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Matt Stairs, an Uncommon card
Matthew Wade Stairs is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who holds the record for most pinch-hit home runs in Major League Baseball history with 23.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 55,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning of Game 4 in the 2008 National League Championship Series off the Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Jonathan Broxton was called "one of the most memorable home runs in Phillies history".
- In his career, Stairs played for more teams than any position player in MLB history, Edwin Jackson and Rich Hill hold the record for pitchers and all players at 14.
- Additionally, he is one of only four Canadians to have played for both the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos, the others being Denis Boucher, Rob Ducey, and Shawn Hill.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matt Stairs article was read about 55,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Matt Stairs
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Matt Stairs (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.