Rick Barry vs. Lew Hitch Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lew Hitch and Rick Barry, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Rick Barry played 10 years in the NBA, 4 more than Lew Hitch, who played 6. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Lew Hitch had his rookie season in 1951-52. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1965-66	1951-52
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	80	37.4	25.7	-	-	10.6	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	9.3	21.2	.439	-	-	-	7.1	8.3	.862
Lew Hitch	61	13.9	3.6	-	-	4.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	1.3	3.5	.358	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lew Hitch	13	11.7	1.8	-	-	3.4	0.7	-	-	-	1.2	0.7	1.9	.360	-	-	-	0.5	1.6	.286

Season 2
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1966-67	1952-53
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	78	40.7	35.6	-	-	9.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	13.0	28.7	.451	-	-	-	9.7	10.9	.884
Lew Hitch	70	14.7	3.7	-	-	3.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.6	.349	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.610
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	15	40.9	34.7	-	-	7.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	13.1	32.6	.403	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.809
Lew Hitch	12	15.8	4.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.7	1.3	3.8	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.7	.531

Note: Rick Barry didn't play in 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72.

Season 3
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1972-73	1953-54
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	82	37.5	22.3	-	-	8.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.0	19.9	.452	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.902
Lew Hitch	72	34.1	8.0	-	-	9.6	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	8.4	.367	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.639
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	11	26.5	16.4	-	-	4.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.909
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1973-74	1954-55
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Hawks, Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	80	36.5	25.1	1.3	5.5	6.8	6.1	2.1	0.5	-	3.3	10.0	21.8	.456	-	-	-	5.2	5.8	.899
Lew Hitch	74	24.0	6.1	-	-	5.9	1.7	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	5.6	.400	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.680
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lew Hitch	7	19.6	7.9	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	5.7	.400	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.793

Season 5
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1974-75	1955-56
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	80	40.4	30.6	1.2	4.6	5.7	6.2	2.9	0.4	-	2.8	12.9	27.7	.464	-	-	-	4.9	5.5	.904
Lew Hitch	69	16.4	4.2	-	-	4.1	1.1	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	3.4	.400	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	17	42.7	28.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	6.1	2.9	0.9	-	3.0	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	5.9	6.5	.918
Lew Hitch	3	18.0	5.0	-	-	5.0	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	1.3	4.3	.308	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.700

Season 6
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1975-76	1956-57
Team	Golden State Warriors	Rochester Royals, Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	81	38.5	21.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	6.1	2.5	0.3	-	2.7	8.7	20.0	.435	-	-	-	3.5	3.8	.923
Lew Hitch	68	16.7	4.2	-	-	3.7	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	1.6	4.4	.375	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.716
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	13	40.9	24.0	1.5	4.9	6.5	6.5	2.9	1.1	-	3.1	9.7	22.2	.436	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	.882
Lew Hitch	2	1.5	1.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 7
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	79	36.8	21.8	0.9	4.4	5.3	6.0	2.2	0.7	-	2.5	8.6	19.6	.440	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.916
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	10	41.5	28.4	2.5	3.4	5.9	4.7	1.7	0.7	-	3.2	12.2	26.2	.466	-	-	-	4.0	4.4	.909
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Rick Barry	Lew Hitch
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	82	36.9	23.1	0.9	4.6	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	2.7	2.3	9.3	20.6	.451	-	-	-	4.6	5.0	.924
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-