65 years old, learning again. The coach used to have me keep score in little league. I have a friend who plays baseball, so I want to keep up with her stats. Thanks for the lessons!!
I see this was posted 9 years ago. I just wanted to thank you for posting these. I have watched several and yours is easier to understand!! I know nothing about baseball but, I now have to boys playing and hubby is the coach. I have to keep up with the scorebook so, research is necessary for me!! Thanks again!! I have subscribed so I can watch more of your informative videos!
Been a fan for several years, but never had anyone to teach me how to keep score. This is extremely straight-forward, easy to understand. Thanks so much for posting!
I watched your videos years ago, and due to the pandemic there were no games last year so I needed a refresh, and am rewatching them!! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for all the info!
It's a blown-up version or the Rawlings System-17(17 batting position) scorebook available at sporting goods stores including Dick's Sporting Goods(which sells it as the Dick's Sporting Goods brand scorebook).
Huge cubbies fan for years, just now starting to keep score … thank you for sharing this. I started last night and was kinda close, lol. This and your part 2 video are VERY helpful
Pitcher A pitches to Batter 1 who flies out to right field. Batter 2 reaches on base on balls. Batter 3 doubles, Batter 2 reaches third base. Pitcher B relieves Pitcher A. Pitcher B pitches to Batter 3 and the ball reaches the backstop. We’ll call it a passed ball to take Pitcher B out of this scenario. (If it is deemed a wild pitch the impact on earned runs is the same). Batter 2 scores on the passed ball. Batter 3 advances to third on the passed ball. Batter 4 grounds to the pitcher and is thrown out at first, but Batter 2 scores on a fielder’s choice. Batter 5 grounds out to short and the inning is ended. What runs are earned in the above scenario, if any? (Rule 9.16 in the rule book, Earned Runs and Runs Allowed)
What I do: For example, 3rd inning, all the batters bat around the order, I go to the 4th inning column, cross the 4 out, write 3, and continue on. Then I readjusted all the inning numbers after that on the top when i have free time :p
When a player moves up a base or two after getting on base, I always put the number of the player who was up to bat next to the notation of how the player advanced. So if he singles and then steals second I always mark (SB and the the number of the player who was up when he stole the base.
Many score cards dont have enough room for pitchers. This is a problem. If you have room for many batters you can place non batting pitchers at the bottom.
Pinch runners and pinch hitters are substitutions, so you write the name of that player under the player their subbing in for (you'll see there's space on the scorecard for that), and then you write in parentheses which inning the entered, e.g. Smith (PH9) or Suarez (PR9)
Great video. Thanks for posting. Any tips on populating the lineup quickly? Everytime I go to the game they read the opposing lineup so quickly and you are trying to write down as quickly as possible. Any tips on that? Thanks
4 years late, but a good trick to do is just fill up the positions, because those are not being repeated later. You can fill up the names as they come to the plate.
Mike thank you for the helpful hints on scoring. This is rarely comes up in Little league, but I practice on major league games. How do you score players when they come back up in the same inning?
The score card the video poster is using looks like a Little League scorecard. Major League and Babe Ruth look different. It all depends on the level of comfort and ease of use for the score keeper.
Scoring a team that has batted around (meaning all batters have batted once and are beginning to bat for a second time that inning) is quite easy to do. Simply continue scoring the at bats in the column for the next inning! This works because the line you put at the bottom of the batter who records the 3rd out is your go-to indicator to which inning is which. For example, if your team batted all 9 batters in the first inning there would be no line anywhere underneath a batter in that column. The first line, indicating the end of the first inning, would be under whoever makes the 3rd out. If it gets confusing you can make a note next to the inning number "bat around" to indicate that you are still scoring the 1st inning in the 2nd innings column.
Learning this to help my dad and I had this same question. Sorry I'm 7 years late answering but you just go to the next inning in the book and cross out the number and pencil in the current inning. (i.e. if a team reaches the top of their lineup again in the 1st inning, you go into the 2nd inning spots and keep going. Just be sure to cross out "2" and replace it with "1" so you know what happened after the fact.)
'm British and am learning baseball and was wondering the same thing recently. So, when I looked it up it seems that a normal strikeout is a 'K'. If on two strikes, the pitcher throws the final strike (not a ball) and the batter doesn't even swing, then that's 'struck out looking'. He was looking at the pitch when he HAD to swing for it, but didn't - that's the reverse 'K'
@@matbur81 There are a few ways you can get a strike. If you swing and miss at a pitch, that is a strike. If it is your third strike, you struck out swinging. If you hit a foul ball, that is a strike, but it can't count as a third strike (unless it is a foul tip - where you barely graze the ball and the catcher catches is cleanly - in which case it is also counted as a swinging strike out). The third way is to not swing at a ball that passes through the strike zone. This last one is known as "looking". Meaning, you watched a strike being thrown, and if that is your third strike, you struck out looking. A forwards K indicates a swinging strike out, and if you strike out looking, it's a backwards K.
I don’t think you need to mark the actual tag up. Probably just the resulting base/out. So if a fly is caught in deep RF a runner leading off second rags up and runs to third, you would just mark the third base path and write F9 That’s my hunch.
Too many coaches just keep offensive stats for their team? What about defensive and pitching stats for your team? Keep score of both teams and now you have statistical evidence of your full team for the season and post season.😊
+Jason Mercier I score Babe Ruth league so it never goes past 7 innings. Most score books have 15 or 16 innings. I think there was only one MLB in history that went 19 innings.
it is recorded as a strikeout (K), and then either a 2-3 to indicate the catcher throwing the runner out at 1st, or a line to first base underneath the K if the runner advanced safely. Also it is helpful to score reason why the runner was safe (if he was), either passed ball (PB) if the catcher dropped it, wild pitch (WP) if the pitch was in the dirt and uncatchable for the catcher, or error E2 if the runner advances to first on a throwing error by the catcher. I hope that makes sense and helps you out!
I'm printing a score sheet and will score my first game tonight!! At 77 years old I've always wanted to learn to do this...thank you!!
I’m 47 and learning
Learn the leagues rule book and watch televised games and it will be much easier to score.
65 years old, learning again. The coach used to have me keep score in little league. I have a friend who plays baseball, so I want to keep up with her stats. Thanks for the lessons!!
I see this was posted 9 years ago. I just wanted to thank you for posting these. I have watched several and yours is easier to understand!! I know nothing about baseball but, I now have to boys playing and hubby is the coach. I have to keep up with the scorebook so, research is necessary for me!! Thanks again!! I have subscribed so I can watch more of your informative videos!
Bringing back memories of when I was a kid and I took score of Atlanta Braves games for my dad. It was how I earned my allowance.
Thank you so much for this!! 42 years old and always wanted to learn. I going to be scoring my son’s little league games this season!!!
Been a fan for several years, but never had anyone to teach me how to keep score. This is extremely straight-forward, easy to understand. Thanks so much for posting!
I watched your videos years ago, and due to the pandemic there were no games last year so I needed a refresh, and am rewatching them!! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for all the info!
Excellent video. You really explain things clearly - thank you.
It's a blown-up version or the Rawlings System-17(17 batting position) scorebook available at sporting goods stores including Dick's Sporting Goods(which sells it as the Dick's Sporting Goods brand scorebook).
FANTASTIC video! I have to keep score this week for my Son's baseball games and I've been very nervous. This helps so much!
I like to keep score when watching the game. Helps keep me engaged.
Wonderful! You're a lifesaver! I have to score a scrimmage next weekend, and until now, I had no clue how
Huge cubbies fan for years, just now starting to keep score … thank you for sharing this.
I started last night and was kinda close, lol. This and your part 2 video are VERY helpful
Very helpful video for a relative newcomer to the sport. Thanks!!
Thank you for creating these videos, I've shared them with parents on our Little League team to encourage the parents to learn how to score the game.
So helpful! Thank you for posting!
Pitcher A pitches to Batter 1 who flies out to right field. Batter 2 reaches on base on balls. Batter 3 doubles, Batter 2 reaches third base.
Pitcher B relieves Pitcher A.
Pitcher B pitches to Batter 3 and the ball reaches the backstop. We’ll call it a passed ball to take Pitcher B out of this scenario. (If it is deemed a wild pitch the impact on earned runs is the same). Batter 2 scores on the passed ball. Batter 3 advances to third on the passed ball.
Batter 4 grounds to the pitcher and is thrown out at first, but Batter 2 scores on a fielder’s choice.
Batter 5 grounds out to short and the inning is ended.
What runs are earned in the above scenario, if any?
(Rule 9.16 in the rule book, Earned Runs and Runs Allowed)
Thank you SOOOOO much :) I needed a crash course to keep STATS for my son's Babe Ruth team :)
Thank you , very good présentation ,Sharp ,simple and good allocution
Very helpful, thorough video! Thank you so much! Great job.
I like the Score-Right brand scorebooks available at Sports Authority(under their own brand).
Thanks for such a easy and informative video.
I'm new to baseball and learning to score has been fun, and this vid helped a great deal.
Thanks for the excellent tutorial on scorekeeping. Just wondering if you have a preference as to which scorebook you use .... thanks!
What I do:
For example, 3rd inning, all the batters bat around the order, I go to the 4th inning column, cross the 4 out, write 3, and continue on.
Then I readjusted all the inning numbers after that on the top when i have free time :p
Awesome tutorial! Thank you!
When a player moves up a base or two after getting on base, I always put the number of the player who was up to bat next to the notation of how the player advanced. So if he singles and then steals second I always mark (SB and the the number of the player who was up when he stole the base.
Remember: the scorekeeper must record how a batter/runner got to each base.
So helpful & easy. Thank you. ⚾️💪🧢
Thanks great video on scores vey clear and concise
Excellent thanks for this video..
Lol. I just realized the top says Canton... that’s where I live. Lol
thanks great video! Very helpful!
Thank you really helpful tips.
Hi , thanks for that video, I wonder where to find a video to learn how to score the pitch locations
For double plays, i put "DP" in the box of the second runner out in that play.. I would use "TP" for a triple play and "RD" for rundowns.
DP is okay if you are not keeping a teams seasonal stats. All assists and put outs should be recorded.
Could you cover pitch runners or hitters, where do you put them in the book, U understand sometimes they stay in or dont
Many score cards dont have enough room for pitchers. This is a problem. If you have room for many batters you can place non batting pitchers at the bottom.
Pinch runners and pinch hitters are substitutions, so you write the name of that player under the player their subbing in for (you'll see there's space on the scorecard for that), and then you write in parentheses which inning the entered, e.g. Smith (PH9) or Suarez (PR9)
Great video. I want to start scoring! what is the name of your scoring template? where can I download it? thanks.
Awesome video thank you!
What do you do in the same inning if the batting lineup repeats?
I'd love to see a video from you on pitch count.. kept separately from scoring by a second person. :-)
You can make dots on the left of each square to indicate pitches or use a counter.
Mike, I'm teaching a score keeping clinic this spring. Where can I get your "extra large scorecard"?
this is fantastic!
Dam that looks so much more professional. The ones I use have blank boxes and you have to do it all yourself
Hello, this was really helpful.
Last minute cramming, today is my first broadcast I have to keep track of the scoreboard lol. It’s a high school game
Where do you get the giant score card? I am running a score keeping class and it may be useful.
I like this video, its very explicit.
i live in cali i get a scorebook all the time but i actually like this one better
Great video. Thanks for posting. Any tips on populating the lineup quickly? Everytime I go to the game they read the opposing lineup so quickly and you are trying to write down as quickly as possible. Any tips on that? Thanks
4 years late, but a good trick to do is just fill up the positions, because those are not being repeated later. You can fill up the names as they come to the plate.
GREAT VIDEO!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH.
That should say "above where the balls and strikes are noted".
this was very helpful :-)
Mike thank you for the helpful hints on scoring. This is rarely comes up in Little league, but I practice on major league games. How do you score players when they come back up in the same inning?
What Ive seen is you move on to the next inning's column and just relabel the columns to make up for it. Not sure if thats correct or not...
Just go to the next square and mark the top the inning he hit in. Re number the rest of the innings according ly.
Thank you for this!!
What is the name of the scoresheet you're using?
good for the beginner like.
So helpful
The score card the video poster is using looks like a Little League scorecard. Major League and Babe Ruth look different. It all depends on the level of comfort and ease of use for the score keeper.
This video is very good though. 'Mikescot' breaks it down very well.
It's actually a blown-up page of a Rawlings System-17 Baseball Scorebook.
I choose a blank Square score card and use my own symbols i like!
How do you score if a team goes through the rotation.
Scoring a team that has batted around (meaning all batters have batted once and are beginning to bat for a second time that inning) is quite easy to do. Simply continue scoring the at bats in the column for the next inning! This works because the line you put at the bottom of the batter who records the 3rd out is your go-to indicator to which inning is which. For example, if your team batted all 9 batters in the first inning there would be no line anywhere underneath a batter in that column. The first line, indicating the end of the first inning, would be under whoever makes the 3rd out. If it gets confusing you can make a note next to the inning number "bat around" to indicate that you are still scoring the 1st inning in the 2nd innings column.
I was born when this was made lamo it’s so helpful
ur 9?
@@brennencarlson6691 SHHHHHHHHHHH
How do you idicate if it is a throwing or fielding error?
Lol thanks man
what do you do if they bat around the order?
Learning this to help my dad and I had this same question. Sorry I'm 7 years late answering but you just go to the next inning in the book and cross out the number and pencil in the current inning.
(i.e. if a team reaches the top of their lineup again in the 1st inning, you go into the 2nd inning spots and keep going. Just be sure to cross out "2" and replace it with "1" so you know what happened after the fact.)
Thank you!!!
What do you mean he struck out "looking"? What's the difference between the frontwards K and the backwards K?
'm British and am learning baseball and was wondering the same thing recently. So, when I looked it up it seems that a normal strikeout is a 'K'. If on two strikes, the pitcher throws the final strike (not a ball) and the batter doesn't even swing, then that's 'struck out looking'. He was looking at the pitch when he HAD to swing for it, but didn't - that's the reverse 'K'
@@matbur81 There are a few ways you can get a strike. If you swing and miss at a pitch, that is a strike. If it is your third strike, you struck out swinging. If you hit a foul ball, that is a strike, but it can't count as a third strike (unless it is a foul tip - where you barely graze the ball and the catcher catches is cleanly - in which case it is also counted as a swinging strike out). The third way is to not swing at a ball that passes through the strike zone. This last one is known as "looking". Meaning, you watched a strike being thrown, and if that is your third strike, you struck out looking. A forwards K indicates a swinging strike out, and if you strike out looking, it's a backwards K.
I use ks or kL. 😊
If someone tags up after a deep ball fly out how do u mark that???
I don’t think you need to mark the actual tag up. Probably just the resulting base/out. So if a fly is caught in deep RF a runner leading off second rags up and runs to third, you would just mark the third base path and write F9
That’s my hunch.
where can I find this particular score card?
Dick's Sporting Goods
Any foul balls can be indicated by small "x"'s where the balls and strikes are noted.
So you don't mark a strike unless the batter swings?
If the umpire calls it a strike, it's a strike. Just make sure you go by the ump's calls and not a random one.
@mikescottbaseball where did you get that scorebook at?
Too many coaches just keep offensive stats for their team? What about defensive and pitching stats for your team? Keep score of both teams and now you have statistical evidence of your full team for the season and post season.😊
What if you run out of room in the inning? For example, everyone in the line up is at bat and it continues in the same inning?
+Jason Mercier
I use the next inning column and cross off that innings number with the current inning.
+Ray Carson Thanks!
+Jason Mercier
Remember to cross each successive innings number as you proceed.
+Ray Carson Is there ever an issue with extra innings? Do most scorecards have extra innings available?
+Jason Mercier
I score Babe Ruth league so it never goes past 7 innings.
Most score books have 15 or 16 innings. I think there was only one MLB in history that went 19 innings.
This might be sarcastic but how do you notate a hidden ball trick?
I would probably score it as a caught stealing with a asterisk and then make a note of the hidden ball trick
If it works indicate which defensive player got the assist and put out on the runners square.
how would one keep track of a drop 3rd strike
it is recorded as a strikeout (K), and then either a 2-3 to indicate the catcher throwing the runner out at 1st, or a line to first base underneath the K if the runner advanced safely. Also it is helpful to score reason why the runner was safe (if he was), either passed ball (PB) if the catcher dropped it, wild pitch (WP) if the pitch was in the dirt and uncatchable for the catcher, or error E2 if the runner advances to first on a throwing error by the catcher. I hope that makes sense and helps you out!
The batter squate gets a" K" cause the pitcher gets the" K". An assist or put out is indicated below the" k." Ex( Ks 2-3.)
I only color in diamonds on home runs.
same here lol
You are surprised?
wait does this guy have no subs, cause it doesn't show
im at 3 mins in. why is the pitcher leading off, is this little league?
Now Im at 5:40, shouldn't there be strike dots in the boxes if he struck out?
I'm at 8:55, we should tell people that you'd flip it over and start from scratch for the other team right?
It’s just an example to give you an idea
When this video was made, the National League still had the pitcher hit.
get a mic