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The new-for-1996 team selection screen.

Controls[edit]

At bat[edit]

  • Joystick: While waiting for the pitch, use the 8-way joystick to position your batter inside the batting box. All nine players take a turn at bat in order.
  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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 (twelve of these teams are, once again, returning favourites from those four previous titles, but the other five were created specifically for this game).

Teams[edit]

Top row[edit]

Yakult Swallows (ヤクルトスワローズ, lit. Yakuruto Suwarōzu)[edit]

Founded: 1950
Manager: Nomura (野村)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Īda (飯田) Centre-field .253 7 N/A N/A
2 Tsuji (辻) Second-base .238 2 N/A N/A
3 Dobashi (土橋) Left-field .281 9 N/A N/A
4 Omarī (オマリー) First-base .302 31 N/A N/A
5 Furuta (古田) Catcher .294 21 N/A N/A
6 Inaba (稲葉) Right-field .307 8 N/A N/A
7 Ikeyama (池山) Short-stop .263 19 N/A N/A
8 Myūren (ミューレン) Third-base .244 29 N/A N/A
9 Burosu (ブロス)
Yamabe (山部)
Yoshī (吉井)
Itō (伊東)
Tahata (田畑)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
2.33
3.83
3.12
4.40
4.09

Hiroshima Tōyō Carp (広島東洋カープ, lit. Hiroshima Tōyō Kāpu)[edit]

Founded: 1950
Manager: Mimura (三村)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Nomura (野村) Short-stop .315 32 N/A N/A
2 Shōda (正田) Second-base .274 3 N/A N/A
3 Maeda (前田) Centre-field .256 4 N/A N/A
4 Etō (江藤) Third-base .286 39 N/A N/A
5 Kanemoto (金本) Right-field .274 24 N/A N/A
6 Ropesu (ロペス) First-base .259 15 N/A N/A
7 Ogata (緒方) Left-field .316 10 N/A N/A
8 Nishiyama (西山) Catcher .211 5 N/A N/A
9 Kitō (紀藤)
Katō (加藤)
Ōno (大野)
Kondō (近藤)
Cheko (チェコ)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.87
2.70
3.07
4.03
2.74

Yomiuri Giants (読売ジャイアンツ, lit. Yomiuri Jaiantsu)[edit]

Founded: 1934
Manager: Nagashima (長嶋)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Motoki (元木) Second-base .244 30 N/A N/A
2 Kawai (川相) Short-stop .261 2 N/A N/A
3 Makku (マック) Centre-field .275 20 N/A N/A
4 Matsui (松井) Right-field .283 22 N/A N/A
5 Ochiai (落合) First-base .311 17 N/A N/A
6 Shimizu (清水) Left-field .211 12 N/A N/A
7 Nagashima (長嶋) Third-base .200 7 N/A N/A
8 Muratashin (村田真) Catcher .265 13 N/A N/A
9 Saitōmasa (斎藤雅)
Makihara (槙原)
Kawahara (河原)
Kawaguchi (川口)
Garubesu (ガルベス)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
2.70
2.88
3.31
4.42
3.60

Yokohama Baystars (横浜ベイスターズ, lit. Yokohama Beisutāzu)[edit]

Founded: 1950 (as Taiyo Whales)
Manager: Ōya (大矢)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Haru (波留) Centre-field .310 5 N/A N/A
2 Ishī (石井) Short-stop .309 2 N/A N/A
3 Rōzu (ローズ) Third-base .315 22 N/A N/A
4 Buraggusu (ブラッグス) Right-field .273 24 N/A N/A
5 Saeki (佐伯) Left-field .264 7 N/A N/A
6 Komada (駒田) First-base .289 6 N/A N/A
7 Tanishige (谷繁) Catcher .249 6 N/A N/A
8 Shindō (進藤) Second-base .217 11 N/A N/A
9 Morita (盛田)
Saitōtakashi (斎藤隆)
Udō (有働)
Miura (三浦)
Nomura (野村)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
1.97
3.94
5.37
3.90
4.44

Chūnichi Dragons (中日ドラゴンズ, lit. Chūnichi Doragonzu)[edit]

Founded: 1936
Manager: Hoshino (星野)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Kōruzu (コールズ) Third-base .225 3 N/A N/A
2 Taneda (種田) Short-stop .225 8 N/A N/A
3 Tatsunami (立浪) Second-base .301 11 N/A N/A
4 Paueru (パウエル) Right-field .355 19 N/A N/A
5 Oto (音) Centre-field .267 9 N/A N/A
6 Yamazaki (山崎) Left-field .291 16 N/A N/A
7 Taihō (大豊) First-base .244 24 N/A N/A
8 Nakamura (中村) Catcher .256 8 N/A N/A
9 Imachū (今中)
Yamamotomasa (山本昌)
Furuike (古池)
Maeda (前田)
Ochiai (落合)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Hidari (左)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
3.29
4.82
4.17
5.10
4.77

Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース, lit. Hanshin Taigāsu)[edit]

Founded: 1935
Manager: Fujita (藤田)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Shinjō (新庄) Centre-field .255 7 N/A N/A
2 Kuji (久慈) Short-stop .266 1 N/A N/A
3 Hiyama (桧山) Right-field .249 8 N/A N/A
4 Hiratsuka (平塚) First-base .000 0 N/A N/A
5 Ishimine (石嶺) Left-field .240 9 N/A N/A
6 Wada (和田) Second-base .267 1 N/A N/A
7 Kūrubō (クールボー) Third-base .278 22 N/A N/A
8 Sekikawa (関川) Catcher .295 22 N/A N/A
9 Yubune (湯舟)
Yabu (藪)
Yamazaki (山崎)
Funaki (舩木)
Kakuri (郭李)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.39
2.98
3.79
3.60
3.37

Centre row[edit]

Orix Blue Wave (オリックスブルーウェーブ, lit. Orikkusu Burūwēbu)[edit]

Founded: 1936 (as Hankyu Braves)
Manager: Ōgi (仰木)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Ichirō (イチロー) Right-field .342 25 N/A N/A
2 Ōshima (大島) Second-base .192 0 N/A N/A
3 Taguchi (田口) Left-field .246 9 N/A N/A
4 Fujī (藤井) First-base .237 14 N/A N/A
5 Ogawa (小川) Short-stop .272 6 N/A N/A
6 Fukura (福良) Third-base .278 4 N/A N/A
7 Nakajima (中嶋) Catcher .267 3 N/A N/A
8 Honnishi (本西) Centre-field .234 1 N/A N/A
9 Noda (野田)
Hoshino (星野)
Hasegawa (長谷川)
Kobayashi (小林)
Satō (佐藤)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.08
3.39
2.89
2.68
3.86

Chiba Lotte Marines (千葉ロッテマリーンズ, lit. Chiba Rotte Marīnzu)[edit]

Founded: 1950 (as Lotte Orions)
Manager: Ejiri (江尻)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Morozumi (諸積) Centre-field .290 1 N/A N/A
2 Minamibuchi (南渕) Second-base .271 4 N/A N/A
3 Hori (堀) Short-stop .309 11 N/A N/A
4 Hatsushiba (初芝) Third-base .301 25 N/A N/A
5 Hirai (平井) Right-field .260 4 N/A N/A
6 Nimura (仁村) First-base .259 8 N/A N/A
7 Supaiku (スパイク) Left-field .233 5 N/A N/A
8 Jōzume (定詰) Catcher .185 3 N/A N/A
9 Irabu (伊良部)
Komiyama (小宮山)
Hiruman (ヒルマン)
Kuroki (黒木)
Sonokawa (園川)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
2.53
2.60
2.87
3.71
3.52

Seibu Lions (西武ライオンズ, lit. Seibu Raionzu)[edit]

Founded: 1950
Manager: Higashio (東尾)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Sasaki (佐々木) Centre-field .271 17 N/A N/A
2 Narahara (奈良原) Second-base .226 0 N/A N/A
3 Kūpā (クーパー) Third-base .230 3 N/A N/A
4 Kiyohara (清原) First-base .245 25 N/A N/A
5 Jakuson (ジャクソン) Right-field .289 20 N/A N/A
6 Kakiuchi (垣内) Left-field .216 14 N/A N/A
7 Itō (伊東) Catcher .246 6 N/A N/A
8 Matsui (松井) Short-stop .221 2 N/A N/A
9 Ishījō (石井丈)
Shintani (新谷)
Watanabehisa (渡辺久)
Yokota (横田)
Nishiguchi (西口)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
2.73
2.93
5.66
3.81
1.99

Nippon-Ham Fighters (日本ハムファイターズ, lit. Nihon-Hamu Faitāzu)[edit]

Founded: 1946
Manager: Ueda (上田)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Dyūshī (デューシー) Right-field .249 25 N/A N/A
2 Hirose (広瀬) Third-base .267 2 N/A N/A
3 Tanaka (田中) Short-stop .291 25 N/A N/A
4 Buritō (ブリトー) Left-field .313 21 N/A N/A
5 Kataoka (片岡) First-base .224 6 N/A N/A
6 Ide (井出) Centre-field .228 9 N/A N/A
7 Taguchi (田口) Catcher .200 5 N/A N/A
8 Watanabe (渡辺) Second-base .246 3 N/A N/A
9 Nishizaki (西崎)
Gurosu (グロス)
Imazeki (今関)
Iwamoto (岩本)
Shibakusa (芝草)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.61
3.04
4.53
3.07
4.79

Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (福岡ダイエイホークス, lit. Fukuoka Daiei Hōkusu)[edit]

Founded: 1938
Manager: Ō (王)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Muramatsu (村松) Left-field .308 0 N/A N/A
2 Hamana (浜名) Short-stop .276 1 N/A N/A
3 Akiyama (秋山) Centre-field .267 21 N/A N/A
4 Kokubo (小久保) Second-base .286 28 N/A N/A
5 Raidi (ライディ) Right-field .260 12 N/A N/A
6 Yoshinaga (吉永) Catcher .293 8 N/A N/A
7 Fujimoto (藤本) First-base .264 11 N/A N/A
8 Matsunaga (松永) Third-base .238 3 N/A N/A
9 Kudō (工藤)
Hidekazu (ヒデカズ)
Wakatabe (若田部)
Hose (ホセ)
Takeda (武田)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.64
4.11
5.56
4.15
5.09

Kintetsu Buffaloes (近鉄バファローズ, lit. Kintetsu Bafarōzu)[edit]

Founded: 1949
Manager: Sasaki (佐々木)
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Ōmura (大村) Centre-field .270 3 N/A N/A
2 Ōishi (大石) Second-base .241 4 N/A N/A
3 Suzuki (鈴木) Right-field .253 16 N/A N/A
4 Ishī (石井) First-base .276 6 N/A N/A
5 Rōzu (ローズ) Left-field .262 20 N/A N/A
6 Nakamuranori (中村紀) Third-base .228 20 N/A N/A
7 Furukubo (古久保) Catcher .191 3 N/A N/A
8 Mizuguchi (水口) Short-stop .268 2 N/A N/A
9 Yamazaki (山崎)
Takamura (高村)
Sakai (酒井)
Shinada (品田)
Akīno (アキーノ)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.77
1.91
4.18
6.16
3.60

Bottom row[edit]

Sixties (シックスティーズ, lit. Shikkusutīzu)[edit]
Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Hirose (広瀬) Centre-field .282 131 N/A N/A
2 Yoshida (吉田) Short-stop .267 66 N/A N/A
3 Toyota (豊田) Second-base .277 263 N/A N/A
4 Nakanishi (中西) Third-base .307 244 N/A N/A
5 Chōhon (張本) Left-field .319 504 N/A N/A
6 Yamauchi (山内) Right-field .295 396 N/A N/A
7 Doi (土井) First-base .263 65 N/A N/A
8 Nomura (野村) Catcher .277 657 N/A N/A
9 Inao (稲尾)
Sugiura (杉浦)
Kajimoto (梶本)
Akiyama (秋山)
Ozaki (尾崎)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
1.98
2.39
2.98
2.60
2.70

Seventies (セベンティーズ, lit. Sebentīzu)[edit]

Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Shibata (柴田) Centre-field .267 194 N/A N/A
2 Takada (高田) Left-field .273 139 N/A N/A
3 Ō (王) First-base .301 868 N/A N/A
4 Nagashima (長嶋) Third-base .305 444 N/A N/A
5 Tabuchi (田淵) Catcher .260 474 N/A N/A
6 Nagaike (長池) Right-field .285 338 N/A N/A
7 Takagi (高木) Second-base .272 236 N/A N/A
8 Yamashita (山下) Short-stop .262 129 N/A N/A
9 Yamada (山田)
Horiuchi (堀内)
Hiramatsu (平松)
Sotokoba (外木場)
Hoshino (星野)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.18
3.27
3.31
2.88
3.60

Eighties (エイティーズ, lit. Eitīzu)[edit]

Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Takahashi (高橋) Short-stop .280 163 N/A N/A
2 Minoda (蓑田) Left-field .279 204 N/A N/A
3 Tao (田尾) Right-field .288 149 N/A N/A
4 Yamamotohiroshi (山本浩) Centre-field .290 536 N/A N/A
5 Kinugasa (衣笠) Third-base .270 504 N/A N/A
6 Mizutani (水谷) First-base .285 244 N/A N/A
7 Yamazaki (山崎) Second-base .625 270 N/A N/A
8 Nashida (梨田) Catcher .254 113 N/A N/A
9 Higashio (東尾)
Kobayashi (小林)
Imai (今井)
Matsunumahiroshi (松沼博)
Ushijima (牛島)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
3.50
3.18
4.28
4.03
3.26

Nineties (ナインティーズ, lit. Naintīzu)[edit]

Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Takagi (高木) Second-base .297 88 N/A N/A
2 Takazawa (高沢) Left-field .284 95 N/A N/A
3 Arai (新井) Right-field .291 88 N/A N/A
4 Kakefu (掛布) Third-base .292 349 N/A N/A
5 Uno (宇野) Short-stop .262 338 N/A N/A
6 Nakahata (中畑) First-base .290 171 N/A N/A
7 Kuriyama (栗山) Centre-field .279 7 N/A N/A
8 Tatsukawa (達川) Catcher .246 51 N/A N/A
9 Murata (村田)
Nishimoto (西本)
Endō (遠藤)
Shinura (新浦)
Sugimoto (杉本)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Hidari (左)
3.24
2.88
3.49
3.45
3.87

USA (ユーエスエイ, lit. Yūesuei)[edit]

Number Name Position AVR (Average) HR (Home Runs) Hidari (左) or Migi (右) ERA (Earned Run Average)
1 Kansasushiti (カンサスシティ) Centre-field .319 15 N/A N/A
2 Shikago (シカゴ) Second-base .333 11 N/A N/A
3 Montoriōru (モントリオール) Left-field .302 30 N/A N/A
4 Kurīburando (クリーブランド) Third-base .319 50 N/A N/A
5 Hyūsuton (ヒューストン) First-base .310 39 N/A N/A
6 Rosanzerusu (ロサンゼルス) Right-field .340 40 N/A N/A
7 Furorida (フロリダ) Short-stop .314 15 N/A N/A
8 N.Y (N・Y) Catcher .326 16 N/A N/A
9 Yamato (ヤマト)
Minesota (ミネソタ)
Kororado (コロラド)
Ōkurando (オークランド)
Toronto (トロント)
Pitcher .150
.150
.150
.150
.150
0
0
0
0
0
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Migi (右)
Hidari (左)
Migi (右)
1.56
3.27
2.94
2.65
2.74