1949–50 St. Louis Bombers season

1949–50 St. Louis Bombers season
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

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.

NBA draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
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

St. Louis Bombers 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # 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 Grady Lewis Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
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
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
#	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