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Hisashi Iwakuma, a Common card
Hisashi Iwakuma is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Ranked #2,153 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Hisashi Iwakuma quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hisashi Iwakuma card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Iwakuma made his ______ debut with the Buffaloes in 2000.
Answer
professional. Iwakuma made his professional debut with the Buffaloes in 2000. From the Hisashi Iwakuma article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Iwakuma retired in ____ due to lingering shoulder issues that had prevented him from playing that year.
Answer
2020s. Iwakuma retired in 2020 due to lingering shoulder issues that had prevented him from playing that year. From the Hisashi Iwakuma article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of San Jose Sharks players. List of San Jose Sharks players 89 · Hisashi Iwakuma 73 · Ayeyarwady Region 70 · Ross, California 67 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 played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes from 2000 to 2004, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2005 to 2011, and Yomiuri Giants in 2019, and all of his time in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners from 2012 to 2017.
- Iwakuma retired in 2020 due to lingering shoulder issues that had prevented him from playing that year.
- Iwakuma made his professional debut with the Buffaloes in 2000.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hisashi Iwakuma article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Hisashi Iwakuma
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hisashi Iwakuma (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LiAnna Davis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
