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Willie Mays, a Rare card
Willie Howard Mays Jr., nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played 23 major league seasons.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 190
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 360,000
Ranked #195 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Willie Mays quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Willie Mays card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in ______, Alabama, Mays was an all-around athlete.
Answer
Westfield. Born in Westfield, Alabama, Mays was an all-around athlete. From the Willie Mays article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Assyria. Assyria 570,000 · Willie Mays 360,000 · Józef Piłsudski 250,000 · Julius Nyerere 200,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Mays was a five-tool player who began his career in the Negro leagues, playing for the Birmingham Black Barons, and spent the rest of his career in the National League, playing for the New York / San Francisco Giants and New York Mets.
- Born in Westfield, Alabama, Mays was an all-around athlete.
- He joined the Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1948, playing with them until the Giants signed him upon his graduation from high school in 1950.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Willie Mays article was read about 360,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Willie Mays
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Willie Mays (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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