989 Sports Major League Baseball series

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.

989 Sports Major League Baseball
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

Games
Title Details
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 4, 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:

See also
  • ESPN Baseball Tonight, Sony's 16-bit predecessor
  • MLB Pennant Race, Sony's PlayStation predecessor to the 989 Sports baseball series
  • MLB 06: The Show, Sony's successor to the 989 Sports baseball series

References
  1. "MLB 98 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  2. "MLB '99 Game Profile". IGN. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  3. "MLB 99 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  4. "MLB 2000 Release Information for PlayStation". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  5. "MLB 2000 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  6. "MLB 2001 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  7. "MLB 2001 for PlayStation - Technical Information". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  8. "MLB 2002 for PlayStation - Release Summary". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  9. "MLB 2002 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  10. "MLB 2002 for PlayStation - Technical Information". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  11. "MLB 2003 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  12. "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. "MLB 2004". IGN. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  15. "MLB 2004 Release Information for PlayStation 2". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  16. "MLB 2004 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  17. "MLB 2005 for PlayStation 2 - Release Summary". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  18. "MLB 2005 for PS". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  19. "MLB 2005 Release Information for PlayStation 2". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  20. "MLB 2005 - Credits". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  21. "MLB 2006 - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  22. "MLB - Overview". allgame. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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