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Lefty Gomez, an Uncommon card
Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez was an American professional baseball player.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Lefty Gomez quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lefty Gomez card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Early on, Gomez was broadly known in major league baseball for his ______ personality and humor.
Answer
colorful. Early on, Gomez was broadly known in major league baseball for his colorful personality and humor. From the Lefty Gomez article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He had the most strikeouts with 1,337 of any pitcher and the most All-Star selections with 7 of any player for the entire ____s decade.
Answer
1930s. He had the most strikeouts with 1,337 of any pitcher and the most All-Star selections with 7 of any player for the entire 1930s decade. From the Lefty Gomez article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nikola Karabatić. Nikola Karabatić 67 · Lefty Gomez 64 · Junior Messias 59 · Latina, Lazio 56 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.
- A left-handed pitcher, Gomez played in Major League Baseball between 1930 and 1943 for the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators and was a five-time World Series champion with the Yankees.
- He had the most strikeouts with 1,337 of any pitcher and the most All-Star selections with 7 of any player for the entire 1930s decade.
- Early on, Gomez was broadly known in major league baseball for his colorful personality and humor.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lefty Gomez article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Lefty Gomez
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lefty Gomez (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Goudey Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
