Quick Reference#

The rest of this guide explains scoring notation in depth, with the reasoning and the edge cases. This section is the opposite: fast lookup tables for when you’re mid-game and just need to remember the mark. Bookmark these pages, or print them and keep them next to your scorecard for the first season — most scorers find they stop needing them surprisingly quickly, but they’re a comfort while the notation is still settling into memory.

Notation Cheat Sheet is the master lookup: the fielder position numbers (1 through 9), the at-bat result codes (1B, 2B, K, BB, E, FC, and the rest), the common fielding sequences (6-3, 4-6-3, F8), and the symbols for the situations that come up often enough to memorize. If you keep one page open while you score, this is the one.

Color Guide covers the color conventions used when scoring on a screen — the dot colors that distinguish a ball from a called strike from a foul at a glance. Color isn’t part of traditional pencil scoring, but it’s a fast way to read pitch sequences when your scorecard supports it.

These pages don’t teach — they remind. If a code on one of them doesn’t make sense yet, follow it back to the full explanation in the relevant section: Recording At-Bats for result codes, The Basics for fielder numbers and core notation, Tracking Pitches for the pitch symbols.