Arkansas Scoreboards: Baseball Holds Almost Half of 98 Records Across 53 Cities

If you buy scoreboards for an Arkansas school, park or college, the most useful evidence is the record of what has actually shipped into the state. The research section below walks through what the sport codes and models show. Before you compare quotes, ask for two or three layouts that fit your own sport. Only a handful repeat.

The LX1340 is one that repeats. Our review of its model page shows a baseball and softball design that dates back to the 1980s, with a sister model, the LX1341, whose 3-digit timer shows hours and minutes. Each featured model below is described only from its own spec sheet. Where the record is silent, the article says so. You will find the counts, the most-shipped models compared side by side, and the checks to run before you order.

What does Electro-Mech's Arkansas sales and shipping record show?

Electro-Mech's Arkansas record holds 98 records across 53 cities and towns, spanning 1998 to 2025 and ranking the state thirty-third of fifty by units shipped.

Before you use any of these figures in a planning meeting, check three things in order:

1. Which sport the order lines are filed under, since that is where Arkansas buyers have concentrated.
2. Which models appear most often, so you can open the right spec sheets.
3. What the record leaves out, so you do not read more into a row than it holds.

Our data, from the Arkansas state page of the sales and shipping record, splits the 98 records by sport as baseball 47, football 27, basketball 20 and softball 4. Ask which of those sport lines matches your own project. Football is a clear second. Basketball and softball trail well behind.

Those counts follow one rule: a record is one row per organization, model and city. The research section below walks through these findings. A shipped scoreboard can sit in storage before anyone mounts it.

The rulebook behind those games is set nationally and adopted in the state. The Pine Bluff Commercial reported in July 2026 that the Arkansas Activities Association adopted the latest NFHS baseball rule changes, and Associate Executive Director Bobby Swofford said, "Yes, we follow 100% of the NFHS rules." Read side by side, these 2 sources describe one setting: a shipping record led by baseball, and a state association that takes its baseball rules straight from the NFHS.

For you, the practical point is simple to state. Start with your own venue: a ballpark, a football field or a gym. If your project is a diamond, start with our baseball scoreboards and the spec sheets for the models covered below. If it is a stadium or a gym, the same record still has useful models to show you.

Why does baseball lead the Arkansas record, and which baseball scoreboards ship there?

Baseball leads because Arkansas plays a lot of it, and the LX1340, a 10 ft by 5 ft outdoor baseball and softball scoreboard with 18-inch digits, sits near the top of the state record.

The appetite for the sport is easy to document. Baseball America's 2026 state rankings list 10 Arkansas high school prospects ahead of the MLB Draft, and four of those 10 are committed to in-state colleges. The college game supports high school play too. The University of Central Arkansas athletics department notes that its ballpark hosts the Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game each summer, and that a new scoreboard was put into place there in 2011 along with new infield turf.

Our data, from the LX1340 spec sheet, describes a scoreboard built for that kind of ballpark:

• Cabinet: 10 ft by 5 ft, aluminum, 170 lb.
• Digits: 18 inches tall for Scores, Inning and Time.
• Counts: Ball, Strike and Out as 4-inch bullet-style LED clusters.
• Timer: a 2-digit Timer with a bullet indicator that blinks every second while the clock runs.
• Electrical: 1.4 amps at 120 VAC.

The blinking bullet matters more than it sounds. The model page explains that you can see the Timer is counting down without waiting 60 seconds for the Minutes display to change. The standard console is the simple MM design, with an upgrade to the MP console for more editing options.

The LX1030 is the smaller baseball option in the same record. Our review of its spec sheet puts the cabinet at 8 ft by 4 ft and 113 lb, with 18-inch digits for Runs and Inning and 4-inch Ball, Strike and Out indicators. The model page calls it "just right" for little leagues and high schools, and it ships with mounting hardware for two posts.

The choice comes down to the timer and the footprint. Pick the LX1340 if your games run on a clock. Pick the LX1030 for a smaller field that needs runs, inning and the count. Both owner's guides are in our scoreboard manuals library.

What does an Arkansas state baseball final show about a scoreboard's job?

A state final rewards a scoreboard that keeps the count accurate. Every pitch changes balls, strikes or outs, and players and umpires read those changes from the field all game.

Arkansas TV Sports broadcast the 2026 Class 5A baseball state championship from Hot Springs. The full game is below. During the late innings, one broadcaster reminds viewers that a high school baseball game has 21 outs. Each one has to reach the scoreboard the moment it happens.

• 0:00 Pregame preview of both lineups
• 2:10:51 A triple that sets a state tournament appearance record
• 2:13:52 The broadcasters on making the most of every out
• 2:31:06 Postgame wrap-up

The same broadcast notes that the Hot Springs ballpark hosts state championships in volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, cheer, soccer and cross country, while football finals are played elsewhere. Venues share sports. Scoreboards usually do not. Our data, from the LX1340 model page, lists that model as a baseball and softball scoreboard with ball, strike and out counts shown as bullet-style LED clusters. I would confirm which sports a field actually hosts before you settle on a layout.

Which scoreboard models appear most often in the Arkansas record?

The LX2350 leads with 10 records and the LX1340 follows with 8. The LX1030, LX2655 and LX3024 hold 4 each, out of 36 distinct models.

Here is the tension in the record. Which of these five models was built for your setting? And after the top two, the list goes flat. No other model passes 4 records.

The counts group a model's variants under its LX equivalent, so strings such as 2350, 2350-C and LX2350 count as one model. A variant still has its own figures. Our data, from the LX2350 spec sheet, puts the standard scoreboard at 1.2 amps and the LX2350-ETN at 1.9 amps, because Electronic Team Names add their own load.

The two indoor models share a digit layout. On both, Guest Points, Home Points and the Period Clock use 12-inch digits, with 3-inch Bonus and Possession indicators. The difference is the lower half. Our review of the LX2655 spec sheet shows a 9 ft by 5 ft cabinet with reversible captions for volleyball or wrestling, a full-sized 37-key console as standard equipment, and 1.5 amps, or 2.2 amps as the LX2655-ETN. The LX2350 keeps a shorter 9 ft by 3 ft face and an uncluttered layout that leaves room for sponsor ID panels.

A flat list is useful to you. The research section above walks through these findings. Buyers picked the scoreboard that fit the room or the field. If your gym also hosts volleyball and wrestling, compare both indoor models on our basketball scoreboards page before you request a quote.

Here is how I would annotate one order line before drawing any conclusion from it:

Model:  LX1340     spec sheet: 7 in and 5 in captions, 15-key console
Sport:  BASEBALL   order-line label only
City:   shipping address, not the field
Gym:    bonus follows the NFHS per-quarter count

Each field answers one question. None of them answers why the order was placed.

How should you read the city, sport and model fields in an Arkansas record?

Read each field as order paperwork. A city is where the order shipped, a sport code is how the order line was filed, and a model string names one exact variant.

Before you draw a conclusion from any row, run three checks:

1. Treat the city as a shipping address. The scoreboard may stand somewhere else. When one ZIP code holds most of a city's rows, that address belongs to a dealer serving many towns, so it says nothing about one town on its own.
2. Treat the sport code as a filing label. It records how the order line was coded, not what the manufacturer says the product is. Take what a scoreboard shows from its own spec sheet and manual.
3. Treat each model string as its own row. Our review of the LX2655 sales and shipping record shows separate strings such as 2655-C, 2655-PC and LX2655-L. A variant is never the same scoreboard as its base model, and its own documents describe it.

A sport code tells you about paperwork. A spec sheet tells you about the scoreboard. Keep the two apart and most misreadings disappear.

The record is equally plain about its limits. It lists what was sold and shipped, not what was installed, and a shipped scoreboard can sit in storage for months or years. The record does not say why a scoreboard was bought or which field or gym it serves. Where the record is silent, the accurate answer is that it does not say. In practice, a dealer city tells you little about any single school or park.

Rules are another thing no record field captures. The Pine Bluff Commercial reported in July 2026 that the Arkansas Activities Association adopted the latest NFHS baseball rule changes, including permission for coaches to use handheld electronic scoring devices in the coach's box during games. A baseball code on an order line cannot tell you how a given scoreboard fits those rules. The scoreboard's own spec sheet is where that check starts.

The same habit carries into buying. When you compare models for your own field or gym, read the record for what shipped and read the spec sheet for what the scoreboard actually displays.

What should an Arkansas school check before choosing a football play clock set or a gym scoreboard?

Start with the rule the display has to show. For football, the LX3024 Play Clock Set is a portable set; for gyms, the bonus has to follow the per-quarter foul count.

The Arkansas Activities Association follows NFHS rules, so the national high school counts are the ones Arkansas games use. Check three things before you order:

1. Match the play clock to the NFHS count. NFHS football rules run the play clock at 40 seconds in many cases and keep it at 25 seconds in most cases after an official's time-out. A defensive injury or a defensive equipment issue also brings a 40-second clock. Your operator needs to start either count without delay.
2. Decide how the play clocks travel and connect. Our data, from the LX3024 spec sheet, lists a wired handheld switch assembly as standard, with a wireless handheld switch for sideline control and a T-Cart Leg Kit with wheels as options. Each clock draws 0.4 amps. ScoreLink Wireless RF is optional and needs two receivers.
3. Match the gym scoreboard to the per-quarter foul rule. Since the 2023-24 season, NFHS Rule 4-8-1 awards two free throws once the opponent commits five fouls in a quarter, and team fouls reset at the end of each quarter. The one-and-one is gone. The LX2350 carries Bonus and Possession indicators, so confirm with the Electro-Mech team how the console you order keeps that count.

A play clock is a timing display. It is not a scoreboard. Our review of the LX3024 model page shows it described as the most popular size of Football Play Clocks, built for portable use. The spec sheet also lists a full-sized 37-key control console with an LCD display and fifty programmable brightness levels as standard equipment.

The rule decides what the display has to show. Ask the Electro-Mech team for the spec sheet of each model you are weighing. Keep the two questions separate when you compare quotes.

I would settle these three points before looking at cabinet colors or captions. A football program that shares one stadium across several levels of play gets the most from a portable set it can wheel into place. A gym that hosts several sports needs indicators the officials can read at a glance, whatever the sport code on the original order says.

What should Arkansas buyers take from the record?

Buy for the rule and the venue, not for the sport code. Baseball fills almost half of the state's 98 records, so the record leans heavily toward outdoor ball-and-strike scoreboards.

Your venue and your sport's rulebook decide the rest. Each spec sheet tells you what a scoreboard shows. The NFHS rulebook tells you what it has to show. I would read all three before asking for a quote.

Small details on a spec sheet can settle a decision. Our review of the LX2655 spec sheet shows a data output port that supports daisy chaining additional displays, which matters when a gym plans to add displays later. Send the Electro-Mech team your sport, venue and rule questions, and ask for the spec sheet of every model on your list.