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Orel Hershiser, a Rare card
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV, nicknamed the "Bulldog", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 2000.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Orel Hershiser quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Orel Hershiser card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is also a ______ poker player.
Answer
professional. He is also a professional poker player. From the Orel Hershiser article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
After playing baseball in high school at Cherry Hill High School East and at Bowling Green State University, Hershiser was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in ____.
Answer
1970s. After playing baseball in high school at Cherry Hill High School East and at Bowling Green State University, Hershiser was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1979. From the Orel Hershiser article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He later became a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers from 2002 to 2005 and a broadcast color analyst for the Dodgers.
- He is also a professional poker player.
- After playing baseball in high school at Cherry Hill High School East and at Bowling Green State University, Hershiser was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1979.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Orel Hershiser article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Orel Hershiser (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.