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1997 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, a Common card
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1997 followed the system in use since 1995.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 23
- Power
- 78
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,700
Power 78 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Phil Niekro.
- The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions and selected three people from multiple classified ballots: Nellie Fox, Tommy Lasorda, and Willie Wells.
- A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 3, 1997.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1997 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting article was read about 2,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 23: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get 1997 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 1997 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jim Accordino at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyack205/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
