Midwest Basketball Conference Scoring Leaders

Scoring leaders from the 1935-36 and 1936-37 Midwest Basketball Conference seasons, including games played, field goals, free throws and total points.

MBC History 1935-36 Scoring 1936-37 Scoring

About the Midwest Basketball Conference

The Midwest Basketball Conference operated for two seasons, 1935-36 and 1936-37, before the league was reorganized under the National Basketball League name.

Statistics from this era are incomplete in places because surviving box scores do not contain full statistical details for every game. The tables below preserve the available scoring totals, with notes identifying players whose individual game details are incomplete.

Scoring during this era was generally listed by total points rather than points per game, and the league did not maintain the extensive statistical records associated with modern professional basketball.

1935-36 Midwest Basketball Conference Leading Scorers

#	Player	Team	Games	FG	FT	Total Points
1	Soup Cable	Akron	18	57	38	152
2	Dudey Moore	Pittsburgh	16	59	20	138
3	Leroy Edwards	Indianapolis U.S. Tire	13	52	33	137
4	Jack Shaffer	Akron	18	63	10	136
5	*Harold McCammon	Detroit	14	45	27	129
6	Beanie Berens	Akron	18	48	27	123
7	Slim Shoun	Akron	18	41	33	115
8	*John Wooden	Indianapolis Kautskys	10	25	41	101
9	Hymie Ginsburg	Pittsburgh	17	33	21	87
10	Hank Williams	Buffalo	15	30	23	83
11	Claude Cribbs	Pittsburgh	17	30	23	83
12	Dan Brenner	Pittsburgh	14	30	20	80
13	Bill Reeves	Akron	18	32	15	79
14	*Eddie Wisbar	Detroit	12	20	23	76
15	*Frank Baird	Indianapolis Kautskys	11	29	15	73
16	*Norm Borton	Detroit	12	29	12	70
17	Marty Reiter	Pittsburgh	17	28	14	70
18	Charlie Shipp	Indianapolis U.S. Tire	13	26	16	68
19	Sibby Cortelli	Buffalo	13	29	7	65
20	Ed Garner	Akron	17	26	12	64

* Incomplete statistical details:

Harold McCammon, Eddie Wisbar and Frank Baird are missing statistical totals from one box score.

Norm Borton is missing statistical details from two box scores.

John Wooden is missing the field-goal and free-throw breakdown from one game. His points from that game are included in his total.

1936-37 Midwest Basketball Conference Leading Scorers

#	Player	Team	Games	FG	FT	Total Points
1	Jack Shaffer	Akron Firestones	18	71	12	154
2	Ray Morstadt	Akron Goodyears	18	58	37	153
3	Bob Cope	Akron Goodyears	18	55	31	141
4	Soup Cable	Akron Firestones	16	42	41	125
5	Charlie Shipp	Akron Goodyears	17	55	6	116
6	Joe Leson	Warren	14	48	12	108
7	Bill Holland	Warren	14	41	25	107
8	Norm Wagner	Dayton	16	43	13	99
9	Leroy Edwards	Dayton	11	33	28	94
10	Beanie Berens	Akron Firestones	18	33	24	90
11	*Howard Stammler	Columbus	7	21	20	89
12	Bobby Colburn	Dayton	12	34	21	89
13	*Bill Sadler	Indianapolis U.S. Tire	12	33	17	83
14	*Pres Slack	Fort Wayne	12	38	7	83
15	Hymie Ginsburg	Pittsburgh	11	38	6	82
16	Mel Rush	Akron Goodyears	16	29	19	77
17	Walt Stankey	Warren	14	32	12	76
18	*Scotty Armstrong	Fort Wayne	11	31	13	75
19	Johnny Pawk	Warren	12	32	10	74
20	Bob Kessler	Indianapolis Kautskys	7	29	14	72

* Incomplete statistical details:

Howard Stammler has two games for which only his point totals are available; field-goal and free-throw details are missing.

Bill Sadler, Pres Slack and Scotty Armstrong are each missing statistical details from one game.

Historical Notes

Soup Cable scored the most recorded points during the 1935-36 season with 152 for Akron.

Jack Shaffer led the available 1936-37 scoring totals with 154 points for the Akron Firestones, narrowly finishing ahead of Ray Morstadt's 153 points for the Akron Goodyears.

The 1936-37 season was the final season played under the Midwest Basketball Conference name. The league was subsequently reorganized as the National Basketball League.

Because several surviving box scores are incomplete, field-goal and free-throw totals for players marked with an asterisk may not add up to their listed point totals.

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