1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season
Head coachAlbert Soar (2–17)
Nat Hickey (4–25)
ArenaRhode Island Auditorium
Results
Record6–42 (.125)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWPRO

The 1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season was the second season of the Providence Steamrollers.[1] This season is also infamous for the lowest amount of wins by a team in BAA/NBA history with only 6 total wins recorded by the Steamrollers throughout this entire season. The only other NBA teams to end their seasons with single-digit victories as of 2023 are the 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers, the 1998–99 Vancouver Grizzlies, the 1998–99 Los Angeles Clippers, and the 2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats, who hold the worst win percentage in NBA history. This season is also noteworthy for featuring the oldest player in BAA/NBA history, with head coach Nat Hickey suiting up for two games with the Steamrollers near his 46th birthday, making him the oldest player in league history at 45 years, 363 days old. That record still stands as of 2023.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
14Walt Dropo– United StatesConnecticut
––Joe Barry–––
––Dick Furey– United StatesSt. Thomas
214Bob HubbardF/C United StatesSpringfield
––Bob Joyce– United StatesBates
––Roy Lipscomb– United StatesSt. Mary's
––John Mills– United StatesHofstra
––Al Nichols– United StatesRhode Island

Roster

Providence Steamrollers 1947–48 roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 3 Calverley, Ernie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1924-01-30 Rhode Island
C Downey, Bill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1923-11-11 Marquette
G/F 10 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-3-21 Rhode Island
F 16 Fitzgerald, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-11-18 Seton Hall
F/C 11 Goodwin, Pop 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1920-12-22 St. John's Prep (NY)
G/F Gray, Wyndol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-03-20 Harvard
G/F 11 Hickey, Nat 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1902-01-30
F/C 9 Hubbard, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-12-27 Springfield
G/F Janisch, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-03-15 Valparaiso
F 13 Kelly, Jerry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1918-06-14 Marshall
G 4 Martin, Dino 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-05-25 Georgetown
F 10 Mearns, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-04-18 Rhode Island
F/C 9–14 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-01-25 Wyoming
F 7–9 Robbins, Lee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-02-11 Colorado
G 5 Sailors, Ken 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-14 Wyoming
G/F 12 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-11-23 Rhode Island
G Thurston, Mel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1919-01-16 Canisius
F/C Toomay, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-08-09 Pacific
G 8 Wertis, Ray 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1922-01-01 St. John's
Head coach

Nat Hickey

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

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

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 13@ Philadelphia64–79Ernie Calverley (13)0–1
2November 15Philadelphia78–80Earl Shannon (19)0–2
3November 18New York69–87Ernie Calverley (24)0–3
4November 20@ St. Louis67–73Calverley, Goodwin (19)0–4
5November 22Boston62–65Ernie Calverley (14)0–5
6November 27Baltimore61–76Calverley, Martin (12)0–6
7November 29Washington85–78Ernie Calverley (21)1–6
8December 2St. Louis66–86Ariel Maughan (15)1–7
9December 5@ Boston69–73Ernie Calverley (23)1–8
10December 6New York85–114Ken Sailors (22)1–9
11December 9@ Philadelphia74–78Ken Sailors (22)1–10
12December 13Washington72–88Ernie Calverley (18)1–11
13December 17@ Boston66–67Ernie Calverley (23)1–12
14December 20Philadelphia74–80Ken Sailors (20)1–13
15December 23New York66–58Ernie Calverley (17)2–13
16December 25@ New York75–89Ken Sailors (19)2–14
17December 26@ Philadelphia61–89Earl Shannon (13)2–15
18December 27Boston63–74George Nostrand (16)2–16
19December 30Chicago73–85Dino Martin (19)2–17
20January 3Chicago76–79George Nostrand (28)2–18
21January 6@ Baltimore64–82Ernie Calverley (18)2–19
22January 10Boston70–57Johnny Ezersky (20)3–19
23January 15Baltimore78–98Ken Sailors (20)3–20
24January 18@ St. Louis61–70Johnny Ezersky (14)3–21
25January 22@ Chicago56–50George Nostrand (16)4–21
26January 24@ Washington60–69Bob Hubbard (17)4–22
27January 27St. Louis61–94George Nostrand (13)4–23
28January 28@ New York73–75George Nostrand (27)4–24
29January 30@ Boston79–69Ken Sailors (17)5–24
30January 31Baltimore62–68Nostrand, Sailors (16)5–25
31February 3New York62–78Lee Robbins (17)5–26
32February 4@ New York69–108Johnny Ezersky (18)5–27
33February 5@ Baltimore74–100Ken Sailors (21)5–28
34February 7@ Washington64–86Johnny Ezersky (16)5–29
35February 10Washington60–79George Nostrand (14)5–30
36February 11@ New York63–86Bob Hubbard (14)5–31
37February 13@ Boston73–79Ernie Calverley (20)5–32
38February 15@ Chicago85–79Mel Thurston (21)6–32
39February 19@ St. Louis69–78Jack Toomay (14)6–33
40February 21Chicago73–92Ernie Calverley (20)6–34
41February 28Philadelphia82–83Ken Sailors (19)6–35
42March 7@ Chicago81–89Ken Sailors (19)6–36
43March 9St. Louis69–75Ernie Calverley (20)6–37
44March 13Boston64–86Ken Sailors (16)6–38
45March 16Philadelphia78–100Jack Toomay (15)6–39
46March 17@ Washington67–82Jack Toomay (18)6–40
47March 18@ Philadelphia57–88Jack Toomay (17)6–41
48March 20@ Baltimore58–75Jack Toomay (21)6–42

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP FG% FT% APG PPG
Hank Beenders 21 .265 .638 .3 6.8
Ernie Calverley 47 .271 .665 2.5 11.9
Bill Downey 3 .000 .000 .0 .0
Johnny Ezersky 25 .253 .606 .6 10.1
Dick Fitzgerald 1 .000 .000 .0 .0
Pop Goodwin 24 .232 .704 .3 3.8
Wyndol Gray 1 .000 .000 .0 0.0
Nat Hickey 2 .000 .667 .0 1.0
Bob Hubbard 28 .291 .692 .4 5.4
John Janisch 7 .302 .571 .3 4.9
Jerry Kelly 3 .300 .000 .0 2.0
Dino Martin 32 .238 .450 .4 3.2
Ariel Maughan 14 .242 .688 .1 3.9
George Mearns 24 .200 .484 .4 2.5
George Nostrand 45 .297 .540 .7 11.6
Lee Robins 31 .277 .548 .2 6.3
Kenny Sailors 41 .300 .692 1.4 12.7
Earl Shannon 45 .262 .634 1.1 8.0
Mel Thurston 14 .283 .500 0.3 5.6
Jack Toomay 14 .361 .690 0.4 10.9
Ray Wertis 7 .181 .429 0.9 4.6

Transactions

Trades

December 30, 1947
 To Providence Steamrollers
Wyndol Gray[2]		 To St. Louis Bombers
Ariel Maughan

Purchases

Player Date purchased Former team
Kenny Sailors[2] December 1, 1947 Philadelphia Warriors

Sales

Player Date sold New team
Coulby Gunther[2] November 9, 1947 St. Louis Bombers
Hank Beenders[2] January 15, 1948 Philadelphia Warriors

Free agency

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Elmore Morgenthaler[2] Waived Birmingham Skyhawks (PBLA)

References

  1. ↑ "1947-48 Providence Steamrollers Roster and Stats".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "1947–48 Providence Steamrollers Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
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