MLB: The Show

MLB: The Show
Genre(s)	Sports
Developer(s)	SIE San Diego Studio
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
First release	MLB 06: The Show February 28, 2006
Latest release	MLB The Show 17 March 28, 2017

MLB: The Show is a Major League Baseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 with MLB 06: The Show for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, and since MLB 07: The Show in 2007, every game released has also been available for the PlayStation 3. MLB 12: The Show, which was released in March 2012, is also the first game in the series to not be available for the PS2 or PSP and the first game in the series to be made available for the PlayStation Vita, Sony's new handheld. This game has not been released on Xbox due to Sony being the publisher. The series is the successor to 989 Studios' MLB series.

Gameplay

Gameplay simulates a typical game of baseball, with the player controlling an entire team or a select player. The player may take control of one of 30 Major League Baseball teams in any game mode (excluding Road to the Show) and use that team in gameplay. The Series has variable game modes in which a player takes control of a team for a single game, one season, or a franchise (multiple seasons).

Games

Game	Release date	Cover athlete (team)	Platforms
MLB 06: The Show	February 28, 2006	David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox) Chan-ho Park (San Diego Padres) (Korea release)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
MLB 07: The Show	February 26, 2007 (PS2/PSP) May 15, 2007 (PS3)	David Wright (New York Mets)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
MLB 08: The Show	March 4, 2008	Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies)
MLB 09: The Show	March 3, 2009	Dustin Pedroia (Boston Red Sox)
MLB 10: The Show	March 2, 2010	Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins)
MLB 11: The Show	March 8, 2011
MLB 12: The Show	March 6, 2012	Adrian Gonzalez (Boston Red Sox) (United States release) José Bautista (Toronto Blue Jays) (Canadian release)	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
MLB 13: The Show	March 5, 2013	Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburgh Pirates) (United States release) José Bautista (Toronto Blue Jays) (Canadian release) Wei-Yin Chen (Baltimore Orioles) (Taiwan release)
MLB 14: The Show	April 1, 2014 (PS3/Vita) May 6, 2014 (PS4)	Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers) (United States release) Brett Lawrie (Toronto Blue Jays) (Canadian release) Shin-soo Choo (Texas Rangers) (Korea release) Wei-Yin Chen (Baltimore Orioles) (Taiwan release)	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
MLB 15: The Show	March 31, 2015	Yasiel Puig (Los Angeles Dodgers) (United States release) Russell Martin (Toronto Blue Jays) (Canadian release) Shin-soo Choo (Texas Rangers) (Korea release) Wei-Yin Chen (Baltimore Orioles) (Taiwan release)
MLB The Show 16	March 29, 2016	Josh Donaldson (Toronto Blue Jays) (United States and Canada release) Jung-ho Kang (Pittsburgh Pirates) (Korea release) Wei-Yin Chen (Miami Marlins) (Taiwan release)	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
MLB The Show 17	March 28, 2017	Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) (United States release) Aaron Sanchez (Toronto Blue Jays) (Canadian release) Hyun-soo Kim (Baltimore Orioles) (Korea release) Wei-Yin Chen (Miami Marlins) (Taiwan release)	PlayStation 4

Commentators

Commentator	MLB 06: The Show	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total appearances
Matt Vasgersian	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Dave Campbell	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	7
Rex Hudler	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	6
Eric Karros	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	6
Steve Lyons	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4
Harold Reynolds	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Dan Plesac	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Total	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3