As the best-selling game in the console's history, with more than 1 million copies sold,[2] Baseball put players in control of a nine-man baseball team competing in a standard nine-inning game.

When first released, Mattel obtained a license from Major League Baseball, though the only trademarked item used is the MLB logo on the box art.

The batting player then attempts to hit the ball into play and reach the base, so that subsequent batters can move to home plate and thus score a run.

Even though the two teams represented in Baseball are basically the same, the level of simulation is remarkable for its time.

[6][7] After Mattel Electronics ceased production of the Intellivision system and its assets were sold to INTV Corporation, Major League Baseball was re-released with the new name Big League Baseball.

Baseball was reviewed by Video magazine in its "Arcade Alley" column where it was praised for its inclusion of moveable fielders and "flashy" baserunning techniques like the suicide squeeze.