GETTING ON BASE Now it's game time, and here's where it can get tricky. For each batter, you will mark their progress around the bases by tracing the base path with your pencil. To tell exactly how the player got on base, scorekeepers use a kind of shorthand. The abbreviation for the play is put before the base the player reached on his at bat. For example, if Jones hits a triple, the appropriate abbreviation (3B; see table below) is put on the base path between second and third base.

If a player reaches first on walks, place the proper symbol (W; see table below) on the first base path, and so on. Click here to continue...