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Erwin Mueller
Erwin Mueller advanced stats and career rankings
75.8 average league finish
244 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Erwin Mueller ranks #1026 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #56.0. His full-career value ranks #1107, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Erwin Mueller's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Erwin Mueller ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
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Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 65.1
- Qualified seasons
- 6
- All-time rank
- #1026
Strongest seasons
Every season
Erwin Mueller advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 28 | 21 | 80 | -9.47 | — | — | -13.9 | — | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 27 | 42 | 605 | -3.83 | 4.9 | #157 | -26.0 | 7th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 26 | 52 | 1,224 | -1.77 | 24.6 | #127 | 6.6 | 23rd | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | DET/SEA | 25 | 78 | 2,353 | -0.28 | 57.4 | #61 | 94.4 | 61st | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | CHI/SEA | 24 | 78 | 1,355 | -1.14 | 37.6 | #84 | 27.9 | 32nd | Modeled |
| 1967–68Historical Defense Estimate | CHI/LAL | 23 | 74 | 1,788 | -0.77 | 43.3 | #69 | 53.6 | 45th | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 22 | 80 | 2,136 | -0.14 | 63.0 | #38 | 101.2 | 68th | Modeled |
Career movement
Erwin Mueller's career impact by season
Peak -0.14 in 1966–67 · 7 seasons · 9,541 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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