Major League Baseball 2K5 Cheats

Easy strikeouts
Change the pitching type to "Classic". During game play, go to the "Game Options" menu and change all their "Take Strike" settings all the way up and "Take Ball" down. This will give you the easiest way to get a strikeout. Note: This will not stop the batter from swinging. He will still swing occasionally.

Throw your fastball nice and low (either side). After that, throw your change-up right down the middle (do not move the pointer, just pitch). Finally, choose your curve/slider/sinker at the bottom right or the top left corners.

Easy base hits
Put players with a speed rating of A or better (for example, Rafael Furcal, Carl Crawford, Juan Pierre, etc.) in your lineup. When the pitcher throws the ball, bunt it down the third base line and use your speed burst to get to first base. It does not matter if it is a left or right handed hitter; they will be safe 99% of the time. You can use A- players, but your success rate drops to about 90% and you must bunt it perfectly.

Easy base runners and increased RBIs
To get the bases loaded and increase your clean-up hitter's RBI total, use the "Easy base hits" trick. Once you have a runner on base, make them steal the next base as your hitter is about to bunt. This will keep your runner from being thrown out at second or third base on the bunt. Once the base runners are on second or third base, bunt again to load the bases. If you want to keep bunting for hits, you can send all your runners; but be careful -- if the pitcher pitches out or throws a ball and the batter misses, the runner on third base will get tagged out.