Lew Hitch
Lewis Rufus Hitch
Born: July 16, 1929
Griggsville, IL USA
Deceased: February 8, 2012
Position: F-C
High School: Griggsville
College: Kansas State, Culver-Stockton JC/Utah/Wichita/Emporia St
Drafted: 1951, Round 2 Pick 10, #19 Overall
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 200
Career: 1951-52-1956-57
Lew Hitch averaged 4.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in his 340-game career with the Milwaukee Hawks, Minneapolis Lakers and Philadelphia Warriors. He began playing during the 1951-52 season and last took the court during the 1956-57 campaign.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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1951-52 | Minneapolis Lakers | 61 | 849 | 215 | 77 | 94 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 217 | ||
1952-53 | Minneapolis Lakers | 70 | 1027 | 255 | 89 | 136 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 261 | ||
1953-54 | Milwaukee Hawks | 72 | 2452 | 603 | 221 | 208 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 691 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 575 | ||
1955-56 | Minneapolis Lakers | 69 | 1129 | 235 | 94 | 132 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 288 | ||
1956-57 | Minneapolis Lakers | 30 | 531 | 138 | 52 | 51 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 141 | ||
1956-57 | Philadelphia Warriors | 38 | 577 | 151 | 57 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 140 | ||
Totals | 340 | 6565 | 1597 | 590 | 0 | 0 | 658 | 442 | 0 | 0 | 1742 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 575 | 1622 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1951-52 | Minneapolis Lakers | 61 | 13.9 | 35.8 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.6 | |
1952-53 | Minneapolis Lakers | 70 | 14.7 | 34.9 | 61.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 | |
1953-54 | Milwaukee Hawks | 72 | 34.1 | 36.7 | 63.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 8.0 | |
1955-56 | Minneapolis Lakers | 69 | 16.4 | 40.0 | 75.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | |
1956-57 | Minneapolis Lakers | 30 | 17.7 | 37.7 | 72.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.7 | |
1956-57 | Philadelphia Warriors | 38 | 15.2 | 37.7 | 70.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 | |
Averages | 340 | 19.3 | 36.9 | 67.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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1951-52 | Minneapolis Lakers | 13 | 152 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | ||
1952-53 | Minneapolis Lakers | 12 | 189 | 46 | 16 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 49 | ||
1954-55 | Minneapolis Lakers | 7 | 137 | 40 | 16 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55 | ||
1955-56 | Minneapolis Lakers | 3 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | ||
1956-57 | Philadelphia Warriors | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Totals | 37 | 535 | 125 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 145 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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1951-52 | Minneapolis Lakers | 13 | 11.7 | 36.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | |
1952-53 | Minneapolis Lakers | 12 | 15.8 | 34.8 | 53.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | |
1954-55 | Minneapolis Lakers | 7 | 19.6 | 40.0 | 79.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 7.9 | |
1955-56 | Minneapolis Lakers | 3 | 18.0 | 30.8 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.0 | |
1956-57 | Philadelphia Warriors | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
Averages | 340 | 14.5 | 36.0 | 58.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.9 |