How To Enter Batting Stats
How to use the SportDoggy editor to go from paper scoresheet to saved batting stats

After a softball game is played, if you have a complete scoresheet for the game, then in addition to entering the score, you can enter the batting stats for your team. This allows you to see how players on your team did for each game, and you can also see who is doing the best over the course of a season.

Once you've selected the players who played in the game you wish to record, you will be presented with a table that shows all the player names on the left side of the table, and all the stats that are entered along the top of the table. You can re-order the players by dragging the red number next to the player. This will make it easier scan down the score sheet and enter the totals for each player. The batting order is also saved, making this step easier in future games. For each player, you will enter the total for each stat shown at the top of the table.

Batting Stats Description

The following stats are entered on the score entry page:

PA
Plate Appearances
This is the total number of times this player stepped up to the plate to bat. To enter this, you count every inning that the player stepped up to the plate. Note for experienced scorekeepers: normally, you total the player’s At Bats, but since not every plate appearance is an at bat (walks, sacrifice flies, etc.), and not everyone realizes this, SportDoggy tracks plate appearances to keep things simple for everyone.
1B
Singles
This is the total number of singles hit by the player.
Count 1 for every time you wrote “1B” for this player.
2B
Doubles
This is the total number of doubles hit by the player.
Count 1 for every time you wrote “2B” for this player.
3B
Triples
This is the total number of triples hit by the player.
Count 1 for every time you wrote “3B” for this player.
HR
Home Runs
This is the total number of home runs hit by the player.
Count 1 for every time you wrote “HR” for this player.
BB
Walks/Bases on Balls
This is the total number of walks (a.k.a bases on balls) for this player.
Count 1 for every time you wrote “BB” for this player.
K
Strikeouts
This is the number of times the player stuck out, regardless of reason.
Count 1 for every time you wrote “K” for this player.
SF
Sacrifice Flies
If a player flies out, but another runner is able to tag up and score, it is a sacrifice fly, and are recorded as “SF”.
FC
Fielder’s Choice
Written down as “FC”, these happen when an opposing fielder attempts to get someone else other than the batter out. The scoring guide has a more complete explanation.
SOE
Safe on Error
This is the number of times the batter reached base as the result of an error by the opposing team. These are written as “E-#”. Note that baserunning errors do not count; only any errors that occurred allowing the player to get on base.
R
Runs
Total number of times that this player crossed home plate. Count 1 for each filled in diamond. The total number of runs for all players must match the final score of the game, and you will receive an error if they don’t match.
RBI
Runs Batted In
This is the total number of RBIs for this player. Add up all the RBI totals for this player.
GIDP
Grounded Into Double Play
This is the total number of times the player hit into a double play. Count 1 for each time you wrote “DP” for this player. This is only counted for the batter that triggers the double play. The other player called out on the play doesn’t have anything recorded for it.

Examples

Here are some examples to show you how everything gets entered. The top is a picture of the actual scoresheet recorded during the game, and underneath is what is entered into SportDoggy.

Example 1

Batter 1's batting stats
BatterPA1B2B3BHRBBKSFFCSOERRBIGIDP
R. Rogers

Rogers had 4 plate appearances which included 1 single, 1 fielder’s choice, 1 walk, and a strikeout. He scored twice, and had 1 RBI.

Example 2

Batter 2's batting stats
BatterPA1B2B3BHRBBKSFFCSOERRBIGIDP
C. Brashear

Brashear had 5 plate appearances which included 2 singles, a double, 1 sacrifice fly, and 1 safe on error (the E7). He scored once and had 2 RBIs.

Example 3

Batter 3's batting stats
BatterPA1B2B3BHRBBKSFFCSOERRBIGIDP
S. Holzer

Holzer had 4 plate appearances which included 1 strikeout, 1 walk, a single, and a flyout. He scored once and had 1 RBI. Note that his fly out was not a sacrifice fly, so it is not entered into the table.

Example 4

Batter 4's batting stats
BatterPA1B2B3BHRBBKSFFCSOERRBIGIDP
C. Daniels
M. Thomas

M. Thomas was substituted for C. Daniels in the fifth inning, so this row of stats corresponds to two different batters. The line drawn on this row of the scoresheet shows when the change happened. Daniels had 2 plate appearances, which included a walk and a single. Thomas also had 2 plate appearances with a walk and a ground out. Thomas scored once, and Daniels did not score. Neither had any RBIs. The opposing third baseman committed an error while Thomas was running to third base. However, since he was already on base, he does not get an SOE. The BB tells us how he got on base.

Still confused? Drop us a line!