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Uncommon card · History
Johnny Pesky, an Uncommon card
John Michael Pesky, nicknamed "the Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach in Major League Baseball.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Johnny Pesky quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Johnny Pesky card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He missed the 1943–45 seasons while ______ in World War II.
Answer
serving. He missed the 1943–45 seasons while serving in World War II. From the Johnny Pesky article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Salam Fayyad. Salam Fayyad 73 · Johnny Pesky 70 · Thomas Pesquet 67 · Arsinoe II 62 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 a shortstop and third baseman during a ten-year major league playing career, appearing in 1,270 games played in 1942 and from 1946 to 1954 for three teams.
- He missed the 1943–45 seasons while serving in World War II.
- Pesky was associated with the Boston Red Sox for 61 of his 73 years in baseball, from 1940 through June 3, 1952, 1961 through 1964, and from 1969 until his death.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Johnny Pesky article was read about 31,000 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 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Johnny Pesky
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 Johnny Pesky in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Lalitpur, NepalUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 63
- Salam FayyadUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 59
- Thomas PesquetUncommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 65
- Kerman provinceUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 61
- Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the AbruzziUncommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 65
- Tommy HansonUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 63
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Johnny Pesky (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : photo taken by flickr user pierrelascott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
