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Shoeless Joe Jackson, a Rare card
Joseph Jefferson Jackson, nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball in the early 20th century.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 430,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Shoeless Joe Jackson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Shoeless Joe Jackson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His.356 career batting average is one of the ______ in major-league history.
Answer
highest. His.356 career batting average is one of the highest in major-league history. From the Shoeless Joe Jackson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Jackson is often remembered for his association with the Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the ____ Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series.
Answer
1910s. Jackson is often remembered for his association with the Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. From the Shoeless Joe Jackson article on Wikipedia.
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.
- His.356 career batting average is one of the highest in major-league history.
- Jackson is often remembered for his association with the Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series.
- As a result, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis permanently banned Jackson and the other seven players from professional baseball after the 1920 season.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shoeless Joe Jackson article was read about 430,000 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 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Shoeless Joe Jackson
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, Shoeless Joe Jackson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles M. Conlon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
