How Do You Keep A Baseball Scorecard?
• Fill out the scorecard with the necessary circumstances of the game. This may include, but is not limited to, the teams playing, the lineup, the umpires, the field, the start time, and the coaches. • Write each player’s jersey number, name, and position number in the slot, with one player per 2 or 3 slots (or one per “big square”). For help with the position numbers, see the “Player information” table below. • If someone has a designated hitter, write the DH in the first slot and the position player in the second slot. • If needed/desired, write the bench players on the bottom of the scorecard, with one for every slot. This is only if you have trouble remembering who else is on the team in case they come in for a substitution. There is no need to write their postion, as they are not yet in the game. • Keep track of balls and strikes in the given grid. Balls are kept in the row with 3 squares and strikes in the row with 2. • You can use checks, slashes, X’s, numbers, or whatever you a
