Baseball scorekeeping starts by recording a player's at-bat and his life on the bases, until the batter is out or the end of the inning is recorded. But before you can scorekeep you need to understand the baseball scorecard layout.
The baseball scorecard layout is a chart that records the game date, game time, game location, the Home team and the Visiting team. Below this summary information is a grid that consists of columns and rows. Columns contain the player name, playing position and columns to record the innings of the game. Rows exist for recording the 9 players in the batting order. As a player gets up in a particular inning, the results are recorded in the appropriate intersecting column and row.
Each defensive baseball position is assigned a number. Pitcher = 1, Catcher = 2, First Baseman = 3, Second Baseman = 4, Third baseman = 5, Shortstop = 6, left fielder = 7, center fielder = 8 and right fielder = 9.
Baseball statistics are tallied by the official scorer at the end of the game. Some offensive baseball statistics tallied include At-Bats (AB), Hits (H), Runs Scored (R) and Runs Batted In (RBI).
Learning how to score baseball is a great way to enjoying the game of baseball.
