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Erwin Mueller

Age 82 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 104 kg · Born Mar 12, 1944 · San Francisco

7.0 PPG 4.8 RPG 2.2 APG 523 games 5 seasons

Career snapshot

5seasons
523games
3,643career pts
9.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 137 games · 1969-70–1972-73

Position rank · 1971-72

#53PPG rank
#36PER rank
#59WS rank
Among 59 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 10.3 1969-70 · DET
RPG 6.3 1969-70 · DET
APG 2.7 1969-70 · DET
PER 12.2 1967-68 · LAL
WS 3.2 1969-70 · DET

Draft

1966
Round 2 · Pick 20
from San Francisco

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1966

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1969-70 – 1972-73 · 3 seasons
7.1 PPG 4.6 RPG 1.9 APG
137 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
1968-69 – 1969-70 · 2 seasons
7.1 PPG 3.9 RPG 2.3 APG
30 games
Chicago Bulls
1967-68 – 1968-69 · 2 seasons
4.9 PPG 4.1 RPG 2.3 APG
87 games
Los Angeles Lakers
1967-68 – 1967-68 · 1 seasons
8.3 PPG 5.7 RPG 2.0 APG
39 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1967-68 NBA 74 0 24.2 7.5 5.3 2.1 0.0 0.0 45.6 0.0 57.8 — —
1967-68 CHI 35 0 23.3 6.5 4.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 38.7 0.0 56.1 9.4 0.3
1967-68 LAL 39 0 24.9 8.3 5.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 52.0 0.0 59.2 12.2 2.1
1968-69 NBA 78 0 17.4 4.8 3.8 2.4 0.0 0.0 37.5 0.0 54.9 — —
1968-69 CHI 52 0 16.8 3.8 3.7 2.4 0.0 0.0 33.5 0.0 51.1 9.3 0.3
1968-69 OKC 26 0 18.6 7.0 4.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 43.1 0.0 59.7 — —
1969-70 NBA 78 0 30.2 10.1 6.2 2.6 0.0 0.0 46.4 0.0 71.9 — —
1969-70 OKC 4 0 17.3 7.5 3.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 40.6 0.0 44.4 — —
1969-70 DET 74 0 30.9 10.3 6.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 46.7 0.0 72.8 12.2 3.2
1971-72 DET 42 0 14.4 4.3 3.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 34.5 0.0 58.1 9.1 -0.8
1972-73 DET 21 0 3.8 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 29.0 0.0 71.4 5.2 -0.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1969 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1969 Oklahoma City Thunder Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1968 Chicago Bulls Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1968 Los Angeles Lakers Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1968 Los Angeles Lakers Chicago Bulls season change
Oct 1967 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers mid season trade From 1967-68 to 1967-68

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About Erwin Mueller

Erwin Louis Mueller was an American basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) power forward/center, he attended the University of San Francisco where he was All–Conference and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 1966 NBA draft.