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Numbers for fielding positions and letters for outcomes.
Also known as: Baseball scorecard notation, 6-4-3, Scorekeeping symbols, Baseball score notation
Baseball scorekeeping numbers the fielding positions 1 to 9 and records a play as the sequence of players who touched the ball — 6-4-3 is a double play from shortstop to second to first. The notation is compact enough to reconstruct a whole game from a scorecard.
Denotes the system of numbers and letters used to record a baseball game play by play on a scorecard.
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Numbers the nine fielding positions and records a play as the sequence of those numbers, so 6-4-3 names a shortstop-to-second-to-first double play.
Contexts: History
Permits a complete reconstruction of a game from a scorecard, which is why the practice survived the arrival of electronic records.
Contexts: History
Has no single standard form: several notational conventions coexist and individual scorers develop their own, which is documented and accepted within the practice.
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Numerals from 1 to 9 written in sequence separated by hyphens, with letters such as K, BB and E, entered in a grid of small diamond outlines.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.