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SCOREKEEPING RESPONSIBILITIES AND INFORMATION

During the season, you may be asked by your team to keep score. This could be either for the team or Official Scorebook. As the Official Scorekeeper for William S. Hart Pony Baseball & Softball, it is my responsibility to make sure this is as pleasant experience as possible for all involved. Therefore, the league offers you a choice of keeping score yourself or hiring an Official Scorekeeper through the league.

For those who wish to pay for a league scorekeeper:

  • You are responsible for securing an official scorekeeper for all home games. The cost will be $40 per game for both baseball & softball. 
  • A minimum of 72 hours is required to guarantee you a scorekeeper. Contact Gaelynne Gregg at [email protected] to request a scorekeeper. 

To keep score in the official book, you MUST be able to properly fill out and prove a scorebook, which includes but is not limited to the following:

  •  Tracking balls, strikes, fouls, outs, and defensive changes
  •  Pitch count in leagues where applicable
  •  Position changes for all players in every inning
  •  Pitching changes
  •  Tracking movement for base runners
  •  Batter results
  •  Notifying the umpire when pitch count is reached (in leagues where applicable)
  •  Completion of pitching statistics
  •  Notifying the umpire if minimum play is not met in all leagues and divisions

If the Official Scorebook is improperly kept, you run the risk of forfeiting that game.

For any questions regarding scorekeeping please contact me.

Gaelynne Gregg

[email protected]

Content

COMMON BASEBALL & SOFTBALL SCOREKEEPING SYMBOLS

POSITIONS

1

Pitcher

2

Catcher

3

First Base

4

Second Base

5

Third Base

6

Short Stop

7

Left Field

8

Center Field

9

Right Field

HOW ON BASE

OUTS

1B

Single/Base Hit

2B

Double

3B

Triple

HR

Home Run

BB

Walk

HBP/HP

Hit by Pitch

IBB

Intentional Walk

FC

Fielders Choice

E (with position number)

Error

CI

Catcher's Interference

I

Interference

CS

Caught Stealing

CV

Circle Violation

DP

Double Play

TP

Triple Play

F

Fly Out

FO

Foul Out

G

Ground Out

K or Ks

Strikeout Swinging

backwards "K" or Kc

Strikeout Looking

L

Line Out

SAC

Sacrafice

U

Unassisted Put Out


PITCHERS ABBREVIATIONS

IP/Inn

Innings Pitched

BF/PA

Batters Faced/Pitched Against

R

Runs

ER

Earned Runs

K

Strikeouts

H

Hits

BB

Walks

P

Pitches (Pitch Count)


OTHER SYMBOLS

BK

Balk

PB

Passed Ball

WP

Wild Pitch

SB

Stolen Base

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