A general manager disk available separately allowed users to make trades with other teams or create their own players.

A stat compiler disk allowed players to save the results of every played game and compile statistics for each player, allowing users to play an entire season.

Things like batter stance and fielder placement were all possible for the first time in a licensed baseball game.

The original game came with a variety of all-time great teams, including the 1927 New York Yankees, 1945 Chicago Cubs, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1961 New York Yankees, 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1967 St. Louis Cardinals, 1968 Detroit Tigers, 1969 New York Mets, 1970 Baltimore Orioles, 1973 Oakland Athletics, 1975 Cincinnati Reds, 1975 Boston Red Sox, 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1980 Philadelphia Phillies, 1980 Kansas City Royals and the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers.

Computer Gaming World in 1985 praised MicroLeague Baseball's graphics but noted that it did not keep individual statistics.