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Uncommon card · History
Joe Cronin, an Uncommon card
Joseph Edward Cronin was an American professional baseball player, manager and executive.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Joe Cronin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joe Cronin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He played in Major League Baseball as a ______, most notably as a member of the Boston Red Sox.
Answer
shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop, most notably as a member of the Boston Red Sox. From the Joe Cronin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of submarines of World War II. List of submarines of World War II 100 · Joe Cronin 70 · Rashid al-Din Hamadani 66 · Espalier 61 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 Major League Baseball as a shortstop, most notably as a member of the Boston Red Sox.
- Cronin spent over 48 years in baseball, culminating with 14 years as president of the American League.
- During his 20-year playing career, Cronin played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, he was a player-manager for 13 seasons, and served as manager for two additional seasons.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joe Cronin article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Joe Cronin
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Joe Cronin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ebenezer HowardUncommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 63
- EspalierUncommon · Nature · ATK 61 DEF 69
- Jazan ProvinceUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 61
- List of submarines of World War IIUncommon · History · ATK 100 DEF 30
- Mikkel HansenUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 59
- Vance D. BrandUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joe Cronin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
