1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season

The 1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season was the first season of the Providence Steamrollers.[1]

1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season
Head coach	Robert Morris
Arena	Rhode Island Auditorium
Results
Record	28–32 (.467)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Radio	WPRO

Roster

Roster listing

Providence Steam Rollers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F/C 6 Beenders, Hank 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-06-02 LIU Brooklyn G 7 Callahan, Tom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-06-02 Rockhurst G 3 Calverley, Ernie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1924-01-30 Rhode Island F 14 Cure, Armand 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1919-08-01 Rhode Island F 8 Dehnert, Red 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1924-01-24 Columbia 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 14 Grimshaw, Woody 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-09-24 Brown G 9 Keller, Ken 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-08-16 St. John's 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 C 7 Morgenthaler, Elmore 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1922-08-03 Boston College G 5 Pastushok, George 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-07-13 St. John's F 8 Rosenstein, Hank 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-06-16 CCNY G/F 12 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-11-23 Rhode Island F 15 Shea, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1924-09-11 Rhode Island F 5 Spicer, Lou 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-11-12 Syracuse C 9 Weber, Jake 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1918-03-18 Purdue	Head coach Robert Morris Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#	Eastern Division
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	x-Washington Capitols	49	11	.817	–
2	x-Philadelphia Warriors	35	25	.583	14
3	x-New York Knicks	33	27	.550	16
4	Providence Steamrollers	28	32	.467	21
5	Boston Celtics	22	38	.367	27
6	Toronto Huskies	22	38	.367	27

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 BAA records
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	DET	NYK	PHI	PIT	PRO	STL	TOR	WAS
Boston	—	0–6	2–4	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–1	1–5	1–5	4–2	1–5
Chicago	6–0	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	3–3	3–4	4–2	1–5
Cleveland	4–2	1–5	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–5	6–0	1–5
Detroit	3–3	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	0–6	3–3	1–5
New York	2–4	3–3	2-4	5–1	—	2–4	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–4
Philadelphia	5–1	1–5	3–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	5–1	1–5
Pittsburgh	1–5	0–6	2–4	3–3	0–6	1–5	—	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–5
Providence	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	—	2–4	3–3	0–6
St. Louis	5–1	4–3	5–1	6–0	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4
Toronto	2–4	2–4	0–6	3–3	3–3	1–5	3–3	3–3	4–2	—	1–5
Washington	5–1	5–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	5–1	5–1	6–0	4–2	5–1	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 2	Boston	59–53	Dino Martin (18)	1–0
2	November 7	Chicago	73–65	Earl Shannon (19)	2–0
3	November 9	Pittsburgh	76–66	Ernie Calverley (18)	3–0
4	November 11	@ Pittsburgh	71–84	George Mearns (18)	3–1
5	November 13	@ Detroit	70–68	Dino Martin (20)	4–1
6	November 15	@ Toronto	68–85	Dino Martin (14)	4–2
7	November 16	Detroit	59–70	Ernie Calverley (23)	4–3
8	November 21	Washington	58–66	George Mearns (16)	4–4
9	November 23	St. Louis	59–65	Earl Shannon (19)	4–5
10	November 25	@ Boston	71–59	Dino Martin (23)	5–5
11	November 28	New York	58–60	Earl Shannon (20)	5–6
12	November 30	Toronto	79–65	Earl Shannon (22)	6–6
13	December 3	@ Philadelphia	68–76	Earl Shannon (18)	6–7
14	December 4	@ Washington	62–80	Hank Beenders (24)	6–8
15	December 7	Toronto	59–68	Beenders, Calverley (13)	6–9
16	December 11	@ New York	68–83	Dino Martin (22)	6–10
17	December 14	Detroit	81–66	Dino Martin (19)	7–10
18	December 19	Chicago	81–77	Earl Shannon (21)	8–10
19	December 21	New York	63–61	Pop Goodwin (16)	9–10
20	December 26	Washington	66–78	Hank Beenders (16)	9–11
21	December 28	Boston	80–68	Dino Martin (22)	10–11
22	January 2	@ Philadelphia	72–84	Hank Beenders (19)	10–12
23	January 4	Philadelphia	78–74	Ernie Calverley (17)	11–12
24	January 8	@ Washington	69–77	Beenders, Martin (15)	11–13
25	January 9	Cleveland	91–68	Dino Martin (40)	12–13
26	January 11	Boston	72–73	Earl Shannon (21)	12–14
27	January 14	@ Cleveland	78–74	Ernie Calverley (23)	13–14
28	January 15	@ Pittsburgh	53–65	Hank Beenders (15)	13–15
29	January 19	@ St. Louis	53–69	Hank Beenders (20)	13–16
30	January 23	@ Chicago	76–97	Ernie Calverley (24)	13–17
31	January 24	@ Toronto	96–93	Ernie Calverley (29)	14–17
32	January 27	@ Pittsburgh	63–71	Earl Shannon (17)	14–18
33	January 29	@ Detroit	83–73	Dino Martin (26)	15–18
34	January 30	@ St. Louis	82–70	Dino Martin (23)	16–18
35	February 1	Pittsburgh	89–73	Earl Shannon (28)	17–18
36	February 4	@ Philadelphia	68–75	Hank Rosenstein (25)	17–19
37	February 6	St. Louis	65–73	Earl Shannon (18)	17–20
38	February 8	Philadelphia	67–58	Ernie Calverley (20)	18–20
39	February 11	@ Cleveland	76–85	Beenders, Martin (18)	18–21
40	February 12	@ Detroit	64–84	Ernie Calverley (20)	18–22
41	February 13	@ Chicago	79–81	Ernie Calverley (20)	18–23
42	February 15	Pittsburgh	82–72	Ernie Calverley (31)	19–23
43	February 19	@ New York	69–62	Earl Shannon (21)	20–23
44	February 20	Washington	74–82	Dino Martin (25)	20–24
45	February 22	Cleveland	85–77	Ernie Calverley (21)	21–24
46	February 23	@ Boston	67–55	Ernie Calverley (18)	22–24
47	February 25	@ Toronto	60–83	Ernie Calverley (10)	22–25
48	February 27	New York	65–73	Hank Beenders (16)	22–26
49	March 1	Detroit	80–74	Ernie Calverley (26)	23–26
50	March 3	@ St. Louis	70–71 (OT)	Dino Martin (21)	23–27
51	March 4	@ Cleveland	76–82	Hank Beenders (22)	23–28
52	March 8	@ Chicago	81–107	Ernie Calverley (18)	23–29
53	March 10	@ Boston	87–70	Beenders, Calverley (20)	24–29
54	March 13	Toronto	71–64	Calverley, Shannon (17)	25–29
55	March 15	St. Louis	60–56	Earl Shannon (18)	26–29
56	March 19	@ Washington	95–96 (OT)	Dino Martin (22)	26–30
57	March 20	Cleveland	76–73	Ernie Calverley (29)	27–30
58	March 22	Philadelphia	82–103	Ernie Calverley (22)	27–31
59	March 26	@ New York	84–91 (2OT)	Dino Martin (24)	27–32
60	March 29	Chicago	83–79	Hank Rosenstein (24)	28–32

Transactions

Purchases

Player	Date bought	Previous team
Jake Weber[2]	December 2, 1946	New York Knicks
Ralph Kaplowitz[2]	January 26, 1947	New York Knicks

References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PRO/1947.html
2. "1946-47 Providence Steam Rollers Transactions". Basketball Reference. Accessed on July 2, 2017.