Indiana's scoreboard orders tell a baseball story first. Electro-Mech's Indiana sales and shipping record counts 503 records across 173 cities and towns from 1999 to 2025, and baseball holds 272 of them against basketball's 117. The model list points the same way. The LX1050, a 6 ft x 3 ft outdoor baseball layout, leads with 75 records, followed by the LX1030 at 36, the indoor LX2350 at 33, and the LX1060 and LX2655 at 27 each.

I read those counts as a record of what shipped, nothing more. The record does not say why a buyer chose a layout, where it went, or whether it still stands. What it does show is where Indiana demand has gathered. The spec sheets for the leading layouts then explain what each one puts in front of players and officials, and the high school rules on the basketball bonus and on baseball pitch counts explain why the right display depends on the game being played.

What does Electro-Mech's Indiana sales and shipping record contain?

Electro-Mech's Indiana sales and shipping record holds 503 records across 173 cities and towns, runs from 1999 to 2025, and ranks Indiana fourteenth of fifty states by units shipped.

Three rules decide how those figures should be read before any pattern is drawn from them:

1. One row per organization, model and city. Each record pairs one buyer with one model in one city, the same rule the state page itself applies.
2. Models are counted by their LX equivalent. Variants such as 2350, 2350-C and LX2350 count as the single model LX2350, which is how the state arrives at 79 distinct models.
3. Sold and shipped, not standing today. The record shows what Electro-Mech sold and shipped, not where a scoreboard went up or whether it is still in use.

The Indiana page of our sales and shipping record lists every record by city, so a reader can check each count against the source. The common assumption is that a figure like 503 describes scoreboards standing in Indiana today. It does not. Some orders sit in storage for months before they go up, and the record cannot say what has since come down. In practice, 503 is a count of sales, not a census of fields and gyms.

Grouping by LX equivalent is a counting rule, not a statement about hardware. A scoreboard shipped under an older pre-LX number and one shipped as a current LX-series model can differ inside the cabinet, even when the record files them under one model. Anyone maintaining an older Indiana scoreboard should ask the Electro-Mech support team which parts fit that specific unit.

Counts by sport carry a second meaning. Under NFHS Rule 6-2-6, revised in 2016, each state association writes its own pitch-count based pitching restriction policy, so part of the rulebook behind Indiana baseball is set inside Indiana. The record is best read sport by sport. Electro-Mech's pages on basketball scoreboards and the other sports show what each layout carries.

I would treat the record as a plain map of what Indiana buyers ordered over a quarter century, and nothing more. The sport split is where it starts to say something unexpected.

Which sport holds the most scoreboard records in Indiana, baseball or basketball?

Baseball holds 272 Indiana records and basketball 117, so in a state known for high school basketball, baseball carries more than twice as many records.

Our review of the Indiana sales and shipping record gives the full split by sport:

Contrary to Indiana's reputation as a basketball state, the outdoor diamond is where our sales concentrate. The gap is not narrow. Baseball leads basketball by more than two to one, and football sits third at 79 records, well behind both.

The record does not say why. It lists organization, model, sport, city and ship date, and nothing about the reasons behind a purchase. It also does not separate schools from park departments or youth leagues, so any explanation of the baseball lead would be a guess. I would rather leave the question open than fill it with a story the record cannot support.

The softball figure needs one caution. The LX1030 spec sheet classifies that layout as Outdoor, Baseball / Softball, so a single scoreboard design serves both kinds of diamond. The record files each sale under one sport, and it does not say how many of its baseball entries ended up beside a softball field. A count of 9 softball records is therefore a floor on softball use, not a measure of it.

Rules shape the picture as well. Indiana baseball plays under a pitch-count policy written at the state level, which keeps the rulebook for the state's largest scoreboard sport close to home. Gym rules, by contrast, come through the national basketball rulebook, a point the LX2350 discussion below takes up.

Two practical points follow for a buyer. Baseball layouts deserve the closest look, because they are what Indiana orders most from us. Football buyers, the third group, can compare the outdoor layouts on the football scoreboards page. The rest of this article follows the record's own order, starting with the smallest outdoor baseball layout.

Which governing body's rules apply to an Indiana scoreboard order?

The body that runs the game decides: high school play follows national rules applied through the state association, while Little League programs play under Little League's own rules.

For Indiana high school gyms, that means NFHS rules applied through the Indiana High School Athletic Association, including the per-quarter team foul count. High school baseball works differently. NFHS leaves the pitch-count policy to each state association. Little League, for its part, publishes pitch count breakdowns by league age and days-of-rest thresholds for each division of play.

A park department league may sit outside both systems, and the evidence here does not show which rules such a league follows. Our sales and shipping record cannot settle the question either. It records what shipped, by model, sport and city or town, not which rules a buyer plays under. Where the rule is unclear, I put the question to the league's own officers before anyone opens a spec sheet.

Why is the 6 ft x 3 ft LX1050 Indiana's most-shipped scoreboard, and how does the LX1030 compare?

The LX1050 is the smallest permanently installed outdoor baseball layout, a 6 ft x 3 ft cabinet with 15-inch digits, and it holds 75 Indiana records against 36 for the LX1030.

The LX1050, LX1030 and LX1060 spec sheets set the three layouts side by side:

The LX1050 model page calls the layout as small as permanently installed outdoor scoreboards come. Its 15-inch digits read well across a field, but its captions are short, so the page recommends the LX1050 only where the viewing distance will be less than 250 feet. Both layouts are classed Outdoor, Baseball / Softball, both offer amber or red digits, and the LX1050 draws 0.8 amps at 120 VAC.

The LX1030 sits one step up. Its model page describes the 8 ft x 4 ft layout as sliding in between the LX1050 and LX1060, with 18-inch digits for Runs and Inning and bullet-style indicators for Ball, Strike and Out. The page calls it a fit for little leagues and high schools. Indiana buyers chose the smaller LX1050 more than twice as often.

The record does not say why. It does not list field sizes, budgets or the reasons behind any order. I would not read the lead as proof that the smallest layout suits every Indiana diamond.

Digit size and price move together, so the real risk is buying a scoreboard too small for the venue. Electro-Mech recommends 25 feet of viewing distance per inch of digit height, tighter than the sign industry's 50 feet per inch, because a scoreboard also carries captions that must be read. Measure the farthest point where a player, umpire or spectator needs to read the score. Then compare it with each layout before choosing.

The full spec sheets for both models are on the scoreboard manuals page. A larger digit costs more. A digit too small for the field costs more in the end.

A quote request goes faster when the basics are written down first. I would send an outline like this one, with every line answered:

Scoreboard request: Indiana
Sport:           baseball | softball | basketball | other
Setting:         indoor | outdoor
Farthest seat:   ____ ft from the planned location
Rulebook:        NFHS (high school, through the state association)
                 Little League (pitch counts by league age and days of rest)
Bonus display:   per-quarter team fouls under NFHS Rule 4-8-1
Control:         ScoreLink RF | hardwired cable

The highlighted rulebook lines decide which displays the layout needs. Leave a line blank rather than guess.

What does the indoor LX2350 show, and how does it fit the current high school foul rule?

The LX2350 shows Home and Guest Points, a Period Clock, a Period digit, and Bonus and Possession indicators, enough for the quarter-by-quarter bonus that high school basketball now uses.

Conventional wisdom says a basketball state should fill its scoreboard record with gym models. Indiana's does not. The LX2350, classed Indoor, Basketball / Multi-Sport on its spec sheet, is the third most-shipped model in the state at 33 records, behind two outdoor baseball layouts. The record does not say why buyers chose as they did, and I would not supply a reason it leaves out.

The LX2350 spec sheet and cutsheet give the model's display in its standard form:

The cabinet measures 9 ft x 3 ft, weighs 89 lb and is built of aluminum. Digits come in amber, red and green, with fifty programmable brightness levels. The base LX2350 draws 1.2 amps, and the LX2350-ETN, the Electronic Team Names variant, draws 1.9 amps. Standard equipment includes hardware for mounting the cabinet to a wall, an internal horn, and a data output port that supports daisy chaining additional displays. The model page points to the built-in Bonus and Possession indicators as what makes the LX2350 a basketball layout.

Those indicators matter because of the current rule. Since the 2023-24 season, NFHS Rule 4-8-1 awards two free throws for all common fouls once the opponent commits five fouls in a quarter, and team fouls reset at the end of each quarter. The change eliminated the one-and-one. One threshold per quarter means one bonus state to show for each team. The optional Double Bonus Indicators stay available on the LX2350 as a next step, and I would go over them with our team when a gym's quote is written.

Shot clocks are a separate matter. A December 2024 thread on Reddit's r/Basketball carried one commenter's claim that the Hoosier state, the one that "lives, eats and breathes basketball," still had no high school shot clock in 2024. A forum post is not an IHSAA ruling. I would confirm the current position with the IHSAA before planning any gym purchase around a shot clock.

What should an Indiana school, park department or youth league check before buying a scoreboard?

Before buying, an Indiana school, park department or youth league should confirm the sport and setting, the farthest seat, the rulebook its games follow, and how the scoreboard is controlled.

The record shows what Indiana buyers ordered. It does not show whether each choice fit its venue, so the four checks below rest on spec sheets, rulebooks and the venue itself.

1. Match the model to the sport and the setting. Each of the three spec sheets covered above carries a classification line naming indoor or outdoor use and the sports the layout serves. Read that line first. Do not assume a layout covers a sport its spec sheet does not name. Even a software vendor whose cost guide pitches gym TVs as an alternative recommends a traditional scoreboard where outdoor installation is required or permanence is a priority.
2. Size the digits to the farthest seat, not the nearest. Measure from the planned location to the farthest seat, then apply the viewing-distance rule given with the LX1050 and LX1030 comparison. Digit size and price move together, so the costly mistake is ordering a scoreboard too small for the venue. A scoreboard's first job is keeping accurate information, including time, in front of players and officials. Spectators come second.
3. Find out which rulebook the games follow. Little League's regular season pitching rules, which apply to Little League play, break pitch counts down by league age and days of rest for each division. Indiana high school baseball follows the pitch-count policy its state association writes, as noted earlier. A 2022 buyer's guide from a scoreboard cost-calculator site made the related point that baseball may need extra displays for inning information or pitch count. For a gym, the question is the per-quarter bonus covered in the LX2350 section. In either case, ask the Electro-Mech team which layouts display the counts your league keeps before you choose one.
4. Decide how the scoreboard will be controlled. Most customers choose ScoreLink RF wireless control. A hardwired run uses a shielded 2-conductor cable with a drain line, in a burial jacket laid directly in a trench, up to 1,000 ft long and kept separate from power. My advice is to settle that choice before any trench is opened.

A sales record shows demand, not fit. Each of these questions can be answered before the order, and every answer narrows the list of layouts worth quoting.

What does Indiana's record mean for the next scoreboard order?

Indiana's record says the next scoreboard order should start with the game and its rulebook, not the state's reputation, because baseball, not basketball, leads the orders on record.

Our Indiana sales and shipping record puts the smallest outdoor baseball layout at the top of the model list, ahead of every gym model. I read that as a picture of where Indiana buyers have started, not a verdict on what any one venue needs. The record stays silent on reasons. The spec sheets and rulebooks do not.

The high school bonus changed in the 2023-24 season, a reminder that the rulebook, not the record, decides what a display has to show. Before the next order, settle the sport, the setting, the farthest seat and the rulebook, then ask the Electro-Mech team to match a layout to those answers.