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Uncommon card · Society
Addie Joss, an Uncommon card
Adrian "Addie" Joss, nicknamed "the Human Hairpin", was an American professional baseball pitcher.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Addie Joss quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Addie Joss card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Joss, who was 6 feet 3 inches and weighed 185 pounds, pitched the ______ perfect game in baseball history.
Answer
fourth. Joss, who was 6 feet 3 inches and weighed 185 pounds, pitched the fourth perfect game in baseball history. From the Addie Joss article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Matthew Ebden. Matthew Ebden 87 · National Museum of India 81 · Matt Moore 78 · Addie Joss 74 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He pitched for the Cleveland Bronchos of Major League Baseball, later known as the Naps, between 1902 and 1910.
- Joss, who was 6 feet 3 inches and weighed 185 pounds, pitched the fourth perfect game in baseball history.
- His 1.89 career earned run average is the second-lowest in MLB history, behind Ed Walsh, while his career WHIP of 0.968 is the lowest of all-time.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Addie Joss article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Addie Joss
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Addie Joss in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Lizzie DeignanUncommon · History · ATK 80 DEF 80
- Jean-Eugène Robert-HoudinUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 87
- Molecular machineUncommon · Science · ATK 80 DEF 80
- LindaneUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 86
- National Museum of IndiaUncommon · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 79
- Matthew EbdenUncommon · Society · ATK 87 DEF 73
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Addie Joss (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Horner, 387 Washington St, Boston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
