All-Star Baseball '97 featuring Frank Thomas, sometimes mislabeled as All Star Baseball '98,^[1] is a video game developed by Iguana and published by Acclaim for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997. It is both the successor to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball and the first game in the All-Star Baseball series.

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Publication	Score
AllGame	[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	5.75/10[3][lower-alpha 1]
Game Informer	5.5/10[4]
GameFan	89%[1]
GameSpot	6.5/10[5]
IGN	5/10[6]
Next Generation	[7]
San Francisco Examiner	B−[8]

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Electronic Gaming Monthly's Kraig Kujawa said that the PlayStation version still plays the same as Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball, and called the title "mediocre".^[3] Next Generation similarly commented that All-Star Baseball '97 is not groundbreaking title in gameplay and graphics, but considered it decent.^[7] GamePro's The Rookie was more critical to the graphics, controls and bad camera. While the Saturn version was largely ignored by reviewers, The Rookie found it more enjoyable than the PlayStation version, citing better control, though he still advised gamers to hold out for World Series Baseball '98 instead. He scored it higher than the PlayStation version in control and fun factor, and equal in graphics and sound.^{[9][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]}