Tallahassee, Florida Scoreboards: Baseball Leads 19 of 39 Entries, With Maclay School and the Universities on the Record

Tallahassee buyers tend to ask one practical question: what have schools, parks and colleges in this city ordered, and what should the next scoreboard show? The answer starts with the sales and shipping record. Electro-Mech's record ranks Florida #2 of 50 states, and Tallahassee's part of it leans toward the diamond and the football field rather than the gym.

The record lists what was sold and shipped. It does not say which field each scoreboard serves, or whether it still stands. Organization names appear exactly as the record spells them, with variant spellings consolidated where a school's own website confirms they are one buyer.

Rules shape the rest of the decision. High school baseball programs now track pitches, and high school basketball counts team fouls by quarter under NFHS Rule 4-8-1. Before you replace a scoreboard, check its layout against the counts your officials keep today.

What does the Tallahassee sales and shipping record show?

Our data for Tallahassee lists 39 entries at 23 organizations, shipped from 2002 to 2025: baseball 19, football 12, basketball 7 and soccer 1.

Before you lean on any of those numbers, read the record the way it is built:

1. Treat each entry as one scoreboard sold and shipped to a Tallahassee address, not as a scoreboard standing on a field today.
2. Read a ZIP code as a shipping address. It does not tell you which field or gym received the scoreboard.
3. Expect one buyer to appear under more than one spelling, and count those lines as one organization.
4. Where the record says nothing about purpose, cost or what came before, leave the question open.

The sport split is the first finding. Baseball holds 19 of the 39 entries. Football follows with 12. Basketball has 7, and soccer has 1. The diamond and the football field carry this city, not the gym.

The common assumption is that a city record mirrors its state. Tallahassee does not. Across Florida, our data counts 2,616 records in 377 cities and towns, with baseball at 1,034, basketball at 925 and football at 554. Statewide, basketball runs second. In Tallahassee, football does.

A record line also has limits you should know. It names the model, the sport and the ship date. It never says why the scoreboard was bought, what it replaced, what it cost or whether it is still in use, and a shipped scoreboard can sit in storage for months before anyone mounts it.

What a scoreboard actually shows lives in a different document. A baseball and softball scoreboard spec sheet posted on the City of Colonial Heights, Virginia website, for example, lists innings to 10, runs and hits to 99 and errors to nine for each team. Across the 4 documents behind this section, one pattern holds: the record tells you what shipped, and only the spec sheet tells you what it displays. Each of the Electro-Mech LED baseball scoreboards carries its own model page and spec sheet for that reason.

In practice, use the record to see what your neighbors bought. Use the spec sheet to decide what you need.

Which Tallahassee organizations appear on the record, and what shipped to each?

Five Tallahassee organizations can be named from our data: Florida High School, Holy Comforter Episcopal, North Florida Christian School, Pepsi and Lincoln High School. Florida High School leads with 5 entries.

Each organization below appears under the spelling that starts its line in the record, linked to its official website. All five are in Tallahassee, Florida.

• Florida High School (5 entries). The record also spells this buyer "Florida State Univ School", and both spellings count as one organization. The lines run from an MP-350-C football scoreboard shipped 2002-07-15 to an LX6650-L soccer scoreboard shipped 2024-04-15.
• Holy Comforter Episcopal (3 entries). The record also uses "Holy Comforter School" and "Holy Comforter Episcopal School". One basketball, one football and one baseball scoreboard shipped between 2007 and 2022.
• North Florida Christian School (3 entries). All three are baseball: two 1440 scoreboards and an LX1750.
• Pepsi (3 entries). The record lists Pepsi as the buyer of two baseball scoreboards and one football scoreboard in 2003 and 2004. It does not say which field received them.
• Lincoln High School (2 entries). One baseball and one football scoreboard.

Every line, as the record gives it:

The other organizations on the city record are not named here. Baseball dominates these named lines too. Florida High School is the only named buyer with a soccer entry.

Tallahassee also plays a lot of college baseball. The Florida College System Activities Association lists 47 games for Tallahassee State College in 2024-25, and Florida State opened its 2023 season at a refreshed Dick Howser Stadium. Our record does not tie any entry above to those programs, and the record does not say which venue any scoreboard served.

For a school weighing its own field, the named lines show private and public schools ordering for the diamond and for high school football scoreboards side by side. Spelling matters when you search the record. Look for every variant of your school's name.

What should you compare when two baseball scoreboard layouts sit side by side?

Compare what each layout counts, how much your operator must enter each inning, and what your officials track, then ask for a drawing of each model before you choose.

A line-score layout and a runs-only layout differ most in operator work. One line-score specification from another supplier lists at-bat to 99, balls to three, strikes to two and outs to two, on top of the inning-by-inning score. Every extra count is one more entry someone keys in during the game. I would match the layout to the volunteers or staff you actually have in the press box.

Layouts can also differ between sports on one campus. A softball field and a baseball field may call for different models. Ask the Electro-Mech team for a drawing of each layout you are weighing, and compare them at the same scale.

Read the sales and shipping record with its counting rule in mind. Our data, from the Florida record snapshot dated 2026-09-14, lists one row per organization, model and city. A count of entries is therefore a count of rows, not of cabinets on poles. The record covers what was sold and shipped, not what stands today.

Which scoreboard model leads Tallahassee, and what does it tell a baseball program?

The LX1160 baseball scoreboard leads the city record with 3 entries, and no other model appears more than twice. Its 10 ft x 7 ft cabinet shows pitch counts for both teams.

Our data counts each model together with its variants, the way the state pages do, so 1030-LR and LX1030 are one model. Counted that way, the LX1160 holds 3 entries. The 1440, 1550, 2655, LX1740 and LX3230 hold 2 each. The record is spread thin across many models.

Before you choose a baseball scoreboard, settle three points:

1. Find out whether your league or state association tracks pitches, and which count it keeps.
2. Decide whether both teams' pitch counts must stay on display at once, or whether one count that follows the team at bat is enough.
3. Decide whether you want Electronic Team Names, which change the model's electrical line.

The LX1160 spec sheet answers each point for one model. The cabinet weighs 220 lb. Runs and inning digits are 18 inches tall, pitch count digits are 11 inches, and indicators measure 4 inches. The standard LX1160 draws 1.4 amps at 120 VAC, while the LX1160-ETN draws 2.7 amps. The model page calls it the first standard Electro-Mech scoreboard to offer pitch counts, in a "Double Pitch Count" layout where Home and Guest counts are always visible. The LX16xx and LX17xx series include "Single Pitch Count" models, where one set of digits alternates with the team at bat.

The pitch count digits answer a rule. Since 2016, high school baseball rules have required every state association to base its pitching restriction policy on the number of pitches thrown. Little League's regular season pitching rules also set pitch counts by league age. A pitch total now shapes who may take the mound. A scoreboard without one leaves that number in the scorebook.

High school baseball moved toward fixed procedure in the same rules cycle. HighSchoolOT reported in 2015 that, from the 2016 season, umpires were required to warn coaches before restricting them to the dugout or ejecting them, under a revision to Rule 3-3-1. In practice, a count both dugouts can read from the field is one less number left to argue over. If your program also runs a gym, the same model-by-model reading applies when you compare LED basketball scoreboards.

What should a high school include in a bid specification for a new outdoor scoreboard?

Build the bid around what officials must read and who will run it: sport, displayed fields, digit heights, cabinet color, control method and a named operator for every level of play.

sport: Baseball / Softball
fields: Runs, Inning, Pitch Count (Home and Guest)
digit_height: as listed on the model's spec sheet
cabinet_color: school color
options: Electronic Team Names, ID panel
control: ScoreLink RF wireless or hardwired data cable
operator: named for varsity, JV and freshman games

Line 7 is the one bids leave out. A high school coach wrote on Reddit in 2026 that most Arizona ballparks they coach at lack functioning scoreboards, and that freshman and JV games rarely have anyone running one. A scoreboard with no operator shows nothing.

Does an LED video display or a fixed-digit scoreboard make more sense for a high school stadium?

A fixed-digit scoreboard keeps score, time and counts for players and officials, while an LED video display adds video and graphics; at the high school level, that line keeps blurring.

Before you compare the two, settle three points:

• Name who must read the display. A scoreboard's first job is accurate information for players and officials; spectators come second.
• List what the venue must show beyond score and time, such as pitch counts, fouls or penalties.
• Decide whether video content, advertising or streaming is a goal your program will staff and fund every game day.

Tallahassee's universities show why the record alone cannot answer the question. Digital Signage Today reported that on Aug. 22, 2022, Florida State University deployed video scoreboards at the Seminole Soccer Complex and Joanne Graf Field. Another supplier provided them. The Electro-Mech sales and shipping record lists only what the company sold and shipped. Displays from other suppliers never appear on it.

That gap matters when you read the city's numbers. A university venue can carry a video display and still not show up in this record at all. The record is a reliable list of orders, not a census of every display in town.

The same trade coverage reported that on Aug. 19, 2022, Kansas State University put an LED video display at Buser Family Park in Manhattan, Kansas. College softball, soccer and baseball venues were the recurring sites in that reporting. High schools now face the same question, and the answer depends on the venue rather than the level of play.

Vendor marketing pushes in one direction. In 2023, a display vendor's blog post argued that LED video scoreboards had become attainable for high schools and could pay for themselves through advertising and event hosting. The same post named cost as the number one concern schools raise. Treat both statements as one vendor's pitch, not as measured results.

A video display does not remove the need for accurate counts. Officials still need the score, the time and the count in plain view. For most programs, the first decision is what the field must display; the format follows from that.

How long does a new baseball scoreboard take, and what should you settle before ordering?

Plan on 4 to 6 weeks for a new baseball scoreboard. Lead times have stretched to 16 weeks at the start of football season and can fall under two weeks in January.

Those figures are guidance, not a measured average; no lead-time statistics are tracked. Timing follows the season. Late summer is the crowded window.

Settle four points before you commit:

1. Choose the model and its options, such as Electronic Team Names, so the order does not change after release.
2. Agree the artwork. Sponsors, the school, boosters, architects and contractors all have a say in logos, colors, layout and text.
3. Decide on control: a hardwired data cable or wireless ScoreLink RF, which most customers choose.
4. Issue the purchase order or down payment. The production clock starts there, not at the quote.

Our production sequence explains why those decisions come first. Electro-Mech keeps parts and standard subassemblies in stock for well over 100 standard scoreboards, but each one is built to order. Once the sales order is released and assigned to a truck list, four paths run in parallel: accessories, separate signage, internal electronics and the cabinet. Digits go into the cabinet first and the ScoreLink receiver goes in last. Every scoreboard then runs through full-power testing and burn-in, and the ETL Listed label marks final inspection before staging and loading.

A late artwork change sends work backward. A settled order moves straight through.

Model choice changes what arrives with the scoreboard. The LX1030 spec sheet lists an 8 ft x 4 ft cabinet weighing 113 lb, a draw of 1.1 amps, and a simplified 15-key "MM" console included. Options include ScoreLink Wireless RF or up to 1,000 feet of data cable. A wired run uses a shielded 2-conductor cable with a drain line, laid directly in a trench and kept separate from power.

The CX-Series MM Control Console for Baseball/Softball manual lists support for the LX10xx and LX16xx families, among others. The console suits outdoor games but is not waterproof. Unplug both power and data cables when it is not in use, and store it indoors between games.

Some orders sit far longer than the typical window, usually when a school construction project slips. If your field depends on a building schedule, order when the site date is firm.

Which models follow the LX2655 on Florida's sales and shipping record?

Four models follow the LX2655 across Florida: the LX2350, LX1060, LX1050 and LX1030, each counted with its variants as one model, the same way the state page counts.

Our data, from the same Florida record, lists the smaller sports too: soccer 75, hockey 13, softball 11 and lacrosse 3. Those counts sit far below the three leading sports. The record shows what shipped, not what stands today.

The LX1030 is the one baseball layout on this list that the Tallahassee sections already describe. Its model page places it between the LX1050 and the LX1060 in size. The LX1030 spec sheet lists 6-inch captions and a team name in place of HOME as an option. If a team name matters to your program, ask how each layout you compare shows one before you settle on a model.

What should a Tallahassee buyer take from this record?

Start with the sport. Baseball holds 19 of the city's 39 entries, so most Tallahassee decisions come down to what a ballfield scoreboard must show officials today.

Our data also shows how differently the city reads from the state. Across Florida, the LX2655 leads with 356 records among 117 models. In Tallahassee, no single model dominates. The record does not say why each program chose its model.

That is the useful lesson. Copying a neighbor's model is not a plan. List the counts your officials keep, from pitch totals to per-quarter team fouls, then match a layout to them. I would compare the layouts of at least two models before committing, and request a quote once the season date is firm.