989 Sports Major League Baseball series

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989 Sports Major League Baseball
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Logo used for the 2005 release of MLB 2006 on the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable.
Genre(s) Sport
Publisher(s) SCEA
Platform(s) PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Mobile phone, PlayStation Portable

The MLB (Year#) series, is a series of Major League Baseball video games by Sony Computer Entertainment published under their 989 Sports label. The series was originally developed by Sony Interactive Studios America, who later became 989 Studios until eventually merging into Sony Computer Entertainment America. Following the merge the games were released under the 989 Sports brand up until 2006. Following that, MLB games from SCEA were released by San Diego Studio under the MLB: The Show series.

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Games

TitleDetails
MLB 98

Original release date(s): [1]
  • NA: July 1, 1997
Release years by system:
1997—PlayStation [1]
Notes:
MLB 99

Original release date(s): [2]
  • NA: March 31, 1998
Release years by system:
1998—PlayStation [2]
Notes:
MLB 2000

Original release date(s): [4]
  • NA: February 28, 1999
Release years by system:
1999—PlayStation [4]
Notes:
  • Developed and published by 989 Studios under the 989 Sports label [5]
  • Again, Vin Scully is the play-by-play announcer; infielder Dave Campbell joins him for color commentary starting with this game
  • Anaheim Angels hitter Mo Vaughn was featured on the cover
MLB 2001

Original release date(s): [6]
  • NA: February 29, 2000
Release years by system:
2000—PlayStation [6]
Notes:
MLB 2002

Original release date(s): [8]
  • NA: May 7, 2001
Release years by system:
2001—PlayStation [8]
Notes:
MLB 2003

Original release date(s): [11]
  • NA: June 17, 2002
Release years by system:
2002—PlayStation [11]
Notes:
MLB 2004

Original release date(s): [12]
  • NA: April 30, 2003
  • JP: June 19, 2003
Release years by system:
2003—PlayStation, PlayStation 2 [12] [13]
2004—Mobile phone [14]
Notes:
MLB 2005

Original release date(s): [17]
  • NA: March 16, 2004
  • JP: May 27, 2004
Release years by system:
2004—PlayStation, PlayStation 2 [17] [18]
Notes:
MLB 2006

Original release date(s): [21]
  • NA: March 8, 2005
Release years by system:
2005—PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable [21] [22]
Notes:

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  2. 1 2 "MLB '99 Game Profile". IGN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  3. ↑ "MLB 99 - Overview". allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  4. 1 2 "MLB 2000 Release Information for PlayStation". GameFAQs . Retrieved 2009-08-09.
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  6. 1 2 3 "MLB 2001 - Overview". allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
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  8. 1 2 "MLB 2002 for PlayStation - Release Summary". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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  10. ↑ "MLB 2002 for PlayStation - Technical Information". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  11. 1 2 3 "MLB 2003 - Overview". allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  12. 1 2 "MLB 2004 for PlayStation 2 - Release Summary". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  13. ↑ "MLB 2004 for PS". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  14. 1 2 "MLB 2004". IGN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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  16. ↑ "MLB 2004 - Overview". allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  17. 1 2 "MLB 2005 for PlayStation 2 - Release Summary". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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  19. ↑ "MLB 2005 Release Information for PlayStation 2". GameFAQs . Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  20. ↑ "MLB 2005 - Credits". allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  21. 1 2 "MLB 2006 - Overview". allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  22. 1 2 "MLB - Overview". allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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