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Here is the St. Louis Hawks 1962–63 roster and regular season player statistics. The team was known as the St. Louis Hawks during this season.


St. Louis Hawks (1962–63) Roster

Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date College
Bob Pettit F/C 6’9″ 205 lb Dec 12, 1932 LSU
Cliff Hagan F 6’4″ 210 lb Dec 9, 1931 Kentucky
Zelmo Beaty C 6’9″ 235 lb Oct 25, 1939 Prairie View A&M
Lenny Wilkens G 6’1″ 180 lb Oct 28, 1937 Providence
John Barnhill G 6’1″ 180 lb Mar 20, 1938 Tennessee State
Chico Vaughn G 6’2″ 190 lb Feb 19, 1940 Southern Illinois
Mike Farmer F 6’7″ 210 lb Sep 26, 1936 San Francisco
Phil Jordon C 6’10” 205 lb Sep 12, 1933 Whitworth
Woody Sauldsberry F 6’7″ 220 lb Jul 11, 1934 Texas Southern
Barney Cable F 6’7″ 175 lb Jul 29, 1935 Bradley
Bill Bridges F 6’6″ 228 lb Apr 4, 1939 Kansas
Bob Duffy G 6’3″ 190 lb Sep 26, 1940 Colgate
Bevo Nordmann C 6’10” 220 lb Sep 23, 1939 Saint Louis
Gene Tormohlen C 6’8″ 230 lb May 12, 1937 Tennessee
Nick Mantis G 6’3″ 190 lb Dec 15, 1935 Northwestern

Head Coach: Harry Gallatin


1962–63 Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit PF 30 79 79 39.1 28.4 15.1 3.1 0 0 3.6 22.1 9.8 .446 0 0 0 11.2 8.7 .774
Cliff Hagan SF 31 79 79 21.7 15.5 4.3 2.4 0 0 2.7 13.4 6.2 .465 0 0 0 3.9 3.1 .800
Lenny Wilkens PG 25 75 75 34.3 11.8 5.4 5.1 0 0 3.4 11.1 4.4 .399 0 0 0 4.3 3.0 .696
John Barnhill SG 24 77 77 35.0 11.7 4.7 4.2 0 0 2.2 10.9 4.7 .430 0 0 0 3.3 2.4 .710
Zelmo Beaty C 23 80 80 24.0 10.2 8.3 1.1 0 0 3.9 8.5 3.7 .439 0 0 0 3.8 2.8 .717
Chico Vaughn SG 22 77 77 24.0 10.1 3.4 3.3 0 0 2.6 9.2 3.8 .417 0 0 0 3.4 2.4 .720
Mike Farmer SF 26 80 80 21.6 7.4 4.6 1.8 0 0 1.9 7.0 3.0 .425 0 0 0 1.7 1.5 .842
Phil Jordon C 29 73 73 19.5 6.5 4.4 1.4 0 0 2.4 7.2 2.9 .400 0 0 0 1.4 0.8 .554
Woody Sauldsberry PF 28 23 23 16.1 6.2 3.5 0.5 0 0 2.6 7.6 2.7 .356 0 0 0 1.4 0.8 .545
Barney Cable SF 27 42 42 15.8 6.1 3.1 1.0 0 0 2.0 5.1 2.5 .495 0 0 0 1.5 1.0 .651
Bill Bridges PF 23 27 27 13.9 6.1 5.3 0.9 0 0 2.1 5.9 2.4 .413 0 0 0 1.9 1.2 .627
Bob Duffy PG 22 42 42 10.4 3.7 0.9 2.0 0 0 1.0 4.1 1.6 .379 0 0 0 0.9 0.5 .564
Bevo Nordmann C 23 27 27 10.0 3.4 3.1 0.3 0 0 1.8 3.0 1.3 .450 0 0 0 1.4 0.8 .538
Gene Tormohlen C 25 7 7 6.7 1.7 2.1 0.7 0 0 1.6 1.4 0.7 .500 0 0 0 1.4 0.3 .200
Nick Mantis SG 27 9 9 6.4 2.1 0.7 0.8 0 0 1.4 2.2 0.9 .400 0 0 0 1.0 0.3 .333
Team Totals     80   24.1 109.6 63.7 23.8 0 0 26.0 97.3 41.9 .431 0 0 0 35.3 25.7 .729

1962–63 Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit PF 30 11 11 42.1 31.8 15.1 3.0 0 0 3.1 23.5 10.8 .459 0 0 0 13.1 10.2 .778
Cliff Hagan SF 31 11 11 23.2 18.5 5.0 3.1 0 0 3.8 16.3 7.5 .464 0 0 0 4.8 3.4 .698
Lenny Wilkens PG 25 11 11 36.4 13.7 6.3 6.3 0 0 4.6 14.0 5.2 .370 0 0 0 4.5 3.4 .755
Zelmo Beaty C 23 11 11 27.9 10.3 7.6 1.0 0 0 4.3 8.8 3.9 .443 0 0 0 3.3 2.5 .750
Chico Vaughn SG 22 11 11 28.5 10.0 2.8 2.8 0 0 4.2 8.7 4.2 .479 0 0 0 2.5 1.6 .667
Bill Bridges PF 23 11 11 18.5 9.3 7.8 0.8 0 0 2.8 8.7 3.7 .427 0 0 0 2.5 1.8 .741
Mike Farmer SF 26 11 11 23.8 6.1 4.7 2.5 0 0 2.5 6.7 2.5 .365 0 0 0 1.5 1.2 .765
Phil Jordon C 29 7 7 11.7 3.0 2.1 1.0 0 0 1.4 3.4 1.3 .375 0 0 0 0.6 0.4 .750
Bob Duffy PG 22 5 5 4.8 2.8 0.6 0.6 0 0 0.6 3.0 1.2 .400 0 0 0 0.4 0.4 1.000
Gene Tormohlen C 25 5 5 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.6 0 0 1.2 2.0 0.8 .400 0 0 0 0.0 0.0  
Team Totals     11   240.0 110.5 62.9 23.9 0 0 29.5 98.3 42.4 .431 0 0 0 34.6 25.8 .745

1962–63 Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit PF 30 79 79 3090 2241 1191 245 0 0 282 1746 778 .446 0 0 0 885 685 .774
Cliff Hagan SF 31 79 79 1716 1226 341 193 0 0 211 1055 491 .465 0 0 0 305 244 .800
Lenny Wilkens PG 25 75 75 2569 888 403 381 0 0 256 834 333 .399 0 0 0 319 222 .696
John Barnhill SG 24 77 77 2692 901 359 322 0 0 168 838 360 .430 0 0 0 255 181 .710
Zelmo Beaty C 23 80 80 1918 814 665 85 0 0 312 677 297 .439 0 0 0 307 220 .717
Chico Vaughn SG 22 77 77 1845 778 258 252 0 0 201 708 295 .417 0 0 0 261 188 .720
Mike Farmer SF 26 80 80 1724 595 369 143 0 0 155 562 239 .425 0 0 0 139 117 .842
Phil Jordon C 29 73 73 1420 478 319 103 0 0 172 527 211 .400 0 0 0 101 56 .554
Barney Cable SF 27 42 42 662 255 129 42 0 0 86 216 107 .495 0 0 0 63 41 .651
Bill Bridges PF 23 27 27 374 164 144 23 0 0 58 160 66 .413 0 0 0 51 32 .627
Woody Sauldsberry PF 28 23 23 370 142 80 12 0 0 59 174 62 .356 0 0 0 33 18 .545
Bevo Nordmann C 23 27 27 271 93 85 8 0 0 49 80 36 .450 0 0 0 39 21 .538
Nick Mantis SG 27 9 9 58 19 6 7 0 0 13 20 8 .400 0 0 0 9 3 .333
Gene Tormohlen C 25 7 7 47 12 15 5 0 0 11 10 5 .500 0 0 0 10 2 .200
Team Totals   80     19191 8760 4403 1904 0 0 2075 7781 3354 .431 0 0 0 2816 2052 .729

1962–63 Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit PF 30 11 11 463 350 166 33 0 0 34 259 119 .459 0 0 0 144 112 .778
Cliff Hagan SF 31 11 11 255 203 55 34 0 0 42 179 83 .464 0 0 0 53 37 .698
Zelmo Beaty C 23 11 11 307 113 84 11 0 0 47 97 43 .443 0 0 0 36 27 .750
Chico Vaughn SG 22 11 11 314 110 31 31 0 0 46 96 46 .479 0 0 0 27 18 .667
Lenny Wilkens PG 25 11 11 400 151 69 69 0 0 51 154 57 .370 0 0 0 49 37 .755
Bill Bridges PF 23 11 11 204 102 86 9 0 0 31 96 41 .427 0 0 0 27 20 .741
Mike Farmer SF 26 11 11 262 67 52 27 0 0 27 74 27 .365 0 0 0 17 13 .765
John Barnhill SG 24 11 11 314 77 27 36 0 0 28 77 31 .403 0 0 0 22 15 .682
Phil Jordon C 29 7 7 82 21 15 7 0 0 10 24 9 .375 0 0 0 4 3 .750
Bob Duffy PG 22 5 5 24 14 3 3 0 0 3 15 6 .400 0 0 0 2 2 1.000
Gene Tormohlen C 25 5 5 15 8 5 3 0 0 6 10 4 .400 0 0 0 0 0  
Team Totals   11     2640 1216 593 263 0 0 325 1081 466 .431 0 0 0 381 284 .745

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Bob Pettit Franchise Anchor 39.1 Primary 28.4 15.1 3.1 N/A 23.30 Offensive and rebounding focal point of the Hawks; high-volume scorer with elite interior production and durability, finishing top-5 in MVP voting while carrying the offense nightly. MVP-4, All-Star, All-NBA First Team
Lenny Wilkens Primary Facilitator 34.3 Secondary 11.8 5.4 5.1 N/A 11.15 Lead guard responsible for initiating offense and distributing; balanced scoring with strong assist load, functioning as the team’s offensive organizer.  All-Star
John Barnhill Two-Way Wing 35.0 Secondary 11.7 4.7 4.2 N/A 10.30 Heavy-minute perimeter player providing scoring, ball movement, and defensive coverage; trusted on both ends and received MVP votes for overall impact.  MVP-11
Cliff Hagan Scoring Specialist 21.7 Secondary 15.5 4.3 2.4 N/A 11.10 Efficient mid-range and slashing scorer; strong per-minute production as a veteran offensive release valve alongside Pettit. 
Zelmo Beaty Interior Finisher 24.0 Low 10.2 8.3 1.1 N/A 9.80 Young center supplying interior scoring and rebounding; developing defensive presence and physicality in the paint. 
Chico Vaughn Combo Guard 24.0 Low 10.1 3.4 3.3 N/A 8.40 Versatile guard contributing scoring bursts and secondary playmaking; capable of handling and shooting within team flow. 
Mike Farmer Rotation Wing 21.6 Low 7.4 4.6 1.8 N/A 6.90 Utility forward filling minutes across frontcourt spots; modest scoring with solid rebounding support. 
Phil Jordon Backup Center 19.5 Low 6.5 4.4 1.4 N/A 6.15 Reserve big providing size and interior defense; limited offensive role focused on screens and rebounds. 
Woody Sauldsberry Depth Big 16.1 Low 6.2 3.5 0.5 N/A 5.10 Short-term rotation forward supplying physical minutes and fouls; minimal offensive responsibility.
Barney Cable Bench Wing 15.8 Low 6.1 3.1 1.0 N/A 5.10 Efficient shooter in limited role; provided spacing and spot scoring off the bench. 
Bill Bridges Developing Big 13.9 Low 6.1 5.3 0.9 N/A 6.15 Young forward showing rebounding instincts and interior activity in limited minutes. 
Bob Duffy Reserve Point Guard 10.4 Low 3.7 0.9 2.0 N/A 3.30 Backup ball-handler tasked with maintaining offensive structure in short stints. 
Bevo Nordmann Emergency Center 10.0 Low 3.4 3.1 0.3 N/A 3.40 Depth big used situationally for size; minimal offensive involvement. 
Nick Mantis End-of-Bench Guard 6.4 Low 2.1 0.7 0.8 N/A 1.80 Limited appearances with marginal statistical footprint. 
Gene Tormohlen Deep Reserve Big 6.7 Low 1.7 2.1 0.7 N/A 2.25 Very limited minutes as an interior depth option.