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Uncommon card · History
Jim Bunning, an Uncommon card
James Paul David Bunning was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999 and a member of the United States Senate from 1999 to 2011.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 74,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Jim Bunning quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jim Bunning card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
When Bunning retired, he had the second-highest total career ______ in Major League history, he currently ranks 22nd.
Answer
strikeouts. When Bunning retired, he had the second-highest total career strikeouts in Major League history, he currently ranks 22nd. From the Jim Bunning article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jonatan Christie. Jonatan Christie 90 · Richard Gasquet 86 · Matthew Flinders 83 · Jim Bunning 80 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 is the only Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame to date.
- Bunning pitched from 1955 to 1971 for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
- When Bunning retired, he had the second-highest total career strikeouts in Major League history, he currently ranks 22nd.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jim Bunning article was read about 74,000 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 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Jim Bunning
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 Jim Bunning in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ali BongoUncommon · History · ATK 78 DEF 93
- Jonatan ChristieUncommon · Society · ATK 90 DEF 81
- Parallel computingUncommon · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 89
- TafsirUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 95
- Jamie McMurrayUncommon · Society · ATK 91 DEF 80
- Matthew FlindersUncommon · History · ATK 83 DEF 88
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jim Bunning (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
