1962-63 St. Louis Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-32
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 6-5 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 3-1
Division Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Harry Gallatin (48-32)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 284,849, Avg. 7,699 in 37 home dates

1962-63 St. Louis Hawks Roster
1962-63 St. Louis Hawks Results

The St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1962-63 season with a record of 48 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

The Hawks relinquished 8,624 points, fewest in the league. St. Louis racked up 8,766 points, worst in the league. Bob Pettit tossed in a team-leading 2,241 points for the team and contributed 1,191 rebounds. Lenny Wilkens dished out 381 assists for the squad.

Harry Gallatin coached the team. The 1962-63 St. Louis Hawks lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	79	3090	1746	778			885	685	1191	245	282	2241
Cliff Hagan	F-G	79	1716	1055	491			305	244	341	193	211	1226
John Barnhill	G	77	2692	838	360			255	181	359	322	168	901
Lenny Wilkens	G	75	2569	834	333			319	222	403	381	256	888
Zelmo Beaty	C	80	1918	677	297			307	220	665	85	312	814
Chico Vaughn	G	77	1845	708	295			261	188	258	252	201	778
Mike Farmer	F	80	1724	562	239			139	117	369	143	155	595
Phil Jordon	C-F	73	1420	527	211			101	56	319	103	172	478
Barney Cable	F	42	662	216	107			63	41	129	42	86	255
Bill Bridges	F-C	27	374	160	66			51	32	144	23	58	164
Bob Duffy	G	42	435	174	66			39	22	39	83	42	154
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	23	370	174	62			33	18	80	12	59	142
Bevo Nordmann	C	27	271	80	36			39	21	85	8	49	93
Nick Mantis	G	9	58	20	8			9	3	6	7	13	19
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	7	47	10	5			10	2	15	5	11	12
Totals		797	19191	7781	3354	0	0	2816	2052	4403	1904	2075	8760

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	79	39.1	44.6	77.4	15.1	3.1	3.6	28.4
Cliff Hagan	F-G	79	21.7	46.5	80.0	4.3	2.4	2.7	15.5
John Barnhill	G	77	35.0	43.0	71.0	4.7	4.2	2.2	11.7
Lenny Wilkens	G	75	34.3	39.9	69.6	5.4	5.1	3.4	11.8
Zelmo Beaty	C	80	24.0	43.9	71.7	8.3	1.1	3.9	10.2
Chico Vaughn	G	77	24.0	41.7	72.0	3.4	3.3	2.6	10.1
Mike Farmer	F	80	21.6	42.5	84.2	4.6	1.8	1.9	7.4
Phil Jordon	C-F	73	19.5	40.0	55.4	4.4	1.4	2.4	6.5
Barney Cable	F	42	15.8	49.5	65.1	3.1	1.0	2.0	6.1
Bill Bridges	F-C	27	13.9	41.3	62.7	5.3	0.9	2.1	6.1
Bob Duffy	G	42	10.4	37.9	56.4	0.9	2.0	1.0	3.7
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	23	16.1	35.6	54.5	3.5	0.5	2.6	6.2
Bevo Nordmann	C	27	10.0	45.0	53.8	3.1	0.3	1.8	3.4
Nick Mantis	G	9	6.4	40.0	33.3	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.1
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	7	6.7	50.0	20.0	2.1	0.7	1.6	1.7
Averages		797	24.1	43.1	72.9	5.5	2.4	2.6	11.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	11	463	259	119			144	112	166	33	34	350
Cliff Hagan	F-G	11	255	179	83			53	37	55	34	42	203
Lenny Wilkens	G	11	400	154	57			49	37	69	69	51	151
Zelmo Beaty	C	11	307	97	43			36	27	84	11	47	113
Chico Vaughn	G	11	314	96	46			27	18	31	31	46	110
Bill Bridges	F-C	11	204	96	41			27	20	86	9	31	102
John Barnhill	G	11	314	77	31			22	15	27	36	28	77
Mike Farmer	F	11	262	74	27			17	13	52	27	27	67
Phil Jordon	C-F	7	82	24	9			4	3	15	7	10	21
Bob Duffy	G	5	24	15	6			2	2	3	3	3	14
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	5	15	10	4			0	0	5	3	6	8
Totals		105	2640	1081	466	0	0	381	284	593	263	325	1216

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	11	42.1	45.9	77.8	15.1	3.0	3.1	31.8
Cliff Hagan	F-G	11	23.2	46.4	69.8	5.0	3.1	3.8	18.5
Lenny Wilkens	G	11	36.4	37.0	75.5	6.3	6.3	4.6	13.7
Zelmo Beaty	C	11	27.9	44.3	75.0	7.6	1.0	4.3	10.3
Chico Vaughn	G	11	28.5	47.9	66.7	2.8	2.8	4.2	10.0
Bill Bridges	F-C	11	18.5	42.7	74.1	7.8	0.8	2.8	9.3
John Barnhill	G	11	28.5	40.3	68.2	2.5	3.3	2.5	7.0
Mike Farmer	F	11	23.8	36.5	76.5	4.7	2.5	2.5	6.1
Phil Jordon	C-F	7	11.7	37.5	75.0	2.1	1.0	1.4	3.0
Bob Duffy	G	5	4.8	40.0	100.0	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.8
Gene Tormohlen	C-F	5	3.0	40.0		1.0	0.6	1.2	1.6
Averages		797	25.1	43.1	74.5	5.6	2.5	3.1	11.6