Whitey Kachan
Appearance
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | Chicago, Illinois | September 15, 1925
Died | March 7, 1993 Glenview, Illinois | (aged 67)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Saint Philip (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | DePaul (1943–1948) |
BAA draft | 1948: — round, — |
Selected by the Chicago Stags | |
Playing career | 1948–1949 |
Position | Guard |
Number | 4, 20 |
Career history | |
1948–1949 | Chicago Stags |
1949 | Minneapolis Lakers |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career BAA statistics | |
Points | 112 (2.2 ppg) |
Assists | 37 (0.7 apg) |
Games played | 52 |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Edwin John "Whitey" Kachan (September 15, 1925 – March 7, 1993) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'2" guard from DePaul University, Kachan played one season (1948–49) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Chicago Stags and Minneapolis Lakers. He averaged 2.2 points per game and won a championship with the Lakers.
BAA career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Won an NBA championship |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948–49 | Chicago | 33 | .220 | .618 | .8 | 2.0 |
1948–49† | Minneapolis | 19 | .381 | .682 | .6 | 2.5 |
Career | 52 | .268 | .643 | .7 | 2.2 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949† | Minneapolis | 8 | .400 | .000 | .3 | .5 |
Career | 8 | .400 | .000 | .3 | .5 |
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Whitey Kachan's obituary
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Chicago
- Chicago Stags draft picks
- Chicago Stags players
- DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- Minneapolis Lakers players
- NBA championship–winning players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs