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Uncommon card · Society
Joe Gordon, an Uncommon card
Joseph Lowell Gordon, nicknamed "Flash", in reference to the comic-book character Flash Gordon, was an American second baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians from 1938 to 1950.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Joe Gordon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joe Gordon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was posthumously inducted into the ______ Hall of Fame in 2009.
Answer
Baseball. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. From the Joe Gordon article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
As a rookie second baseman in ____, Gordon set a new record for home runs in a season for a second baseman with 25.
Answer
1930s. As a rookie second baseman in 1938, Gordon set a new record for home runs in a season for a second baseman with 25. From the Joe Gordon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Oliver Lines. Oliver Lines 72 · Joe Gordon 69 · Jashaun Corbin 66 · Eva Gonzalès 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 was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
- As a rookie second baseman in 1938, Gordon set a new record for home runs in a season for a second baseman with 25.
- Gordon was the outstanding player at his position during the 1940s, winning the 1942 American League MVP Award and being named to The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team in nine of his eleven 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 Gordon article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Joe Gordon
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 Gordon in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Bo McCalebbUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 52
- Eva GonzalèsUncommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 59
- Fyodor TyutchevUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 53
- Josef KoudelkaUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 52
- Michael BarrattUncommon · Science · ATK 64 DEF 56
- Oliver LinesUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 48
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joe Gordon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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