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Ernie Banks, an Uncommon card
Ernest Banks, nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Ernie Banks quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ernie Banks card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Banks is regarded as one of the ______ players of all time.
Answer
greatest. Banks is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. From the Ernie Banks article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He began playing professional baseball in ____ with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro leagues.
Answer
1950s. He began playing professional baseball in 1950 with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro leagues. From the Ernie Banks 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.
- He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977 in his first year of eligibility, and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.
- Banks is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
- He began playing professional baseball in 1950 with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro leagues.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ernie Banks article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Ernie Banks
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ernie Banks (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
