At the controller selection screen, press L to activate cheats that have been bought.
On your way home after hitting a homerun, press L, R, Black, White, B, X, or Y and your player will taunt the opposing team.
You can gain points for certain feats performed during a game. You can use these points to buy cards which unlock cheats, stadiums, jerseys, producers, and players. An easy way to get a lot of points is to throw a perfect game. This is worth 100 points. Switch controls every time the CPU is up at bat and intentionally strike out. This will get you points for 27 strikeouts, and for a perfect game. Repeat this as many times as needed to get an unlimited amount of points.
To get more points in franchise mode to sign your free agents, during the off season either create a player and pick him up as a free agent or sign free agents and release them at the end of the season.
Immediately after the pitcher releases the ball, press Start. You will see where the ball is going and if it will be a strike or ball. Resume the game and move your batting cursor over it to get a nice powerful swing. Note: You do not need to press Start directly after the pitcher lets go of the ball -- it just gives you more time to move your cursor after the game is resumed. Use the pause technique before batting. When you see where the ball is going, try your best to get the ball as close to the point of the contact triangle (the part closest to the batter, not the thick part of the triangle). You will usually get homeruns or at least doubles.
The best pitchers have a pitch called a "Slurve" (for example, Mark Burhele of the Chicago White Sox). Also try the "Dominate Curve" with Pedro.
In season, franchise or expansion mode, go to the DL, and put any pitcher on the 15 day DL. Then immediately take him back into your lineup. He will have recovered all of his energy.
Use trades to get rid of your older less talented players for slightly better players. Even if the CPU rejects your trade, keep trying repeatedly and it will usually eventually accept it. However, make the trade reasonable, such as a B- player for a B or B+ player. If the player you really want just does not seem to want to join your team, try trading for another player who is slightly better, then return to that player you want and try again. Do this every season to keep good young players.
After hitting a homerun, a replay of it will be displayed. When you see your batter heading home from third base, press various buttons to see different camera angles.
Start a game and allow the controller to remain idel. After a few minutes after they have announced the lineups and the starting pitcher, Thom Brennaman will start telling in-depth stories about baseball.
| Name | |
| Bobby Abreu | |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | |
| Roberto Alomar | |
| Moises Alou | |
| Brady Anderson | |
| Garrett Anderson | |
| Rick Ankiel | |
| Tony Armas Jr | |
| Jeff Bagwell | |
| Harold Baines | |
| Tony Batista | |
| Albert Belle | |
| Carlos Beltran | |
| Adrian Beltre | |
| Kris Benson | |
| Lance Berkman | |
| Craig Biggio | |
| Barry Bonds | |
| Kevin Brown | |
| Jay Buhner | |
| Jeromy Burnitz | |
| Pat Burrell | |
| Ken Caminiti | |
| Jose Canseco | |
| Sean Casey | |
| Luis Castillo | |
| Eric Chavez | |
| Jeff Cirillo | |
| Jermaine Clark | |
| Roger Clemens | |
| Bartolo Colon | |
| David Cone | |
| Jose Cruz, Jr | |
| Johnny Damon | |
| Eric Davis | |
| Carlos Delgado | |
| JD Drew | |
| Ray Durham | |
| Jermaine Dye | |
| Jim Edmonds | |
| Juan Encarnacion | |
| Darin Erstad | |
| Carl Everett | |
| Steve Finley | |
| Cliff Floyd | |
| Brad Fullmer | |
| Andres Galarraga | |
| Freddy Garcia | |
| Nomar Garciaparra | |
| Jason Giambi | |
| Brian Giles | |
| Troy Glaus | |
| Tom Glavine | |
| Juan Gonzalez | |
| Luis Gonzalez | |
| Mark Grace | |
| Shawn Green | |
| Rusty Greer | |
| Ken Griffey | |
| Vladimir Guerrero | |
| Tony Gwynn | |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | |
| Mike Hampton | |
| Todd Helton | |
| Rickey Henderson | |
| Orlando Hernandez | |
| Richard Hidalgo | |
| Tim Hudson | |
| Geoff Jenkins | |
| Derek Jeter | |
| Randy Johnson | |
| Andruw Jones | |
| Chipper Jones | |
| Jacque Jones | |
| Brian Jordan | |
| David Justice | |
| Gabe Kapler | |
| Eric Karros | |
| Jason Kendall | |
| Adam Kennedy | |
| Jeff Kent | |
| Byung Hyun Kim | |
| Ryan Klesko | |
| Chuck Knoblauch | |
| Paul Konerko | |
| Barry Larkin | |
| Carlos Lee | |
| Kenny Lofton | |
| Terrance Long | |
| Javy Lopez | |
| Greg Maddux | |
| Edgar Martinez | |
| Pedro Martinez | |
| Tino Martinez | |
| Ruben Mateo | |
| Fred McGriff | |
| Mark McGwire | |
| Kevin Millwood | |
| Ben Molina | |
| Raul Mondesi | |
| Mark Mulder | |
| Mike Mussina | |
| Trot Nixon | |
| Hideo Nomo | |
| John Olerud | |
| Paul Oneill | |
| Magglio Ordonez | |
| Rafael Palmeiro | |
| Chan Ho Park | |
| Jay Payton | |
| Andy Pettitte | |
| Adam Piatt | |
| Mike Piazza | |
| Jorge Posada | |
| Mark Quinn | |
| Aramis Ramirez | |
| Manny Ramirez | |
| Pokey Reese | |
| Cal Ripken | |
| Mariano Rivera | |
| Alex Rodriguez | |
| Ivan Rodriguez | |
| Scott Rolen | |
| Tim Salmon | |
| Curt Schilling | |
| Richie Sexson | |
| Gary Sheffield | |
| John Smoltz | |
| JT Snow | |
| Sammy Sosa | |
| Shannon Stewart | |
| BJ Surhoff | |
| Mike Sweeney | |
| Fernando Tatis | |
| Miguel Tejada | |
| Frank Thomas | |
| Jim Thome | |
| Jason Varitek | |
| Greg Vaughn | |
| Mo Vaughn | |
| Robin Ventura | |
| Jose Vidro | |
| Omar Vizquel | |
| Larry Walker | |
| David Wells | |
| Rondell White | |
| Bernie Williams | |
| Matt Williams | |
| Preston Wilson | |
| Kerry Wood | |
| Brent Abernathy - Rated Rookie | |
| Cory Aldridge - Rated Rookie | |
| Gene Altman - Rated Rookie | |
| Josh Beckett - Rated Rookie | |
| Wilson Betemit - Rated Rookie | |
| Joe Crede - Rated Rookie | |
| Jack Cust - Rated Rookie | |
| Alex Escobar - Rated Rookie | |
| Pedro Feliz - Rated Rookie | |
| Nate Frese - Rated Rookie | |
| Carlos Garcia - Rated Rookie | |
| Marcus Giles - Rated Rookie | |
| Alexis Gomez - Rated Rookie | |
| Jason Hart - Rated Rookie | |
| Adrian Hernandez - Rated Rookie | |
| Eric Hinske - Rated Rookie | |
| Cesar Izturis - Rated Rookie | |
| Nick Johnson - Rated Rookie | |
| Brian Lawrence - Rated Rookie | |
| Steve Lomasney - Rated Rookie | |
| Nick Maness - Rated Rookie | |
| Jackson Melian - Rated Rookie | |
| Jose Mieses - Rated Rookie | |
| Greg Miller - Rated Rookie | |
| Eric Munson - Rated Rookie | |
| Xavier Nady - Rated Rookie | |
| Blaine Neal - Rated Rookie | |
| Abraham Nunez - Rated Rookie | |
| Jose Ortiz - Rated Rookie | |
| Jeremy Owens - Rated Rookie | |
| Pablo Ozuna - Rated Rookie | |
| Corey Patterson - Rated Rookie | |
| Carlos Pena - Rated Rookie | |
| Wily Mo Pena - Rated Rookie | |
| Timo Perez - Rated Rookie | |
| Adam Pettyjohn - Rated Rookie | |
| Luis Rivas - Rated Rookie | |
| Wilkin Ruan - Rated Rookie | |
| Duaner Sanchez - Rated Rookie | |
| Alfonso Soriano - Rated Rookie | |
| Rafael Soriano - Rated Rookie | |
| Ichiro Suzuki - Rated Rookie | |
| Billy Sylvester - Rated Rookie | |
| Juan Uribe - Rated Rookie | |
| Carlos Valderrama - Rated Rookie | |
| Eric Valent - Rated Rookie | |
| Matt White - Rated Rookie | |
| Mike Young - Rated Rookie | |
| All Star Cheat | |
| All Star Plate | |
| Jeff Bagwell - Special Card | |
| Tony Batista - Special Card | |
| Barry Bonds - Special Card | |
| Roger Clemens - Special Card | |
| Carlos Delgado - Special Card | |
| Jim Edmonds - Special Card | |
| Jason Giambi - Special Card | |
| Troy Glaus - Special Card | |
| Ken Griffey Jr. - Special Card | |
| Vladimir Guerrero - Special Card | |
| Tony Gwynn - Special Card | |
| Todd Helton - Special Card | |
| Richard Hidalgo - Special Card | |
| Reggie Jackson - Special Card | |
| Dave Justice - Special Card | |
| Harmon Killebrew - Special Card | |
| Mark McGwire - Special Card | |
| Roy Oswalt - Special Card | |
| Rafael Palmeiro - Special Card | |
| Mike Piazza - Special Card | |
| Albert Pujols - Special Card | |
| Manny Ramirez - Special Card | |
| Alex Rodriguez - Special Card | |
| Nolan Ryan - Special Card | |
| CC Sabathia - Special Card | |
| Mike Schmidt - Special Card | |
| Gary Sheffield - Special Card | |
| Tsuyoshi Shinjo - Special Card | |
| Sammy Sosa - Special Card | |
| Ichiro Suzuki - Special Card | |
| Frank Thomas - Special Card | |
| Jim Thome - Special Card | |
| Robin Yount - Special Card | |
| Astrodome - Classic Stadium | |
| Classic Fenway - Classic Stadium | |
| Classic Wrigley - Classic Stadium | |
| Classic Yankee - Classic Stadium | |
| Acclaim Sports Park - Classic Stadium | |
| Enzo Field - Classic Stadium | |
| Fischbach Field - Classic Stadium | |
| Lockodome - Classic Stadium | |
| Old Snavely Stadium - Classic Stadium | |
| Whitaker Grounds - Classic Stadium | |
| Zentmeyer Dome - Classic Stadium | |
| Forbes Field - Classic Stadium | |
| Polo Ground - Classic Stadium | |
| Riverfront - Classic Stadium | |
| Tiger Stadium - Classic Stadium | |
| Brandon Adcock - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Kevin Brinson - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Randy Buck - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Nigel Cook - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Malc Crummack - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Peyton Duncan - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Nelson Everhart - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Tim Flier - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Tom Green - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Bill Kydd - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Matt Liverman - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Andrew Locko - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Wes Mailman - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Mike Mann - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Matt McEnerney - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Shawn Nicholson - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Dan Rubel - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Cooper Sellers - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Mike Skinner - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| PJ Snavely - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Ryan Starr - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Sarma Vanguri - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Mario Ventrella - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Rob Whitaker - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Justin Withers - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Tom Zentmeyer - Dingers (Developer Card) | |
| Dingers - Teams | |
| Pixels - Teams | |
| Islanders - Teams | |
| Rated Rookies - Teams | |
| AL Legends - Teams | |
| NL Legends - Teams | |
| Wrinklies - Teams | |
| Angels - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Astros - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Athletics - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Blue Jays - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Braves - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Brewers - Alternate Throbacks | |
| Cardinals - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Cubs - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Devil Rays - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Diamondbacks - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Dingers - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Dodgers - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Expos - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Giants - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Indians - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Mariners - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Marlins - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Mets - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Orioles - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Padres - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Phillies - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Pirates - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Rangers - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Reds - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Red Sox - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Rockies - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Royals - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Tigers - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Twins - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| White Sox - Alternate Throwbacks | |
| Yankees - Alternate Throwbacks |
