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Don Newcombe, an Uncommon card
Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 45,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Don Newcombe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Don Newcombe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He began his ______ in the Negro National League and ended it in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Answer
career. He began his career in the Negro National League and ended it in Nippon Professional Baseball. From the Don Newcombe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Aksel Lund Svindal. Aksel Lund Svindal 69 · Don Newcombe 64 · Charles O'Hara 61 · Kanaka Durga Temple 57 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 began his career in the Negro National League and ended it in Nippon Professional Baseball.
- Newcombe was the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and Cy Young Awards during his career.
- This distinction would not be achieved again until 2011, when Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, who was Rookie of the Year in 2006, won the Cy Young and MVP awards.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Don Newcombe article was read about 45,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Don Newcombe
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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The cards just above and just below Don Newcombe in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Robert MetcalfeUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 40
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- Jesper StrömbladUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 44
- Efrem ZimbalistUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 48
- Power StationUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 43
- Charles O'HaraUncommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 45
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Don Newcombe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
