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Epic card · Society
Lou Gehrig, an Epic card
Henry Louis Gehrig was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 810,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Lou Gehrig quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lou Gehrig card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He had a ______.340 batting average,.632 slugging average, and a.447 on-base average.
Answer
career. He had a career.340 batting average,.632 slugging average, and a.447 on-base average. From the Lou Gehrig article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Stockholm. Stockholm 91 · Victor Osimhen 88 · Lou Gehrig 85 · Ashley Cole 81 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.
- Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him the nickname "the Iron Horse", and he is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
- Gehrig was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League Most Valuable Player twice and a member of six World Series champion teams.
- He had a career.340 batting average,.632 slugging average, and a.447 on-base average.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lou Gehrig article was read about 810,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Lou Gehrig
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lou Gehrig (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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