Joe Merrill 
#24 PG | 5-10, 189lbs | Demons | Experience: 5 years
Born: 8/4/1946 (28) | College: Chesapeake State | De Forest, WI

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: A- C- B+ C- C B- F D+ C D- C D+ A C A- A  
 Potential: A D B D C B F D C D C D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL NJ 31 0 11.2 5.6 0.2 1.1 1.8 1.6 1.10 0.6 0.0 0.7 .472 .812 .130  
 1973 CBL NJ 72 12 15.8 6.8 0.4 1.6 2.6 1.9 1.39 0.7 0.0 1.2 .435 .777 .241  
 1972 CBL SD 53 53 36.7 15.9 0.6 2.7 6.9 4.6 1.52 1.2 0.1 2.4 .442 .812 .146  
 1971 CBL SD 57 56 34.5 13.2 0.8 2.8 6.6 4.2 1.56 1.4 0.1 2.4 .441 .753 .100  
 1970 CBL SD 74 7 17.4 6.7 0.5 1.5 3.2 2.2 1.42 0.8 0.1 1.6 .423 .730 .220  
 1969 CBL SD 57 12 16.5 6.6 0.4 1.1 2.5 2.1 1.19 0.6 0.1 1.5 .333 .807 .213  
 Career     344 140 22.2 9.1 0.5 1.8 4.0 2.8 1.43 0.9 0.1 1.7 .424 .778 .175  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL NJ 1.9 4.0 .472 1.8 2.2 .812 1.3 1.9 .695 0.5 1.3 .341 0.1 0.7 .130  
 1973 CBL NJ 2.1 4.8 .435 2.6 3.3 .777 1.5 2.5 .590 0.5 1.8 .263 0.1 0.4 .241  
 1972 CBL SD 4.8 10.9 .442 6.2 7.6 .812 3.5 5.7 .615 1.2 4.2 .271 0.1 0.9 .146  
 1971 CBL SD 4.1 9.4 .441 4.8 6.4 .753 3.2 5.4 .599 0.8 3.3 .255 0.1 0.7 .100  
 1970 CBL SD 2.1 4.9 .423 2.5 3.4 .730 1.4 2.2 .650 0.5 2.2 .248 0.1 0.6 .220  
 1969 CBL SD 1.9 5.6 .333 2.7 3.4 .807 1.3 2.2 .563 0.4 2.6 .171 0.2 0.8 .213  
 Career     2.8 6.6 .424 3.4 4.4 .778 2.0 3.3 .610 0.6 2.6 .249 0.1 0.7 .175  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 31 0 347 58 123 56 69 3 23 175 7 41 56 19 51 19 1 22 -61 
 1973 72 12 1139 150 345 185 238 7 29 492 26 142 187 48 135 48 2 86 -133 
 1972 53 53 1943 255 577 328 404 7 48 845 31 176 368 65 242 65 6 129 -120 
 1971 57 56 1969 236 535 274 364 4 40 750 44 206 374 81 240 81 5 135 76 
 1970 74 7 1288 153 362 184 252 9 41 499 36 145 235 56 165 56 4 120 -133 
 1969 57 12 939 107 321 155 192 10 47 379 22 83 143 36 120 36 3 84 -267 
 Career 344 140 7625 959 2263 1182 1519 40 228 3140 166 793 1363 305 953 305 21 576 -638 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL NJ .575 1.42 21.5 19.6 26.7 2.1 10.8 6.4 17.4 32.9 1.1 -2.0 91.5 100.0  
 1973 CBL NJ .547 1.43 24.2 17.5 23.6 2.5 10.5 6.6 15.5 76.2 2.5 -1.8 93.5 99.5  
 1972 CBL SD .559 1.46 27.0 17.7 23.4 1.7 7.7 4.7 15.0 115.4 3.8 -2.3 96.9 99.4  
 1971 CBL SD .540 1.40 28.6 18.3 22.4 2.5 8.9 5.8 14.4 101.0 3.4 1.3 99.4 97.8  
 1970 CBL SD .529 1.38 26.9 18.9 23.1 3.0 8.9 6.0 13.6 50.4 1.7 -1.8 94.0 98.9  
 1969 CBL SD .469 1.18 21.4 18.0 25.1 2.3 6.6 4.4 11.3 4.0 0.1 -4.7 85.3 97.3  
 Career     .536 1.39 26.0 18.2 23.5 2.3 8.6 5.5 14.3 379.9 12.7 -1.9 94.8 98.7  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1972 CBL SD 5 5 33.2 13.2 0.8 3.4 6.8 4.4 1.55 0.8 0.4 2.8 .424 .938 .143  
 1971 CBL SD 15 15 34.7 13.6 0.8 3.1 7.5 4.7 1.59 1.9 0.1 2.7 .561 .805 .000  
 1970 CBL SD 3 0 16.0 7.7 1.0 1.7 1.7 2.0 0.83 1.0 0.0 1.7 .533 .875 .000  
 Career     23 20 32.0 12.7 0.8 3.0 6.6 4.3 1.54 1.6 0.2 2.6 .518 .830 .071  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1972 CBL SD 5.0 11.8 .424 3.0 3.2 .938 4.0 6.8 .588 0.8 3.6 .222 0.2 1.4 .143  
 1971 CBL SD 4.6 8.2 .561 4.4 5.5 .805 3.7 4.9 .753 0.9 2.9 .318 0.0 0.4 .000  
 1970 CBL SD 2.7 5.0 .533 2.3 2.7 .875 1.7 2.3 .714 1.0 2.3 .429 0.0 0.3 .000  
 Career     4.4 8.6 .518 3.8 4.6 .830 3.5 5.0 .702 0.9 3.0 .304 0.0 0.6 .071  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1972 5 5 166 25 59 15 16 1 7 66 4 21 34 4 22 4 2 14 -23 
 1971 15 15 521 69 123 66 82 0 6 204 12 59 113 29 71 29 2 41 72 
 1970 3 0 48 8 15 7 8 0 1 23 3 8 5 3 6 3 0 5 -17 
 Career 23 20 735 102 197 88 106 1 14 293 19 88 152 36 99 36 4 60 32 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1972 CBL SD .500 1.12 27.9 18.0 24.7 2.6 10.7 6.7 9.7 -3.3 -0.1 -4.6 96.7 101.9  
 1971 CBL SD .642 1.66 32.9 20.7 20.8 2.8 9.1 6.2 14.0 23.5 0.8 4.8 99.6 94.2  
 1970 CBL SD .632 1.53 16.7 20.0 24.1 6.7 10.0 8.4 12.8 1.3 0.0 -5.7 91.5 106.8  
 Career     .598 1.49 30.7 20.0 21.9 3.0 9.5 6.5 13.0 21.5 0.7 1.4 98.5 96.8  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1965 CHSU 29 0 10.2 4.8 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.06 0.5 0.1 0.7 .423 .850 .000  
 1966 CHSU 29 8 15.7 6.9 0.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.32 0.7 0.0 1.4 .423 .767 .000  
 1967 CHSU 29 29 23.5 11.6 0.3 1.8 1.4 1.6 0.91 0.8 0.0 2.1 .468 .778 .000  
 1968 CHSU 29 29 25.4 12.4 0.6 2.1 1.9 1.2 1.62 0.6 0.1 1.7 .447 .769 .000  
 Total   116 66 18.7 8.9 0.3 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.21 0.6 0.1 1.4 .445 .782 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1965 29 0 295 52 123 34 40 0 0 138 5 22 18 15 17 15 4 19 -5 
 1966 29 8 456 77 182 46 60 0 0 200 7 38 33 19 25 19 1 40 -36 
 1967 29 29 681 126 269 84 108 0 0 336 9 62 41 22 45 22 1 60 -75 
 1968 29 29 737 139 311 83 108 0 0 361 18 79 55 16 34 16 2 48 -25 
 Career 116 66 2169 394 885 247 316 0 0 1035 39 201 147 72 121 72 8 167 -141 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 21 2 5 6 3 1 6 7 11 7 8 1 3  
 Playoff 24 2 11 15 4 1 8 8 17 11 12 1 3  
 Career 39 5 11 16 6 1 11 14 21 17 20 2 4  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/21 CIN L 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
 10/29 PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -7
 11/4 PHM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1
 11/26 PIT L 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -5
 11/29 CIN L 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
 12/3 PHM L 12 2 5 2 4 0 2 6 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 6
 12/8 POR W 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 -1
 12/12 PIT L 5 1 2 4 5 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
 12/15 LOU L 16 0 4 3 6 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 -5
 12/16 CIN L 21 4 6 3 4 0 1 11 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -11
 12/18 LOU L 21 1 8 4 4 0 2 6 0 3 5 4 0 0 1 -1
 12/20 PHM L 13 1 5 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 -3
 12/22 CIN L 20 4 7 2 2 1 1 11 0 3 6 2 2 0 1 -10
 12/23 CIN W 24 7 10 3 4 0 0 17 1 2 6 6 3 0 1 -11
 12/26 BAL L 14 2 8 2 2 0 3 6 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 3
 12/27 CIN L 11 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
 12/30 BAL L 4 0 3 4 4 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -5
 12/31 CIN L 18 6 9 2 2 0 0 14 0 4 5 3 0 0 3 -1
 2/5 BAL L 8 2 2 3 3 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 12
 2/6 PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
 2/11 PHM L 6 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
 2/13 LOU W 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
 2/19 PHM L 5 1 2 2 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
 2/25 BAL L 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -11
 2/28 BAL W 16 4 6 4 5 0 0 12 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 5
 3/3 BAL L 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0
 3/5 LOU L 32 4 9 0 2 0 1 8 2 5 6 4 1 0 2 -24
 3/6 LOU L 9 3 4 0 0 0 1 6 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 8
 3/10 DAL L 15 3 4 2 2 1 1 9 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 1
 3/11 PIT L 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 -5
 3/14 LOU L 24 7 11 7 8 0 0 21 0 2 3 5 0 1 2 -18
 4/7 CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 5
 1964 High School: Rated *** and #227 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1964 High School: All-State (Wisconsin)
 1968 2nd Team All-Conference (Middle Atlantic Conference)
 1969 CBL Rookie Game Participant
 1969 CBL All-Rookie Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/17/1968 Signed with the Chargers for $ over one year.
 10/29/1968 Waived by the Chargers
 10/31/1968 Cleared waivers
 10/22/1969 Signed with the Scorchers for $ over one year.
 11/11/1969 Waived by the Scorchers
 11/12/1969 Claimed on waivers by the Breakers
 11/4/1973 Waived by the Breakers
 11/5/1973 Claimed on waivers by the Demons

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