| Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run | |
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| Developer(s) | Rare |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Composer(s) | Eveline Fischer[1] |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
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| Genre(s) | Traditional baseball simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run is a baseball video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is named after the baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. It is the follow-up to Nintendo's previous Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball. Two years later, Nintendo released another game featuring Griffey, Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr., for the Nintendo 64.
The game's title is derived from the final play of the 1995 American League Division Series featuring the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees. On a play that is sometimes credited with "saving baseball in Seattle," Griffey scored the game's winning run all the way from first base, on a close play in the bottom of the 11th inning.[2]
Due to the lack of a Major League Baseball Players' Association license, Griffey is the only player in the game to use his actual name.
- ^ Composer information for Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run at SNES Music
- ^ Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run instruction booklet