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Scorekeeping and responsibilities

During the season, you may be asked by your team to keep score. LYPBL wants to make sure this is as pleasant an experience as possible for all involved. Therefore, the league requires volunteers of the home team to officially Score keep  games.

To keep score you MUST be able to properly:

  •  Track balls, strikes, fouls, outs, and defensive changes
  •  Track 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

 

LYPBL does provide training on how to keep score before the season starts.

COMMON BASEBALL SYMBOLS

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)


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