Folsom National Little League

Scorekeeping Clinic

Baseball Positions by Number

PitcherCatcherFirst BasemanSecond BasemanThird BasemanShortstopLeft FielderCenter FielderRight Fielder

❶

❶

❷

❷

❸

❸

❹ ❹

❺❺

❻

❻

❼

❼

❽

❽

❾

❾

Scoring Balls & StrikesPitch 1: BallPitch 2: Ball Pitch 3: StrikePitch 4: Foul BallPitch 5: Foul BallPitch 6: Foul Ball

Pitch 7: BallPitch 8: Foul Ball*CURRENT COUNT: 3 BALLS

2 STRIKES

Mark the Appropriate Box

Scoring Hits/Walks

1B

Single

2B

Double

3B

Triple

BB

Base on Balls (Walk)

HR

Home Run*To score a run, color in the entire

box of the player who scored

Scoring Outs

Popped Out (Pop out to Pitcher) (For Fly out use “F” instead of “P”) (Pop out=infield; Fly out=outfield)

P11

Grounder (Batter hits grounder to 3rd baseman who throws batter out at 1st base)

2

5-3

Strike out Swinging

K1

Strike out Looking

K

2

*Foul Ball = 1st or 2nd strike*Foul Ball ≠ 3rd strike

(must be looking or swinging or a bunt foul)

Scoring Outs (With Hits Involved)

Caught Stealing (Batter hits a single; Caught stealing to 2nd base)

CS 2-62

1B

Grounder (Batter 1 hits a single, Batter 2 hits a grounder to shortstop who throws to second to get Batter 1 out)

6-41B

2

Double Play (Batter 1 hits a single; Batter 2 hits a grounder to shortstop who throws to second for a force out; Second baseman throws to first baseman for an out resulting in a double play)

1B

2

1

DP 6-4-3

Batter 1

Batter 2

Jersey # of hitter

who hit into

double play

Scoring MISC. *Showing scoring on same batter for all 4 plays

Error (Batter hits a grounder to 2nd Baseman who throws to 1st

Baseman who drops the ball)

E3

E3

Error (Batter 2 hits a pop fly to 3rd Baseman who drops the ball, runner

advances to 2nd base)

E5

E3

Stolen Base (Runner steals and advances to 3rd base)

E5SB

E3

Wild Pitch (Pitcher throws a wild pitch and Runner advances to home

and scores a run)

E5SB

WP

Scoring Progression McGagin walks

Ralls strikes out looking

McGagin caught stealing

Torres hits a double

Waits hits a single; Torres scores

Bowler grounds to 3rd Baseman who bobbles the ball and Bowler is safe at 1st base; Waits advances to 2nd

BB

1B K

1

12 Waits

7 Ralls

4 Torres

1 McGagin

10 Bowler

CS 2-42

2BK

1

BB

E5

E51B

Scoring Progression

3F8

5 Losier

11 Anderson

3 Tebbs

2 Bizjack

End of Inning (line thru rest of

order)

Tebbs hits a grounder to the 1st Baseman who tags 1st base for an out3U

3

End of Inning Stats

INNING TOTALSR H 1 2

E LOB 0 2

PITCHER (INNING TOTAL) INN TP 24 24

PITCHER (INNING TOTAL) INN TP

R: Runs H: HitsE: Errors LOB: Left on BaseInn: Inning TP: Total Pitches

Pitching StatsPITCHER LEG AGE U NO IP H R ER SO BB BK HB WP TP W/L

McGagin 9 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 24

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

PITCHER LEG AGE U NO IP H R ER SO BB BK HB WP TP W/L

McGagin 9 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

*Mark off pitch count immediately after pitch

*Mark off pitch count after the end of the inning

MAXIMUM PITCH COUNTS/DAY (AA/AAA)7-8 50 pitches/day (AA)9-10 75 pitches/day (AA/AAA)11-12 85 pitches/day (AAA)

REST REQUIRMENTS 14 AND UNDER≥66 pitches/day = 4 calendar days of rest51-65 pitches/day = 3 calendar days of rest36-50 pitches/day = 2 calendar days of rest21-35 pitches/day = 1 calendar day of rest1-20 pitches/day = 0 calendar day of rest

Scoring New Pitcher

3 Tebbs

Tracks when new pitcher enters game*For pitch count purposes

Practice Scenarios McGagin

Ball Ball Strike Ball Grounder to 2nd

baseman who throws to 1st base for an out

7 Ralls

1 McGagin4-3

1

Ralls Strike Ball Strike Single to center field

1B

Total Pitches Thrown = 9

Practice Scenarios Bizjack

Strike Strike Ball Foul Ball Foul Ball Foul Ball Fly ball to left

field resulting in a double

Losier Ball Foul Ball Strike Bizjack steals 3rd Strike looking

5 Losier

2 Bizjack

INNING TOTALS

R H

E LOB

PITCHER (INNING TOTAL) INN TP

PITCHER (INNING TOTAL) INN TP

Total Pitches Thrown = ?

Practice Scenarios - ANSWER Bizjack

Strike Strike Ball Foul Ball Foul Ball Foul Ball Fly ball to left

field resulting in a double

Losier Ball Foul Ball Strike Bizjack steals 3rd Strike looking

5 Losier

2 Bizjack 2B SB

K

3

INNING TOTALSR H 0 1

E LOB 0 1

PITCHER (INNING TOTAL) INN TP 11 11

PITCHER (INNING TOTAL) INN TP

Most Important Ball/strike counts

Pitch counts

Total outs

Total runs

Use a PENCIL and have an eraser handy….you will need it

The HOME team is responsible for the official scorebook

Scoring New Players – Majors/Jr.3 Tebbs

11 Anderson

Tracks when sub enters game*For statistic purposes

Crumley8

Enter Name & Jersey # of sub*For statistic purposes

Tracks when new pitcher enters game*For pitch count purposes

Majors Division - Important InfoBelow is some important information you should know and will likely have to score:

• Hit vs. Error

• Stolen Base vs. Passed Ball vs. Wild Pitch

• Understanding Dropped 3rd Strike

• Substitutions will occur

• Your manager may ask you to score/track specific items• Reach out to your manager on how to score items

Jr. Division - Important InfoIn the Jr. Division, the scorekeeping is much more true to the game. Along with the Majors Division information, below is some additional information that you should know and will likely have to score:

• Hit vs. Fielder’s Choice

• Understanding Pick Offs & Balks

• Position # of starting line-up must be documented along with the name and jersey #

• Your manager may ask you to score/track specific items• Reach out to your manager on how to score items

Addtl. Scoring – Majors/Jr.

Pick Off (Batter hits a single; later picked off at 1st base) *Jr. Division Only

1BPO 1-3

1

Fielder’s Choice (Batter 1 hits a single; Batter 2 hits a grounder to shortstop who throws to the 2nd Baseman for a force out at 2nd base. Batter 2 is safe at 1st)

1B

1

Batter 1

Batter 2

6-4

FC

Balk (Batter hits a single; later advances to 2nd on a balk)

*Jr. Division Only

1B BK

Scoring Progression – Majors/Jr. McGagin walks

McGagin picked off at 1st base *Jr. Division Only Ralls strikes out looking

Torres hits a double

Waits hits a single; Torres scores

Waits advances to 2nd base on a balk *Jr. Division only

Bowler hits a hard grounder to 3rd Baseman who throws the ball over the 1st Baseman’s head; Bowler is safe at 1st (single) and advances to 2nd on error; Waits advances to 3rd on error

BB

1B K

1

12 Waits

7 Ralls

4 Torres

1 McGagin

10 Bowler

PO 1-31

2BK

2

BB

BK

1B

1

5

4

3

2

NO POSSTARTER 1

1B1 RBI

E5

E5

Scoring Progression – Jr. Divison Tebbs strikes out swinging but ball is

dropped by the catcher and no throw is attempted; Tebbs safe at 1st

Anderson strikes out swinging

BB

1B K

1

5 Losier

11 Anderson

2 Bizjack

3 Tebbs

K3

8

7

6

9

NO POSSTARTER 1

End of Inning (line thru rest of order)

K PB

Total Strike Outs = 3 **Dropped 3rd strikes are recorded as an strikeout