisco
––Irv RothenbergC United StatesLong Island
––Jack TingleF United StatesKentucky
––Matt ZunicG/F United StatesGeorge Washington

Roster
1947–48 Washington Capitols roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G/F 10 Feerick, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-01-02 Santa Clara
G 14 Hertzberg, Sonny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-07-29 CCNY
C 12 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown
SF 17 McKinney, Bones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-01-01 North Carolina
F 16 Norlander, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-03-05 Hamline
G/F 15 O'Keefe, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-29 Santa Clara
C 18 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 Long Island
PG 20 Scolari, Fred 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-03-01 San Francisco
F 19 Tingle, Jack 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1924-12-30 Kentucky
F 4 Torgoff, Irv 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-03-06 Long Island
Head coach

Red Auerbach

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

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings
#
Western Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-St. Louis Bombers2919.604–
2 x-Baltimore Bullets2820.5831
3 x-Chicago Stags2820.5831
4 x-Washington Capitols2820.5831

Record vs. opponents
1947–48 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI NYK PHI PRO STL WAS
Baltimore —5–15–35–12–46–03–52–6
Boston 1–5—3–31–74–46–22–43–3
Chicago 3–53–3—6–04–24–23–55–3
New York 1–57–10–6—4–47–14–23–3
Philadelphia 4–24–42-41–7—8–03–32–4
Providence 0–62–62–41–70–8—0–61–5
St. Louis 5–34–25–32–43–36–0—4–4
Washington 6–23–33–53–34–25–14–4—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 12Baltimore63–55Fred Scolari (17)1–0
2November 13@ New York65–80Feerick, Scolari (15)1–1
3November 15@ Boston69–73Feerick, McKinney (16)1–2
4November 19Philadelphia74–67Irv Rothenberg (14)2–2
5November 20@ Chicago77–81Fred Scolari (19)2–3
6November 22@ St. Louis62–70Johnny Norlander (14)2–4
7November 26St. Louis83–64Johnny Norlander (17)3–4
8November 28@ Boston83–92Fred Scolari (22)3–5
9November 29@ Providence78–85Fred Scolari (21)3–6
10December 1@ New York70–62Feerick, McKinney (13)4–6
11December 3@ Chicago73–81Feerick, McKinney (18)4–7
12December 11@ Baltimore71–69 (OT)Bob Feerick (19)5–7
13December 13@ Providence88–72Bones McKinney (18)6–7
14December 17Baltimore66–64Bones McKinney (16)7–7
15December 18@ Chicago70–64Bob Feerick (17)8–7
16December 20St. Louis52–55Bones McKinney (19)8–8
17December 25@ St. Louis73–56Bob Feerick (23)9–8
18December 27Philadelphia72–70Fred Scolari (18)10–8
19January 2@ Philadelphia60–69Bob Feerick (22)10–9
20January 3Boston95–60Bones McKinney (17)11–9
21January 8@ St. Louis73–76Bob Feerick (18)11–10
22January 10Philadelphia106–99 (OT)Bob Feerick (21)12–10
23January 11@ Boston56–84Bob Feerick (16)12–11
24January 14Chicago75–67Bones McKinney (20)13–11
25January 17New York78–62Fred Scolari (15)14–11
26January 21St. Louis81–74Bob Feerick (18)15–11
27January 24Providence69–60Fred Scolari (14)16–11
28January 30@ Baltimore71–95Bob Feerick (13)16–12
29January 31Chicago54–48Bob Feerick (21)17–12
30February 4Baltimore77–72Bob Feerick (20)18–12
31February 5@ Philadelphia72–60Johnny Norlander (18)19–12
32February 7Providence86–64Johnny Norlander (20)20–12
33February 10@ Providence79–60Bob Feerick (25)21–12
34February 14Boston72–58Bob Feerick (16)22–12
35February 18New York75–79Bones McKinney (18)22–13
36February 19@ Philadelphia76–84Bob Feerick (24)22–14
37February 21Baltimore85–72Fred Scolari (26)23–14
38February 25Chicago66–73Bob Feerick (27)23–15
39February 26@ Baltimore70–97Bob Feerick (26)23–16
40February 28@ St. Louis61–82Irv Torgoff (14)23–17
41February 29@ Chicago75–76 (OT)Bob Feerick (21)23–18
42March 6@ New York64–69 (OT)Bob Feerick (18)23–19
43March 10Chicago54–71Bob Feerick (12)23–20
44March 13St. Louis86–69Bob Feerick (19)24–20
45March 16@ Boston76–62Bob Feerick (12)25–20
46March 17Providence82–67Fred Scolari (16)26–20
47March 18@ Baltimore71–64Bob Feerick (24)27–20
48March 20New York103–82Bob Feerick (22)28–20

Playoffs

Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: Stags win series 1-0

  • Game 1 @ Chicago (March 23): Chicago 74, Washington 70

References
  1. "1947-48 Washington Capitols Roster and Stats".
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