Baseball Stars is a 1988 baseball game that was produced for the NES by SNK.

Baseball Stars became a major hit in many countries worldwide, particularly in the United States and Puerto Rico. It was one of the first sports games to have data memory, therefore players could pick a team and make a season, while being able to save season statistics. Baseball Stars was also the first sports game to have the create a player feature. Gamers could, for the first time, create players and name them after themselves, family and friends, in addition to naming their own teams. The game also featured a sort of role-playing element. Each game played earned the winning team money, and the amount won was directly related to the "prestige" ratings of the teams' players. The money could be used to purchase upgrades to various statistics, which included but were not limited to hitting, batting (presumably the former relates to consistency while the latter relates to power), running, throwing, fielding (higher fielding ratings allow for diving and jumping catches), and prestige. Players could also purchase pre-designed players (priced at a Rookie, Veteran, and All-Star level). A hidden feature allowed players to purchase female baseball players.

Although the game did not use any real teams, one of the default teams, the American Dreams, included players with names that was based on real baseball players such as Pete (Pete Rose), Hank, (Hank Aaron) and Babe (Babe Ruth).

The other seven default teams were the Ninja BlackSox, the Brave Warriors, the Japan Robins, the World Powers, the Ghastly Monsters, the Lovely Ladies (a women's team), and the SNK Crushers.

In 1991, a sequel, Baseball Stars 2 , was released, but it was far less popular than the original version. Reasons for this included the inability to name players or teams (you could only change the logo), and the unimproved graphics over the original. Two more sequels were made for SNK's own short-lived console, the Neo-Geo.