It was released in 1995 for the Game Gear and Sega Genesis, as well as a 32X version sold as World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders.

Also, players are selected to the All-Star Game purely based on statistics from the first half of the regular season.

Quick-Draw McGraw of GamePro applauded the Game Gear version for having "a ton of options that're usually seen only on 16-bit systems."

"[2] Writing for the same publication, Bacon was similarly enthusiastic about the Genesis version, citing the added modes and improved graphics over the original World Series Baseball.

Particularly praising the comprehensive modes and content and the new multiplayer leagues, he gave it four out of five stars.