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Alex Gordon, an Uncommon card
Alexander Jonathan Gordon is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played his entire career for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2020.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Alex Gordon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alex Gordon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
That year, the Royals selected Gordon with the ______ overall pick in the 2005 MLB draft.
Answer
second. That year, the Royals selected Gordon with the second overall pick in the 2005 MLB draft. From the Alex Gordon article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At Nebraska, Gordon won the Brooks Wallace Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and Golden Spikes Award in ____.
Answer
2000s. At Nebraska, Gordon won the Brooks Wallace Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and Golden Spikes Award in 2005. From the Alex Gordon article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Prior to playing professionally, Gordon attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he played college baseball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
- At Nebraska, Gordon won the Brooks Wallace Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and Golden Spikes Award in 2005.
- That year, the Royals selected Gordon with the second overall pick in the 2005 MLB draft.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alex Gordon article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Alex Gordon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alex Gordon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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