______________ _______________ _____ | \ | \ | | _________________________________ | ________ \ | ___________ \ | | | | | | \ \ | | \ \ | | |________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | |_______/ / | |__________/ / | | B A S E B A L L | / | ___________ \ | | _________________________________ | ________ \ | | \ \| | | | | | \ | | | | || | |________________________________| | | | | | |__________/ /| | FAQ Version 0.2 by FlowingMindspin | | | | | / | | Last Revision on 3/04/02 |__| |___|O |_______________/O |____|O (Please pardon my bad ASCII art) TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. Versions 2. About The Author 3. About R.B.I. Baseball 4. Controls 5. Modes of Play and Notes On Gameplay 6. Team Rosters and Ratings 7. Frequently Asked Questions 8. Contact Information/Credits 9. Copyright Notice 1. VERSIONS ------------ Version 0.2 (3/04/02)- Thanks goes out to Adaml for spotting an error in the roster for the Boston Red Sox. Tim Burks should be Ellis Burks. This was a misprint in the manual, not an error on my part. Also, added two questions to the FAQ section. Version 0.1 (2/28/02)- First version of the FAQ. The only thing I'm waiting for is some questions to answer. I've proofread the file and found it to be error-free. If you beg to differ, email me and let me know so I can fix it. :o) 2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR -------------------- Hi! I'm a 17-year-old male from Pennsylvania, the state of insanity. This is my first FAQ, so I hope you all enjoy it and find it helpful. I'm a stickler when it comes to grammar, but I do make a few mistakes here and there. If you do find a mistake, let me know so I can fix it as soon as possible. I'll try to keep the layout neat as well, but don't look for spectacular ASCII art or anything like that. I'm no artist, I just love to write. Thanks for checking out my guide, and here's to many more! :o) 3. ABOUT R.B.I. BASEBALL ------------------------- R.B.I. Baseball was released in 1987 by Tengen, and was the first baseball game to feature real MLB players, teams, and statistics. Rather than try to explain everything about the game myself, I'll just give you an excerpt from inside the manual: "You are both the manager and the team as you define your strategy and refine your skills in the most realistic baseball game available. Play against the computer opponent in a nine-game season or challenge a friend for nine innings and a best-of-seven series. You pick your team, line-up, pitchers, and control all the pitches, throws, swings, steals, substitutions and fielding. Teams are actual line-ups used in big-league ball. Each player has individual skills and statistics that make him unique from every other player on the field. And R.B.I. Baseball is authorized by the Major League Baseball Players Association. Remember to play your best because the outcome of the game is printed on the front of the daily sports page." 4. CONTROLS ------------ Controller 1 is used for a one-player game against the computer. Controller 2 is used for a competitive two-player game with a friend. AT BAT ------ Control Pad: Controls the batter's position in the batter's box. Up - Moves toward the pitcher. Down - Moves toward the catcher. Left - Moves to the left. Right - Moves to the right. A Button: Swings the bat. Pressing and Holding A - Makes a complete swing. Pressing and Releasing A Quickly - Makes the player bunt. B Button: Causes base runner(s) to steal. Pressing Up and B - Makes the runner on first steal second base. Pressing Left and B - Makes the runner on second steal third base. Pressing Down and B - Makes the runner on third steal home plate. Start Button: Calls "time," where you can substitute a pinch hitter in for the batter currently at the plate. Once a player is pulled from the game, he can't be put back in, so be careful! BASE RUNNING ------------ A Button: Returns runner to previous base. Pressing Right and A - Returns runner to first base. Pressing Up and A - Returns runner to second base. Pressing Left and A - Returns runner to third base. B Button: Advances runner to next base. Pressing Up and B - Advances runner to second base. Pressing Right and B - Advances runner to third base. Pressing Down and B - Advances runner to home plate. Note: Once a runner has advanced to the next base, he cannot be called back to return. PITCHING -------- Control Pad: Moves the pitcher and controls the direction & speed of the pitch. Pressing Left before the pitch - Moves pitcher to the left on the mound. Pressing Right before the pitch - Moves pitcher to the right on the mound. A Button: Press to throw a pitch. Use with the control pad to select the type of pitch. Once the pitch leaves the pitcher's hand, the speed cannot be changed; only direction. There are 3 pitch speeds: slow, normal, and fast. Pressing Up and A - Throws a knuckleball/sinkerball (slow pitch). Pressing Left and A - Throws a screwball/curves the ball to the left (normal pitch). Pressing Right and A - Throws a curveball/curves the ball to the right (normal pitch). Pressing Down and A - Throws a fastball (fast pitch). B Button: Press this to stop the pitcher and get him ready to pick off a base runner. After you've stopped, use the Control Pad and the A Button to throw to the appropriate base (see "fielding" below). Start Button: Calls "time," where you can substitute in a pitcher for the one currently on the mound. Once a pitcher is pulled from the game he can't be put back in, so be careful! FIELDING -------- Control Pad: Used to navigate your fielders toward a ball in an attempt to catch it or stop it. Pressing and holding Up - Moves the fielder toward centerfield. Pressing and holding Left - Moves the fielder to the left. Pressing and holding Right - Moves the fielder to the right. Pressing and holding Down - Moves the fielder toward home plate. Note: You can hold two directions down at once to go in a diagonal direction (i.e. pressing and holding Up and Right will cause your fielder to move diagonally up and right). Once you have the ball, you can then either run with it or throw it to a base. Pressing Right and A - Throws the ball to first base. Pressing Up and A - Throws the ball to second base. Pressing Left and A - Throws the ball to third base. Pressing Down and A - Throws the ball to home plate. Pressing Right and B - Runs with the ball to first base. Pressing Up and B - Runs with the ball to second base. Pressing Left and B - Runs with the ball to third base. Pressing Down and B - Runs with the ball to home plate. Note: When no base is selected with the control pad, the ball will be thrown to first base automatically. 5. MODES OF PLAY AND NOTES ON GAMEPLAY --------------------------------------- There are three modes of play available to you on the title screen. 1P Play: Play against the computer in a nine-game season. 2P Play: Play against a human in a best-of-seven series. Watch: Watch selected teams play as if they're on TV. 1P PLAY - NINE-GAME SEASON -------------------------- This is the ultimate test against the computer opponent. You will play each of the nine opponents listed in the Tengen League. Pick your team and your first rival. Your next rival will always be the next team to the right. At the conclusion of each game, the daily sports page displays the box score and your win/loss record for the season. You can continue playing and challenging new teams even if you lose games in the process. The season is over after all nine teams have been challenged. This kind of sucks since you can't save the game or get a password, but it can be done with an extreme amount of patience (and time, if you're a slow, methodical player like I am). Good luck to you :o) 2P PLAY - BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES ------------------------------ This is the ultimate challenge in a two-player game. Players will test the skill and strategy of their opponent in a best-of-seven series. Starting pitchers are not capable of back-to-back appearances and need one game of rest in between. Relief pitchers, however, are able to play in consecutive games because they have limited work per game. The daily sports page announces the outcome of each game and the win/loss record of the home team. The season ends when one team has four victories and the best-of-seven winner is decided. I've never lasted the whole seven games with a friend, we usually just stick to one. I guess it'd be cool if you had a lot of time on your hands. WATCH MODE ---------- I don't really see the point of this. It's supposed to be like watching two teams play on TV, but it's really boring. Even more boring than watching two real teams duke it out on TV. That, my friends, is very, very sad. :oP NOTES ON GAMEPLAY ----------------- These are just a few notes on the mechanics of R.B.I. Baseball, not the sport of baseball in general. -There is a ten run rule. -Fielders lack the ability to jump or dive. -Pitchers seem to tire all too quickly. -Fielders who run with the ball are always faster than even the fastest baserunner. -Average and Homerun statistics don't have a bearing on how strong or accurate a batter is. -Errors seem to be random. 6. TEAM ROSTERS AND RATINGS ---------------------------- These are the actual player statistics from the instruction manual. They are "based" on the 1986 and 1987 seasons, and Tengen assumes no responsibility for their accuracy. Key: Player: How the player's name appears in the game. Pos.: The player's position in the field. L/R: Tells whether the player is left-handed or right-handed. Avg.: Player's batting average. HR: How many homeruns the player has. CT: (Contact) The ability to make good contact with the ball. Rated on a scale from A-E, with A being the best and E being the worst. SP: (Speed) Base running speed. Rated on a scale from A-E, with A being the best and E being the worst. E.R.A.: Player's earned run average. Speed: Pitcher's maximum velocity when fresh (at full stamina). Measured in miles per hour (mph). Curve: Pitcher's ability to throw a curve to the right or left. Rated on a scale from A-E, with A being the best and E being the worst. Full Name: The player's full name. (SP): Indicates that the player is a starting pitcher. (RP): Indicates that the player is a relief pitcher. CALIFORNIA (Ca) =============== BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Pettis CF L .258 5 C A Gary Pettis DCincs 3B R .256 26 D D Doug DeCinces Joyner 1B L .290 22 C B Wally Joyner Jacksn RF L .275 39 D C Reggie Jackson Dwning LF R .267 20 D D Brian Downing Grich 2B R .268 9 D D Bobby Grich Schfld SS R .249 13 E B Dick Schofield Boone C R .251 7 D E Bob Boone Burlsn PH R .284 5 C B Rick Burleson Hendrk PH R .272 14 C D George Hendrick Wilfng PH L .249 3 E B Rob Wilfong Jones PH L .250 17 E C Ruppert Jones PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Witt(SP) R 2.84 87 D Mike Witt Sutton(SP) R 1.18 83 C Don Sutton Corbet(RP) R 1.10 81 C Doug Corbett Moore(RP) R 2.97 89 E Donnie Moore BOSTON (Bo) =========== BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Barret 2B R .286 4 C B Marty Barrett Bucknr 1B L .292 18 C E Bill Buckner Boggs 3B L .357 8 A C Wade Boggs J Rice LF R .324 20 B C Jim Rice Baylor RF R .263 31 E A Don Baylor DwEvns CF R .259 26 E D Dwight Evans Gedman C R .274 16 D E Rich Gedman S Owen SS L .231 1 E B Spike Owen Hndrsn PH R .265 15 D D Dave Henderson Burks PH R .272 20 E A Ellis Burks Armas PH R .264 43 D E Tony Armas Sullvn PH R .193 1 E E Marc Sullivan PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Clemns(SP) R 2.48 94 C Roger Clemens Hurst(SP) L 2.99 90 D Bruce Hurst Schrld(RP) R 1.41 92 D Calvin Schiraldi Stanly(RP) R 1.81 86 B Bob Stanley DETROIT (Dt) ============ BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Tramml SS R .343 28 A A Alan Trammel Gibson LF L .277 24 D A Kirk Gibson DaEvns 1B L .257 34 E E Darrell Evans Nokes C L .289 32 C E Matt Nokes Herndn RF R .324 9 B D Larry Herndon Lemon CF R .277 20 D D Chet Lemon Whitkr 2B L .281 16 D B Lou Whitaker Brookn 3B R .241 13 E C Tom Brookens Shrdan PH L .259 6 E B Pat Sheridan Heath PH R .281 8 C E Mike Heath Madlck PH R .307 14 C C Bill Madlock Bergmn PH L .273 6 D E Dave Bergman PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Alxndr(SP) R 1.53 88 A Doyle Alexander Morris(SP) R 3.38 91 B Jack Morris Hrndez(RP) L 1.11 91 C Willie Hernandez King(RP) R 2.33 87 C Eric King MINNESOTA (Mn) -------------- BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Gladdn LF R .281 8 D A Dan Gladden Gaetti 3B R .257 31 D B Gary Gaetti Pucket CF R .332 28 A B Kirby Puckett Hrbek 1B L .285 34 C E Kent Hrbek Brnsky RF R .259 32 D B Tom Brunansky Gagne SS R .265 10 C D Greg Gagne Laudnr C R .225 16 E E Tim Laudner Lmbrdz 2B R .238 8 E D Steve Lombardozzi Smally PH L .275 8 C E Roy Smalley Davdsn PH R .267 1 D B Mark Davidson Bush PH L .253 11 D B Randy Bush Larkin PH L .266 4 D D Gene Larkin PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Viola(SP) L 2.90 91 B Frank Viola Blylvn(SP) R 1.45 86 A Bert Blyleven Brnger(RP) R 1.38 94 E Juan Berenguer Reardn(RP) R 1.92 92 C Jeff Reardon HOUSTON (Ho) ============ BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Hatchr RF R .258 6 E A Billy Hatcher J Cruz LF L .287 10 C A Jose Cruz Wallng 3B L .312 13 B C Denny Walling GDavis 1B R .265 31 D D Glenn Davis K Bass CF L .311 20 C A Kevin Bass Doran 2B L .276 6 C A Bill Doran Rynlds SS L .249 6 E D Craig Reynolds Ashby C L .257 7 E D Alan Ashby Lopes PH R .275 7 D A Davey Lopes Garner PH R .265 9 D B Phil Garner D Thon PH R .248 3 E B Dickie Thon Puhl PH L .281 3 D A Terry Puhl PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- N Ryan(SP) R 3.34 100 B Nolan Ryan MScott(SP) R 2.22 86 C Mike Scott Kerfld(RP) R 2.59 85 B Charlie Kerfeld DSmith(RP) R 2.73 94 E Dave Smith NEW YORK (NY) ============= BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Dykstr LF L .295 8 C A Lenny Dykstra Wilson CF L .289 9 C A Mookie Wilson Herndz 1B L .310 13 B D Keith Hernandez Carter C R .271 24 C E Gary Carter Strwby RF L .259 27 D A Daryl Strawberry Backmn 2B L .320 1 B D Wally Backman Knight 3B R .298 11 C D Ray Knight Sntana SS R .245 1 E D Rafael Santana Heep PH R .282 5 C D Daniel Heep Teufel PH R .261 10 E D Tim Teufel Johnsn PH L .245 10 E B Howard Johnson Mazzli PH L .247 3 E D Lee Mazilli PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Gooden(SP) R 2.84 88 B Dwight Gooden Ojeda(SP) L 2.57 85 B Bob Ojeda Orosco(RP) L 2.33 86 B Jesse Orosco McDowl(RP) R 3.02 90 C Roger McDowell ST. LOUIS (SL) ============== BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Colman LF L .298 3 C A Vince Coleman OSmith SS L .303 0 C A Ozzie Smith T Herr 2B L .282 2 D A Tom Herr JClark 1B R .286 35 D D Jack Clark McGee CF L .285 11 C A Willie McGee Pndltn 3B L .296 12 C B Terry Pendleton Ford RF L .285 3 D B Curt Ford T Pena C R .286 10 D D Tony Pena Oqundo PH L .286 1 D C Jose Oquendo Morris PH L .261 3 E C John Morris Lndman PH R .208 8 E D Jim Lindeman Lake PH R .251 2 E D Steve Lake PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Tudor(SP) L 1.28 89 A John Tudor Cox(SP) R 1.32 88 B Danny Cox Dayley(RP) L 2.66 93 C Ken Dayley Worrel(RP) R 2.66 96 D Todd Worrell SAN FRANCISCO (SF) ================== BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- JUribe SS L .291 5 C C Jose Uribe Mitchl 3B R .280 22 C C Kevin Mitchell Leonrd LF R .280 19 C B Jeff Leonard Mldndo RF R .292 20 C C Candy Maldonado WClark 1B L .308 35 B D Will Clark Brenly C R .267 18 D C Bob Brenly CDavis CF L .250 24 D A Chili Davis Thmpsn 2B R .262 10 D D Robbie Thompson Spilmn PH L .267 1 D D Harry Spilman Speier PH R .249 11 E B Chris Speier Aldrte PH L .325 9 B D Mike Aldrete Yngbld PH R .268 3 D D Joel Youngblood PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Krukow(SP) R 2.24 85 A Mike Krukow Reushl(SP) R 3.09 86 A Rick Reuschel Garlts(RP) R 3.22 97 D Scott Garrelts Robnsn(RP) R 3.42 94 B Don Robinson AMERICAN (Am) ============= BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Rndlph 2B R .305 7 C C Willie Randolph, New York Mtngly 1B L .327 30 B C Don Mattingly, New York Bell CF R .308 47 C D George Bell, Toronto Cansco LF R .257 31 E B Jose Canseco, Oakland Ripken SS R .289 27 C D Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Baines RF L .293 20 C D Harold Baines, Chicago Brett 3B R .316 22 B D George Brett, Kansas City Schrdr C R .332 14 B E Bill Schroeder, Milwaukee McGwir PH R .289 49 C C Mark McGwire, Oakland Seitzr PH R .323 15 C B Kevin Seitzer, Kansas City Moltor PH R .353 16 A A Paul Molitor, Milwaukee Franco PH R .319 9 C A Julio Franco, Cleveland PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- J Key(SP) L 2.76 88 A Jimmy Key, Toronto Sbrhgn(SP) R 3.36 87 A Brett Saberhagen, Kansas City Righti(RP) L 3.51 93 E Dave Righetti, New York Henke(RP) R 2.49 96 E Tom Henke, Toronto NATIONAL (Na) ============= BATTERS ------- Player Pos. L/R Avg. HR CT SP Full Name ------ ---- --- ---- -- -- -- --------- Raines LF L .330 20 B A Tim Raines, Montreal Sndbrg 2B R .294 16 C B Ryne Sandberg, Chicago Sntago C R .300 18 C B Benito Santiago, San Diego Dawson RF R .287 49 D B Andre Dawson, Chicago EDavis CF R .293 37 C A Eric Davis, Cincinnati Schmdt 3B R .293 35 C D Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Gllrga 1B R .305 13 C C Andres Galarraga, Montreal Pedriq SS R .294 1 C B Al Pedrique, Pittsburg Guerro PH R .338 27 B C Pedro Guerrero, Los Angeles Murphy PH R .295 44 C B Dale Murphy, Atlanta Gwynn PH L .370 7 B A Tony Gwynn, San Diego Kruk PH L .313 20 C B John Kruk, San Diego PITCHERS -------- Player L/R E.R.A. Speed Curve Full Name ------ --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Vlnzla(SP) L 1.42 84 A Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles Sutclf(SP) R 1.12 89 B Rick Sutcliffe, Chicago Franco(RP) L 2.52 95 E John Franco, Cincinnati Bedrsn(RP) R 2.83 92 B Steve Bedrosian, Philadelphia 7. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ------------------------------ Q: Is there any way to save my progress in the 1 player game? A: Nope. You have to play all 9 games straight through in one sitting. It sucks, I know. Q: Are there any passwords? A: See the previous question and answer. Email any questions to me at spookyapparition@hotmail.com if you have, and be sure to put something about R.B.I. Baseball in the subject line soI know it isn't spam. Sorry that I have to do this, but I get nearly 100 junk messages a day, and it's tedious having to read everything closely. I'd hate to have accidentally deleted something, so be sure to put R.B.I. Baseball in the subject somewhere. Thanks! :o) 8. CONTACT INFORMATION/CREDITS ------------------------------- E-Mail: spookyapparition@hotmail.com ICQ: 34735745 AIM: BadassBassist311 Feel free to add me and chat it up about anything. I'm a huge fan of gaming from the 8-bit and 16-bit era, so if you are too, message me! I love talking to fellow old-school junkies. :o) You can also find me on the following sites in some way shape or form... Game Frenzy: http://www.gamefrenzy.net FlowingMindspin's NES Faucet: http://www.stormpages.com/nesfaucet Riding Bean's 16-Bit City: http://www.16bitcity.com Feel free to visit and post at the boards at Game Frenzy :o) I'd just like to thank a few people here: Jason Vincion: For serving as a constant reminder of why I keep on pressing onward in this cruel world, and for motivating me to do things like this. I'm still your #1 fan! RoyalRanger: For giving me the opportunity to work on your site back in the day. I learned more from you than you probably even know, and you continue to inspire me even today. Kudos, man, and good luck with everything. Adaml: For spotting an error in the roster I would've otherwise overlooked, and for giving me positive feedback about my guide. Thanks for the motivation, man. You'll definitely be seeing more NES FAQs from me :o) Thank you. I couldn't have done this without you guys :o) 9. COPYRIGHT NOTICE -------------------- This FAQ is Copyright FlowingMindspin 2002. It may be used only on GameFAQs, unless you get my prior approval. I'm not hard to get along with, just don't steal my guide, okay? If you want to use it, just ask me. Find me using the contact information above... I'm usually on ICQ and I check my mail many times a day, so it won't be a daunting task. Thanks!