App Info
Rating
PEGI 3
Release
Jul 8, 2025
Last Update
Add Android 15 Support Optimizations and Compatibility improvements Fixed SDL_BlitSurface crash issue
Genre
Sports
About
STEP UP TO THE PLATE Relive the second baseball game in the Backyard Sports franchise, now enhanced to run on Android devices. Whether you're picking your dream team, playing a pick-up game, or diving into a full season, step up to the plate and experience the game that made baseball fun for everyone! Backyard Baseball ‘01 teams up the Backyard kids with Backyardified professional legends. Create your own Backyard team, customize your uniforms, and strategize to win the Championship. Play a single pick-up game or play through an entire season. Backyard Baseball ‘01 features intuitive controls for all ages! SWING BACK INTO BASEBALL Enjoy baseball like it’s 2001! - 30 Charming Backyard kids - Legendary Professional Players - Hilarious Bloopers - 8 Classic Ballparks - 9 Pitching Power-ups and 4 batting Power-ups - Lively commentary from Sunny Day and Vinnie To get into the swing of things, choose a batter and face Mr. Clanky for some batting practice. This is where you’ll learn just when to click to make your chosen batter hit the ball! THE GOAT RETURNS Play with the legend himself, Pablo Sanchez. Build a roster from a cast of 30 hilarious child athletes and 28 legendary pros that made Backyard Baseball ‘01 a sports classic. Returning MLB players include Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr., Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Randy Johnson, Nomar Garciaparra, Jeff Bagwell, Jason Giambi, Chipper Jones, Jeromy Burnitz, Mark McGwire, Shawn Green, Vladimir Guerrero, Kenny Lofton, Jason Kendall, Barry Larkin, Marty Cordova, Mo Vaughn, Raul Mondesi, Curt Schilling, Alex Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Larry Walker, Carlos Beltran, Tony Gwynn, Ivan Rodriguez, and Jose Canseco. Game Modes include: - Choose from three modes of play (Easy Mode, Medium Mode, Hard Mode) - Random Pick-up: A quick way to jump right in! The computer chooses a random team for you and itself, and the game starts immediately. - Single Game: You take turns with the computer, choosing players from a random pool of characters. - Season: You pick your home field, create a team, and manage the team through a 14-game series. The opposing teams are computer-generated. At the end of the season, the best two teams advance to the BBL playoffs (best of 3). If you keep winning, you’ll compete in the Super Entire Nation Tournament and Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION At our core, we are fans first – not just of video games, but of the Backyard Sports franchise. Fans have asked for accessible and legal ways to play their original Backyard titles for years, and we are excited to deliver. Without having access to the source code, there are hard limitations on the experience we can create. As an example, we can’t use the original 32-bit code to support modern macOS, as even with an incredibly clever wrapper, macOS can’t execute the binaries.
Reviews
Itwasnot Me
game is fun like the old computer game back in the day. but the scumerror message after second playoff game is annoying. The error closes the app and the game reverts back to prior to playing the last game. After all the hours getting to that point to end in an error that should have been caught in beta testing prior to luanch.
Taylor Jennings
phenomenal that I get to play this on my phone. wish they could of added controller inputs on screen since they have big open spaces on the side. it's a little weird to tap where to pitch and bat when you can't see where you are tapping but at least you get to play it.
Jason Chamberlain
This is a great game, even better than the original Backyard Baseball. However, I'm suddenly having a problem while playing Season mode. In the fifth inning of my third season game, it won't stop crashing and now I can't even get into Season mode without a crash occuring. I hope this can be fixed.
MildewySpider86
I made it to the playoffs when I got a scumm error, kicking me out whenever i try to play the save file. Now my Crazy Hornets may never make it to the championship game. Edit: they were quick to come up with a solution to this problem. The game is as great as ever now
Salvador Delgado Fernandez Delgado
Loving the nostalgia. This was a HUGE part of my childhood. Only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the lack of controller support. I installed this on an android device that has an integrated controller. I assume this is due to the lack of source code. Still worth it
Mike Robles
I loved playing this game on PC and was stoked to play this on mobile. unfortunately, I can't play this game. I can't swing the bat once the pitch is made. I don't know I'm doing something wrong, but there are no on screen buttons or options for it. what a shame.
Pete Grabowski
True to the original in its current form. Would be a cool addition if there was an online mode where you could play seasons with a group of friends. Looking forward to what comes next from Mega Cat Studios!
Ben Hufford
Fun game, but lately I keep getting a scumerror message after a playoff game that shuts down the app and forces me to replay the final out over and over again.
One Nutt
Great nostalgia but bugs.. im 12 games into a season and currently in the middle of a game. every time I try to continue my game it just keeps playing the game intro over and over again. other than that it's great! Just takes a bit of getting used to tapping to do everything.
Don Anglin
this was such a horrible game, and I waited too long to get my refund... so do not buy this game!!!! The game play is so slow, I had to play one game in 2 days. The options for all the sounds didn't work at all, i.e. when you turn off the background sounds, they don't turn off. To include on that, they have 2 chants in 3 different voices that constantly play! wanna batter wanna pitcher.... cmon devs.... you made us pay for this game and we all know there is better FREE GAMES than this.
Ryan Smith
I can't play the game without it crashing anymore. I get scumerror out of array pointers. bases are loaded and it happens when I get walked or hit it and the fielder grabs the ball.