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.

Minneapolis Lakers

Milwaukee Hawks

Philadelphia Warriors

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1951-52	Minneapolis Lakers	61	849	215	77			94	63	243	50	89	217
1952-53	Minneapolis Lakers	70	1027	255	89			136	83	275	66	122	261
1953-54	Milwaukee Hawks	72	2452	603	221			208	133	691	141	176	575
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	69	1129	235	94			132	100	283	77	85	288
1956-57	Minneapolis Lakers	30	531	138	52			51	37	116	12	55	141
1956-57	Philadelphia Warriors	38	577	151	57			37	26	134	25	48	140
Totals		340	6565	1597	590	0	0	658	442	1742	371	575	1622

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1951-52	Minneapolis Lakers	61	13.9	35.8	67.0	4.0	0.8	1.5	3.6
1952-53	Minneapolis Lakers	70	14.7	34.9	61.0	3.9	0.9	1.7	3.7
1953-54	Milwaukee Hawks	72	34.1	36.7	63.9	9.6	2.0	2.4	8.0
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	69	16.4	40.0	75.8	4.1	1.1	1.2	4.2
1956-57	Minneapolis Lakers	30	17.7	37.7	72.5	3.9	0.4	1.8	4.7
1956-57	Philadelphia Warriors	38	15.2	37.7	70.3	3.5	0.7	1.3	3.7
Averages		340	19.3	36.9	67.2	5.1	1.1	1.7	4.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1951-52	Minneapolis Lakers	13	152	25	9			21	6	44	9	16	24
1952-53	Minneapolis Lakers	12	189	46	16			32	17	64	11	32	49
1954-55	Minneapolis Lakers	7	137	40	16			29	23	42	10	9	55
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	3	54	13	4			10	7	15	2	7	15
1956-57	Philadelphia Warriors	2	3	1	0			2	2	2	0	0	2
Totals		37	535	125	45	0	0	94	55	167	32	64	145

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1951-52	Minneapolis Lakers	13	11.7	36.0	28.6	3.4	0.7	1.2	1.8
1952-53	Minneapolis Lakers	12	15.8	34.8	53.1	5.3	0.9	2.7	4.1
1954-55	Minneapolis Lakers	7	19.6	40.0	79.3	6.0	1.4	1.3	7.9
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	3	18.0	30.8	70.0	5.0	0.7	2.3	5.0
1956-57	Philadelphia Warriors	2	1.5	0.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Averages		340	14.5	36.0	58.5	4.5	0.9	1.7	3.9

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