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Juan Marichal, an Uncommon card
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez, nicknamed "the Dominican Dandy", is a Dominican former right-handed pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1975, mostly with the San Francisco Giants.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 76,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Juan Marichal quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Juan Marichal card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His 26 wins in 1968 remain a San ______ era record.
Answer
Francisco. His 26 wins in 1968 remain a San Francisco era record. From the Juan Marichal article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cordillera Administrative Region. Cordillera Administrative Region 83 · Vampiro 78 · Juan Marichal 75 · Steve Angello 72 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Known for his high leg kick, variety of pitches, arm angles and deliveries, pinpoint control, and durability, Marichal won 18 games to help the Giants reach the 1962 World Series, and went on to earn 191 victories in the 1960s, the most of any major league pitcher.
- He won over 20 games six times, on each occasion posting an earned run average below 2.50 and striking out more than 200 batters, and became the first right-hander since Bob Feller to win 25 games three times.
- His 26 wins in 1968 remain a San Francisco era record.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Juan Marichal article was read about 76,000 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 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Juan Marichal
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The cards just above and just below Juan Marichal in the power ranking, all domains together.
- DysprosiumUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 81
- Steve AngelloUncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 82
- AdhesiveUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 79
- Cordillera Administrative RegionUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 71
- Delft University of TechnologyUncommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 72
- Byzantine artUncommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 75
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Juan Marichal (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
