Detroit Pistons 1977-78 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Detroit Pistons in the 1977-78 NBA Regular Season and the 1978 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Detroit Pistons used 18 players in the 1977-78 Regular Season.

Chris Ford is the player from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 82.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1978, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 38-44 (.463), 9th in Western Conference
Playoffs: DNQ

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
42	Chris Ford Guard / Forward 6-5 born Jan. 11, 1949 drafted 17th in 1972 (by the Pistons)	82 games 10.5 pts 3.3 reb 4.6 ast
30	M.L. Carr Forward / Guard 6-6 born Jan. 9, 1951 drafted 76th in 1973 (by the Kings)	79 games 12.4 pts 7.1 reb 2.3 ast
13	Leon Douglas Center / Forward 6-10 born Aug. 26, 1954 drafted 4th in 1976 (by the Pistons)	79 games 10.9 pts 7.4 reb 1.4 ast
14	Eric Money Guard 6-0 born Feb. 6, 1955 drafted 33rd in 1974 (by the Pistons)	76 games 18.6 pts 2.8 reb 4.7 ast
35	Al Skinner Guard 6-3 born Jun. 16, 1952 drafted 160th in 1974 (by the Celtics)	69 games 7.0 pts 2.5 reb 1.6 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
16	Bob Lanier Center 6-11 born Sep. 10, 1948 drafted 1st in 1970 (by the Pistons)	63 games 24.5 pts 11.3 reb 3.4 ast
34	John Shumate Forward / Center 6-9 born Apr. 6, 1952 drafted 4th in 1974 (by the Suns)	62 games 15.5 pts 8.9 reb 2.0 ast
50	Ben Poquette Forward / Center 6-9 born May. 7, 1955 drafted 36th in 1977 (by the Pistons)	52 games 4.5 pts 2.8 reb 0.4 ast
22	Gus Gerard Forward / Guard 6-8 born Jul. 27, 1953 drafted 50th in 1975 (by the Trail Blazers)	47 games 7.9 pts 3.1 reb 0.9 ast
44	Al Eberhard Forward 6-6 born May. 10, 1952 drafted 15th in 1974 (by the Pistons)	37 games 4.9 pts 2.8 reb 0.7 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
15	Jim Price Guard 6-3 born Nov. 27, 1949 drafted 16th in 1972 (by the Lakers)	34 games 11.5 pts 3.0 reb 3.0 ast
32	Ralph Simpson Guard / Forward 6-5 born Aug. 10, 1949 drafted 11th in 1972 (by the Bulls)	32 games 10.6 pts 2.6 reb 2.7 ast
8	Willie Norwood Forward 6-7 born Aug. 8, 1947 drafted 19th in 1969 (by the Pistons)	16 games 5.5 pts 3.4 reb 0.9 ast
24	Marvin Barnes Forward / Center 6-8 born Jul. 27, 1952 drafted 2nd in 1974 (by the 76ers)	12 games 10.0 pts 7.6 reb 1.6 ast
54	Howard Porter Forward / Center 6-8 born Aug. 31, 1948 drafted 32nd in 1971 (by the Bulls)	8 games 4.5 pts 2.1 reb 0.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
1	Kevin Porter Guard 6-0 born Apr. 17, 1950 drafted 39th in 1972 (by the Bullets)	8 games 4.6 pts 1.9 reb 4.5 ast
12	Wayman Britt Guard 6-2 born Aug. 31, 1952 drafted 60th in 1976 (by the Lakers)	7 games 1.3 pts 0.6 reb 0.3 ast
32	Jim Bostic Forward 6-7 born Jan. 28, 1953 drafted 139th in 1975 (by the Kings)	4 games 6.5 pts 4.0 reb 0.8 ast