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{{Short description|1981 video game}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Computer Baseball
| collapsible =
| state =
| image = Computer Baseball.jpg
| caption = Amiga cover art
| developer = [[Strategic Simulations]]
| publisher =
| series =
| engine =
| platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Apple II]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]
| released = 1981
| genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]], [[Computer Simulation|simulation]]
| modes =
}}

'''''Computer Baseball''''' is a sports simulation game published by [[Strategic Simulations]] in 1981. It was released for the [[Apple II]], [[Atari 8-bit computers]], and later for the [[Commodore 64]], [[Macintosh]], [[IBM PC]], and [[Amiga]].<ref>{{MobyGames|id=/computer-baseball}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
Players can manage a game between teams from 14 different [[World Series]] contests, or enter in or load the statistics for other teams. For example, players can manage either the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] or [[New York Yankees]] in a rematch of the [[1955 World Series]]. Two players can manage against each other, one player can manage against a computer manager, or the computer can manage both teams.

Game play is limited to managerial decisions: setting lineups, pitching changes, pinch hitters and other substitutions, defensive positioning, and offensive decisions such as when to bunt, steal or hit and run.

==Reception==
''Computer Baseball'' was given the award for "Best Computer Sports Game" in 1982 at the 3rd annual Arcade Awards. Judges described the game as computerized version of the traditional [[Fantasy sport|statistical-replay table sports game]], and praised it for its "attractive and easy-to-use form".<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Kunkel |first1= Bill |author-link1= Bill Kunkel (journalist)|last2= Laney, Jr. |first2= Frank |author-link2= Arnie Katz|date= January 1982 |title= Arcade Alley: The Third Annual Arcade Awards |journal= [[Video (magazine)|Video]]|publisher= Reese Communications|volume= 5|issue= 10|pages= 28, 76–77|issn= 0147-8907}}</ref>{{rp|77}}

''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' stated in 1985 that ''Computer Baseball'', despite its age, "remains one of the best on the market". It cited the clear documentation and compiling and printing of individual statistics as strengths, while the weak computer opponent was a weakness.{{r|oxner19850607}} ''[[Ahoy!]]'' wrote in 1986 that the game "isn't as pretty as ''[[MicroLeague Baseball]]'', but it may be better for those who replay entire seasons ... its mathematical model considers more statistical categories than other programs". The magazine noted the large number of supplemental disks available from SSI.<ref name="ahoy198601">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/Ahoy_Issue_25_1986-01_Ion_International_US#page/n45/mode/2up | title=Calling Computer Coaches / Team Sports Simulations for the Commodore 64 | work=Ahoy! | date=January 1986 | accessdate=2 July 2014 | last1=Kunkel | first1=Bill | last2=Katz | first2=Arnie | pages=47–50}}</ref>

The game sold more than 30,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Johnny |last=Wilson |date=April 1987 |title=A BRIEF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=36 |pages=44}}</ref>

===Reviews===
*''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' #1 (Nov-Dec 1981)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="oxner19850607">{{cite magazine | title=Play Ball! | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | volume=5 | issue=3 | date=June–July 1985 | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_5.3.pdf | accessdate=17 April 2016 | last=Oxner | first=Bill | pages=24}}</ref>
}}

[[Category:1981 video games]]
[[Category:Amiga games]]
[[Category:Apple II games]]
[[Category:Atari 8-bit computer games]]
[[Category:Baseball video games]]
[[Category:Classic Mac OS games]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Strategic Simulations games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]

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