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Walter Alston, an Uncommon card
Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American professional baseball manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, signing 23 one-year contracts with the team.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 47,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Walter Alston quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Walter Alston card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ included a stint as manager of the 1946 Nashua Dodgers, the first U.S.-based integrated professional team in modern baseball.
Answer
service. His service included a stint as manager of the 1946 Nashua Dodgers, the first U.S.-based integrated professional team in modern baseball. From the Walter Alston article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Religious views of Charles Darwin. Religious views of Charles Darwin 84 · Carlos Arroyo 80 · Walter Alston 76 · Camilla Läckberg 73 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Regarded as one of the greatest managers in baseball history, Alston was known for his calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes referred to as "the Quiet Man." Born and raised in rural Ohio, Alston lettered in baseball and basketball at Miami University in Oxford.
- A journeyman whose MLB playing career consisted of only one game–two innings played and one at-bat with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936–Alston spent 19 years in the minor leagues as a player, player-manager and non-playing manager.
- His service included a stint as manager of the 1946 Nashua Dodgers, the first U.S.-based integrated professional team in modern baseball.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Walter Alston article was read about 47,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Walter Alston
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Walter Alston (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : UPI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
