1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats
Publish date: 2024-07-09

Recent Game Results
Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month- 1. Nov 4 @ BLB, MNL (1-0) beat BLB, 84-72
- 2. Nov 6 @ WSC, MNL (1-1) lost to WSC, 62-67
- 3. Nov 9 @ BOS, MNL (1-2) lost to BOS, 55-77
- 4. Nov 11 @ NYK, MNL (2-2) beat NYK, 77-68
- 5. Nov 13 @ PRO, MNL (3-2) beat PRO, 90-67
- 6. Nov 14 @ ROC, MNL (3-3) lost to ROC, 75-92
- 7. Nov 17, MNL (3-4) lost to BOS, 72-74
- 8. Nov 19 @ CHS, MNL (4-4) beat CHS, 85-81
- 9. Nov 21, MNL (5-4) beat BLB, 94-81
- 10. Nov 23 @ INJ, MNL (6-4) beat INJ, 88-82
- 11. Nov 24, MNL (7-4) beat PRO, 117-89
- 12. Nov 27 @ STB, MNL (8-4) beat STB, 87-71
- 13. Nov 28, MNL (9-4) beat PHW, 88-67
- 14. Nov 30 Neutral site, MNL (10-4) beat BOS, 94-84
- 15. Dec 1 @ FTW, MNL (10-5) lost to FTW, 74-84
- 16. Dec 4 @ CHS, MNL (10-6) lost to CHS, 100-104
- 17. Dec 5, MNL (11-6) beat STB, 78-68
- 18. Dec 8, MNL (11-7) lost to WSC, 83-94
- 19. Dec 10 @ ROC, MNL (12-7) beat ROC, 96-75
- 20. Dec 12, MNL (13-7) beat ROC, 67-58
- 21. Dec 15, MNL (14-7) beat INJ, 79-61
- 22. Dec 19, MNL (15-7) beat CHS, 94-84
- 23. Dec 21 @ PHW, MNL (15-8) lost to PHW, 64-72
- 24. Dec 22 @ NYK, MNL (15-9) lost to NYK, 79-97
- 25. Dec 26, MNL (16-9) beat ROC, 99-90
- 26. Dec 29, MNL (17-9) beat WSC, 91-68
- 27. Jan 1, MNL (18-9) beat FTW, 92-72
- 28. Jan 5, MNL (19-9) beat STB, 101-76
- 29. Jan 8 @ STB, MNL (19-10) lost to STB, 59-64
- 30. Jan 9, MNL (20-10) beat STB, 74-58
- 31. Jan 12, MNL (21-10) beat PRO, 98-64
- 32. Jan 16, MNL (22-10) beat INJ, 75-66
- 33. Jan 18 @ INJ, MNL (23-10) beat INJ, 81-56
- 34. Jan 20, MNL (24-10) beat FTW, 83-65
- 35. Jan 23, MNL (25-10) beat PHW, 89-71
- 36. Jan 26, MNL (26-10) beat CHS, 84-49
- 37. Jan 30, MNL (27-10) beat WSC, 84-79
- 38. Feb 2 @ FTW, MNL (28-10) beat FTW, 82-79
- 39. Feb 3 @ PHW, MNL (29-10) beat PHW, 78-76
- 40. Feb 6, MNL (29-11) lost to ROC, 74-85
- 41. Feb 10, MNL (30-11) beat NYK, 95-75
- 42. Feb 11 @ CHS, MNL (30-12) lost to CHS, 97-105
- 43. Feb 13, MNL (31-12) beat BLB, 91-74
- 44. Feb 16, MNL (32-12) beat CHS, 90-71
- 45. Feb 18 @ BOS, MNL (33-12) beat BOS, 85-71
- 46. Feb 19 @ PRO, MNL (34-12) beat PRO, 94-80
- 47. Feb 22 @ NYK, MNL (35-12) beat NYK, 101-74
- 48. Feb 24, MNL (36-12) beat FTW, 77-73
- 49. Feb 26 @ BLB, MNL (37-12) beat BLB, 115-114
- 50. Feb 27 @ FTW, MNL (37-13) lost to FTW, 50-74
- 51. Mar 3 @ INJ, MNL (38-13) beat INJ, 82-79
- 52. Mar 6, MNL (39-13) beat PRO, 68-59
- 53. Mar 9, MNL (40-13) beat BOS, 74-67
- 54. Mar 10 @ STB, MNL (40-14) lost to STB, 71-88
- 55. Mar 12 Neutral site, MNL (41-14) beat INJ, 97-69
- 56. Mar 13, MNL (42-14) beat NYK, 100-90
- 57. Mar 16 @ WSC, MNL (42-15) lost to WSC, 72-85
- 58. Mar 17 @ BLB, MNL (42-16) lost to BLB, 67-101
- 59. Mar 19 @ ROC, MNL (43-16) beat ROC, 99-85
- 60. Mar 20, MNL (44-16) beat PHW, 91-78
Roster Table| No. | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Birth Date | Birth | Exp | College |
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| 11 | Mike Bloom | F-C | 6-6 | 190 | January 14, 1915 | us US | 1 | Temple |
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| 15 | Don Carlson | G-F | 6-0 | 170 | March 22, 1919 | us US | 1 | Minnesota |
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| 19 | Jack Dwan | F-G | 6-4 | 200 | May 3, 1921 | us US | R | Loyola Chicago |
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| 18 | Ray Ellefson | C | 6-8 | 230 | November 18, 1922 | us US | R | West Texas A&M University |
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| 18 | Arnie Ferrin | F-G | 6-2 | 180 | July 29, 1925 | us US | R | Utah |
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| 22 | Donnie Forman | G | 5-10 | 175 | January 17, 1926 | us US | R | NYU |
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| 14 | Earl Gardner | F | 6-3 | 195 | September 18, 1923 | us US | R | DePauw University |
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| 13 | Tony Jaros | F-G | 6-3 | 185 | February 22, 1920 | us US | 1 | Minnesota |
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| 16 | Johnny Jorgensen | G-F | 6-2 | 185 | December 28, 1921 | us US | 1 | DePaul |
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| 20 | Whitey Kachan | G | 6-2 | 175 | September 15, 1925 | us US | R | DePaul |
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| 99 | George Mikan | C | 6-10 | 245 | June 18, 1924 | us US | R | DePaul |
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| 17 | Jim Pollard | SF | 6-4 | 185 | July 9, 1922 | us US | R | Stanford |
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| 24 | Herm Schaefer | G-F | 6-0 | 175 | December 20, 1918 | us US | R | Indiana |
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| 12 | Don Smith | G-F | 6-2 | 190 | July 27, 1920 | us US | R | Minnesota |
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| 19 | Jack Tingle | F | 6-4 | 205 | December 30, 1924 | us US | 1 | Kentucky |
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Per Game Table| Rk | Player | Age | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | eFG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| 1 | Don Carlson | 29 | 10 | | | 2.3 | 9.5 | .242 | | | | 2.3 | 9.5 | .242 | .242 | 1.4 | 2.5 | .560 | | | | 2.8 | | | | 3.0 | 6.0 |
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| 2 | Jack Dwan | 27 | 10 | | | 0.7 | 2.9 | .241 | | | | 0.7 | 2.9 | .241 | .241 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .444 | | | | 0.9 | | | | 2.2 | 1.8 |
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| 3 | Arnie Ferrin | 23 | 10 | | | 2.6 | 7.7 | .338 | | | | 2.6 | 7.7 | .338 | .338 | 3.0 | 4.5 | .667 | | | | 2.1 | | | | 4.1 | 8.2 |
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| 4 | Donnie Forman | 23 | 9 | | | 0.3 | 2.2 | .150 | | | | 0.3 | 2.2 | .150 | .150 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .636 | | | | 0.8 | | | | 1.7 | 1.4 |
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| 5 | Earl Gardner | 25 | 7 | | | 0.1 | 1.3 | .111 | | | | 0.1 | 1.3 | .111 | .111 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .500 | | | | 0.1 | | | | 0.4 | 0.6 |
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| 6 | Tony Jaros | 28 | 10 | | | 2.0 | 5.6 | .357 | | | | 2.0 | 5.6 | .357 | .357 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .783 | | | | 1.1 | | | | 2.8 | 5.8 |
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| 7 | Johnny Jorgensen | 27 | 6 | | | 0.5 | 1.2 | .429 | | | | 0.5 | 1.2 | .429 | .429 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.000 | | | | 0.0 | | | | 0.7 | 1.2 |
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| 8 | Whitey Kachan | 23 | 8 | | | 0.3 | 0.6 | .400 | | | | 0.3 | 0.6 | .400 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | | | | 0.3 | | | | 0.4 | 0.5 |
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| 9 | George Mikan | 24 | 10 | | | 10.3 | 22.7 | .454 | | | | 10.3 | 22.7 | .454 | .454 | 9.7 | 12.1 | .802 | | | | 2.1 | | | | 4.4 | 30.3 |
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| 10 | Jim Pollard | 26 | 10 | | | 4.3 | 14.7 | .293 | | | | 4.3 | 14.7 | .293 | .293 | 4.4 | 6.2 | .710 | | | | 3.9 | | | | 3.1 | 13.0 |
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| 11 | Herm Schaefer | 30 | 10 | | | 4.8 | 10.4 | .462 | | | | 4.8 | 10.4 | .462 | .462 | 2.8 | 3.2 | .875 | | | | 3.1 | | | | 2.2 | 12.4 |
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