If you’re anything like us writers here at Pitcher List, you’ve played a lot of baseball video games in your life. We wanted to look at some of the classics of baseball video gaming and review them, and determine which games are the best, and which games are worth leaving in the past. For the sake of this tournament, we excluded games that are still being made, such as MLB: The Show and Out of the Park Baseball, and just wanted to focus on games that hold special places in our nostalgic past. We narrowed it down to 16 games across 14 franchises, but we need YOUR help to determine each matchup. Check back every day for the next matchup in the tournament, and vote on which game you think is best!
Championship
Backyard Baseball 2001 vs. MVP Baseball 2005
Final 4
Backyard Baseball 2001 vs. Wii Sports (Backyard Baseball 2001 won with 80% of the vote)
Baseball Stars vs. MVP Baseball 2005 (MVP Baseball won with 68% of the vote)
Round 2
Backyard Baseball 2001 vs. Mario Superstar Baseball (Backyard Baseball 2001 won with 63% of the vote)
Wii Sports vs. MLB Slugfest 20-04 (Wii Sports won with 58% of the vote)
Baseball Stars vs. Ken Griffey Jr’s Slugfest (Baseball Stars won with 60% of the vote)
MVP Baseball 2005 vs. MLB 2K5 (MVP Baseball 2005 won with 87% of the vote)
Youth Bracket
Backyard Baseball vs. Backyard Baseball 2001 (Backyard Baseball 2001 won with 65% of the vote)
Mario Superstar Baseball vs. Mario Super Sluggers (Mario Superstar Baseball won with 71% of the vote)
Old-Timers Bracket
Baseball Stars vs. Bases Loaded 4 (Baseball Stars won with 67% of the vote)
Super RBI Baseball vs. Ken Griffey Jr’s Slugfest (Ken Griffey Jr’s Slugfest won with 78% of the vote)
Casual Fun Bracket
Wii Sports vs. MLB Power Pros (Wii Sports won with 52% of the vote)
MLB Slugfest vs. The Bigs (MLB Slugfest 20-04 won with 59% of the vote)
Simulation Bracket
MVP Baseball vs. High Heat Baseball (MVP Baseball 2005 won with 98% of the vote)
All-Star Baseball vs. MLB 2K (MLB 2K5 won with 52% of the vote)
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