MVP Baseball 2005
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| Developer(s) | EA Canada |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Series | MVP Baseball |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
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| EGM | 8.67/10 | N/A | 8.67/10 | N/A | 8.67/10 |
| Game Informer | 8.5/10 | N/A | 8.5/10 | 7/10 | 8.5/10 |
| GamePro | N/A | N/A |   |
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| Game Revolution | B+ | N/A | B+ | C− | B+ |
| GameSpot | 8.8/10 | 8.7/10 | 8.9/10 | 7.7/10 | 8.9/10 |
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| GameTrailers | 9/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 | N/A | 9/10 |
| GameZone | 9.2/10 | 9/10 | 9.3/10 | 8.3/10 | 9.3/10 |
| IGN | 9.2/10 | 8.8/10 | 9.2/10 | 7.5/10 | 9.2/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 4.5/5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| OPM (US) | N/A | N/A |  |
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| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | N/A | 85% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Aggregate scores | |||||
| GameRankings | 87.53% | 84.57% | 87.10% | 66.78% | 86.96% |
| Metacritic | 88/100 | 85/100 | 87/100 | 67/100 | 86/100 |
MVP Baseball 2005 is a baseball video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It features then-Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez on its cover. The game features full Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and Major League Baseball Players Association licenses. It holds the 98th spot on IGN's reader's choice top 100 games ever as of 2006. As with previous versions of the game, the announcers are Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow, real-life announcers for the San Francisco Giants.
A PlayStation Portable version of the game, entitled just MVP Baseball, was later released in May 2005.
MVP Baseball 2005 includes all 30 official Major League Baseball teams, stadiums, and all 30 unique dynasties, as well as the more than 1,000 individual players that populate their respective teams. A notable exclusion is Barry Bonds, who does not appear in the game due to his withdrawal from the MLBPA's licensing agreement. His "replacement" is a fictional player named Jon Dowd. Dowd bears no resemblance in appearance to Bonds, but his skills mimic those of Bonds. Like its predecessor MVP Baseball 2004, this game does not include Kevin Millar, who does not appear in the game because he is not a member of the MLBPA. His "replacement" is a fictional player named Anthony Friese. The game also includes authentic minor league teams and actual minor league players by including double-A and triple-A-level farm teams. 2005's installment includes ballclubs from the High Single-A ranks as well, giving each MLB team three levels of minor league farm clubs. 2 legends teams, 63 legendary players, 15 classic stadiums, 5 fantasy parks, and more than 100 retro uniforms round out the list of unlockable features. Rosters are current as of January 12, 2005, and the game included the then-new Washington Nationals, along with their then temporary home, RFK Stadium. At the time, new rosters could be downloaded to the Xbox and PS2 versions by accessing their online play menus.
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