Great Sluggers '94/Gameplay

Controls

At bat

• Joystick: While waiting for the pitch use the eight-way joystick to position your batter inside the batting box. All twenty-eight have a different batter.
• First Button: Press and hold this button to swing your bat. If you do not hold this down long enough you may bunt the ball instead of swinging at it.
• Second Button: Press this button to initiate stealing a base. You must first push the joystick in the direction of the base you would like to steal. For example, if you have a runner upon the first base and would like to steal the second, first push the joystick to the left, then press the second button.

Pitching

• Joystick: Before the pitch is thrown, you must push the joystick to the left or right, to move the pitcher from one side of the pitch mound to the other.
• First Button: Before you press this button, you must push the joystick, to determine the speed of the ball. Push it up to throw a slow ball, or down to throw a fast ball. Pushing it in any other direction or not pushing it at all will result in a normal speed pitch. Throwing many fast balls or slow balls will wear a pitcher out faster. Once the ball is thrown, you must push the joystick to the left or right to control the path of the ball on the way to the batter.
• Second Button: Once a runner is on a base, press this button to switch from the batter/mound view to the infield view where you can attempt to tag out runners who are stealing bases. Pressing it again will switch from the aforementioned infield view back to the aforementioned batter/mound view.

Running bases

• First Button: Runners will automatically move to the next base, once a ball lands on the ground. Press this button to request that a runner continues running, or that he run before the ball has landed. You must first push the joystick in the direction of the base you would like to reach. For example, if you have a runner headed on to the first base and would like to run all the way on to the second, first push the joystick up, then press the first button.
• Second Button: As mentioned above, runners automatically move to the next base, unless it is a fly ball, in which case they wait to see if it is safe to run. You may decide that you do not want to wait and send a player ahead. But if it turns out that the ball was caught, you'll need to send him back to the base before he is tagged out. If you were heading on to second base when the ball was caught you will have to send the runner back to first base by pushing the joystick to the right, and then pressing the second button. (If he does not manage to make it back there in time, he will be tagged out).

In the field

• Joystick: Before the ball is caught by any player you must use the joystick to determine the general directions that the players are running in. Given that is no one outfielder that you will be in control of at any time in this game, all of them will move in the direction that you are holding the joystick in.
• First Button: Once the ball is in one of your players' hands, push the joystick in the direction that corresponds to the base you would like to throw to, and press the button. If you do not push the joystick in any direction, the ball will automatically be thrown to first base (like you meant to throw there).
• Second Button: Once the ball is in one of your players' hands, you can run on to any base, by pushing the joystick in the direction that corresponds to the base you would like to run to, and pressing the button. Now that you've learned these important playing techniques it's time to meet the teams (all twenty-eight of them are new in this game, but unlike in the seven World Stadium games and the original Great Sluggers, they are all American).

American League teams

California (CAL)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Curtis	Centre-field (CF)	.285	6
2	DSmith	Left-field (LF)	.300	11
3	Salmon	Right-field (RF)	.283	31
4	CDavis	Defensive-half (DH)	.243	27
5	Easley	Third-base (3B)	.313	2
6	EPerez	First-base (1B)	.250	4
7	GMyers	Catcher (C)	.255	7
8	HReynolds	Second-base (2B)	.252	4
9	DiSarcina	Short-stop (SS)	.238	3
P	Langston (L)/Finley (L)/Magrane (L)/MLeiter (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Chicago (C,A)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	TRaines	Left-field (LF)	.306	16
2	Cora	Second-base (2B)	.268	2
3	Thomas	First-base (1B)	.317	41
4	JuFranco	Defensive-half (DH)	.289	14
5	Ventura	Third-base (3B)	.262	22
6	DrJackson	Right-field (RF)	.209	6
7	LJohnson	Centre-field (CF)	.311	0
8	Karkovice	Catcher (C)	.252	20
9	Guillen	Short-stop (SS)	.280	4
P	JMcDowell (R)/Alvarez (L)/AFrnandez (R)/McCaskill (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Baltimore (BAL)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	BAnderson	Left-field (LF)	.262	13
2	Devereaux	Centre-field (CF)	.250	14
3	Palmeiro	First-base (1B)	.295	37
4	Baines	Defensive-half (DH)	.313	20
5	CRipken	Short-stop (SS)	.257	24
6	Hoiles	Catcher (C)	.310	29
7	Sabo	Third-base (3B)	.259	21
8	McLemore	Second-base (2B)	.284	4
9	Hammonds	Right-field (RF)	.305	3
P	JMcDowell (R)/Alvarez (L)/AFrnandez (R)/McCaskill (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Oakland (OAK)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	RHnderson	Left-field (LF)	.289	21
2	Bordick	Short-stop (SS)	.249	3
3	Sierra	Right-field (RF)	.233	22
4	McGwire	First-base (1B)	.333	9
5	Neel	Defensive-half (DH)	.290	19
6	Steinbach	Catcher (C)	.285	10
7	Gates	Second-base (2B)	.290	7
8	Brosius	Third-base (3B)	.249	6
9	Javier	Centre-field (CF)	.291	3
P	Witt (R)/Vn Poppel (R)/Darling (R)/Welch (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Cleveland (CLE)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Lofton	Centre-field (CF)	.325	1
2	Vizquel	Short-stop (SS)	.255	2
3	Baerga	Second-base (2B)	.321	21
4	Belle	Left-field (LF)	.290	38
5	Murray	Defensive-half (DH)	.285	27
6	Sorrento	First-base (1B)	.257	18
7	SAlomar	Catcher (C)	.270	6
8	Thome	Third-base (3B)	.266	7
9	Kirby	Right-field (RF)	.269	6
P	DeMrtinez (R)/JMorris (R)/Nagy (R)/MClark (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Boston (BOS)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Nixon	Centre-field (CF)	.269	1
2	Greenwell	Left-field (LF)	.315	13
3	MVaughn	First-base (1B)	.297	29
4	Dawson	Defensive-half (DH)	.273	13
5	Cooper	Third-base (3B)	.279	9
6	JnValentn	Short-stop (SS)	.278	11
7	Naehring	Second-base (2B)	.331	1
8	Hatcher	Right-field (RF)	.287	9
9	Valle	Catcher (C)	.258	13
P	Clemens (R)/Darwin (R)/Sele (R)/Viola (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Seattle (SEA)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Amaral	Second-base (2B)	.290	1
2	EMartinez	Third-base (3B)	.237	4
3	Griffey	Centre-field (CF)	.309	45
4	Buhner	Right-field (RF)	.272	27
5	Anthony	Left-field (LF)	.249	15
6	Blowers	Defensive-half (DH)	.280	15
7	TMartinez	First-base (1B)	.265	17
8	DWilson	Catcher (C)	.224	0
9	Fermin	Short-stop (SS)	.262	2
P	RJohnson (L)/Bosio (R)/Fleming (L)/Hibbard (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Kansas City (KC)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Coleman	Left-field (LF)	.276	2
2	Jose	Right-field (RF)	.251	6
3	McRae	Centre-field (CF)	.280	12
4	Joyner	First-base (1B)	.298	15
5	Macfarlne	Catcher (C)	.280	20
6	Gaetti	Third-base (3B)	.253	14
7	Hamelin	Defensive-half (DH)	.244	2
8	Gagne	Short-stop (SS)	.285	10
9	Lind	Second-base (2B)	.246	0
P	Appier (R)/Cone (R)/Gordon (R)/Haney (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Detroit (DET)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Phillips	Left-field (LF)	.313	7
2	Whitaker	Second-base (2B)	.290	9
3	EDavis	Centre-field (CF)	.237	20
4	Fielder	First-base (1B)	.267	30
5	Fryman	Third-base (3B)	.300	22
6	Tettleton	Defensive-half (DH)	.245	32
7	Trammell	Short-stop (SS)	.329	12
8	Felix	Right-field (RF)	.238	7
9	Kreuter	Catcher (C)	.286	15
P	MMoore (R)/Wells (L)/Belcher (R)/Doherty (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Texas (TEX)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Hulse	Centre-field (CF)	.290	1
2	Strange	Second-base (2B)	.256	7
3	WClark	First-base (1B)	.283	14
4	JGonzalez	Left-field (LF)	.310	46
5	Canseco	Defensive-half (DH)	.255	10
6	Palmer	Third-base (3B)	.245	33
7	IRdriguez	Catcher (C)	.273	10
8	James	Right-field (RF)	.275	9
9	Lee	Short-stop (SS)	.220	1
P	Brown (R)/Armstrong (R)/KRogers (L)/Helling (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Milwaukee (MIL)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Listach	Short-stop (SS)	.244	3
2	Hamilton	Centre-field (CF)	.310	9
3	Surhoff	Right-field (RF)	.274	7
4	GVaughn	Left-field (LF)	.267	30
5	Brunansky	Defensive-half (DH)	.234	5
6	Jaha	First-base (1B)	.264	19
7	Nilsson	Catcher (C)	.257	7
8	JoReed	Second-base (2B)	.276	2
9	Seitzer	Third-base (3B)	.269	11
P	Eldred (R)/Bones (R)/Higuera (R)/Wegman (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

New York (NYA)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Polonia	Left-field (LF)	.271	1
2	Boggs	Third-base (3B)	.302	2
3	Mattingly	First-base (1B)	.291	17
4	Tartabull	Defensive-half (DH)	.250	31
5	Stanley	Catcher (C)	.305	26
6	O'Neill	Right-field (RF)	.311	20
7	BWilliams	Centre-field (CF)	.268	12
8	Gallego	Short-stop (SS)	.283	10
9	PKelly	Second-base (2B)	.273	7
P	Key (L)/JAbbott (L)/Mlholand (L)/MPerez (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Minnesota (MIN)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Cole	Centre-field (CF)	.256	0
2	Knoblauch	Second-base (2B)	.277	2
3	Puckett	Right-field (RF)	.296	22
4	Winfield	Defensive-half (DH)	.271	21
5	Hrbek	First-base (1B)	.242	25
6	PMunoz	Left-field (LF)	.233	13
7	Leius	Third-base (3B)	.167	0
8	Walbeck	C	.200	1
9	Meares	Short-stop (SS)	.251	0
P	Deshaies (L)/Erickson (R)/Mahomes (R)/Tapani (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Toronto (TOR)

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Number	Name	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	DWhite	Centre-field (CF)	.271	15
2	RAlomar	.324	17
3	Molitor	Defensive-half (DH)	.330	22
4	Carter	Right-field (RF)	.259	33
5	Olerud	First-base (1B)	.368	24
6	Sprague	Third-base (3B)	.265	12
7	Borders	Catcher (C)	.260	9
8	Delgado	Left-field (LF)	.295	21
9	AGonzalez	Short-stop (SS)	.204	4
P	JuGuzman (R)/Stewart (R)/Hentgen (R)/ALeiter (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

National League teams

Colorado (COL)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Weiss	Short-stop (SS)	.266	1
2	HJohnson	Left-field (LF)	.238	7
3	Bichette	Right-field (RF)	.310	21
4	Galarraga	First-base (1B)	.370	22
5	Hayes	Third-base (3B)	.305	25
6	Burks	Centre-field (CF)	.275	17
7	Girardi	Catcher (C)	.290	3
8	Mejia	Second-base (2B)	.231	5
9	Reynoso (R)/GWHarris (R)/Harkey (R)/Nied (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Chicago (C,N)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	KRhodes	Centre-field (CF)	.278	3
2	Sandberg	Second-base (2B)	.309	9
3	Grace	First-base (1B)	.325	14
4	May	Left-field (LF)	.295	10
5	Sosa	Right-field (RF)	.261	33
6	Wilkins	Catcher (C)	.303	30
7	Buechele	Third-base (3B)	.272	15
8	Dunston	Short-stop (SS)	.400	0
9	JoGuzman (R)/Banks (R)/Morgan (R)/Trachsel (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Atlanta (ATL)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	DSanders	Centre-field (CF)	.276	6
2	Blauser	Short-stop (SS)	.305	15
3	Klesko	Left-field (LF)	.353	2
4	FMcGriff	First-base (1B)	.291	37
5	Justice	Right-field (RF)	.270	40
6	Pendleton	Third-base (3B)	.272	17
7	JLopez	Catcher (C)	.375	1
8	Lemke	Second-base (2B)	.252	7
9	Glavine (L)/GMaddux (R)/Avery (L)/Mercker (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Los Angeles (LA)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	DeShields	Second-base (2B)	.295	2
2	Butler	Centre-field (CF)	.298	1
3	Piazza	Catcher (C)	.318	35
4	Karros	First-base (1B)	.247	23
5	Wallach	Third-base (3B)	.222	12
6	HRdriguez	Left-field (LF)	.222	8
7	Snyder	Right-field (RF)	.266	11
8	Offerman	Short-stop (SS)	.269	1
9	Hershiser (R)/Astacio (R)/Candiotti (R)/RMartinez (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Cincinnati (CIN)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	TFrnandez	Third-base (3B)	.279	5
2	Larkin	Short-stop (SS)	.315	8
3	HMorris	First-base (1B)	.317	7
4	KevMtchll	Left-field (LF)	.341	19
5	RSanders	Right-field (RF)	.274	20
6	RKelly	Centre-field (CF)	.319	9
7	Boone	Second-base (2B)	.251	12
8	JOliver	Catcher (C)	.239	14
9	Rijo (R)/Smiley (L)/Browning (L)/Hanson (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Florida (FLA)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Carr	Centre-field (CF)	.267	4
2	Magadan	Third-base (3B)	.259	5
3	Sheffield	Right-field (RF)	.294	20
4	Conine	Left-field	.292	12
5	Santiago	Catcher (C)	.230	13
6	Destrade	First-base (1B)	.255	20
7	Barberie	Second-base (2B)	.277	5
8	KAbbott	Short-stop (SS)	.246	3
9	Hough (R)/Bowen (R)/Hammond (L)/Rapp (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

San Diego (SD)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Roberts	Second-base (2B)	.240	1
2	TGwynn	Right-field (RF)	.358	7
3	DBell	Centre-field (CF)	.262	21
4	Plantier	Right-field (RF)	.240	34
5	Shipley	Third-base (3B)	.235	4
6	Cianfrcco	First-base (1B)	.243	12
7	Gutierrez	Short-stop (SS)	.251	5
8	Ausmus	Catcher (C)	.256	5
9	Benes (R)/Whtehurst (R)/Ashby (R)/SSanders (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Houston (HOU)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Mouton	Right-field (RF)	.240	1
2	SFinley	Centre-field (CF)	.266	8
3	Biggio	Second-base (2B)	.287	21
4	Bagwell	First-base (1B)	.320	20
5	LGonzalez	Left-field (LF)	.300	15
6	Caminiti	Third-base (3B)	.262	13
7	Servais	Catcher (C)	.244	11
8	ACedeno	Short-stop (SS)	.283	11
9	Drabek (R)/Harnisch (R)/Kile (R)/Swindell (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Montreal (MTL)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Grissom	Centre-field (CF)	.298	19
2	Lansing	Second-base (2B)	.287	3
3	Alou	Left-field (LF)	.286	18
4	Walker	Right-field (RF)	.265	22
5	DFletcher	Catcher (C)	.255	9
6	Floyd	First-base (1B)	.226	1
7	Berry	Third-base (3B)	.261	14
8	Cordero	Short-stop (SS)	.248	10
9	Fassero (L)/KHill (R)/PJMrtinez (R)/Rueter (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

S. Francisco (SF)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	DLewis	Centre-field (CF)	.253	2
2	RThompson	Second-base (2B)	.312	19
3	McGee	Right-field (RF)	.301	4
4	MWilliams	Third-base (3B)	.294	38
5	Bonds	Left-field (LF)	.336	46
6	Benzinger	First-base (1B)	.288	6
7	Clayton	Short-stop (SS)	.282	6
8	Manwaring	Catcher (C)	.275	5
9	Burkett (R)/Swift (R)/Portugal (R)/Hickerson (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Pittsburgh (PIT)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Garcia	Second-base (2B)	.269	12
2	JBell	Short-stop (SS)	.228	5
3	Van Slyke	Centre-field (CF)	.310	8
4	JKing	Third-base (3B)	.295	9
5	Merced	Right-field (RF)	.313	8
6	Hunter	First-base (1B)	.138	0
7	Martin	Left-field (LF)	.281	18
8	Slaught	Catcher (C)	.300	10
9	ZSmith (L)/Cooke (L)/Neagle (L)/Wagner (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

New York (NYN)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Vizcaino	Short-stop (SS)	.287	4
2	Hundley	Catcher (C)	.228	11
3	McRynolds	Left-field (LF)	.245	11
4	Bonilla	Third-base (3B)	.265	34
5	Kent	Second-base (2B)	.270	21
6	Burnitz	Right-field (RF)	.243	13
7	RyThmpson	Centre-field (CF)	.250	11
8	Orsulak	First-base (1B)	.284	8
9	Gooden (R)/PSmith (R)/BJones (R)/Sabrhagen (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

St. Louis (STL)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Lankford	Centre-field (CF)	.238	7
2	OSmith	Short-stop (SS)	.288	1
3	Jefferies	First-base (1B)	.342	16
4	Zeile	Third-base (3B)	.277	17
5	Whiten	Right-field (RF)	.253	25
6	Gilkey	Left-field (LF)	.305	16
7	Alicea	Second-base (2B)	.279	3
8	Pagnozzi	Catcher (C)	.258	7
9	Cormier (L)/Tewksbury (R)/Arocha (R)/Watson (L)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0

Philadelphia (PHI)

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Name	Number	Position	Average (AVG)	Home runs (HR)
1	Dykstra	Centre-field (CF)	.305	19
2	Duncan	Second-base (2B)	.282	11
3	Kruk	First-base (1B)	.316	14
4	DHollins	Third-base (3B)	.273	18
5	Daulton	Catcher (C)	.257	24
6	Incvglia	Left-field (LF)	.274	24
7	Esenreich	Right-field (RF)	.318	7
8	Stocker	Short-stop (SS)	.324	2
9	Schilling (R)/TGreene (R)/DJackson (L)/BRivera (R)	Pitcher (P)	.100	0