BATTER ATTRIBUTES:

PLAYER ABILITIES (TAB #1):

This is Hawks infielder Yuichi Honda. Note this page is identical to Tab #3 (Hitting Abilities) which we'll exclude in this section.

Tabs at top: Player Abilities - Pitching Abilities - Hitting Abilities - Other Information 1 - Other Information 2

TOP LEFT AREA:

- Player name (in yellow) / Team Logo / Jersey Number (46).

- Batting Stance - The Japanese words and the #79 on this page is this player's batting stance - Standard Form, #79. Batting forms are separated into standard, open, close stance and so on.

- Right Throws & Left Bats (Switch hitters will have a short horizontal line at the top, followed by a big box underneath with some more strokes inside the box.)

- Batting Avg (.305), Home Runs (0), RBI's (43)

The colored letters and letter inside the baseball diamond represent:

• Trajectory *: 2
• Contact: C / 65
• Power: E / 44
• Speed: A 83 (will also affect how fast your player moves on defense)
• Arm Strength: D / 56
• Defense: B / 78 (players with high defense grades will catch the ball and throw the ball in quick, smooth motions)
• Error Prone: D / 56 (may also denote how prone player is to making a big defensive play.) For example an 'A' rated defender will make big plays with few errors, while a porrly rated player will make alot of errors and few big plays.
• Position: 2B and SS. Notice the word for shortstop is smaller than the word for 2nd, indicating that 2nd is his main and SS is his weaker position. Later on in page 3 you can see that his SS defense rating is only a F and 2B is B. 
  

* Trajectory ranges from 1 to 4. The higher the number, the bigger the flyball you can hit. For example, a slugger with a high trajectory & power rating can hit high flyballs and would be a serious homerun threat.

BOTTOM AREA:

This displays the special skills the player possesses. The top 2 rows are fixed skills in which every player will be rated. If this skill is shaded it just means he has a normal, medium rating of 3. If the skill is in bold then he's either positive (blue 4 or 5) or negative (red 1 or 2).

In rows 3-6 you can see his positive (blue) and negative (red) skills. Note there are a couple skils that are both positve and negative, so it will have a split blue & red color. For further details please view the 'Special Skills' pages.

Defensive ratings are very important because it's heavily emphasised in this game. For example, if you have a 3B with a poor defensive rating, line drives and hard hit shots will just shoot by him before you even have a chance to move. This will cost you a lot of extra base hits down the left field line. Same thing for outfielders. If you have someone with a 'D' or below grade in center field, I'm afraid you won't get to a lot of flyballs that would be caught by a better rated outfielder. Bottom line: PLEASE SUB IN YOUR DEFENSIVE SPECIALISTS IN THE LATE INNINGS!

PITCHING ABILITIES (TAB #2):

* Not much useful info to see here since Honda is a batter. See the "Pitcher Attributes" page for further details.

- Pitching Motion: Three Quarter motion #9 / Right Throws & Left Bats (Switch hitters will have a short horizontal line at the top, followed by a big box underneath with some more strokes inside the box.)

- ERA (- - -) / Pitchers Role Compatibility (- - -).

- Pitch Speed: 120 km/h or 74 mph (1 km/h = .62 mph)
- Control (G1)
- Pitchers Base Stamina (G / 1) : This is your basic in-game pitching stamina like every other baseball game.
- Pitch Repertoire: Fastball

OTHER INFORMATION 1 (TAB #4):

- Speed (A / 83)
- Arm Strength: (D / 56)
- Position & Defensive Rating: Honda can play 2B with a rating of B78 and Short Stop (F39). The breakdown in this box is as follows (from L to R):

- Pitcher
- Catcher
- 1B
- 2B (B / 78)
- 3B
- SS (F 39)
- OF

BOTTOM AREA:

ROW 1 (Player Roles): These show how the CPU will use this player.

ROW 2-6 (Common Skills): Green skills are tendencies which the CPU will use with this player.

Please view the 'Special Skills' pages for more details and translations.

OTHER INFORMATION 2 (TAB #5):

BOTTOM AREA:

- Pronunciation of his name
- Age (27) & 7th year as a pro
- Birthday (11/19/1984)
- Name shown on uniform (HONDA)

- Bat color
- Glove color
- Left wrist tape color
- Right wrist tape color