Template:Infobox MLB player/doc

This template can be used to add at-a-glance comparative information to articles on Major League Baseball players.

Team colors are now added to the infobox automatically when a team is entered into the team field. The colors are taken from Template:Baseball primary color, Template:Baseball secondary color, Template:Baseball alternative primary color and Template:Baseball alternative secondary color.

Usage

Copy and paste the template below:

{{Infobox MLB player
| name        = 
| image       = 
| position    = 
| birthdate   = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birthplace  = 
| deathdate   = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| deathplace  = 
| bats        = 
| throws      = 
| debutdate   = 
| debutyear   = 
| debutteam   = 
| finaldate   = 
| finalyear   = 
| finalteam   = 
| stat1label  = 
| stat1value  = 
| stat2label  = 
| stat2value  = 
| stat3label  = 
| stat3value  = 
| teams       = 
}}

To use the full version, use this template:

{{Infobox MLB player
| name        = 
| image       = 
| image_size  = 
| alt         = 
| caption     = 
| team        = 
| number      = 
| position    = 
| positionplain = 
| birthdate   = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birthplace  = 
| deathdate   = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| deathplace  = 
| bats        = 
| throws      = 
| debutdate   = 
| debutyear   = 
| debutteam   = 
| finaldate   = 
| finalyear   = 
| finalteam   = 
| statyear    = 
| stat1label  = 
| stat1value  = 
| stat2label  = 
| stat2value  = 
| stat3label  = 
| stat3value  = 
| stat4label  = 
| stat4value  = 
| stat5label  = 
| stat5value  = 
| stat6label  = 
| stat6value  = 
| highlights  = 
| teams       = 
| hofdate     = 
| hofvote     = 
| hofmethod   = 
| hoffuture   = (set to true if the player has been announced but not inducted)
}}

Parameters

Please refer to Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Player style advice for guidance on what to include in an MLB player's infobox.

Note that all of these parameters are optional—it is better not to include one than to include misleading or incomplete information. For a nineteenth-century player about whom almost nothing is known, it may be better to forgo the infobox completely than to have an empty skeleton.

Field Name	Description
name	name of player
image	filename of the image of the player, not preceded by "Image:" (optional)
image_size	width of image in pixels, don't use unless smaller than 200 (optional, defaults to 200)
alt	alt text for image, for visually impaired readers; see WP:ALT
caption	caption text for image (optional)
team	current team
number	current uniform number
position	the position(s) primarily played by the player now (active players) or in their career (retired players): Pitcher (baseball), Catcher, First baseman, Second baseman, Third baseman, Shortstop, Left fielder, Center fielder or Right fielder.
birthdate	For living players: {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}, where YYYY is the year, MM is month, and DD is day For deceased players: {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}, where YYYY is the year, MM is month, and DD is day
deathdate	NOTE: Only if the player is deceased: {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}, with death date followed by birth date, where YYYY is the year, MM is month, and DD is day
bats	Left, Right, Switch, or Unknown
throws	Left, Right, or Unknown
debutdate	debut date (Month and day only)
debutyear	debut year
debutteam	debut team
statyear	the year or date that the stats listed below apply to
stat1label	the most important statistic for evaluating this player. Will vary according to what the player is most well known for.
stat1value	the value of that statistic.
stat2label	another statistic (up to six can be used--in exceptional cases!)
stat2value	etc.
stat3label
stat3value
stat4label
stat4value
stat5label
stat5value
stat6label
stat6value
highlights	list of career highlights; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Player style advice#Infobox for guidance
teams	list of teams (former and present) the player has played for, with their years. Note that the "formerteams" option is deprecated and should be converted to teams. Teams should be shown in chronological order (years played in parentheses), like this: Washington Senators (1939–1942, 1945–1949) Boston Red Sox (1949–1952) Washington Senators (1952–1953) Detroit Tigers (1956)
hofdate	if the player is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, enter the date (or at least year) that he was elected. Setting this tag will make a Hall of Fame banner appear. (note that {{Infobox baseball biography}} also has these fields and may be more appropriate)
hofvote	put details of the HoF vote (if any) here.
hofmethod	put details of the method elected (veteran's committee, Negro league, etc.) here. Leave blank if a standard vote
hoffuture	declare this variable (any value, but "true" is an obvious choice) for players who have elected to the HoF but who have not yet been inducted. This variable will modify the HoF banner to say "Incoming Member"; the purpose of this is to reduce arguments from editors about whether or not to include the HoF section before the induction date.

Examples

All Options On (+HoF)
Caption
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name
Career statistics (through 2005)
Batting average	.340
Runs batted in	586
Home runs	233
Teams
First Team Name (2000–2003) Second Team Name (2003–2004) Current Team Name (2005–present)
[[{{{hoflink}}}|Member of the {{{hoftype}}}]]
[[{{{hoflink}}}|Baseball Hall of Fame]]
Induction	March 20, 2007
Vote	88% (first ballot)
Election Method	Veteran's Committee

No Teams Listed
Caption
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name
Career statistics (through 2005)
Batting average	.340
Runs batted in	586
Home runs	233

No Stats
Caption
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name
Teams
First Team Name (2000–2003) Second Team Name (2003–2004) Current Team Name (2005–present)

No Stats, No Teams
Caption
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name

Two Stats
Caption
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name
Career statistics (through 2005)
Batting average	.340
Runs batted in	586
Teams
First Team Name (2000–2003) Second Team Name (2003–2004) Current Team Name (2005–present)

No Caption
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name
Career statistics (through 2005)
Batting average	.340
Runs batted in	586
Home runs	233
Teams
First Team Name (2000–2003) Second Team Name (2003–2004) Current Team Name (2005–present)

No Image
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name
Career statistics (through 2005)
Batting average	.340
Runs batted in	586
Home runs	233
Teams
First Team Name (2000–2003) Second Team Name (2003–2004) Current Team Name (2005–present)

All Options Off
Team Name – No. 99
Position
Bats: Bats Throws: Throws
debut
June 1, 2000, for the Team Name

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

<templatedata> { "params": { "name": { "required": true, "label": "Name", "type": "string", "description": "Name of Player." }, "image": { "required": false, "label": "Image", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "Image of Player" }, "position": { "required": false, "label": "position", "type": "string", "description": "Position at which the player playes" }, "alt": { "required": false, "label": "Image alternative text", "type": "string", "description": "Alt text to display if the image specified by image_name does not display for whatever reason" }, "caption": { "required": false, "label": "Image caption", "type": "string", "description": "Caption for the image." }, "pseudonym": { "required": false, "label": "Pseudonym", "type": "string", "description": "Name used by the artist(artist name)" }, "birth_name": { "required": false, "label": "Birth Name", "type": "string", "description": "Nomenclature at the time of birth" }, "birthdate": { "required": false, "label": "Birth Date", "type": "line", "description": "Date of birth and age of player" }, "birthplace": { "required": false, "label": "Birth Place", "type": "string", "description": "Player's place of birth" }, "deathdate": { "required": false, "label": "Death Date", "type": "line", "description": "Date of death of player" }, "deathplace": { "required": false, "label": "Death Place", "type": "string", "description": "Player's place of death" }, "bats": { "required": false, "label": "Bats", "type": "string", "description": "Arm that is used by the player to bat" }, "throws": { "required": false, "label": "Throws", "type": "string", "description": "Arm that is used by the player to throw" }, "debutdate": { "required": false, "label": "Debut Date", "type": "line", "description": "Date of debut of the player(Month and date)" }, "debutyear": { "required": false, "label": "Debut Year", "type": "number", "description": "Year of debut" }, "debutteam": { "required": false, "label": "Debut Team", "type": "string", "description": "Team for which the player made his debut" }, "finaldate": { "required": false, "label": "Final Date", "type": "line", "description": "Date of the final match played by the player(Month and date)" }, "finalyear": { "required": false, "label": "Final Year", "type": "number", "description": "Year of final match" }, "finalteam": { "required": false, "label": "Final Team", "type": "string", "description": "Team for which the player played his final game" }, "stat1label": { "required": false, "label": "Stat1Label", "type": "string", "description": "Most important statistic for evaluating the player" }, "stat1value": { "required": false, "label": "Stat1Value", "type": "string", "description": "Value of the statistic" }, "teams": { "required": false, "label": "Teams", "type": "string", "description": "Teams that the player played for" } } } </templatedata>

See also

• {{Infobox baseball biography}}