Scorebook

About

Scorebook is league management for adult slow-pitch and modified softball: one tap per plate appearance for the scorekeeper; live scores, box scores, and auto-derived stats (AVG, OBP, SLG, RA/9, leaderboards) for everyone else. Scoring is append-only, so corrections are auditable and nothing is ever lost. It ships as a phone app for scorekeepers, players, and fans, plus a web dashboard for commissioners.

What it does

• One tap per plate appearanceBuilt to be used one-handed, at dusk, by a volunteer who wants to go home: dark, high-contrast, big touch targets. A hit applies default runner advancement and commits immediately; follow-up questions appear only when the outcome is genuinely ambiguous. Undo is always visible.
• Works without park Wi-FiEvery play is saved to an outbox on the phone the moment you tap it and sent in order when the connection comes back — even if the app is closed in between.
• Live game view for players and fansA read-only Watch view with scoreboard, line score, base diamond, play-by-play feed, and box score, updated live from the same log the scorekeeper writes.
• Stats that fall out of the scorebookAVG, OBP, SLG, total bases, RA/9, W-L, and standings are computed from the play-by-play — nothing is hand-entered. Career stats follow a player across seasons and leagues.
• Lineups in the parking lotTap your game, and last game's lineup loads as the default: reorder, assign positions (10 fielders including LCF, RCF, and ROV, plus extra hitters), add a sub from the bench, confirm the rules, and Play Ball.
• Scored on paper? Photograph the bookPhotograph the away page and the home page; a transcription service reads the handwritten cells and the app rebuilds the game from them. Unreadable cells come back as question marks, never guesses, and you review and confirm everything before it is saved.
• A digital scorebook for the league binderAny game, live or final, renders as a classic printable paper scorecard in book notation, with the diamond path, runs, outs, RBIs, and the R/H/E line score.
• Your league's rules, not someone else'sInnings, time limit, home-run limit, run limit per inning, mercy rule, flip-flop, courtesy runners, batting slots, and ties are set per season by the commissioner. Every game snapshots its rules at first pitch.
• Commissioner tools and auditable game reviewStandings with CSV export, a round-robin schedule builder, rosters with claim codes, and game review where any event can be voided and stats recompute. Every correction is a new entry; nothing is ever deleted.
• Players are not usersManagers add players to a roster without anyone installing anything. When a player does sign in, a one-time claim code from their manager links the account to their roster spot and every stat already recorded under their name.