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Cal Ripken Jr., a Rare card
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr., nicknamed "the Iron Man", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 360,000
Ranked #342 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- One of his position's most productive offensive players, Ripken compiled 3,184 hits, 431 home runs, 1,695 runs batted in, and won two Gold Glove Awards for his defense during his career.
- He was a 19-time All-Star and was twice named American League Most Valuable Player, in 1983 and 1991.
- Ripken holds the record for consecutive games played, having surpassed Lou Gehrig's streak of 2,130 which had stood for 56 years and which many deemed was unbreakable.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cal Ripken Jr. article was read about 360,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Cal Ripken Jr.
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cal Ripken Jr. (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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