MVP Baseball 2004

MVP Baseball 2004 is a baseball video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports for Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows in 2004. It is the second installment of the MVP Baseball series. Albert Pujols was the cover player for the game.

Gameplay

Building on MVP 2003s surprisingly successful rookie effort, the 2004 edition made major refinements to both the game's control scheme and its dynasty mode. In a baseball gaming first, MVP 2004 was licensed by both the MLB and Minor League Baseball, featuring real minor-league teams at the Class AA & AAA levels.

The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "universal acclaim", while the GameCube and PC versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. GamePro said of the game, "It may not be the league-leader in every category, but excellent performances across the board make it the best baseball game of the year."
The game was named by GameSpot as the Best PlayStation 2 Game of March 2004 in Review, and was nominated for the "Best Traditional Sports Game" award at the website's Best and Worst of 2004 Awards, which went to ESPN NFL 2K5.