Editing Backyard Baseball (section)

===Players===
In ''Backyard Baseball 2001'', in addition to the 30 fictional kids, each team was represented by at least one MLB pro player,{{efn|The [[Cincinnati Reds]] were represented by two players: [[Barry Larkin]] and [[Ken Griffey Jr]].}} many of which were all-stars during the [[1999 Major League Baseball All Star Game|1999]] [[Major League Baseball All Star Game]]. Eventual Hall of Fame players featured include [[Barry Larkin]], [[Vladimir Guerrero]], [[Jeff Bagwell]], [[Larry Walker]], [[Chipper Jones]], [[Derek Jeter]], [[Mike Piazza]], [[Tony Gwynn]], [[Ken Griffey Jr.]], [[Cal Ripken Jr.]], [[Ivan Rodriguez]], and [[Randy Johnson]], who are all playable characters to choose from.

Other professional players from the later games included [[Chipper Jones]], [[Frank Thomas]], [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Alfonso Soriano]], [[Ichiro Suzuki]], [[Sammy Sosa]], [[Jim Thome]], [[Albert Pujols]], [[Nomar Garciaparra]], [[Ken Griffey Jr.]], and [[Barry Bonds]].

Several of these players would be featured in multiple releases including [[Nomar Garciaparra]], Derek Jeter, and [[Alex Rodriguez]].