Backyard Baseball 2001

Backyard Baseball 2001 broke ground by being the first game in the loved series to feature real major league players. A cartoon style of gameplay and easy learning curve made this game accessible for all ages.

Team Selection

All 30 Major League Baseball teams are available for use. There is also a selection of the classic backyard baseball teams such as the Watermelon Heads, and the Wombats. Customizable team colors were available for the custom teams.

MLB Players

30 MLB players were playable in this game, all in the animation form of kids. Some of them being

• Cal Ripken Jr.

• Mark McGwire
• Ivan Rodriquez
• Mo Vaugn
• Randy Johnson
• Tony Gwynn
• Ken Griffey JR.
• Curt Schilling
• Alex Rodriguez
• Sammy Sosa
• Jason Giambi

Fictional Players

Backyard Baseball 2001 did not stop at MLB players. They also included the 30 fictional players we all know and love.

1. Jocinda Smith

2. Ronny Dobbs

3. Mario Luna

4. Achmed Khan

5. Tony Delvecchio

6. Dimitri Petrovich

7. Gretchen Hasselhoff

8. Lueane Lui

9. Kimmy Eckman

10. Ricky Johnson

11. Annie Frazier

12. Mikey Thomas

13. Lisa Crocket

14. Amir Khan

15. Sally Dobbs

16. Pete Wheeler

17. Dante Robinson

18. Vicki Kawaguchi

19. Reese Worthington

20. Kenny Kawaguchi

21. Stephanie Morgan

22. Sidney Weber

23. Ashely Weber

24. Angela Delvecchio

25. Marky Dubois

26. Pablo Sanchez

27. Billy Jean Blackwood

28. Jorge Garcia

29. Ernie Steele

30. Kiesha Phillips

Create a Player

This game featured Create a Player feature, letting you decide the Gender Birthday Right or Left handed Race Hairstyle Nickname Stats of player

Game Types

Single Game - Able to select your difficulty level, team, and players. You pick in a dodgeball type format, back and forth. Season Mode - Play a full 14 game season. Pick your team and whatever players you want. Also pick your home-field and difficulty level. Online Play - The first backyard game to feature online play. Played on a closed network provided by Humongous Entertainment. Batting Practice - Robotic pitching machine Mr. Clankey throws you fastballs, slow balls, and curve-balls. You hit them all around the field.

Power-ups

During the game you are rewarding batting power-ups and pitching power-ups. To get a batting power-up you need to make a double, or triple play. To get a pitching power-up you need to get a strikeout with you pitcher.

Pitching Power-ups

• Big Freeze- Right when the ball gets above the strikezone, it freezes into an iceball, throwing off the batters timing.
• Corkscrew- Does a circular spiral across to the plate. Hard to control.
• Crazyball- As the name suggests it goes in all different directions.
• Elevator- A pitch that on the way to the plate rides the ground, but once it reaches the plate it quickly rises to the strikezone.
• Fireball- An extremely fast thrown pitch.
• Slo-mo Ball- An extremely slow thrown pitch.
• ZigZag- Does movements up and down or side to side.
• Extra Juice- Refreshes pitches stamina.

Batting Power-ups

• Aluminum Power- Your wood bat changes to an aluminum bat. Gives your batter unbelievable power.
• Crazy Bunt- A bunt that goes in all different directions. The only way it can be stopped is if a player touches it, or if it hits the fence.
• Screaming Line Drive- A lighting fast line drive that screams while in the air.
• Undergrounder- A ball hit straight into the ground, often resulting in a ground role double.