Maryland Scoreboards: The LX2655, LX1160 and LX1030 Across 103 Records

Electro-Mech's sales and shipping record for Maryland holds 103 records across 59 cities and towns, running from 2000 to 2025. Baseball and basketball carry most of it. The model list holds a surprise. The research section below walks through these findings.

This guide reads that record model by model. You will see which sports lead, how the three baseball scoreboards differ on their published spec sheets, what the LX2655 and LX2350 show indoors, and how Maryland schools and leagues line up approval and funding. Every figure comes from the company's own record or from a model's spec sheet. The record shows what shipped and when. Use the counts to see which models Maryland orders favor, then check each model's spec sheet for what its face shows.

Which sports lead Electro-Mech's Maryland sales and shipping record?

Baseball leads with 45 records, basketball follows closely at 37, and football sits a distant third at 12, with soccer at 7 and lacrosse at 2.

Before you compare models, place your own program against that sport split:

1. Name the sport the scoreboard serves first. Maryland orders cluster in baseball and basketball.
2. For baseball, decide whether you want pitch-count digits on the face.
3. For basketball, check how the face shows bonus information under current high school foul rules.
4. For football, soccer or lacrosse, request that sport's spec sheets directly.

Our data, from Electro-Mech Scoreboard Company's Maryland sales and shipping record, gives the sport counts as baseball 45, basketball 37, football 12, soccer 7 and lacrosse 2. Our review of the same record shows baseball and basketball running close, while football trails both by a wide margin. The record covers what we sold and shipped. Start with your own sport, then read the model comparison for it below.

The common assumption is that football drives school scoreboard buying. Maryland's record does not bear that out. Football accounts for 12 records, against 45 for baseball and 37 for basketball.

Rules help explain why the two leading sports matter for what a face displays. In 2016 the NFHS Baseball Rules Committee revised Rule 6-2-6, requiring each member state association to set a pitching restriction policy based on the number of pitches thrown. In basketball, NFHS Rule 4-8-1 has awarded two free throws on the fifth team foul in a quarter since the 2023-24 season, with team fouls resetting each quarter.

The buyer pool is wide. The NCES Digest State Dashboard counted 1,410 public schools in Maryland in 2022, before counting youth leagues and recreation departments.

A review of 4 sources, our record, the two NFHS rule changes and the NCES dashboard, suggests Maryland demand centers on diamonds and gyms. Plan around the sport first. The model follows from it. If your program runs indoor courts, start with our basketball scoreboards and their spec sheets.

Which Electro-Mech scoreboard models ship most often to Maryland?

The LX2655 leads Maryland with 11 records, followed by the LX1160 at 10, the LX1030 and LX2350 at 9 each, and the LX1130 at 8.

Our data puts those five at the top of 35 distinct models recorded in the state. Each count uses the model's LX equivalent. Variants of one model, such as 2350, 2350-C and LX2350, count as that one model. Older spellings on a sales order therefore roll up under the current model number.

Two of the five are indoor gym scoreboards. Three are outdoor baseball scoreboards. The split mirrors the sport counts closely.

The model page for the LX2655 calls it our most popular model for basketball, and notes that many of our indoor designs are variations on its layout. Removable caption plates along the bottom let you label the lower half for volleyball games or wrestling matches.

The LX2350 sits at the other end of the indoor range. Its model page describes it as covering the basics for almost any sport, with built-in Bonus and Possession indicators that mark it as a basketball scoreboard. The uncluttered layout leaves room for ID panels when you want to sell sponsor space.

Gyms are not limited to public schools. The NCES dashboard counted 680 private schools in Maryland in 2021, another source of indoor scoreboard demand.

The top five tell you where to begin, not where to stop. Each model has its own spec sheet and owner's manual, and you can open them from our scoreboard manuals library before you request a quote.

Why does a basketball scoreboard top Maryland's model list when baseball has more records?

Our sales and shipping record shows baseball orders spread across at least three related outdoor models, while basketball orders concentrate on fewer indoor models, led by the LX2655.

The puzzle sits in how buyers choose. Our review of the sales and shipping record for the LX2655, LX1160 and LX1030 counts 30 records at 27 organizations, shipped 2008 to 2024. Baseball takes 19 of those records and basketball 11. On the baseball side, the group divides between the LX1160 and the LX1030, and the LX1130 draws further baseball orders outside it.

The record also spells the same model more than one way: LX1030 7, LX1160 7, 2655 6, 1160 3, LX2655 3 and 1030 1. Read 2655 and LX2655 as the same model, and 1160 and LX1160 the same way.

Baseball buyers pick among cabinet sizes and face layouts. That spread divides their orders. Gym buyers face a shorter list. Their orders stack up on fewer models, so one basketball model can outrank every single baseball model.

The named entries show the pattern. Emmanuel Christian School (Hagerstown, MD) has an LX2655 for basketball, shipped February 9, 2021. Hancock Little League (Hancock, MD) has an LX1160 for baseball, shipped April 28, 2014. Airport View Signs (Frederick, MD) carries four baseball entries: an 1160 in 2008, an LX1160 in 2013, and LX1030 scoreboards in 2018 and 2024. The research section above walks through these findings.

On the indoor side, our LX2655-ETN cutsheet lists a full-sized 37-key console with LCD, plus a junction box and patch cable for hardwired installs. In practice, a gym buyer orders a defined package rather than weighing several face layouts. The control equipment comes spelled out on the cutsheet.

Football stays a distant third in the Maryland record. If your field needs a football scoreboard alongside a baseball one, compare our high school football scoreboards before you ask Electro-Mech for a quote, so both projects can be planned together.

How do the LX1160, LX1030 and LX1130 baseball scoreboards differ?

Pitch counts and console size set the three apart: the LX1160 and LX1130 both show Guest and Home pitch counts, while the LX1030 carries none and ships with a simpler console.

Our data, from each model's spec sheet, gives all three the same core face. Guest Runs, Home Runs and Inning use 18-inch digits, and the indicators measure 4 inches in diameter. The differences sit around that core.

The LX1030 is the starting point. Its model page calls it "just right" for little leagues and high schools, and its package includes the simplified 15-key "MM" console. The LX1130 takes that LX1030 design and adds two feet to the cabinet, which makes room for 11-inch Pitch Count digits for the Guest Team and the Home Team. The LX1160 expands an earlier baseball design after customers often asked for Pitch Count and Timers, and it became the first standard Electro-Mech model to offer Pitch Counts. Its model page calls it the "Double Pitch Count" style, with digits for both teams always visible.

Base and Electronic Team Names versions do not share figures. The LX1160-ETN spec sheet lists 2.7 amps, against 1.4 amps for the base LX1160, with every other figure unchanged.

Pitch counts matter because leagues govern them. Little League publishes pitch count breakdowns by league age, with days-of-rest thresholds for each division of play. Your scorekeeper still owns the count. A scoreboard with Pitch Count digits puts that number where players and officials can see it.

The choice follows your rules first. If your league tracks pitch counts, the LX1030 leaves that number off the face. The LX1130 and LX1160 keep it in view for both teams, and the LX1160 adds the larger cabinet and caption. Size and console come second, once the face carries what your games require.

How should Maryland schools and leagues plan and fund a new scoreboard?

Start from the face your rules require, pick the model whose spec sheet matches it, then line up approval and funding before you order.

1. Match the face to your rules. List what players and officials need to see, such as pitch counts or team fouls, before you look at cabinet size.
2. Shortlist by spec sheet. Compare each candidate model on its own published figures: weight, digit height, console and amperage.
3. Ask for a quote. Pricing for your configuration, options included, comes from the Electro-Mech team.
4. Build the funding plan. Name each source of money and what it covers before the vote.
5. Confirm local permits. Have your contractor check what your town or county requires.

The Star Democrat reported how those steps play out in one Maryland district. The Talbot County Board of Education approved a contract for a new scoreboard at Easton High School at its April 15 meeting, with approval "contingent on the available funding," in the words of Kevin Shafer, Director of Operations for Talbot County Public Schools. The money was to come from state funding and local donations. The nonprofit Support Our Sports was weighing a contribution, and the installation portion still had no confirmed source. The Town of Easton would require only a building permit.

Approval and funding are separate milestones. A vote can pass while part of the cost is still open. Plan your timeline around the money, not the meeting date.

Your request also competes with academic priorities in the same budget. In 2025, Education Scorecard reported that Maryland's chronic absenteeism had fallen from 31.1% in 2022 to 25.5% in 2025, still more than 5 percentage points above pre-pandemic levels. District leaders weigh scoreboard requests alongside pressures like that one. A clear, specific request is easier to approve than a vague one.

I would bring the shortlisted model's spec sheet and a written quote to that meeting. The spec sheet shows what the face carries and what the cabinet weighs. The quote gives the funding plan a real target. Together they let a board of education vote on a defined scoreboard rather than an idea, and they let boosters and donors see exactly what their contribution buys.

How do the LX2655 and LX2350 basketball scoreboards compare indoors?

The LX2655 is the larger indoor basketball scoreboard, with removable caption plates for volleyball or wrestling, while the LX2350 keeps a slimmer cabinet built around points, clock, bonus and possession.

Both models put 12-inch digits on the points and the Period Clock. The gap sits below that line. On the LX2655, every other field drops to 9 inches, and the reversible caption plates relabel the lower half for volleyball games or wrestling matches. The LX2350 keeps only a 9-inch Period digit beneath the scores, so the face stays open.

Our review of the two model pages points to different jobs. The LX2655 page calls its layout the company's most popular for basketball, the pattern many indoor designs follow. The LX2350 page describes an uncluttered face that does not look jumbled once ID panels for advertising are added. A gym that hosts three sports needs the extra rows. A gym selling sponsor space needs the room around the scores.

Power draw follows the face. The LX2655-ETN draws 2.2 amps against 1.5 for the base LX2655, and the LX2350-ETN draws 1.9 amps against 1.2 for the base LX2350. I would decide on Electronic Team Names first, then read the matching spec sheet.

What should a Maryland buyer take from this record?

Choose by what the face needs to show: Pitch Count digits for baseball played under pitch count rules, current foul and bonus indicators for basketball, then size the cabinet.

Across more than a hundred Maryland orders, the pattern is consistent. Buyers pay for the information on the face. I would start with the rule book, not the catalog.

The LX1130 shows how small that step can be. Its model page describes a compact baseball scoreboard with room for Pitch Counts, a Timer or both, and it can be configured with a built-in side ID panel for advertisements, team logos or other artwork. That gives a league one scoreboard that answers the rules and leaves space for its own identity.

Your next step is a short one. Write down the rules your games follow, pick two candidate models, and ask the Electro-Mech team for their spec sheets and a written quote.