While baseball cards provide a fun informational element to the Out of the Game (OOTP) baseball simulation experience, some players may want to turn them off to simplify the interface or focus solely on the gameplay. The baseball card system in OOTP gives detailed scouting and statistical breakdowns of every player in the game, but can clutter up the screen real estate if you’re not interested in regularly checking cards. Simply disabling them from the options menu doesn’t remove them entirely from OOTP. In this article, we’ll take an in-depth look at how to fully turn off baseball cards in OOTP across all screens and modes.

In the main preferences menu under ‘Interface Options,’ you’ll find the option to simply ‘Hide Baseball Cards.’ Selecting this will remove the cards pane from the right side of most screens. This does not get rid of cards entirely – they’ll still appear in places like the player profile and roster screens. To fully disable cards:

Open the main preferences menu
Select ‘Interface Options’
Under the ‘Gameplay Styles’ section, choose ‘Simple’ instead of ‘Advanced’
This will completely remove cards from scouting breakdowns and turn the game interface into a basic stats-only view.

Choosing ‘Simple’ game style disables many advanced scouting and analytics features beyond just cards. If you only want to remove cards while keeping the rich stats, adjust a couple settings:

Under ‘Interface Options,’ select ‘Hide Baseball Cards’ as noted above
Also select ‘Hide Portrait Art’ – this removes the player face images used on cards
Close preferences and open the ‘Scouting Preferences’ menu
Uncheck every option EXCEPT for basic stats like Batting/Pitching ratings

Now cards are gone but you retain rich scouting breakdowns on things like Pitch Repertoire, Fielding Ratings, etc. without the card GUI. This streamlines the interface while keeping key scouting intelligence.

There is one more place where cards can still appear – the Free Agent and Minor League player screens. To remove them here:

Open the ‘Settings’ menu
Select ‘Rosters’
Under ‘Player Card Displays,’ choose the ‘Basic Stats Only’ option

This finally bans cards from showing up anywhere in OOTP. You now have the simplest, leanest interface focused entirely on the stats and simulations.

For some, the cards provide a fun nostalgia factor and easy reference for scouting breakdowns. But for simulation purests, removing them declutters the UI. Going the extra steps outlined here fully disables cards across every mode and view. You can freely peruse rosters, scan leagues, and dive into sims without the baseball card GUI ever popping up.

Some techniques to know if you ever want to bring cards back:

To partially restore cards, change preferences back to ‘Advanced’ game style

Or under Scouting Preferences, check boxes like Standard Card or Portrait to selectively add certain card views back

To fully restore cards across the game, reopen all the preference menus and revert the ‘Simple Interface’ and card hiding options

With a bit of tweaking in the settings screen, OOTP gives you full control over visually representing players as baseball cards or simple stats. Taking the time to disable cards as shown provides a slimmed down, sleek simulation experience for those who want the most focus on the virtual gameplay. Hopefully this breakdown has shown you how to completely turn them off while keeping the robust statistical backbone of OOTP fully intact.