Better franchise or expansion mode teams - 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.
Better hitting - 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. Better pitching 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.
Cards - Card Name 1Bobby Abreu 2Edgardo Alfonzo 3Roberto Alomar 4Moises Alou 5Brady Anderson 6Garrett Anderson 7Rick Ankiel 8Tony Armas Jr 9Jeff Bagwell 10Harold Baines 11Tony Batista 12Albert Belle 13Carlos Beltran 14Adrian Beltre 15Kris Benson 16Lance Berkman 17Craig Biggio 18Barry Bonds 19Kevin Brown 20Jay Buhner 21Jeromy Burnitz 22Pat Burrell 23Ken Caminiti 24Jose Canseco 25Sean Casey 26Luis Castillo 27Eric Chavez 28Jeff Cirillo 29Jermaine Clark 30Roger Clemens 31Bartolo Colon 32David Cone 33Jose Cruz, Jr 34Johnny Damon 35Eric Davis 36Carlos Delgado 37JD Drew 38Ray Durham 39Jermaine Dye 40Jim Edmonds 41Juan Encarnacion 42Darin Erstad 43Carl Everett 44Steve Finley 45Cliff Floyd 46Brad Fullmer 47Andres Galarraga 48Freddy Garcia 49Nomar Garciaparra 50Jason Giambi 51Brian Giles 52Troy Glaus 53Tom Glavine 54Juan Gonzalez 55Luis Gonzalez 56Mark Grace 57Shawn Green 58Rusty Greer 59Ken Griffey 60Vladimir Guerrero 61Tony Gwynn 62Jeffrey Hammonds 63Mike Hampton 64Todd Helton 65Rickey Henderson 66Orlando Hernandez 67Richard Hidalgo 68Tim Hudson 69Geoff Jenkins 70Derek Jeter 71Randy Johnson 72Andruw Jones 73Chipper Jones 74Jacque Jones 75Brian Jordan 76David Justice 77Gabe Kapler 78Eric Karros 79Jason Kendall 80Adam Kennedy 81Jeff Kent 82Byung Hyun Kim 83Ryan Klesko 84Chuck Knoblauch 85Paul Konerko 86Barry Larkin 87Carlos Lee 88Kenny Lofton 89Terrance Long 90Javy Lopez 91Greg Maddux 92Edgar Martinez 93Pedro Martinez 94Tino Martinez 95Ruben Mateo 96Fred McGriff 97Mark McGwire 98Kevin Millwood 99Ben Molina 100Raul Mondesi 101Mark Mulder 102Mike Mussina 103Trot Nixon 104Hideo Nomo 105John Olerud 106Paul Oneill 107Magglio Ordonez 108Rafael Palmeiro 109Chan Ho Park 110Jay Payton 111Andy Pettitte 112Adam Piatt 113Mike Piazza 114Jorge Posada 115Mark Quinn 116Aramis Ramirez 117Manny Ramirez 118Pokey Reese 119Cal Ripken 120Mariano Rivera 121Alex Rodriguez 122Ivan Rodriguez 123Scott Rolen 124Tim Salmon 125Curt Schilling 126Richie Sexson 127Gary Sheffield 128John Smoltz 129JT Snow 130Sammy Sosa 131Shannon Stewart 132BJ Surhoff 133Mike Sweeney 134Fernando Tatis 135Miguel Tejada 136Frank Thomas 137Jim Thome 138Jason Varitek 139Greg Vaughn 140Mo Vaughn 141Robin Ventura 142Jose Vidro 143Omar Vizquel 144Larry Walker 145David Wells 146Rondell White 147Bernie Williams 148Matt Williams 149Preston Wilson 150Kerry Wood 151Brent Abernathy - Rated Rookie 152Cory Aldridge - Rated Rookie 153Gene Altman - Rated Rookie 154Josh Beckett - Rated Rookie 155Wilson Betemit - Rated Rookie 156Joe Crede - Rated Rookie 157Jack Cust - Rated Rookie 158Alex Escobar - Rated Rookie 159Pedro Feliz - Rated Rookie 160Nate Frese - Rated Rookie 161Carlos Garcia - Rated Rookie 162Marcus Giles - Rated Rookie 163Alexis Gomez - Rated Rookie 164Jason Hart - Rated Rookie 165Adrian Hernandez - Rated Rookie 166Eric Hinske - Rated Rookie 167Cesar Izturis - Rated Rookie 168Nick Johnson - Rated Rookie 169Brian Lawrence - Rated Rookie 170Steve Lomasney - Rated Rookie 171Nick Maness - Rated Rookie 172Jackson Melian - Rated Rookie 173Jose Mieses - Rated Rookie 174Greg Miller - Rated Rookie 175Eric Munson - Rated Rookie 176Xavier Nady - Rated Rookie 177Blaine Neal - Rated Rookie 178Abraham Nunez - Rated Rookie 179Jose Ortiz - Rated Rookie 180Jeremy Owens - Rated Rookie 181Pablo Ozuna - Rated Rookie 182Corey Patterson - Rated Rookie 183Carlos Pena - Rated Rookie 184Wily Mo Pena - Rated Rookie 185Timo Perez - Rated Rookie 186Adam Pettyjohn - Rated Rookie 187Luis Rivas - Rated Rookie 188Wilkin Ruan - Rated Rookie 189Duaner Sanchez - Rated Rookie 190Alfonso Soriano - Rated Rookie 191Rafael Soriano - Rated Rookie 192Ichiro Suzuki - Rated Rookie 193Billy Sylvester - Rated Rookie 194Juan Uribe - Rated Rookie 195Carlos Valderrama - Rated Rookie 196Eric Valent - Rated Rookie 197Matt White - Rated Rookie 198Mike Young - Rated Rookie 199All Star Cheat 200All Star Plate 201Jeff Bagwell - Special Card 202Tony Batista - Special Card 203Barry Bonds - Special Card 204Roger Clemens - Special Card 205Carlos Delgado - Special Card 206Jim Edmonds - Special Card 207Jason Giambi - Special Card 208Troy Glaus - Special Card 209Ken Griffey Jr. - Special Card 210Vladimir Guerrero - Special Card 211Tony Gwynn - Special Card 212Todd Helton - Special Card 213Richard Hidalgo - Special Card 214Reggie Jackson - Special Card 215Dave Justice - Special Card 216Harmon Killebrew - Special Card 217Mark McGwire - Special Card 218Roy Oswalt - Special Card 219Rafael Palmeiro - Special Card 220Mike Piazza - Special Card 221Albert Pujols - Special Card 222Manny Ramirez - Special Card 223Alex Rodriguez - Special Card 224Nolan Ryan - Special Card 225CC Sabathia - Special Card 226Mike Schmidt - Special Card 227Gary Sheffield - Special Card 228Tsuyoshi Shinjo - Special Card 229Sammy Sosa - Special Card 230Ichiro Suzuki - Special Card 231Frank Thomas - Special Card 232Jim Thome - Special Card 233Robin Yount - Special Card 234Astrodome - Classic Stadium 235Classic Fenway - Classic Stadium 236Classic Wrigley - Classic Stadium 237Classic Yankee - Classic Stadium 238Acclaim Sports Park - Classic Stadium 239Enzo Field - Classic Stadium 240Fischbach Field - Classic Stadium 241Lockodome - Classic Stadium 242Old Snavely Stadium - Classic Stadium 243Whitaker Grounds - Classic Stadium 244Zentmeyer Dome - Classic Stadium 245Forbes Field - Classic Stadium 246Polo Ground - Classic Stadium 247Riverfront - Classic Stadium 248Tiger Stadium - Classic Stadium 249Brandon Adcock - Dingers (Developer Card) 250Kevin Brinson - Dingers (Developer Card) 251Randy Buck - Dingers (Developer Card) 252Nigel Cook - Dingers (Developer Card) 253Malc Crummack - Dingers (Developer Card) 254Peyton Duncan - Dingers (Developer Card) 255Nelson Everhart - Dingers (Developer Card) 256Tim Flier - Dingers (Developer Card) 257Tom Green - Dingers (Developer Card) 258Bill Kydd - Dingers (Developer Card) 259Matt Liverman - Dingers (Developer Card) 260Andrew Locko - Dingers (Developer Card) 261Wes Mailman - Dingers (Developer Card) 262Mike Mann - Dingers (Developer Card) 263Matt McEnerney - Dingers (Developer Card) 264Shawn Nicholson - Dingers (Developer Card) 265Dan Rubel - Dingers (Developer Card) 266Cooper Sellers - Dingers (Developer Card) 267Mike Skinner - Dingers (Developer Card) 268PJ Snavely - Dingers (Developer Card) 269Ryan Starr - Dingers (Developer Card) 270Sarma Vanguri - Dingers (Developer Card) 271Mario Ventrella - Dingers (Developer Card) 272Rob Whitaker - 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Cheat menu - At the controller selection screen, press L to activate cheats that have been bought.
Control homerun replay - 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.
Credit commentary - During the credits, press A to hear commentary about the person currently featured.
Easy points in trivia mode - For easy points in any one of the three modes of trivia (classic, home run derby, and speed), when you get a wrong answer, do not continue to the next question. Instead, press B so that the game asks if you want to quit. Then, press B again to remain in the game. After you have done this, press A to go advance to the next question. As a result, the game will give you a single and not penalize you with an out. Note: In home run derby trivia, this method will give you a homerun instead of an out.
Extra 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.
Infinite points - 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.
Restore pitcher's energy - 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.
Thom Brennaman's stories - 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.