I had really hoped to create a mock-up for this suggestion before this forum closed, but I simply haven't had the time. Hopefully, I'm not being too redundant as I haven't had the chance to browse through the last 3 months worth of suggestions.
Suggestion:
Information to include on the 'Player Card' screens.
At the top of a player card, the following info would be displayed...
-[photo]
-Primary Position/Role
-Name
-Current Team
-Organization
-Level (ML/AAA/AA/A)
-Current Rating (1/2-5 stars)
-Potential Rating (1/2-5 stars)
There would be 7 tabs/screens...
#1-BIOGRAPHICAL
#2-CURRENT STATUS
#3-FINANCIAL
#4-STATS
#5-HISTORY
#6-RATINGS
#7-SCOUTING
The following info would be included on each page...
#1-BIOGRAPHICAL
A. PLAYER INFO
First Name:
Last Name:
Nickname:
Uniform #:
Primary Position/Role:
Current Team:
Organization:
Level:
B. PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
Bats:
Throws:
C. PERSONAL HISTORY
Birthdate:
Age:
City of Birth:
State/Region:
Country:
High School:
College:
Current Hometown:
State/Region:
Country:
D. OTHER (customizable fields for any additional info you may wish to include)
(custom 1)
(custom 2)
(custom 3)
#2-CURRENT STATUS
A. HEALTH
Status:
Diagnosis:
Severity:
DtD Injury Effect:
Injury Time Left:
DL Time Left:
Proneness (Head): (1/2-5 stars)
Proneness (Back): (1/2-5 stars)
Proneness (Arm): (1/2-5 stars)
Proneness (Leg): (1/2-5 stars)
Proneness (Other): (1/2-5 stars)
B. NON-INJURY/SUSPENSION
Status:
Reason:
Absence Time Left:
DL Time Left:
C. MORALE (1/2-5 stars)
Team Performance:
Team Commitment:
Personal Performance:
Role on Team:
Off-Field:
D. PERSONALITY (1/2-5 stars)
Character Rating:
Popularity (National):
Popularity (Local):
Intelligence:
Leadership:
Work Ethic:
Clutch:
#3-FINANCIAL
A. CONTRACT
Agent:
Contract Type: (major league/minor league)
Contract Length in Years: (guaranteed/option)
Contract Signed in Year:
Contract Expires in Year:
Current Year of Contract:
Remaining Salary: (total amount/amount guaranteed)
Avg. Salary per Year:
Salary in Year #1-10:
Incentives in Year #1-10:
No-Trade Clause: (None/Limited/Partial/Full)
Extension:
B. SERVICE
Total ML Service Days:
Total 40-Man Roster Days:
Total Pro Service Years:
Total Years on Same Team:
10/5 Becomes Effective: (date/days remaining)
Arbitration Eligibility in Year:
Trade Eligibility: (tradeable/untradeable to listed teams)
Expected Position/Role:
Free Agent Compensation Level:
Current Re-Signability: (1/2-5 stars)
C. SIGNABILITY FACTORS (1/2-5 stars)
Loyalty:
Winning:
Greed:
Security:
Playing Time:
Market Size:
Close to Home:
Familiarity: (time spent playing with other players/coaches on a team)
D. FAMILIARITY
Relatives:
Friends:
Enemies:
Teammate Days: (top 10 players with most days spent as teammate)
#4-STATS (current/yearly stats for this player)
#5-HISTORY
A. TRANSACTIONS
Drafted: (team/round/# in round/# overall/date)
Trades: (team from/team to/date)
Promotions/Demotions (date)
Free Agent Signings: (team/yrs/$$$/date)
B. INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS
Physical Injuries: (injury/days injured/date injured/date returned)
Non-Injury Absences: (reason/days missed/date left/date returned)
Suspensions: (reason/days missed/date left/date returned)
C. AWARDS
(Player of the Game, Player/Pitcher of the Week/Month/Year, etc.)
D. MILESTONES
(first AB/pitching appearance)
(first/every 1000th hit)
(first/every 100th HR)
(first/every 500th RBI)
(first/every 100th W)
(first/every 1000th K)
(first/every 100th SV)
E. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
(3 HR in a game, 5 hits in a game, hit for cycle, 10 K in a game, etc.)
F. PERSONAL RECORDS
(most hits/HR/RBI/K/etc. in a game)
(most hits/HR/RBI/W/K/SV/etc. in a season)
(longest career HR)
(longest hitting streak)
G. LEAGUE RECORDS (any league-wide records the player holds)
H. NEWS REPORTS (lists all news reports about this player)
#6-RATINGS (overall current/potential and for various categories)
#7-SCOUTING REPORT (numbers AND text)
There would also be an EDITOR / PLAYER SETUP button to allow ALL above fields to be edited/customized, plus the following items...
Face Generator: (link)
Name Pronunciation: (player's name could be entered phonetically to allow text-to-speech voice recognition)
Intro Music: (mp3 file to be played during PbP as player comes to the plate/mound)
Reason:
More complete and concise info on each player. (Incidentally, there would also be different info on retired players' cards, as well as on non-player cards. I'll try to delve into these later, if I have a chance.)
If time permits, I may attempt to go back and give specific reasons for each item of info, or at least the less-obvious ones.
Priority:
Depends on the information, but I feel overall that the info being included and the revised layout of the player card would be very beneficial. So I'll give it a priority of HIGH.