Merlin Holder 
#24 PG | 6-0, 196lbs | Knights | Experience: 10 years
Born: 11/9/1929 (33) | College: St. Magnus | Minneapolis, MN

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: C B+ A A- A B- C- D C C- C+ C A C C A+  
 Potential: C B A A A B D D C D B C          
 Health: Out 16 Days - Broken Foot
 Status: Inactive

 Contract
  1962  1963  1964  1965  1966  1967  1968  1969 
 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%  
 1962 FBL NYK 19 6 16.8 3.9 0.9 0.7 3.0 0.9 3.35 0.8 0.2 1.3 .280 .750 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 76 76 39.8 10.2 1.8 3.7 5.8 2.1 2.68 1.7 0.4 2.4 .352 .873 .000  
 1960 FBL NYK 76 76 39.4 11.7 1.5 3.7 5.6 2.4 2.29 1.5 0.4 2.3 .343 .830 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 54 54 39.0 11.9 1.8 3.4 5.6 2.3 2.46 1.6 0.6 2.7 .355 .802 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 55 55 39.1 13.3 1.6 3.4 5.9 2.2 2.71 1.7 0.5 2.7 .406 .901 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 72 72 40.0 12.6 1.6 3.6 6.0 2.8 2.18 1.7 0.3 2.9 .361 .839 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 72 71 39.1 13.7 1.7 3.0 6.3 2.2 2.84 1.6 0.2 2.6 .389 .879 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 72 72 40.0 13.2 1.6 3.3 6.3 2.2 2.91 2.0 0.3 2.5 .360 .862 .000  
 1954 FBL CLE 72 72 38.0 7.7 2.5 3.8 5.6 1.8 3.19 1.2 0.4 3.0 .255 .804 .000  
 1953 FBL CLE 72 72 37.0 8.3 1.7 4.0 5.5 2.5 2.16 1.4 0.3 3.4 .269 .825 .000  
 1952 FBL CLE 44 44 37.8 9.0 1.8 3.4 4.5 2.4 1.92 1.5 0.2 3.5 .285 .786 .000  
 Career     684 670 38.4 11.0 1.7 3.5 5.7 2.2 2.53 1.6 0.4 2.7 .341 .837 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 1.5 5.3 .280 0.9 1.3 .750 0.8 1.4 .577 0.7 3.9 .176 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 4.4 12.4 .352 1.4 1.7 .873 2.0 3.1 .640 2.4 9.3 .256 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1960 FBL NYK 5.1 14.8 .343 1.5 1.9 .830 2.3 3.8 .625 2.7 11.0 .248 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 5.2 14.8 .355 1.4 1.8 .802 2.6 3.9 .671 2.6 10.9 .241 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 5.8 14.3 .406 1.7 1.8 .901 2.8 4.2 .677 3.0 10.1 .294 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 5.5 15.2 .361 1.6 1.9 .839 2.8 4.6 .617 2.6 10.6 .249 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 6.0 15.4 .389 1.7 1.9 .879 2.7 4.5 .607 3.3 11.0 .301 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 5.9 16.4 .360 1.4 1.6 .862 2.9 4.6 .622 3.0 11.8 .258 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1954 FBL CLE 3.0 11.9 .255 1.6 2.0 .804 1.6 3.4 .483 1.4 8.5 .164 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1953 FBL CLE 3.2 11.8 .269 1.9 2.3 .825 1.9 3.5 .539 1.3 8.3 .154 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1952 FBL CLE 3.2 11.2 .285 2.6 3.3 .786 1.8 3.8 .464 1.4 7.3 .192 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.7 13.6 .341 1.6 2.0 .837 2.3 3.9 .599 2.4 9.8 .240 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1962 19 6 319 28 100 18 24 0 0 74 17 31 57 16 17 16 3 25 -10 
 1961 76 76 3023 332 943 110 126 0 0 774 133 414 437 131 163 131 34 184 56 
 1960 76 76 2992 385 1121 117 141 0 0 887 116 395 422 111 184 111 27 177 -177 
 1959 54 54 2105 283 798 77 96 0 0 643 95 279 300 87 122 87 32 144 200 
 1958 55 55 2152 319 786 91 101 0 0 729 86 273 325 92 120 92 29 150 79 
 1957 72 72 2881 395 1095 115 137 0 0 905 115 372 435 122 200 122 24 209 35 
 1956 72 71 2813 433 1112 123 140 0 0 989 125 342 457 118 161 118 17 187 195 
 1955 72 72 2883 425 1179 100 116 0 0 950 113 347 457 142 157 142 24 182 -162 
 1954 72 72 2738 218 856 115 143 0 0 551 179 454 405 88 127 88 31 219 -92 
 1953 72 72 2667 229 852 137 166 0 0 595 123 412 394 98 182 98 24 246 -160 
 1952 44 44 1663 140 491 114 145 0 0 394 78 229 200 65 104 65 9 155 -71 
 Career 684 670 26236 3187 9333 1117 1335 0 0 7491 1180 3548 3889 1070 1537 1070 254 1878 -107 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1962 FBL NYK .333 0.74 30.8 9.2 18.4 4.7 5.0 4.8 13.9 13.7 0.5 -0.5 78.4 79.3  
 1961 FBL NYK .388 0.82 27.3 10.2 17.6 4.5 9.4 6.9 15.6 209.6 7.0 0.7 83.0 81.7  
 1960 FBL NYK .375 0.79 23.6 10.3 20.4 4.1 9.2 6.8 15.0 177.2 5.9 -2.3 80.4 83.1  
 1959 FBL NYK .383 0.81 23.8 9.7 20.3 4.6 8.5 6.6 15.4 136.8 4.6 3.7 83.8 78.5  
 1958 FBL NYK .439 0.93 25.5 9.4 19.6 4.2 8.6 6.5 18.6 244.7 8.2 1.4 83.6 81.6  
 1957 FBL NYK .391 0.83 24.3 11.2 20.6 4.2 8.9 6.6 15.1 176.2 5.9 0.5 82.1 81.2  
 1956 FBL NYK .421 0.89 25.5 9.0 21.4 4.7 7.9 6.3 19.2 346.2 11.5 2.7 84.9 81.1  
 1955 FBL NYK .386 0.81 24.8 8.5 21.7 3.9 8.4 6.1 18.3 315.8 10.5 -2.3 78.1 80.3  
 1954 FBL CLE .300 0.64 27.9 8.8 16.6 5.5 8.8 7.1 16.3 217.6 7.3 -1.3 73.3 75.2  
 1953 FBL CLE .322 0.70 26.2 12.1 17.9 3.4 8.2 5.8 11.8 30.9 1.0 -2.2 74.2 76.3  
 1952 FBL CLE .355 0.80 23.3 12.1 17.2 3.6 7.3 5.5 11.7 18.3 0.6 -1.6 75.0 76.6  
 Career     .378 0.80 25.3 10.0 19.4 4.3 8.5 6.4 15.8 1887.0 62.9 -0.2 79.8 79.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1961 FBL NYK 2 2 33.5 10.0 2.5 2.0 3.5 2.0 1.75 0.5 0.0 1.5 .348 1.000 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 5 5 39.6 15.2 1.8 2.0 6.8 1.4 4.86 1.2 0.6 3.6 .418 1.000 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 12 12 40.1 15.3 2.5 2.8 6.9 2.7 2.59 2.1 0.6 2.6 .449 .893 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 3 3 42.3 17.7 1.0 2.0 6.3 1.7 3.80 2.7 0.0 3.0 .446 1.000 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 5 5 38.6 12.8 2.0 3.6 8.4 2.2 3.82 2.2 0.0 3.0 .390 .667 .000  
 1952 FBL CLE 3 3 36.7 8.0 1.3 1.3 4.0 2.3 1.71 0.0 0.7 4.3 .281 .750 .000  
 Career     30 30 39.2 14.0 2.0 2.5 6.6 2.2 2.98 1.7 0.4 3.0 .415 .881 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1961 FBL NYK 4.0 11.5 .348 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.5 1.0 .500 3.5 10.5 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 6.6 15.8 .418 2.0 2.0 1.000 2.2 3.6 .611 4.4 12.2 .361 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 6.6 14.7 .449 2.1 2.3 .893 3.8 4.7 .804 2.8 10.0 .283 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 8.3 18.7 .446 1.0 1.0 1.000 4.0 5.7 .706 4.3 13.0 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 6.0 15.4 .390 0.8 1.2 .667 2.8 3.0 .933 3.2 12.4 .258 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1952 FBL CLE 3.0 10.7 .281 2.0 2.7 .750 2.0 3.7 .545 1.0 7.0 .143 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.1 14.8 .415 1.7 2.0 .881 3.0 4.0 .748 3.2 10.8 .293 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1961 2 2 67 8 23 4 4 0 0 20 5 9 7 1 4 1 0 3 -16 
 1958 5 5 198 33 79 10 10 0 0 76 9 19 34 6 7 6 3 18
 1957 12 12 481 79 176 25 28 0 0 183 30 64 83 25 32 25 7 31 126 
 1956 3 3 127 25 56 3 3 0 0 53 3 9 19 8 5 8 0 9 -26 
 1955 5 5 193 30 77 4 6 0 0 64 10 28 42 11 11 11 0 15 -14 
 1952 3 3 110 9 32 6 8 0 0 24 4 8 12 0 7 0 2 13 -40 
 Career 30 30 1176 184 443 52 59 0 0 420 61 137 197 51 66 51 12 89 31 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1961 FBL NYK .400 0.87 19.4 11.1 19.1 7.0 7.0 7.0 11.4 0.4 0.0 -8.0 81.7 92.2  
 1958 FBL NYK .458 0.96 27.4 5.6 21.3 5.1 4.7 4.9 16.9 17.2 0.6 0.2 87.8 87.3  
 1957 FBL NYK .489 1.04 27.4 10.6 20.5 6.3 7.3 6.8 17.5 46.4 1.5 10.5 95.4 82.0  
 1956 FBL NYK .456 0.95 23.5 6.2 21.2 2.5 5.6 4.0 17.6 12.5 0.4 -8.7 76.2 86.2  
 1955 FBL NYK .400 0.83 31.6 8.3 22.3 5.2 9.5 7.3 16.3 15.1 0.5 -2.8 78.7 82.0  
 1952 FBL CLE .333 0.75 21.8 12.7 16.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 5.9 -8.8 -0.3 -13.3 63.1 78.2  
 Career     .448 0.95 26.9 9.0 20.6 5.2 6.5 5.9 15.8 82.9 2.8 1.0 85.4 83.5  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1951 - 31 0 29.7 20.3 1.5 2.5 8.4 1.2 7.03 1.7 0.5 2.3 .470 .902 .454  
 Total   31 0 29.7 20.3 1.5 2.5 8.4 1.2 7.03 1.7 0.5 2.3 .470 .902 .454  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1951 31 0 920 261 555 37 41 69 152 628 48 126 260 52 37 52 16 72
 Career 31 0 920 261 555 37 41 69 152 628 48 126 260 52 37 52 16 72

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 19 3 6 10 2 1 4 9 16 9 10 0 0  
 Playoff 26 6 10 13 4 2 4 11 25 6 7 0 0  
 Career 28 9 16 19 6 4 8 14 29 11 13 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 PHI L 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2
 10/22 STL L 9 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 -4
 10/23 PHI L 12 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 -4
 10/25 BOS L 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 5
 10/26 DET W 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 -2
 10/28 STL W 12 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 7
 10/30 BOS L 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
 11/1 BOS W 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 2
 11/3 BOS L 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 -4
 11/5 PHI W 11 0 9 1 4 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 -9
 11/7 BOS L 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -9
 11/9 BOS L 11 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 7
 11/10 BOS L 8 1 6 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -4
 11/12 WAS L 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -8
 11/14 CHI W 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 5
 11/16 WAS W 11 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
 11/17 WAS L 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 4
 11/20 PHI W 12 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 -2
 11/22 PHI W 8 0 1 3 4 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3
 11/23 PHI W 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 -2
 11/25 PHI W 38 3 8 2 2 0 0 8 2 5 7 1 0 0 4 -3
 11/26 PHI W 44 3 11 9 10 0 0 15 3 5 9 2 2 0 4 7
 11/29 WAS W 45 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 10 4 1 0 0 7
 11/30 BOS L 41 9 16 1 1 0 0 19 1 2 7 2 2 1 5 -1
 12/4 PHI L 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 -8

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 58
 Total Player of the Week: 5
 Total Player of the Month: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 7
 Total All-League First Team: 3
 Total All-League Second Team: 1
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 2
 Total Championships: 1
 1952 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1952 FBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1953 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1954 FBL All-Star
 1954 FBL All-League Second Team
 1955 FBL All-Star
 1955 FBL All-League First Team
 1955 FBL All-Defensive First Team
 1956 FBL All-Star
 1956 FBL All-League First Team
 1957 FBL All-Star
 1957 FBL All-League First Team
 1957 FBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1957 Federal Basketball League Champion
 1958 FBL All-Star
 1958 FBL All-League Third Team
 1960 FBL All-Star
 1961 FBL All-Star
 1961 FBL All-Defensive Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/25/1952 Drafted by the Crushers with pick #5 of round 1.
 6/20/1955 Exposed to dispersal draft. (Crushers)
 6/26/1955 Drafted by the Knights in the dispersal draft. (Crushers)


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