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Lewis Hitch

Height: 6-8 (203cm)

Weight: 200 lbs (91kg)

Born: Jul 16, 1929 (Passed away Feb 8, 2012, aged 82)

Hometown: Griggsville, Illinois

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1951 Round 2, Pick 10, Minneapolis Lakers

Pre-Draft Team: Kansas State (Sr)

High School: Perry High School (Griggsville, Illinois)

2x NBA Champion

Lew Hitch Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
3/18/1957	Nationals	0
3/16/1957	Nationals	2
3/13/1957	Lakers	4
3/12/1957	Lakers	0
3/10/1957	Knicks	4

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

6 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1951-52	22	MIN	61	13.9	3.6	4.0	0.8	-	-	-	.358	-	.670
1952-53	23	MIN	70	14.7	3.7	3.9	0.9	-	-	-	.349	-	.610
1953-54	24	MIL	72	34.1	8.0	9.6	2.0	-	-	-	.367	-	.639
1954-55	25	MIL	74	24.0	6.1	5.9	1.7	-	-	-	.400	-	.680
1955-56	26	MIN	69	16.4	4.2	4.1	1.1	-	-	-	.400	-	.758
1956-57	27	PHI, ROR	68	16.7	4.2	3.7	0.6	-	-	-	.375	-	.716
CAREER			414	20.2	5.0	5.3	1.2	-	-	-	.376	-	.674

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	22	MIN	61	-	13.9	3.6	1.3	3.5	.358	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670	-	-	4.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5
1952-53	23	MIN	70	-	14.7	3.7	1.3	3.6	.349	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.610	-	-	3.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.7
1953-54	24	MIL	72	-	34.1	8.0	3.1	8.4	.367	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.639	-	-	9.6	2.0	-	-	-	2.4
1954-55	25	MIL	74	-	24.0	6.1	2.3	5.6	.400	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.680	-	-	5.9	1.7	-	-	-	1.5
1955-56	26	MIN	69	-	16.4	4.2	1.4	3.4	.400	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.758	-	-	4.1	1.1	-	-	-	1.2
1956-57 *	27	All Teams	68	-	16.7	4.2	1.6	4.4	.375	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.716	-	-	3.7	0.6	-	-	-	1.5
1956-57 *	27	PHI	38	-	15.2	3.7	1.5	4.0	.377	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.703	-	-	3.5	0.7	-	-	-	1.3
1956-57 *	27	ROR	30	-	18.5	4.8	1.8	4.8	.372	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.725	-	-	4.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.8
CAREER			414	-	20.2	5.0	1.8	4.9	.376	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.674	-	-	5.3	1.2	-	-	-	1.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	22	MIN	61	-	849	217	77	215	.358	-	-	-	63	94	.670	-	-	243	50	-	-	-	89
1952-53	23	MIN	70	-	1,027	261	89	255	.349	-	-	-	83	136	.610	-	-	275	66	-	-	-	122
1953-54	24	MIL	72	-	2,452	575	221	603	.367	-	-	-	133	208	.639	-	-	691	141	-	-	-	176
1954-55	25	MIL	74	-	1,774	449	167	417	.400	-	-	-	115	169	.680	-	-	438	125	-	-	-	110
1955-56	26	MIN	69	-	1,129	288	94	235	.400	-	-	-	100	132	.758	-	-	283	77	-	-	-	85
1956-57 *	27	All Teams	68	-	1,133	285	111	296	.375	-	-	-	63	88	.716	-	-	253	40	-	-	-	103
1956-57 *	27	PHI	38	-	577	140	57	151	.377	-	-	-	26	37	.703	-	-	134	25	-	-	-	48
1956-57 *	27	ROR	30	-	556	145	54	145	.372	-	-	-	37	51	.725	-	-	119	15	-	-	-	55
CAREER			414	-	8,364	2,075	759	2,021	.376	-	-	-	557	827	.674	-	-	2,183	499	-	-	-	685

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1951-52	22	MIN	61	-	.423	.358	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	102.8	-	1.0	-	-	15.1
1952-53	23	MIN	70	-	.414	.349	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	95.9	-	1.0	-	-	16.8
1953-54	24	MIL	72	-	.414	.367	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.6	-	1.0	-	-	14.3
1954-55	25	MIL	74	-	.457	.400	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	108.1	-	1.1	-	-	13.8
1955-56	26	MIN	69	-	.491	.400	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	115.8	-	1.2	-	-	13.9
1956-57 *	27	All Teams	68	-	.426	.375	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	109.1	-	1.0	-	-	9.5
1956-57 *	27	PHI	38	-	.418	.377	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	108.0	-	0.9	-	-	11.0
1956-57 *	27	ROR	30	-	.433	.372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	109.8	-	1.0	-	-	9.2
CAREER			414	-	.435	.376	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	104.9	-	1.0	-	-	12.8

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1951-52	22	MIN	61	-	.060	-	-	0.4	39	23	.629	0.4	2.3	2.7
1952-53	23	MIN	70	-	.072	-	-	0.5	48	21	.696	0.2	2.1	2.2
1953-54	24	MIL	72	-	.206	-	-	0.3	21	51	.292	0.3	2.9	3.3
1954-55	25	MIL	74	-	.134	-	-	0.4	19	38	.333	-	-	-
1955-56	26	MIN	69	-	.067	-	-	0.6	32	37	.464	1.3	0.8	2.2
1956-57 *	27	All Teams	68	-	.063	-	-	0.3	34	34	.500	0.2	1.0	1.2
1956-57 *	27	PHI	38	-	.032	-	-	0.2	18	20	.474	-	0.3	0.4
1956-57 *	27	ROR	30	-	.027	-	-	0.4	16	14	.533	0.2	0.7	0.9
CAREER			414	-	.079	-	-	0.4	193	204	.486	2.2	8.1	10.4

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1951-52	22	MIN	13	11.7	1.8	3.4	0.7	-	-	-	.360	-	.286
1952-53	23	MIN	12	15.8	4.1	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	.348	-	.531
1954-55	25	MIN	7	19.6	7.9	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	.400	-	.793
1955-56	26	MIN	3	18.0	5.0	5.0	0.7	-	-	-	.308	-	.700
1956-57	27	PHI	2	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	.000	-	1.000
CAREER			37	14.5	3.9	4.5	0.9	-	-	-	.360	-	.585

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	22	MIN	13	-	11.7	1.8	0.7	1.9	.360	-	-	-	0.5	1.6	.286	-	-	3.4	0.7	-	-	-	1.2
1952-53	23	MIN	12	-	15.8	4.1	1.3	3.8	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.7	.531	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.7
1954-55	25	MIN	7	-	19.6	7.9	2.3	5.7	.400	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.793	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.3
1955-56	26	MIN	3	-	18.0	5.0	1.3	4.3	.308	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.700	-	-	5.0	0.7	-	-	-	2.3
1956-57	27	PHI	2	-	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0
CAREER			37	-	14.5	3.9	1.2	3.4	.360	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.585	-	-	4.5	0.9	-	-	-	1.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951-52	22	MIN	13	-	152	24	9	25	.360	-	-	-	6	21	.286	-	-	44	9	-	-	-	16
1952-53	23	MIN	12	-	189	49	16	46	.348	-	-	-	17	32	.531	-	-	64	11	-	-	-	32
1954-55	25	MIN	7	-	137	55	16	40	.400	-	-	-	23	29	.793	-	-	42	10	-	-	-	9
1955-56	26	MIN	3	-	54	15	4	13	.308	-	-	-	7	10	.700	-	-	15	2	-	-	-	7
1956-57	27	PHI	2	-	3	2	0	1	.000	-	-	-	2	2	1.000	-	-	2	0	-	-	-	0
CAREER			37	-	535	145	45	125	.360	-	-	-	55	94	.585	-	-	167	32	-	-	-	64

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1951-52	22	MIN	13	-	.350	.360	-	-	-	11.1	-	-	-	-	64.6	-	1.0	-	-	9.2
1952-53	23	MIN	12	-	.408	.348	-	-	-	11.4	-	-	-	-	87.9	-	1.1	-	-	15.3
1954-55	25	MIN	7	-	.521	.400	-	-	-	14.1	-	-	-	-	119.3	-	1.4	-	-	20.0
1955-56	26	MIN	3	-	.431	.308	-	-	-	5.1	-	-	-	-	100.8	-	1.2	-	-	9.8
1956-57	27	PHI	2	-	.532	.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0	-	2.0	-	-	34.6
CAREER			37	-	.436	.360	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94.5	-	1.2	-	-	9.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1951-52	22	MIN	13	-	.047	-	-	0.8	9	4	.692	-0.2	0.3	0.1
1952-53	23	MIN	12	-	.079	-	-	0.7	9	3	.750	-0.1	0.5	0.5
1954-55	25	MIN	7	-	.118	-	-	0.7	3	4	.429	0.3	0.3	0.6
1955-56	26	MIN	3	-	.052	-	-	0.8	1	2	.333	-	0.1	0.1
1956-57	27	PHI	2	-	.000	-	-	2.0	0	2	.000	-	-	-
CAREER			37	-	.085	-	-	0.8	22	15	.595	-0.3	0.9	0.7

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Apr 25, 1951	The Minneapolis Lakers selected Lew Hitch in Round 2 with Pick 10 in the 1951 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1951	Lew Hitch signed a multi-year contract with the Minneapolis Lakers.
Oct 27, 1953	Lew Hitch was acquired by the Milwaukee Hawks from the Minneapolis Lakers in a trade.
Feb 17, 1955	Lew Hitch was acquired by the Minneapolis Lakers from the Milwaukee Hawks in a trade.
Jul 1, 1956	Lew Hitch, previously with the Minneapolis Lakers, became a free agent.
Jul 23, 1956	Lew Hitch signed a contract with the Rochester Royals.
Jan 4, 1957	Lew Hitch was acquired by the Philadelphia Warriors from the Rochester Royals in a trade.
Jul 1, 1957	Lew Hitch, previously with the Philadelphia Warriors, became a free agent.
Feb 8, 2012	Lew Hitch passed away. He was 82 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
2x NBA Champion	1952, 1953

NCAA Career

College: Kansas State (1951)

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