At our first game on Saturday I had a batter get to base on balls then steal 2nd, then 3rd. I scored this as BB, SB and SB. The next batter grounded to the short stop. The 6-3 play missed the 1st baseman. Batter was safe and runner got home. I gave the batter 1B, put 1 in his RBI box and filled the runner's diamond in.

Now I am trying to enter the data into a software package and wonder about the error and how the runner got home.

So questions are:
1) How to record the error.
2) Is the RBI on the batter enough to describe how the runner got home.
3) I started reading about earned and un-earned runs. What is that ?
4) Any good, easy to use, cheap software anyone can recommend ?

I have tried StatTRak K-Force which seems really easy to use but not cheap and BallScore/BallStat which is cheap but a bit complex for a novice though seemingly excellent.

As you can probably sense I have never played the game.
Any advice gratefully accepted. Thx.

Thank-you. Some really good info there.

If we assume the run was unearned and there is no RBI (Frizzer has a good point that it might actually be an earned run) then what would I put next to the runners move from 3rd to home ?.

It would be scored E-6 (error shortstop) and the batter would get an RBI. If there was less than two outs it would be an earned run provided there was no other errors in the inning. If the runner was on base as a result of an error it would not be an earned run no matter how many outs have been recorded in the inning. The Colts fan above me is not correct, if the base runner on third base was running on the ground ball and there was less than two out it would be an RBI. The scorekeeper should never presume the throw would have been made to home and even if there was no error on the play the runner on third base would have scored.

You made a mistake, by entering the 6-3 as a 1B. It is actually a E6, throwing error on the short stop. and with this being the case it is not an RBI. That run is an unearned run, what a unearned run is, is any run that crosses the plate, because of an error. I have found stat trak to be a very reliable, and easy to use baseball stat software. I hope this helps you out some.

There was no basehit for the 2nd batter. He reached on the error by the firstbaseman (E3). No RBI.

1. an error on a scoresheet by the shortstop is E6
2. no the batter dosen't get an RBI because the run scored on the error by the SS.
3. an unearned run is when your team gets an error which would of let you out of the inning but instead the other team scored because of that and an earned run is a run that was the pitchers fault in letting in the run.
4. nope i don't really record games but i know how so i don't use programs

Hope the info helps. =)

The batter that got the RBI would have been safe on an E6 if it was a throwing error on the shortstop or an E3 on a missed catch. The run would be unearned.

this situation depends on how many outs there were.....if there were two outs then what tehse guys have written is correct...the run would be unearned and he would score on an error...

however if there were less than two outs and the short stop made no attempt to get the runner out at home then it would be considered a fielders choice as the runner advances home and the batter would be credited with an RBI and it would count as an earned Run....