All-Star Baseball

All-Star Baseball
PlayStation 2 box art of All-Star Baseball 2005, the final game in the series
Genres	Sports
Developers	Iguana Entertainment/Acclaim Studios Austin
Publishers	Acclaim Entertainment/Acclaim Sports
Platforms	PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
Platform of origin	PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Year of inception	1997
First release	All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas June 30, 1997
Latest release	All-Star Baseball 2005 April 8, 2004

The All-Star Baseball baseball video game series was developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1997 with the release of All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas, the successor to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball. New York Yankees play-by-play announcers John Sterling and Michael Kay were the announcers for 1998-2000 editions of the game. The final game in the series (due to the bankruptcy of Acclaim) is All-Star Baseball 2005.

Within the individual games, there are several different modes of play, such as exhibition, managing an existing Major League Baseball team or creating a team. Many North American cities are available for "expansion," in addition to Mexico City and Puerto Rico.

Most of the games feature Derek Jeter on the cover.

The first game in the series featured Frank Thomas and was released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

The game also marked the debut of play-by-play commentary. This is done by two New York Yankees broadcasters: John Sterling and Michael Kay. Larry Walker appeared on the game's box.

All-Star Baseball 2005 features a variety of things that most previous versions did not include, such as classic players like Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra and others. Apart from each of the MLB teams, the game also features MLB legends of different eras and the 2004 American and National league teams. One particular game characteristic is that it includes the Montreal Expos, who relocated from Montreal to Washington D.C. and changed their name to the Washington Nationals for the 2005 MLB season.