Template talk:Infobox MLB player

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This template is currently being used as a part of the baseball players WikiProject. If you want to make changes, please discuss them with project members first, or simply join us and help out! android 79 00:36, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

1 Color table
2 {{{debutteam}}}
3 Fields
4 Career Highlights
5 Angels colors
6 Adding Teams
7 IMPORTANT CHANGE COMING
8 Height and weight fields
9 MLB to MILB
10 "Birthplace" needs to be added to preview code/wiki markup
11 Hall of Fame
12 Pre-MLB Experience

[edit] Color table

Use these colors:

Team	`bgcolor1`	`bgcolor2`	`textcolor1`	`textcolor2`	Color Set 1 Example	Color Set 2 Example
Arizona Diamondbacks	`#af0039`	`black`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Atlanta Braves	`#0f437c`	`#af0039`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Baltimore Orioles	`#d15809`	`black`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Boston Red Sox	`#ba313c`	`#0d2b56`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Chicago Cubs	`#0e3386`	`#d82427`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Chicago White Sox	`white`	`black`	`black`	`white`	Example	Example
Cincinnati Reds	`#c6011f`	`black`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Cleveland Indians	`#990000`	`#023465`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Colorado Rockies	`#333366`	`#cccccc`	`white`	`black`	Example	Example
Detroit Tigers	`#bd5d29`	`#003366`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Florida Marlins	`#249ea3`	`#cccccc`	`white`	`black`	Example	Example
Houston Astros	`#95322c`	`black`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Kansas City Royals	`#002573`	`#b87700`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Los Angeles Angels	`#ff0000`	`#999999`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Los Angeles Dodgers	`#083c6b`	`black`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Milwaukee Brewers	`#0a2252`	`#b6922e`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Minnesota Twins	`#072764`	`#c6011f`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
New York Mets	`#003581`	`#ff5700`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
New York Yankees	`#1c2841`	`#6d7380`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Oakland Athletics	`#003831`	`#a6986b`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Philadelphia Phillies	`#c6011f`	`#284898`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Pittsburgh Pirates	`#e1b81e`	`black`	`black`	`white`	Example	Example
San Diego Padres	`#d0ad7f`	`#000066`	`black`	`white`	Example	Example
San Francisco Giants	`black`	`#fd5a1e`	`#FFFDD0`	`#FFFDD0`	Example	Example
Seattle Mariners	`#005c5c`	`#0c2c56`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
St. Louis Cardinals	`#c41e3a`	`white`	`white`	`black`	Example	Example
Tampa Bay Rays	`#31306b`	`#006d3e`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Texas Rangers	`#003279`	`#bd1021`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Toronto Blue Jays	`#003399`	`#005ac0`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
Washington Nationals	`#ba122b`	`#11225b`	`white`	`white`	Example	Example
No Team / Free Agent	do not specify colors				Example	Example

[edit] {{{debutteam}}}

I removed the link brackets from around the {{{debutteam}}} field. The hardcoded link was causing problems because Texas Rangers leads to a disambiguation page (that was appearing on WP:DPL). There is no way to pipelink or "nowiki" the link, so the only alternatives are to remove the hardcoded link or create a separate template for players who started out with the Rangers. I chose the first (and easier) of the two. Caknuck 00:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fields

Why are there so many unused fields? Like birthplace, date, height, weight, etc. etc. Cacophony 02:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah we should add those things--Bucs10 00:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

But for what point in their career for height and (esp.) weight? Active players, it's easy. Retired--I don't know if putting the retirement weight of Puckett or Gwynn tells the whole story. -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 19:18, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Career Highlights

I'm not sure where to ask this, perhaps somebody here can help me. {{MLB player}} and {{Infobox baseball player}} have a "Career Highlights" section, which I think is very useful/informative. (See, e.g., highlights in the Willie Mays article. Can this be added to {{Infobox MLB player}}? -- Sholom 14:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm against it, but mainly because I like to use infoboxes only for statistical information that is hard to render in prose and not for summaries. Part of the issue is that if you put a "Career Highlights" section in a template then (1) there's a tendency to make all players have the same number of them, they look the same in importance (Wiki Gonzalez and Ted Williams don't have the same number or caliber of career highlights) and (2) some of these things can be controversial and require {{fact}} or other reference tags which seem much harder in infoboxes. -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 19:18, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Angels colors

Why is the Angels secondary color gray (999999). Shouldn't it be some shade of blue? --Sanfranman59 22:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adding Teams

After the discussion in Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Players, I'm adding "teams" as an option instead of "former teams" -- we can keep both for now, but then get rid of former teams in a bit. -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 19:18, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IMPORTANT CHANGE COMING

I'm going to automate the team color filling - it will save a lot of time for those adding new teams and kbs. After I insert the change, give me a few minutes to make the adjustments to the team articles. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 10:12, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

I've been doing a lot of edits recently to articles for players who have played in the majors, but now play in Japan ... is there a way to either override the automatic default coloring to put in the coloring for the Japanese teams, or add the Japanese teams to your automated color scheme? Hardnfast (talk) 20:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Height and weight fields

What's the deal with a lack of these fields? Active players should have height and weight stats, included fields in other sports infoboxes, so I was curious as to why this template no longer has those fields. Regards, LARA ♥LOVE 04:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MLB to MILB

Question, is there a way i can use this same template and still make it minor league stats instead of major league stats? Hatmatbbat10 00:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Birthplace" needs to be added to preview code/wiki markup

Could an admin please add the new "Birthplace" field to the preview code? -NatureBoyMD (talk) 02:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hall of Fame

Why are there fields for Hall of Fame election and such when we only use this template for current MLB players? --Rabbethan 07:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Good question. Probably when someone made both templates, they basically copied it over not realizing what they did. --Street20 (talk) 07:48, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pre-MLB Experience

Why is a player's collegiate and minor league affiliations not included? Someone want to attempt this? Tee Owe (talk) 18:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I would agree that this is stuff that definitely need to be addressed. The college is definitely relevant for those that attended, and I always hated how the infobox teams just displayed the MLB teams, as if a guy just popped out of nowhere.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 04:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Well there are people who don't like the idea so there is no use in trying to bring it up again. --Street20 (talk) 04:12, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Well I can see the argument against MiLB teams (potentially lots of info that could get messy fast), though I'd like to see perhaps MLB teams listed even if they didn't play in the Majors for them, and possibly an asterisk and notation saying something to the effect of "minors only" sort of how we do it with the NFL players. Isn't it kind of stupid to have an INFObox for a player, let's say one that spends ten years in the Majors before reaching the show, and not be able to get any info on his career before now from his infobox?

As for the colleges, I can't imagine anyone being against that so we should definitely at a field.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 04:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)