How to do the book for baseball?

Question

I have been asked many times to do the scorebook for baseball/softball. I know the basics. Of course you circle 1B, 2B, 3B, or HR. and you draw a line around the bases & color it in when they score. When they get out you put a 1, 2, or 3. with a circle. If it is hit to the shortstop and he makes the throw to first and gets the out you put 6-3 and 1 with a circle. If it is a flyout you put F7 or whatever.

But what I need to know is if the batter gets on base what do you put for where he hits it to? say he hits up the middle between the second baseman and shortstop. What do you write for it?

Thank you so much.

Answer 1

I put an "x" with either a "G" for ground ball, "L" for Line Drive, or "B" for bloop next to the x. This way I can tell my players how to line-up for each situation.

Answer 2

I typically put a dot for the location of the hit. It doesn't get in the way of anything. Exaggerate the dot if it DOES get in the way of anything. If there's an infield hit and the player eventually scores, just shade in the box as usual, but leave a little space around the dot so you can see where it is.

For scoring in general, I take pride in having a very detailed scorebook for high-school baseball. I get everything including spray charts, hit locations, performance vs. LHP/RHP, pitch counts, earned/unearned runs, you name it.

To do this, I adapted my hand/paper-scoring system from that used in a great piece of software, Score-It. The link is below - I've used it for five years now, inputting the games when I get home from a game; it's pretty quick, and it uses notation that's easy to use when you score by hand. It costs to register it, but you can use it for free as long as you want, with just a few slight restrictions (i.e. "PLEASE REGISTER" appears on top of stuff when you print out). There are also just a few MINOR features that don't add up right or I'd like to see changed/added, but those are VERY nitpicky things.

I've only changed a few things from the scoring used in that program - for unearned runs, I fill in the box with stripes. If it becomes an earned run, I can fill it in. Instead of a line to show hit location, I place a dot. For multiple foul balls, I just put additional marks next to the boxes used for strikes. There are more things I do for substitutions and things like that, I can go into detail if requested. Download the program, get some ideas.

But to answer your question, I just put a dot on the little field diagram included in most scorebooks. Make it easy to find. As I said earlier, if it's on the infield and that runner later scores, leave space for the dot when you shade in the box.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I've always written it by position, more or less. Single to left is S-LF; double to right-center is D-RC, triple down the line is T-RFL. Infield single is S-SS.

I also underline all outs with runners in scoring positions, and circle the inning at the top of the column when an inning ends with runners in scoring position. You can tell how a person or team is doing in big situations that way.

Answer 5

If the score book requires where the ball hit (although most don't), than you draw a line to an approximate from where they hit it. I know this because I used to get paid to take the score for a county baseball team. It's a really fun thing to do.

Answer 6

that book is usually kept by someone else in the dugout, although i have seen a line drawn from the plate through where they hit the ball.

the problem with that though is you need to extend the line beyond the diamond in-case they score.

we usually keep a seperate sheet of paper numbered 1 through 9. a,b,c etc for subs and write in left center right after each at bat hit or not.

Answer 7

You can draw a line or make a mark on the little diamond in the book to show where the ball was hit, but the scorebook was not set up to show that info. :)

Answer 8

Many put a L-8 ( Line drive to center field) L-7 for left field , etc.

Answer 9

I'll have to go along with the line to the hit location. I have been playing, scoring, and umpiring baseball for about 35 years now, and this is how we always did it.

Answer 10

I draw a line to where the ball ends up.