Idaho Scoreboards: Baseball Holds 14 of 33 Records Across 20 Cities

If you are planning a scoreboard purchase in Idaho, start with baseball. Our data from Electro-Mech's Idaho sales and shipping record shows baseball holding 14 of the 33 records, spread across 20 cities and towns. Basketball and football sit level behind it at 8 records each. Soccer accounts for 2 and hockey for 1.

The model list points the same way. The LX1060, an outdoor baseball and softball scoreboard, leads the state's record at 6 entries, ahead of the LX1030 at 4. Both are fixed-digit outdoor baseball scoreboards. Neither is a video display.

The record tells you what shipped, not why it was bought. The sections below cover what each of Idaho's most-shipped models shows, how the LX1060 and LX1030 differ, how to size a baseball scoreboard for your farthest seat, and what to confirm before you request a quote.

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

Baseball leads Idaho with 14 of 33 records, spread across 20 cities and towns, while basketball and football sit level behind it at 8 records each.

Before you read the numbers, keep three points about how the record is built in mind:

• One row is one organization, one model and one city. The state page applies the same rule, so you can check every count against it.
• Variants fold into one model. A 2350, a 2350-C and an LX2350 all count as the LX2350.
• The record covers what was sold and shipped. If you need to know what stands at a particular site today, ask the organization that owns it.

Our data from the Idaho sales and shipping record places the state 42nd of 50 states by units shipped, with records running from 1999 to 2025. The snapshot behind these figures is dated September 14, 2026. By sport, the record breaks down as follows.

The research section below walks through what these counts mean for where you start. Basketball and football tie for second. Soccer and hockey are a small remainder.

The record also lists 16 distinct models, and an outdoor baseball scoreboard heads that list. Our review of the LX1060 model page explains part of the appeal: Electro-Mech has always offered a 10 foot by 5 foot baseball model with a layout like the LX1060's, and the design traces back to the electro-mechanical scoreboards the company built in the 1960s.

A review of 2 sources, the state record and the LX1060 model page, points the same way. Idaho buyers have mostly ordered plain, readable baseball layouts. For you, that means the models later in this article are the ones your neighbors in the state actually received.

The record does not say why any organization bought what it did, and it names no organizations at all. You can compare each model's own figures in the Electro-Mech scoreboard manuals and spec sheets before you narrow a choice.

How do the LX1060 and LX1030, Idaho's two most-shipped models, differ?

The LX1060, a 10 ft by 5 ft outdoor baseball scoreboard with 18-inch digits, leads Idaho's record at 6 records, ahead of the 8 ft by 4 ft LX1030 at 4.

Both are outdoor baseball and softball scoreboards, and both use the same digit and indicator sizes. The difference is the cabinet. Our data from the two spec sheets (Rev 2.0.2017.06.08) sets them side by side:

The LX1030 model page describes 18-inch Runs and Inning digits with bullet-style Ball, Strike and Out indicators, and calls the size "just right" for little leagues and high schools. The LX1060 page stresses three plain qualities: the digits are easy on the eyes, the single cabinet is easy to install, and the MM style console is easy to use.

Our review of the two standard equipment lists shows more in common than apart. Each ships with a simplified 15-key console, mounting hardware for two posts with no on-site fabrication, and a junction box with patch cable for hardwired use. Each offers ScoreLink Wireless RF, a full-sized 37-key console and up to 1,000 feet of data cable as options.

So the choice is mostly about cabinet size and weight. Measure the mounting site before you choose between the two.

Layout habits in baseball run deep. A 2022 r/baseball thread decoding a 1967 Cincinnati scoreboard noted that scoreboards from the 1950s to the early 1970s most closely resembled how baseball information looked in newspapers. The line score your fans read on either model follows that same tradition.

If your site also needs an indoor display, the basketball scoreboard lineup covers the gym models that appear in Idaho's record.

What should you read before choosing an Idaho scoreboard model?

Read the model's own spec sheet first. Idaho's record leans on a short list of models, so the LX1060 and LX2655 documents answer most of the questions a buyer brings.

A spec sheet is the faster read. Our data, from the LX1060 spec sheet (Rev 2.0.2017.06.08), lists a 7-inch caption height and 4-inch indicators on an outdoor baseball and softball cabinet with amber or red digits. The LX2655 spec sheet, same revision, describes an indoor basketball scoreboard with reversible captions for volleyball or wrestling and a choice of amber, red and green LEDs.

Each variant has its own sheet. The LX1060-ETN and LX2655-ETN each carry separate electrical figures, so read the sheet for the exact variant you plan to order. Then set it beside the pitch count rules your league publishes, or your gym's volleyball and wrestling calendar, and confirm each display you need is on the sheet.

Is a bigger baseball scoreboard always better for a school or community field?

Bigger is not automatically better. The right baseball scoreboard has a digit height that suits your farthest seat, and a larger digit always costs more.

The conventional wisdom from professional ballparks points the other way. A 2023 r/baseball thread on MLB scoreboard sizes captured it: a Dodgers fan asked whether there was "some kind of scoreboard cold war going on," since a board replaced only a decade earlier already ranked third smallest. In the same thread, another commenter found large scoreboards distracting to the in-person viewing experience.

A school or community field is a different job. A scoreboard's first duty is accurate information for players, umpires and coaches. Spectators come second.

Three questions settle size better than ambition does:

1. How far is your farthest seat? The sign industry allows 50 feet of viewing distance per inch of lighted character height on signs. Electro-Mech recommends the tighter 25 feet per inch of digit height for scoreboards, because captions also have to be read.
2. Which fields does the game require? Runs, inning, ball, strike and out are the core. A pitch count is a separate choice.
3. What does the budget allow? Digit size and price move together, so the real risk is a scoreboard too small for the venue.

Electro-Mech's catalog does go well past the Idaho favorites. Our data from the LX1753 manual lists a cabinet of 26 ft by 9 ft at 800 lb, with a 15-inch line score and an 18-inch Pitch Count to 199. The LX1714 manual describes another permanent outdoor layout covering runs per inning, total runs, hits, errors, balls, strikes, outs and innings for both teams. Neither model appears among the five most-shipped models on the Idaho state card.

What Idaho's buyers ordered most often sits at the modest end of that range. Size followed need. The same viewing-distance arithmetic applies to soccer scoreboards on a shared field, so measure once and use the figure for every display you plan.

For you, the practical step is a tape measure, not a ranking of MLB parks. Measure your farthest seat before you compare models.

A quote request works best as a few plain lines. Name the model, the options and every rulebook the space hosts.

Gym model:      LX2655 (reversible volleyball / wrestling captions)
Gym options:    Electronic Team Names? Double Bonus Indicators?
Field rules:    state association pitch policy; Little League division(s)
Control:        ScoreLink Wireless RF or hardwired data cable

List each Little League division separately. Little League sets pitch counts by league age. The answer shapes the field you need.

Which basketball and football displays appear in Idaho's record, and what do they show?

Two indoor scoreboards, the LX2350 and LX2655, and one outdoor practice display, the LX7520, complete Idaho's five most-shipped models.

Check each model's spec sheet against the sport your gym or practice field hosts. The research section above walks through these findings.

LX2350

The LX2350 puts Guest Points, Home Points and the Period Clock in 12-inch digits, with a 9-inch Period digit. Built-in 3-inch Bonus and Possession indicators mark it as a basketball layout. The model page notes that its uncluttered face leaves room for sponsor ID panels.

LX2655

The model page calls the LX2655 Electro-Mech's most popular basketball model. Points and Period Clock are 12 inches, every other digit is 9 inches, and removable caption plates along the bottom relabel the lower half for volleyball or wrestling. A center-hung, four-sided version is also offered.

Foul display matters more since the rules changed. 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 each quarter. The one-and-one is gone. Both models carry Bonus indicators, and the LX2655 lists Double Bonus Indicators as an option, so confirm your operator follows the per-quarter count.

LX7520

The LX7520 is a practice segment timer display, used outdoors on the practice field. A practice segment timer is both a console operating mode and a separate display; the mode alone shows nothing. The LX7520 carries an internally mounted horn, ships with a full-sized 37-key console, takes an optional T-Cart leg kit with wheels, and can double as a play clock during games.

Football's 8 records include more than practice timers. The state card does not name the football game scoreboards, so this article does not guess at them.

Which baseball scoreboards show pitch count and ball-strike displays, and what should an Idaho buyer check first?

Choose a baseball scoreboard whose fields match the rulebooks your field actually hosts: pitch count first, then balls, strikes and outs, sized for your farthest seat.

Pitch count is no longer a coaching preference. In 2016 NFHS revised Rule 6-2-6 so that each member state association develops its own pitching restriction policy, based on the number of pitches thrown in a game, with a required rest period between appearances. Idaho's limits therefore come from the state association rather than from NFHS. Confirm the current numbers with the association before you set up your season.

Youth play adds a second rulebook. Little League publishes pitch counts by league age, with days-of-rest thresholds for each division of play. A community field that hosts a high school team in spring and a Little League division in summer may work under both policies on the same scoreboard.

The pitch count field earns its place when a pitcher nears a threshold. A visible count lets the coach, the umpire and the scorekeeper read the same number at the same moment. I would put that field at the top of the list for any Idaho field shared by more than one league.

Before you request a quote, work through these five checks:

1. Pitch count display. Ask whether the model carries a pitch count field and how high it counts. The LX1753 described earlier is one example.
2. Ball, strike and out indicators. Confirm the layout, along with the inning display, matches how your league keeps score.
3. Digit height. Size the digits to your farthest seat with the viewing-distance rule above, not to a neighboring field's scoreboard.
4. Control method. Decide between wireless ScoreLink RF, which most customers choose, and a cabled console before any trench is dug.
5. Configuration and quote. Price follows digit height and features, so ask the Electro-Mech team to quote the exact configuration you need.

For a small school or rec league on a tight budget, the affordable choice is the scoreboard that carries the fields you need at the digit height your seats require. Anything beyond that is optional. Fields you will never use add cost without adding information.

What should an Idaho buyer take away from the state's scoreboard record?

Treat the record as a starting list, not a recommendation. List every sport and league that will share the scoreboard, then check which rulebook each one plays under.

The pattern in the record is plain. The research section above walks through these findings. Your own list of fields, gyms and practice areas decides which part of that pattern applies to you.

I would treat the rulebook as the first line of the specification, ahead of cabinet size. A pitch count field, a bonus indicator that follows the current foul count and a horn at the end of each practice segment all serve how your teams already play. Size comes next.

Gather your sport, your farthest seat and your rulebooks. Then ask the Electro-Mech team for a quote.