Backyard Baseball '01ios
STEP UP TO THE PLATE Relive the second baseball game in the Backyard Sports franchise, now enhanced to run on iOS. 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 MLB 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 MLB Players MLB Team Marks 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 32bit code to support modern macOS, as even with an incredibly clever wrapper, macOS can’t execute the binaries. Backyard Baseball ‘01 runs well, looks better than ever, includes new bonus features to test your mettle, and creates a new installation for digital preservation within the Backyard Sports catalog that allows the next generation of fans to fall in love with the game.
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Store presence

As of Jul 4, 2026stale (74d)
Rating 3.82
Ratings 607
Price $4.99
Version
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Released Jul 8, 2025

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Version history

Versions observed at capture, newest first
v1.4.31Sep 26, 2025
- Optimizations and compatibility improvements

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Player reviews

Recent store reviews · rule-based labels
Sampled 167
Positive 79 (47%)
Negative 55 (33%)
Mentions pricing 22 (13%)
554 (32%)
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★★★★★negativeroastytoasty · 2026-09-09 · v1.4.31
Frustrating
The hitting feels like it’s been extremely nerfed. All you hit are weak pop flys or soft hit grounders, even in T-ball mode. What’s the point of having players with a 10 rating for hitting if they can’t even hit the ball out of the infield
★★★★★negativeMentions pricingAnthony_rr · 2026-09-05 · v1.4.31
Not really that good
Needs fixed it runs really bad and really hard ti his even on easy mode not worth 5$ unless your there just for the nostalgia
★★★★negativeMentions pricingIdhwbshay · 2026-08-31 · v1.4.31
Doesn’t work
I WASTED 5 DOLLARS ON THIS USELESS GAME THAT I CANT EVEN OPEN, IT KICKS ME OUT THE SECOND I TRY AND OPEN IT
★★★★★positivePablo, Pablo, Pablo · 2026-08-23 · v1.4.31
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Fun
★★★★negativeLogan Murphy · 2026-08-15 · v1.4.31
Not worth it
Too many glitches
★★★★positiveJussQBOI · 2026-08-12 · v1.4.31
I might not be a 40 year old
But I found the game fun really wish their was more players tho
★★★★positiveTatertot3456 · 2026-08-03 · v1.4.31
I LOVE ITTTTT
I really love this game but I’m really bad at pitching
★★★★positiveJMAC 1976 · 2026-07-31 · v1.4.31
Pablo is a lie
Pablo Sanchez AKA the goat but his fielding a lie. So there was a pop fly ln the infield. He was in the middle and the ball hit off his face and Stephanie came over and the runner was SOOO SLLLOOOWWW!!!!!! And the runner on 2nd was on 3rd was fast. And Pablo knocked down Stephanie and they started fighting.and the runner on 3rd made it home and the runner on 1st made it to 2nd.and for some reason Pablo ran into Stephanie again. And the runner was going to 3rd and made it.and Pablo is on the ground.and Stephanie through the ball home to Kiesha and the ball went out of play.And I moved Pablo and Stephanie to the outfield. And my team got walked off cause of Pablo and Stephanie.P.S don’t Put Pablo at shortstop and Stephanie at 2nd 4.1 stars
★★★★★positiveBaseball pro 8279 · 2026-07-25 · v1.4.31
Great game
Great game definitely recommend but please make backyard hockey available on iPad
★★★★★positiveBackyard pro · 2026-07-23 · v1.4.31
W game
This is a grate game there are no glitches and would be better if you could add Mr clanky to the season play
★★★★★positiveKappado · 2026-07-23 · v1.4.31
Phenomenal
So good
★★★★★positiveJackson peavey · 2026-07-22 · v1.4.31
Wtf
I can’t even play anymore. It glitched out every time I click on the app. It just sends me back to my home screen.
★★★★★positivePablo Sanchez’s the best · 2026-07-21 · v1.4.31
The best game ever
This game is so fun I love that mlb legends are in the game
★★★★★positiveBig ass123 · 2026-07-19 · v1.4.31
Pablo
Pablo the goat
★★★★★positiveTacoTuesday9967 · 2026-07-18 · v1.4.31
Great
Great gets old after a while but still fun and I love it
★★★★★positiveBruh22545 · 2026-07-17 · v1.4.31
Yummerz
Yummerz
★★★★★neutralGgdogdog10000 · 2026-07-17 · v1.4.31
🚨🚨🚨Its okay⚠️⚠️⚠️
I liked this game growing up. So I started playing it as soon as it came out on iOS. Back then I saw hitting was much easier and smoother and I was hitting plenty of home runs. Now that I’m playing again, hitting feels much harder. Even with good power hitters. I can barely make solid contact and it seems like it’s harder to hit doubles triples and home runs. I’m striking out more than I remember. I’m not sure if the developers changed something. I hope the developers can take a look because it doesn’t seem as fun. As it did when it first launched.
★★★★★neutralLogan4Coppertail · 2026-07-11 · v1.4.31
Fun but Frustrating
Fun and reminiscent of the original PC game. Mobile version has constant bugs while on offense. Batter cannot swing until I close and restart the game. Becoming increasingly frustrating for a game that is not free. Smaller nitpick - it is difficult to unselect a Steal command. Clicking it is responsive but clicking again to disregard is a 50/50 chance of working.
★★★★★positiveIangodsquad · 2026-07-11 · v1.4.31
Left me crying
So i was playing and i play it cause im competitive and when i was playing i was in championships and it was the first championship game and i finished it but when i was gonna move on it said SCUMERROR and didnt let me go on
★★★★★positiveTbthuji · 2026-07-10 · v1.4.31
This game is safe for kids
I love how this game is safe for kids and they never bother me once they get on it.
★★★★negativeRtnolan2 · 2026-07-06 · v1.4.31
Gameplay is bad and very slow
Borderline unplayable. Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens
★★★★★neutralPeach Faz · 2026-07-03 · v1.4.31
Better on the computer
I was so happy to find this app. I’ve spent too many hours playing this game as a kid. It’s pretty much the exact same game. However, it just doesn’t work the same way on an iPhone .
★★★★★neutralweredu · 2026-07-02 · v1.4.31
Weird subbing
I love everything about this game but I sub pitchers for some reason and it is put me off the game for a lot time please fix this and the game would be amazing
★★★★★positiveU,yet,you,ftgy · 2026-07-01 · v1.4.31
The second best backyard game and also Pablo Sanchez is the goat in T-ball is the best
The second best backyard game is backyard baseball. Also Pablo is the best and T-ball This is a good game.
★★★★★positivejjhuas · 2026-06-17 · v1.4.31
Good game
I hit a home, run the hardest field to hit a home run