The Scorecard Layout

The scorecard page has many columns. The leftmost columns contain the player information. Players names are entered down the page in the order in which they are assigned to bat. The following information should be included:

Uniform Number
Shown here with a column heading titled “#”

Player Name
Shown here with a column heading titled “Line Up”

Player Position
Shown here with a column heading “Pos”

Located to the right of the player information are columns for recording the events of the game as they occur, by inning.

Notice in the example to the right that a “1″ appears in the column heading to the right of the player’s position. The “1″ represents the first inning. The innings following sequentially left to right across the scorecard.

Each player’s turn at bat is recorded in the respective cell for the inning in which they bat.

The cells of a scorebook differ from publisher to publisher but all have a lightly lined diamond in the center of each cell. The diamond represents the bases, with home plate at the bottom, first base to the right, second base at the top of the diamond and third base to the left. As batters advance their progress is recorded by drawing a line from base to base, starting at home plate and proceeding counter-clockwise around the diamond.