Backyard Baseball '97

Backyard Baseball '97 is a baseball game where you pick a team, play games and seasons, practice batting and track stats. It features simple, intuitive controls and a cast of 30 child athletes, including Pablo Sanchez.

Game modes

• Random Pick-up: The computer picks a random team for you and itself, and the game starts immediately.
• Single Game: Take turns with the computer choosing players from a random pool of characters.
• Season: Create a team and manage it through a 14-game series against computer-generated teams. The top two teams advance to best-of-three BBL playoffs. The winner then enters the Super Entire Nation Tournament, a best-of-three series, followed by the Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series, a best-of-five series.

You can also play single games, practice batting and set the rules. The game uses a hybrid of Pro and Little League rules: players cannot lead off, injuries are disabled, bunting is allowed and runners can tag up.

Batting practice

Choose a batter and face Mr. Clanky to practice timing your clicks to hit the ball.

Stats and leaderboards

Steam Global Leaderboards let you compare results with friends and players around the world. They track home runs, strike-outs, grand slams, season wins and more.