Oklahoma's Electro-Mech shipping record covers 26 years of sport-specific display purchases, and its strongest finding runs counter to what the state's football tradition might suggest: baseball and basketball lead the record almost equally, with football well behind both. The record includes 86 distinct models shipped to programs across the state, with five models carrying the majority of that volume. Electro-Mech has been building scoreboards in Wrightsville, Georgia since 1963.

I find that balance instructive for any program planning a purchase. The LX2655 and LX2350 cover the indoor side of the record. The LX1060 and LX1050 cover the outdoor diamond side. The LX3050 represents most of the football orders. Both the LX2655 and LX2350 have long service histories, and technical support documentation for those models is well established.

What follows is a detailed account of what Oklahoma programs have ordered over that span, which specific models they chose, and what those choices mean for any program planning its next purchase. The record shows what buyers in this state have decided. It does not predict what any individual program should choose, because that depends on the sport, the venue, and the rules the governing body currently requires.

What does Oklahoma's Electro-Mech record cover, and how large is it?

Our review of the Oklahoma shipping record shows 357 entries across 137 cities and towns, placing the state nineteenth of fifty by units shipped from 1999 to 2025.

A review of 357 records across 137 Oklahoma cities and towns shows one finding that cuts against the most common assumption about a Midwestern state with a strong high school sports culture: basketball accounts for 132 entries, nearly matching baseball's 136. Football follows at 75. Soccer, softball, and hockey together register only 14 entries. The entire state hockey count is one record, as of September 2026.

That span - twenty-six years, more than a tenth of the state's communities - is the foundation for everything in this article. The record tracks what Electro-Mech sold and shipped. It does not say a scoreboard is still installed or currently in use, and it does not say why a program purchased when it did. Some orders sit in storage for months before installation. Where the record is silent, this article is too.

The indoor-or-outdoor test is the practical decision frame for reading this record. A gym program replacing a basketball scoreboard is looking at a wall-mounted indoor unit with 12-inch LED digits, weighing around 133 pounds, drawing 1.5 amps. A diamond program replacing a baseball scoreboard is looking at an outdoor post-mounted cabinet with 18-inch digits built for daylight visibility, weighing around 160 pounds. They carry the same Electro-Mech warranty and run on the same 120 VAC circuit. Almost nothing else is shared. The sport question comes after the venue question, not before.

The contrarian finding is the parity at the top. Basketball and baseball sit four records apart across twenty-six years. Oklahoma programs have not prioritized one sport over the other in any consistent way. That near-parity is specific to this state and specific to this record - the article does not compare it to other states because no other state's figures are in evidence here.

Eighty-six distinct models appear in Oklahoma's record. That figure reflects Electro-Mech's catalog depth: over 180 models across all sports means a program's specific field dimensions, digit-height requirement, or sport configuration can typically be matched to a purpose-built display. The LX2655 leads the state at 39 records. The LX2350 follows at 34. The LX1060 comes in third at 23. Each is built for a different venue and purpose, which the sections below cover model by model.

How does the sport breakdown divide across Oklahoma's 357 records?

Baseball leads at 136 records, basketball follows at 132, football sits third at 75, and soccer, softball, and hockey together total only 14.

The near-parity at the top is the central fact of this record. Four entries separate baseball from basketball across twenty-six years of orders. That gap is close enough that a single school year's worth of arriving orders could reverse the ranking. In my experience working with state-level shipping data, parity this tight is not the default result. Oklahoma is a two-sport state by the numbers, and treating it as a baseball-led or basketball-led one would misread the evidence.

Football's 75-entry count is lower than a state with Oklahoma's high school football tradition might suggest. Outdoor football scoreboards sit in the elements, serve one sport, and typically outlast the gym displays they share a campus with. Schools replace them less often. A gym display covering basketball, volleyball, and wrestling cycles through far more use in a given school year than an outdoor football scoreboard that sees a regular season measured in single digits of games. That frequency difference shows up in replacement patterns across every state record, and Oklahoma's follows the same pattern.

The tail is small. Soccer accounts for 7 entries, softball for 6, and hockey for just 1. Those three together represent a fraction of what baseball or basketball each carry individually. The hockey total is one record. On this evidence, Oklahoma is not a meaningful market for hockey-specific displays.

In practice, the sport split means a buyer in this state is almost certainly working on one of two problems: replacing an indoor gym display or replacing an outdoor diamond display. Those are different product families, different installation environments, and different specifications from the first question asked. The takeaway is to start with venue type, not sport name. The sport question follows naturally from that first answer.

The three most common models in the record (LX2655, LX2350, and LX1060) map cleanly onto this structure. The LX2655 and the LX2350 serve the indoor half. The LX1060 serves the outdoor diamond half. Each carries its own cabinet size, digit height, and amperage, and later sections cover those figures from Electro-Mech's published spec sheets.

What do Oklahoma's 86 distinct models reveal about sport-specific display needs?

Oklahoma's 357 records spread across 86 distinct models, reflecting how consistently programs match the scoreboard to the specific sport rather than choosing a general-purpose display.

Most of those 86 models appear only once or twice in the state record. The concentration at the top reflects a familiar pattern: a handful of well-matched options carry the bulk of the volume, while the long tail captures programs with more specific requirements. Soccer accounts for 7 of Oklahoma's entries, softball for 6, and hockey for 1. That single hockey record is the state's entire count for that sport across the 26-year shipping window.

According to Electro-Mech's catalog, the full lineup spans over 180 standard models, which covers the range of sports in Oklahoma's record and then some. The practical question is not which model exists but which model fits the sport, the venue, and the current rules of the program's governing body. I would start that conversation by naming the sport first, because that decision determines whether the display belongs on a gym wall, on a baseball diamond, or on a football field. Oklahoma's record shows that most programs have worked through that logic before placing an order.

Which models appear most often in Oklahoma's shipping record, and what does each do?

The LX2655 leads at 39 records, the LX2350 follows at 34, the LX1060 is third at 23, and the LX1050 and LX3050 each register 11.

Those five models together account for a large share of the state's activity, but 86 distinct models appear overall. That range matters for a buyer. It means the catalog is deep enough that a program with an unusual field layout, a small gym, or a specialized sport can typically find a purpose-built display rather than adapting a general-purpose one.

The LX2655 and the LX2350 serve the indoor half of the record. Both are basketball displays with 12-inch and 9-inch LED digit heights. Our data, from the LX2655 spec sheet, puts its cabinet at 9 feet by 5 feet, weighing 133 pounds, drawing 1.5 amps at 120 VAC on the base model and 2.2 amps with the Electronic Team Names option. The LX2655 carries reversible captions, which means one display covers basketball, volleyball, and wrestling without a separate installation for each sport.

The LX2350 is the smaller indoor option. Our data from the LX2350 spec sheet shows a 9-foot-by-3-foot cabinet at 89 pounds, drawing 1.2 amps base and 1.9 amps with Electronic Team Names. The LX2350 includes built-in Bonus and Possession indicators, which makes it the model I would specify for a gym program that needs those displays without the full footprint of the LX2655. A gym with limited wall space often goes to the LX2350 for exactly this reason.

The LX1060 carries the outdoor diamond side. Our data from the LX1060 spec sheet puts its cabinet at 10 feet by 5 feet, 160 pounds, drawing 1.1 amps base and 2.4 amps with Electronic Team Names, running on 120 VAC. Its 18-inch digit height is suited to daylight visibility on an outdoor baseball or softball field. The LX1050 also serves outdoor diamond programs at 11 records in the state.

The LX3050 at 11 records is an outdoor football display, accounting for most of the state's football-specific scoreboard orders. In practice, Oklahoma's five most common models map directly onto the indoor-or-outdoor decision covered in the prior section. The model list confirms the sport list, which is a useful consistency check for a buyer who wants to know whether the state's record reflects real purchase patterns or historical coincidence. It reflects both.

Which scoreboard options serve small high school programs and recreation leagues best?

A display matched to the sport and the venue is the starting point. Small programs benefit from selecting the right cabinet size for the field or gym rather than over-specifying. Electro-Mech's catalog spans over 180 models across all sports, and a direct quote identifies the option that fits the program's specific requirement without paying for capability the venue cannot use.

Does Oklahoma's model mix follow Electro-Mech's nationwide LX2655 pattern, or run against it?

Nationally, the LX2655 has shipped 6,937 times across 5,826 organizations, with basketball accounting for 5,498 of those records and baseball for only 1,439.

That national figure carries a clear message. The LX2655, as a product, is overwhelmingly a basketball display at scale. Basketball represents roughly four times the volume of baseball in its national record. A buyer who sees the LX2655 at the top of Oklahoma's list and assumes the state shares that basketball concentration would be working from the right model for the wrong reason.

Oklahoma's sport record tells a different story. Baseball and basketball in the state are nearly even. The LX2655's 39 records as the state leader reflect its strength as an indoor display, consistent with the national pattern. But the state's overall balance comes from a large count of outdoor baseball and softball displays on the other side, principally the LX1060 and the LX1050, that bring baseball close to basketball in the total.

What this means in practical terms: the LX2655 in Oklahoma is being used the same way it is being used everywhere else. Oklahoma's balance is not because the LX2655 is unusually popular for baseball there. It is because basketball programs chose the LX2655 and baseball programs chose a different product family. The models diverge at the venue type, just as the earlier section described.

In my view, this distinction matters for any Oklahoma program looking at the state record as a guide. The LX2655's national record of 6,937 units is the strongest indicator of how indoor multi-sport programs at scale make their purchasing decisions. Oklahoma's baseball programs are not an exception to that pattern. They are simply purchasing outdoor displays that the LX2655 is not designed to serve.

The practical implication for a buyer is clear. An athletic director running a gym with basketball, volleyball, and wrestling is looking at a model with a track record across 5,826 organizations nationally. An athletic director replacing a diamond display is looking at a separate product line optimized for outdoor conditions, longer viewing distances, and the specific information a baseball or softball game requires. Both decisions are well-supported by the record. Neither is a compromise.

What does Oklahoma's record not show, and what rule changes affect the next purchase?

The 357-record sample covers K-12 schools and recreational programs. Higher-education campuses and programs still running pre-LED displays represent buyer segments the record does not fully capture.

Oklahoma's public colleges and universities operate gyms, baseball fields, and football facilities that need scoreboards too. Those institutions follow NFHS rules only where they have chosen to do so; they generally operate under NCAA guidelines instead, which carry their own shot-clock and bonus-foul specifications. A high school buyer and a college buyer in the same state may need different features on the same type of display. The 357-record figure is the K-12 and rec picture, not the full Oklahoma picture.

For high school programs specifically, two rule changes are worth checking before the next purchase. First, Oklahoma adopted the NFHS 35-second shot clock for high school basketball. A gym display that cannot accommodate shot-clock output is a mismatch for any program playing under that rule. The NFHS began state-by-state adoption of the shot clock in the 2022-23 season, and the list of adopting states has grown since. Second, each state association sets its own pitching restriction policy under NFHS Rule 6-2-6. Programs in Oklahoma that track pitch counts at the display level should verify that the scoreboard they select supports that function.

In practice, these two rule points affect different product categories. Shot-clock compatibility is a question for any indoor basketball replacement. Pitch-count display is a question for outdoor baseball replacements. Neither belongs to the other's spec sheet. A buyer who plans for both sports in one conversation is solving two separate problems at the same time, which is fine, but the answers come from different model families.

The takeaway from this record for any Oklahoma program that has not yet appeared in it: the record shows what programs like yours have chosen. It does not show what you need. The right starting point is the sport, the venue, the current rules your governing body requires, and the quote Electro-Mech can prepare based on those specifics.

Oklahoma's nearly 360 shipped records over 26 years document a state where baseball and basketball have reached practical parity. That finding is more useful than a statewide football narrative: comparable evidence sits on both sides of the indoor-outdoor decision, and programs across the state have already worked through it.

The next purchase will be shaped by rule changes more than by tradition. NFHS shot-clock adoption and pitch-count policies under NFHS Rule 6-2-6 give buyers a concrete checklist. I would verify the current requirement with your state association before requesting a quote.

According to Electro-Mech's catalog, models built for basketball and baseball cover a range of cabinet sizes and digit heights suited to venues across the state. The record shows what programs here have chosen. The next step is deciding what your program needs and starting a direct conversation about it.