MLB 2002

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MLB 2002
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Center fielder Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves featured on the cover.
Developer(s) 989 Sports
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment America
Series 989 Sports Major League Baseball series
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
Genre(s) Sports (Baseball)
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

MLB 2002 is a Major League Baseball video game in the Genre of Sports developed by 989 Sports and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for PlayStation. The cover athlete is Center fielder Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves. Vin Scully is the play-by-play announcer with Dave Campbell on color commentary.

Contents

The game was preceded by MLB 2001 and succeeded by MLB 2003 .

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "MLB 2002 for PlayStation Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved June 7, 2020.
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Preceded by Major League Baseball Officially Licensed Videogame
2002
Succeeded by