Larry Foust

C · STL

Seasons 1950-51–1961-62 · 12 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1928

8× All-Star2× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	The Big One, Large Laurence, Big 'un
Position	C
Number	#16 (also #14, #13)
Height	6-9
Weight	215 lb
Born	1928-06-24
College	La Salle
Drafted	1950 · Round 1, Pick 6 · CHS
Seasons	1950-51–1961-62 (12)

13.7 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 1.7 APG · 817 games · .405 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1950-51	FTW	22	68	—	.346	—	.659	10.0	1.3	—	—	13.5	—	.409
1951-52	FTW	23	66	39.6	.394	—	.678	13.3	3.0	—	—	15.9	21.3	.450
1952-53	FTW	24	67	34.4	.360	—	.723	11.5	2.3	—	—	14.3	20.5	.448
1953-54	FTW	25	72	37.4	.409	—	.712	13.4	2.2	—	—	15.1	23.0	.483
1954-55	FTW	26	70	32.3	.487	—	.766	10.0	1.7	—	—	17.0	23.5	.570
1955-56	FTW	27	72	28.1	.447	—	.778	9.0	1.8	—	—	16.2	23.8	.547
1956-57	FTW	28	61	25.1	.394	—	.718	9.1	1.2	—	—	12.4	19.4	.484
1957-58	MNL	29	72	30.6	.398	—	.756	12.2	1.5	—	—	16.8	20.0	.491
1958-59	MNL	30	72	26.8	.390	—	.765	8.7	1.3	—	—	12.3	16.1	.473
1959-60	2TM	31	72	27.3	.407	—	.791	8.6	1.3	—	—	12.2	15.0	.484
	MNL	31	47	29.7	.387	—	.786	9.3	1.6	—	—	13.3	14.6	.460
	STL	31	25	22.6	.470	—	.800	7.3	0.9	—	—	10.2	16.1	.555
1960-61	STL	32	68	17.8	.397	—	.788	5.7	1.1	—	—	8.1	13.7	.475
1961-62	STL	33	57	20.2	.471	—	.815	5.8	1.4	—	—	9.7	14.8	.541

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1950-51	FTW	68	—	—	327	944	.346	—	—	261	396	681	90	—	—	—	915
1951-52	FTW	66	—	2,615	390	989	.394	—	—	267	394	880	200	—	—	—	1,047
1952-53	FTW	67	—	2,303	311	865	.360	—	—	336	465	769	151	—	—	—	958
1953-54	FTW	72	—	2,693	376	919	.409	—	—	338	475	967	161	—	—	—	1,090
1954-55	FTW	70	—	2,264	398	818	.487	—	—	393	513	700	118	—	—	—	1,189
1955-56	FTW	72	—	2,024	367	821	.447	—	—	432	555	648	127	—	—	—	1,166
1956-57	FTW	61	—	1,533	243	617	.394	—	—	273	380	555	71	—	—	—	759
1957-58	MNL	72	—	2,200	391	982	.398	—	—	428	566	876	108	—	—	—	1,210
1958-59	MNL	72	—	1,933	301	771	.390	—	—	280	366	627	91	—	—	—	882
1959-60	2TM	72	—	1,964	312	766	.407	—	—	253	320	621	96	—	—	—	877
	MNL	47	—	1,398	225	581	.387	—	—	173	220	439	74	—	—	—	623
	STL	25	—	566	87	185	.470	—	—	80	100	182	22	—	—	—	254
1960-61	STL	68	—	1,208	194	489	.397	—	—	164	208	389	77	—	—	—	552
1961-62	STL	57	—	1,153	204	433	.471	—	—	145	178	328	78	—	—	—	553
Career		817	—	—	3,814	9,414	.405	0	0	3570	4816	8041	1368	0	0	0	11,198

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1950-51	FTW	68	—	—	—	.346	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	FTW	66	39.6	5.4	13.6	.394	—	—	3.7	5.4	12.1	2.8	—	—	—	14.4
1952-53	FTW	67	34.4	4.9	13.5	.360	—	—	5.3	7.3	12.0	2.4	—	—	—	15.0
1953-54	FTW	72	37.4	5.0	12.3	.409	—	—	4.5	6.3	12.9	2.2	—	—	—	14.6
1954-55	FTW	70	32.3	6.3	13.0	.487	—	—	6.2	8.2	11.1	1.9	—	—	—	18.9
1955-56	FTW	72	28.1	6.5	14.6	.447	—	—	7.7	9.9	11.5	2.3	—	—	—	20.7
1956-57	FTW	61	25.1	5.7	14.5	.394	—	—	6.4	8.9	13.0	1.7	—	—	—	17.8
1957-58	MNL	72	30.6	6.4	16.1	.398	—	—	7.0	9.3	14.3	1.8	—	—	—	19.8
1958-59	MNL	72	26.8	5.6	14.4	.390	—	—	5.2	6.8	11.7	1.7	—	—	—	16.4
1959-60	2TM	72	27.3	5.7	14.0	.407	—	—	4.6	5.9	11.4	1.8	—	—	—	16.1
	MNL	47	29.7	5.8	15.0	.387	—	—	4.5	5.7	11.3	1.9	—	—	—	16.0
	STL	25	22.6	5.5	11.8	.470	—	—	5.1	6.4	11.6	1.4	—	—	—	16.2
1960-61	STL	68	17.8	5.8	14.6	.397	—	—	4.9	6.2	11.6	2.3	—	—	—	16.5
1961-62	STL	57	20.2	6.4	13.5	.471	—	—	4.5	5.6	10.2	2.4	—	—	—	17.3

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1950-51	FTW	68	—	—	.409	—	0.9	3.6	4.5	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	FTW	66	2,615	21.3	.450	—	3.9	3.2	7.1	.130	—	—	—	—
1952-53	FTW	67	2,303	20.5	.448	—	2.9	3.4	6.3	.131	—	—	—	—
1953-54	FTW	72	2,693	23.0	.483	—	6.5	3.9	10.4	.186	—	—	—	—
1954-55	FTW	70	2,264	23.5	.570	—	10.3	3.0	13.3	.282	—	—	—	—
1955-56	FTW	72	2,024	23.8	.547	—	8.6	2.6	11.1	.264	—	—	—	—
1956-57	FTW	61	1,533	19.4	.484	—	3.4	1.3	4.7	.148	—	—	—	—
1957-58	MNL	72	2,200	20.0	.491	—	5.3	1.0	6.4	.139	—	—	—	—
1958-59	MNL	72	1,933	16.1	.473	—	2.7	1.5	4.2	.105	—	—	—	—
1959-60	2TM	72	1,964	15.0	.484	—	2.8	2.1	4.9	.119	—	—	—	—
	MNL	47	1,398	14.6	.460	—	1.2	1.6	2.8	.097	—	—	—	—
	STL	25	566	16.1	.555	—	1.6	0.5	2.0	.173	—	—	—	—
1960-61	STL	68	1,208	13.7	.475	—	1.3	1.8	3.1	.124	—	—	—	—
1961-62	STL	57	1,153	14.8	.541	—	2.6	0.5	3.1	.129	—	—	—	—
Career		817	—	—	—	—	—	—	79.1	—	—	—	—	+0.0

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1950-51	3	0.0	11.7	5.3	0.0	—	—	4.419
1951-52	2	0.0	15.0	8.5	0.0	1.091	—	1.065
1952-53	8	0.0	18.9	3.0	0.0	.774	—	.833
1953-54	4	0.0	10.2	0.0	0.0	.917	—	.891
1954-55	11	2.7	15.6	0.6	0.3	1.000	—	.929
1955-56	10	0.0	16.8	6.5	0.9	.454	—	.578
1956-57	2	0.0	22.5	0.0	0.0	2.167	—	1.396
1958-59	13	11.8	11.8	7.5	0.2	.418	—	.489
1959-60	12	7.9	6.5	5.7	0.2	.392	—	.459
1960-61	8	11.1	3.2	3.5	0.0	.450	—	.497
Career	73	5.0	12.3	4.4	0.2	.618	—	.688

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	367	13.9	2.2	0.2	265–102
Away	397	13.3	3.1	0.2	89–308
In wins	354	14.0	2.6	0.2	354–0
In losses	410	13.2	2.7	0.2	0–410

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	97	13.5	1.4	0.0	50–47
BOS Boston Celtics	85	13.6	2.7	0.3	31–54
DET Detroit Pistons	57	13.6	2.6	0.2	33–24
GSW Golden State Warriors	92	12.5	6.8	0.8	47–45
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	93	14.7	1.7	0.0	46–47
NYK New York Knicks	94	14.3	1.4	0.1	42–52

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Larry Foust has averaged 13.7 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 1.7 APG over 12 seasons (1950-51–1961-62).

Larry Foust is 6-9 (215 lb).

Larry Foust was drafted in 1950, round 1, pick 6.