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Jim Palmer, an Uncommon card
James Alvin Palmer is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 years in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Jim Palmer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jim Palmer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His 268 Orioles ______ are the most in team history.
Answer
victories. His 268 Orioles victories are the most in team history. From the Jim Palmer article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the ____s with 186 wins.
Answer
1970s. Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the 1970s with 186 wins. From the Jim Palmer 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.
- Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the 1970s with 186 wins.
- He also won at least 20 games in eight different seasons and won three Cy Young Awards and four Gold Gloves during the decade.
- His 268 Orioles victories are the most in team history.
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 Palmer article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Jim Palmer
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jim Palmer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown (Associated Press), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
