The 1948–49 BAA season was the Jets' 1st and only season as the Jets in the NBA/BAA , as well as their eighth professional season including their time spent in the NBL (eleventh if you include their seasons in the short-lived NPBL and MBC leagues) and 14th (17th if you include brief cameos in the World Professional Basketball Tournament as the Indianapolis Pure Oils and Indianapolis Oilers) and final season as a franchise after previously going by the Indianapolis Kautskys, named under team owner Frank Kautsky 's local grocery store.[ 3] After the season ended and they participated in the 1949 BAA draft , the NBL would merge with the BAA to form the NBA. As a result, the Jets ceased operations and were subsequently replaced by the Indianapolis Olympians .
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
F/C
44
B. Black, Charles
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1921-06-15
Kansas
G/F
66
Brookfield, Price
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1920-05-11
West Texas A&M
G/F
22
Byrnes, Tommy
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1923-02-19
Seton Hall
F/C
30, 70
Eskridge, Jack
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1924-01-21
Kansas
F/C
99
Glamack, George
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1918-06-07
North Carolina
G/F
22
Hale, Bruce
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1918-08-30
Santa Clara
G/F
55
Hamilton, Ralph
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
188 lb (85 kg)
1921-06-10
Indiana
PG
60
Kirk, Walt
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
173 lb (78 kg)
1924-09-03
Illinois
F
70
Kostecka, Andy
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
203 lb (92 kg)
1921-02-10
Georgetown
G/F
20
Lewis, Fred
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1921-01-06
Eastern Kentucky
G
40
Lumpp, Ray
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
178 lb (81 kg)
1923-07-11
NYU
G/F
Maddox, Jack
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1919-12-10
West Texas A&M
C
77
Mahnken, John
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1922-06-16
Georgetown
G
20
Malamed, Lionel
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
150 lb (68 kg)
1924-11-15
CCNY
F/C
50
Mandic, John
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
1919-10-03
Oregon State
F/C
44
Mogus, Leo
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1921-04-13
Youngstown State
G/F
33
Nagy, Fritz
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1924-01-03
Akron
G/F
Napolitano, Paul
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1923-02-03
San Francisco
G
55
Passaglia, Marty
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1919-04-22
Santa Clara
F/C
Pugh, Roy
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1922-10-16
SMU
C
Springer, Jim
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
1926-06-17
Canterbury
G
Spruill, Jim
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1923-02-26
Rice
G/F
20
Tidrick, Hal
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1915-08-04
Washington & Jefferson
F/C
77
Towery, Blackie
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1920-06-20
Western Kentucky
F
60
Wehr, Dick
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1925-12-09
Rice
Head coach
Burl Friddle
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Record vs. opponents
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1948–49 BAA records
Team
BAL
BOS
CHI
FWP
IND
MIN
NYK
PHI
PRO
ROC
STL
WAS
Baltimore
—
4–2
1–4
4–1
5–0
1–4
2–4
4–2
2–4
1–4
2–3
3–3
Boston
2–4
—
0–5
4–1
3–2
2–3
3–3
3–3
3–3
1–4
3–2
1–5
Chicago
4–1
5–0
—
4–2
5–1
2–4
3–2
2–3
5–0
2–4
3–3
3–2
Fort Wayne
1–4
1–4
2–4
—
3–3
2–4
1–4
5–0
4–1
0–6
1–4
2–3
Indianapolis
0–5
2–3
1-5
3–3
—
0–6
1–4
1–4
4–1
1–5
3–3
2–3
Minneapolis
4–1
3–2
4–2
4–2
6–0
—
4–1
4–1
5–0
4–2
4–2
2–3
New York
4–2
3–3
2–3
4–1
4–1
1–4
—
2–4
5–1
1–4
3–2
2–3
Philadelphia
2–4
3–3
3–2
0–5
4–1
1–4
4–2
—
6–0
0–5
3–2
2–4
Providence
4–2
3–3
0–5
1–4
1–4
0–5
1–5
0–6
—
2–3
0–5
0–6
Rochester
4–1
4–1
4–2
6–0
5–1
2–4
4–1
5–0
3–2
—
6–0
2–3
St. Louis
3–2
2–3
3–3
4–1
3–3
2–4
2–3
2–3
5–0
0–6
—
2–3
Washington
3–3
5–1
2–3
3–2
3–2
3–2
3–2
4–2
6–0
3–2
3–2
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