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A batter in a blue helmet waiting for the pitch on a backyard baseball field

A backyard baseball game

SandlotSluggers

Pick your kids. Pick your pitch.
Three innings on the best field in the neighbourhood.

Actual gameplay · At the plate

See it in motion

Watch
the trailer.

Thirty seconds, captured in the game.

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Nine kids.
One field.

Everybody is sitting on the bleachers waiting to get picked. Take turns with the other captain until both teams have nine.

Then it is three innings of pitching, hitting and fielding, with a kid announcer who has an opinion about all of it.

Free to playPlays in your browserThree inningsNothing to install
Actual gameplay: kids on the bleachers during the draft with a clipboard of picksThe draft

Pick the fast kid.
Or the big kid.

Every kid has ratings for batting, running, pitching and fielding, and no two are alike. Draft them yourself or let the game pick for you.

  • A full schoolyard of kids to choose from
  • Set your own lineup and positions
  • Stats tracked through the game

Three jobs on the field

Pitch, swing
and field.

The view from behind the plate as a pitch comes inPitch

Paint the
corners.

Pick a pitch, then click a spot. Heat, Slowball, Left Hook and Right Hook are always there, and special pitches are earned.

Zig-Zag, Riser, Slo-Mo, Fireball.

A batter in a blue helmet at the plateSwing

Click the
ball.

Choose a Power swing, a Line Drive, a Grounder or a Bunt, then time your click as the ball crosses the plate.

Timing is everything.

The whole diamond from above with fielders movingField

Throw to
the bag.

Move your fielder under the ball and click a base to throw. On offence, click a runner to send him or call him back.

Click a base to throw.

A blimp reading HOME RUN over the outfield fence

Going, going,
gone.

Get all of one and the camera follows it over the fence while the blimp says what everybody is thinking.

Juice runs down as your pitcher tires, so watch the meter.

Four views of the game

Just like
you remember.

Bright colours, big heads and a scoreboard in the corner.

A batter waiting for the pitch
At the plate, the diamond, the draft and a home run.

Nine pitches from one game

Go on.
Step up.

All of it captured from a real game.

A pitch called a ball

Ball.

Just outside.

A strike call on screen

Strike!

Right down the middle.

Fielders chasing a hit

In play.

Run!

A new batter at the plate

New batter.

The lineup turns over.

A strikeout call

Strike three!

Sit down.

A tense at-bat

Full count.

Everything on this one.

Runners on the bases

Around the bases.

Heads up.

A home run over the fence

Home run!

Touch them all.

The start of another inning

Next inning.

Do it again.

Every screenshot on this page is captured in the game. Select one for a closer look.

Small field, big moments

Every at-bat
is a story.

The announcer calls the kids by name and has a line for everything from bunts to double plays.

A batter and catcher at the plate
At the plate
The infield with a play in progress
In the field

Point and clickActual gameplay

One tab, one ballgame

A ballgame
to play.

Play it right here in your browser, with nothing to install.

Click
Swing / pitch
1 to 4
Pitch or swing type
Space
Same as a click
Click base
Throw
Click runner
Send / hold
Pause
Time out
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The title screen with five kids
The Sluggers
The diamond from above
The sandlot

Batter up

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up next.

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An unofficial homage to 1990s backyard baseball games, made for fun. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of any of them.