Lee Winfield Explained

Lee Winfield
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:174
Birth Date:4 February 1947
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
High School:Sumner (St. Louis, Missouri)
College:
Draft Year:1969
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:32
Draft Team:Seattle SuperSonics
Career Start:1969
Career End:1976
Career Number:11, 3
Career Position:Point guard
Years1:
Team1:Seattle SuperSonics
Years2:
Team2:Buffalo Braves
Team3:Kansas City Kings
Stats League:NBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:2,959 (7.3 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:828 (2.1 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:1,003 (2.5 apg)

Leroy Winfield (February 4, 1947 – February 4, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'2" guard from North Texas State University, Winfield played in the National Basketball Association from 1969 to 1976 as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves, and Kansas City Kings. His most productive seasons came in 1970–71 and 1971–72 when he averaged more than 10 points a game with Seattle. He was also a member of the Braves' 1974 and 1975 playoff teams. He averaged 7.3 points per game in his professional career.[1]

Winfield later worked as an assistant coach at Saint Louis University,[2] the University of Missouri,[3] and St. Louis Community College.[4]

He died on his 64th birthday after a battle with colon cancer.[5]

Career statistics

NBA

Source[1]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Seattle64 12.0 .479 .750 1.5 1.6 5.7
Seattle79 20.3 .466 .664 2.4 2.8 10.5
Seattle81 25.2 .496 .668 2.7 3.6 10.6
Seattle53 20.0 .431 .574 2.4 3.5 6.6
Buffalo36 12.0 .352 .635 1.2 1.3 .4 .1 3.0
Buffalo68 18.5 .526 .721 1.9 2.0 .6 .4 5.5
Kansas City22 9.7 .485 .643 1.1 .9 .5 .3 3.3
Career403 18.3 .474 .668 2.1 2.5 .5 .3 7.3

Playoffs

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1974Buffalo1 12.0 .000 .500 3.0 2.0 1.0 .0 1.0
1975Buffalo6 10.8 .438 .600 1.3 1.5 .3 .2 2.8
Career7 11.0 .389 .571 1.6 1.6 .4 .1 2.6

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Lee Winfield NBA stats . Sports Reference LLC . 29 August 2024.
  2. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/lee-winfield-dies-st-louisan-played-in-nba-coached-at/article_2825ea84-32e8-11e0-a60b-0017a4a78c22.html,
  3. Web site: University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers Men's Basketball . 2011-02-08 . 2008-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080827222531/http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/miss-m-baskbl-sched.html . dead .
  4. http://www.stlcc.edu/fp/athletic/mbasketball/mensbasketballcoaches.htm Men's Basketball Coaching Staff
  5. http://www.missourinet.com/2011/02/08/former-mizzou-coach-winfield-dies/ Former Mizzou coach Winfield dies