1949–50 St. Louis Bombers season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth and final season for the Bombers in the National Basketball Association. The franchise ceased operations after the season, and the St. Louis market would be left without an NBA team until 1955.
1949–50 St. Louis Bombers season | |
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Head coach | Grady Lewis |
Arena | Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Arena |
Results | |
Record | 26–42 (.382) |
Place | Division: 5th (Central) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | KMOX |
NBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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T | – | Ed Macauley | F/C | United States | Saint Louis |
2 | – | Johnny Orr | F | United States | Beloit College |
5 | – | Earl Dodd | F | United States | Northeast Missouri State |
7 | – | John Pritchard | F | United States | Drake |
– | – | Marv Schatzman | F | United States | Saint Louis |
Roster
|- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #D0103A; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | St. Louis Bombers 1949–50 roster |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #D0103A; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" |
! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- |- | G | 7 | | Logan, Johnny | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | | Indiana |- |- | F/C | 50 | | Macauley, Ed | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Saint Louis |- |- | F | 11 | | Maughan, Ariel | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Utah State |- |- | G | 14 | | McCarron, Mike | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | | Seton Hall |- |- | G | 9 | | O'Connell, Dermie | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 174 lb (79 kg) | | Holy Cross |- |- | F | 12 | | Orr, Johnny | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Beloit |- |- | F/C | 14 | | Otten, Mac | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Bowling Green |- |- | G/F | 6 | | Parham, Easy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Texas Wesleyan |- |- | G | 8 | | Putman, Don | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Denver |- |- | C | 3 | | Roberts, Bill | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | | Wyoming |- |- | F/C | 4 | | Rocha, Red | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Oregon State |- |- | G/F | 10 | | Smawley, Belus | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Appalachian State |- |- | F/C | 9 | | Todorovich, Mike | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Wyoming |- |- | G | 5 | | Wilcutt, D. C. | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | | Saint Louis |- |} |
- Head coach
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Minneapolis Lakers | 51 | 17 | .750 | – | 30–1 | 18–16 | 3–0 | 16–8 |
x-Rochester Royals | 51 | 17 | .750 | – | 33–1 | 17–16 | 1–0 | 15–9 |
x-Fort Wayne Pistons | 40 | 28 | .588 | 11 | 28–6 | 12–22 | – | 14–10 |
x-Chicago Stags | 40 | 28 | .588 | 11 | 18–6 | 14–21 | 8–1 | 11–13 |
St. Louis Bombers | 26 | 42 | .382 | 25 | 17–14 | 7–26 | 2–2 | 4–20 |
Record vs. opponents
1949–50 NBA records | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | AND | BAL | BOS | CHI | DEN | FWP | IND | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SHE | STL | SYR | TCB | WAS | WAT |
Anderson | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 |
Baltimore | 1–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
Boston | 2–0 | 4–2 | — | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
Chicago | 1–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Denver | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 2–5 |
Fort Wayne | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
Indianapolis | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
Minneapolis | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
New York | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
Philadelphia | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | — | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
Rochester | 2–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | — | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
Sheboygan | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
St. Louis | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 |
Syracuse | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
Tri-Cities | 2–7 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | — | 1–1 | 4–3 |
Washington | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
Waterloo | 0–7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 1–1 | — |
Game log
1949–50 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | vs Tri-Cities | 72–51 | Johnny Logan (21) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | November 3 | at Baltimore | 81–65 | Mike Todorovich (19) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | November 4 | at Philadelphia | 58–79 | Ed Macauley (15) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | November 5 | at Washington | 69–81 | Ed Macauley (19) | 2–2 | |||||
5 | November 8 | at Anderson | 62–70 | Johnny Logan (18) | 2–3 | |||||
6 | November 10 | Syracuse | 73–67 | Logan, Macauley (23) | 3–3 | |||||
7 | November 12 | at Indianapolis | 71–94 | Red Rocha (20) | 3–4 | |||||
8 | November 13 | Chicago | 65–91 | Belus Smawley (12) | 3–5 | |||||
9 | November 16 | at Minneapolis | 71–94 | Belus Smawley (16) | 3–6 | |||||
10 | November 17 | Minneapolis | 78–65 | Red Rocha (24) | 4–6 | |||||
11 | November 20 | Rochester | 95–74 | Johnny Logan (22) | 5–6 | |||||
12 | November 24 | Baltimore | 63–65 | Belus Smawley (16) | 5–7 | |||||
13 | November 26 | at Anderson | 63–73 | Ed Macauley (18) | 5–8 | |||||
14 | November 27 | Philadelphia | 80–67 | Belus Smawley (20) | 6–8 | |||||
15 | November 30 | at Tri-Cities | 89–82 | Ed Macauley (19) | 7–8 | |||||
16 | December 1 | New York | 68–85 | Belus Smawley (20) | 7–9 | |||||
17 | December 3 | at Sheboygan | 75–72 | Maughan, Rocha (18) | 8–9 | |||||
18 | December 4 | Boston | 85–76 | Logan, Smawley (17) | 9–9 | |||||
19 | December 7 | at Denver | 76–72 | Belus Smawley (27) | 10–9 | |||||
20 | December 10 | at Baltimore | 66–69 | Ed Macauley (25) | 10–10 | |||||
21 | December 14 | at Washington | 61–79 | Johnny Orr (12) | 10–11 | |||||
22 | December 15 | at Boston | 81–83 | Rocha, Smawley (18) | 10–12 | |||||
23 | December 16 | at Philadelphia | 68–54 | Belus Smawley (17) | 11–12 | |||||
24 | December 17 | at New York | 76–81 (2OT) | Belus Smawley (20) | 11–13 | |||||
25 | December 21 | New York | 75–52 | Red Rocha (19) | 12–13 | |||||
26 | December 22 | at Fort Wayne | 75–87 | Belus Smawley (22) | 12–14 | |||||
27 | December 25 | Washington | 68–81 | Johnny Logan (24) | 12–15 | |||||
28 | December 29 | Baltimore | 90–63 | Belus Smawley (15) | 13–15 | |||||
29 | December 31 | at Rochester | 68–87 | Ed Macauley (21) | 13–16 | |||||
30 | January 1 | Waterloo | 91–79 | Johnny Logan (24) | 14–16 | |||||
31 | January 4 | Boston | 72–68 | Johnny Logan (20) | 15–16 | |||||
32 | January 5 | at Fort Wayne | 83–87 | Red Rocha (20) | 15–17 | |||||
33 | January 8 | Rochester | 73–75 (2OT) | Johnny Logan (18) | 15–18 | |||||
34 | January 12 | Minneapolis | 73–89 | Ed Macauley (22) | 15–19 | |||||
35 | January 15 | Denver | 89–83 | Ed Macauley (25) | 16–19 | |||||
36 | January 16 | at Chicago | 69–78 | Ed Macauley (23) | 16–20 | |||||
37 | January 18 | at Waterloo | 69–80 | Ed Macauley (14) | 16–21 | |||||
38 | January 19 | Fort Wayne | 74–64 | Red Rocha (19) | 17–21 | |||||
39 | January 22 | Boston | 71–47 | Logan, Rocha, Smawley (14) | 18–21 | |||||
40 | January 24 | vs Washington | 67–75 | Johnny Logan (23) | 18–22 | |||||
41 | January 25 | at Minneapolis | 78–85 | Red Rocha (16) | 18–23 | |||||
42 | January 26 | Washington | 71–82 | Red Rocha (18) | 18–24 | |||||
43 | January 29 | Chicago | 51–66 | Belus Smawley (14) | 18–25 | |||||
44 | February 2 | New York | 73–87 | Maughan, Smawley (13) | 18–26 | |||||
45 | February 5 | Indianapolis | 76–64 | Ed Macauley (29) | 19–26 | |||||
46 | February 7 | at Rochester | 84–90 | Ed Macauley (34) | 19–27 | |||||
47 | February 8 | at New York | 84–82 (2OT) | Macauley, Smawley (17) | 20–27 | |||||
48 | February 9 | at Baltimore | 67–79 | Belus Smawley (12) | 20–28 | |||||
49 | February 10 | at Boston | 79–89 | Macauley, Rocha (20) | 20–29 | |||||
50 | February 12 | Philadelphia | 86–70 | Belus Smawley (23) | 21–29 | |||||
51 | February 16 | Minneapolis | 71–72 | Belus Smawley (17) | 21–30 | |||||
52 | February 19 | Sheboygan | 72–65 | Logan, Macauley (19) | 22–30 | |||||
53 | February 22 | at Minneapolis | 57–100 | Logan, Macauley (11) | 22–31 | |||||
54 | February 23 | Fort Wayne | 72–74 | Ed Macauley (20) | 22–32 | |||||
55 | February 24 | at Chicago | 62–77 | Red Rocha (20) | 22–33 | |||||
56 | February 26 | Rochester | 79–81 | Ed Macauley (31) | 22–34 | |||||
57 | March 1 | Fort Wayne | 70–75 | Ed Macauley (23) | 22–35 | |||||
58 | March 2 | at Fort Wayne | 61–91 | Red Rocha (19) | 22–36 | |||||
59 | March 5 | Philadelphia | 71–67 | Ed Macauley (18) | 23–36 | |||||
60 | March 8 | at New York | 78–80 (OT) | Ed Macauley (24) | 23–37 | |||||
61 | March 9 | at Syracuse | 74–85 | Ed Macauley (20) | 23–38 | |||||
62 | March 10 | at Philadelphia | 73–78 | Belus Smawley (25) | 23–39 | |||||
63 | March 11 | at Washington | 90–92 | Ed Macauley (21) | 23–40 | |||||
64 | March 12 | at Rochester | 72–99 | Ed Macauley (20) | 23–41 | |||||
65 | March 14 | at Boston | 86–76 | Ed Macauley (31) | 24–41 | |||||
66 | March 16 | Baltimore | 71–63 | Ed Macauley (22) | 25–41 | |||||
67 | March 17 | vs Chicago | 85–69 | Ed Macauley (35) | 26–41 | |||||
68 | March 19 | Chicago | 64–80 | Ed Macauley (24) | 26–42 |