Deadball looks exactly like the 'modern reboot' I was imagining while reading the main article... Differing tables of results per player, with RPG elements for

Deadball looks exactly like the 'modern reboot' I was imagining while reading the main article... Differing tables of results per player, with RPG elements for evolving the results tables over time. I can also imagine a (probably computer-aided) variant, where true player stats are known only to the person who 'owns' the player, approximate stats are based on results in actual games, and there's a system for trading players between seasons.