Red Rocha

C · FTW

Seasons 1947-48–1956-57 · 9 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1923

2× All-Star

Player info

Nickname	The Thin Man, The Splendid Splinter
Position	C
Number	#16 (also #4, #6)
Height	6-9
Weight	185 lb
Born	1923-09-18
College	Hawaii → Oregon State
Drafted	1947 · Round 2, Pick None · TRH
Seasons	1947-48–1956-57 (9)

10.9 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 2.0 APG · 586 games · .370 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1947-48	STB	24	48	—	.314	—	.690	—	0.8	—	—	12.7	—	.366
1948-49	STB	25	58	—	.389	—	.768	—	2.7	—	—	10.5	—	.456
1949-50	STB	26	65	—	.405	—	.703	—	2.4	—	—	11.8	—	.471
1950-51	BLB	27	64	—	.352	—	.809	8.0	2.3	—	—	13.1	—	.429
1951-52	SYR	28	66	38.5	.401	—	.770	8.3	1.9	—	—	12.9	15.3	.478
1952-53	SYR	29	69	35.6	.388	—	.755	7.4	2.0	—	—	11.2	14.4	.466
1954-55	SYR	31	72	34.3	.368	—	.782	6.8	2.5	—	—	11.3	12.2	.438
1955-56	SYR	32	72	26.2	.361	—	.783	5.8	1.8	—	—	10.0	12.4	.441
1956-57	FTW	33	72	16.0	.349	—	.757	3.8	1.1	—	—	5.3	11.1	.420

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1947-48	STB	48	—	—	232	740	.314	—	—	147	213	—	39	—	—	—	611
1948-49	STB	58	—	—	223	574	.389	—	—	162	211	—	157	—	—	—	608
1949-50	STB	65	—	—	275	679	.405	—	—	220	313	—	155	—	—	—	770
1950-51	BLB	64	—	—	297	843	.352	—	—	242	299	511	147	—	—	—	836
1951-52	SYR	66	—	2,543	300	749	.401	—	—	254	330	549	128	—	—	—	854
1952-53	SYR	69	—	2,454	268	690	.388	—	—	234	310	510	137	—	—	—	770
1954-55	SYR	72	—	2,473	295	801	.368	—	—	222	284	489	178	—	—	—	812
1955-56	SYR	72	—	1,883	250	692	.361	—	—	220	281	416	131	—	—	—	720
1956-57	FTW	72	—	1,154	136	390	.349	—	—	109	144	272	81	—	—	—	381
Career		586	—	—	2,276	6,158	.370	0	0	1810	2385	2747	1153	0	0	0	6,362

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1947-48	STB	48	—	—	—	.314	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1948-49	STB	58	—	—	—	.389	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1949-50	STB	65	—	—	—	.405	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1950-51	BLB	64	—	—	—	.352	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	SYR	66	38.5	4.2	10.6	.401	—	—	3.6	4.7	7.8	1.8	—	—	—	12.1
1952-53	SYR	69	35.6	3.9	10.1	.388	—	—	3.4	4.5	7.5	2.0	—	—	—	11.3
1954-55	SYR	72	34.3	4.3	11.7	.368	—	—	3.2	4.1	7.1	2.6	—	—	—	11.8
1955-56	SYR	72	26.2	4.8	13.2	.361	—	—	4.2	5.4	8.0	2.5	—	—	—	13.8
1956-57	FTW	72	16.0	4.2	12.2	.349	—	—	3.4	4.5	8.5	2.5	—	—	—	11.9

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
1947-48	STB	48	—	—	.366	—	4.2	3.1	7.2	—	—	—	—	—
1948-49	STB	58	—	—	.456	—	5.1	-0.1	5.1	—	—	—	—	—
1949-50	STB	65	—	—	.471	—	6.2	0.8	7.0	—	—	—	—	—
1950-51	BLB	64	—	—	.429	—	2.4	2.3	4.6	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	SYR	66	2,543	15.3	.478	—	4.6	3.2	7.8	.148	—	—	—	—
1952-53	SYR	69	2,454	14.4	.466	—	3.3	3.2	6.5	.126	—	—	—	—
1954-55	SYR	72	2,473	12.2	.438	—	1.1	3.8	5.0	.096	—	—	—	—
1955-56	SYR	72	1,883	12.4	.441	—	1.0	2.7	3.6	.092	—	—	—	—
1956-57	FTW	72	1,154	11.1	.420	—	0.2	0.8	1.0	.044	—	—	—	—
Career		586	—	—	—	—	—	—	47.8	—	—	—	—	+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%
1951-52	7	0.0	17.4	2.9	0.7	1.171	—	1.062
1952-53	2	33.5	15.5	7.0	1.5	.714	—	.752
1954-55	11	15.6	12.2	3.1	0.8	1.000	—	.950
1955-56	8	19.9	8.5	6.5	1.9	.333	—	.423
1956-57	2	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.000	—	.431
Career	30	13.3	12.0	4.0	1.1	.721	—	.768

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	169	9.8	3.0	0.8	136–33
Away	154	9.7	2.4	0.9	42–112
In wins	178	10.1	2.6	0.8	178–0
In losses	145	9.3	2.9	1.0	0–145

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	43	8.7	2.7	0.7	22–21
BOS Boston Celtics	53	10.0	2.9	1.4	24–29
DET Detroit Pistons	30	11.3	1.8	0.6	23–7
GSW Golden State Warriors	51	9.7	4.7	0.9	27–24
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	42	8.5	2.7	0.7	24–18
NYK New York Knicks	53	10.7	2.2	0.8	30–23

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Red Rocha has averaged 10.9 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 2.0 APG over 9 seasons (1947-48–1956-57).

Red Rocha is 6-9 (185 lb).

Red Rocha was drafted in 1947, round 2, pick None.