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Luke Appling, an Uncommon card
Lucius Benjamin Appling, nicknamed "Old Aches and Pains", was an American professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 39,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Luke Appling quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Luke Appling card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was elected to the ______ Hall of Fame in 1964.
Answer
Baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. From the Luke Appling article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was signed by the minor league Atlanta Crackers in ____ and debuted with the Chicago White Sox later that year.
Answer
1930s. He was signed by the minor league Atlanta Crackers in 1930 and debuted with the Chicago White Sox later that year. From the Luke Appling article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Magnus Norman. Magnus Norman 72 · Carpool 68 · Luke Appling 63 · Blackboard 58 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 elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
- Born in North Carolina, Appling briefly attended Oglethorpe College.
- He was signed by the minor league Atlanta Crackers in 1930 and debuted with the Chicago White Sox later that year.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Luke Appling article was read about 39,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Luke Appling
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, Luke Appling (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
