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Burleigh Grimes, an Uncommon card
Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player and manager, and the last major league pitcher who was officially permitted to throw the spitball.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Burleigh Grimes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Burleigh Grimes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A decade earlier, he had been inducted into the ______ Athletic Hall of Fame.
Answer
Wisconsin. A decade earlier, he had been inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. From the Burleigh Grimes article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He pitched in the World Series four times in his nineteen-season career and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in ____.
Answer
1960s. He pitched in the World Series four times in his nineteen-season career and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. From the Burleigh Grimes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Financial crime. Financial crime 79 · Shrirampur Assembly constituency 69 · Rubi 66 · Burleigh Grimes 63 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.
- Grimes made the most of this advantage, as well as his unshaven, menacing presence on the mound, which earned him the nickname "Ol' Stubblebeard." In his career, Grimes won 270 games, with 190 of them occurring in the 1920s, the most for all pitchers in the decade.
- He pitched in the World Series four times in his nineteen-season career and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
- A decade earlier, he had been inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Burleigh Grimes article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Burleigh Grimes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Burleigh Grimes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
