Washington Scoreboards: Baseball and Basketball Run Close at 23 and 21 of 58 Records

Baseball and basketball run nearly level in Washington. Our sales and shipping record for the state puts baseball at 23 and basketball at 21 of 58 records, with football third at 11. The research section below walks through these findings. No single model passes 6 records.

Electro-Mech, a family-owned manufacturer building scoreboards in Wrightsville, Georgia since 1963, offers over 180 standard models of scoreboards, timers and other displays. The Washington record draws on many of them rather than one favorite. You can look up the records for your own city on our Washington state page.

The sections below read the record by sport and by model, then work from each model's own spec sheet: the LX2350 and LX2655 indoors, and the LX1030, LX1390 and LX7520 outdoors. They also cover how consoles handle inning runs, where a pitch-count column belongs, and why Little League and state-association pitch-count rules shape a baseball layout.

Why do Washington baseball and basketball scoreboards need more than a score?

Baseball and basketball scoreboards carry rule-driven information, not only runs and points. Pitch-count policies and multi-sport gym use both shape which display fits a Washington field or gym.

Before you compare models, work through three steps in order:

1. Confirm which pitching policy governs your games: your state association's policy for high school play, or Little League's for youth divisions.
2. List every sport the gym hosts, including volleyball and wrestling, before you choose an indoor layout.
3. Request the spec sheet for each model you are weighing and compare its displays line by line.

The first step matters because pitching rules are not uniform. Since 2016, NFHS Rule 6-2-6 has required each member state association to write its own pitching restriction policy, based on the number of pitches thrown in a game, with a required rest period between appearances. Little League publishes separate pitch count breakdowns by league age, with days-of-rest thresholds for each division of play. The limits differ by organization. Your scoreboard plan should start from whichever policy your games follow.

The second step matters indoors. The common assumption is that a basketball scoreboard serves basketball alone. The LX2655 model page describes the LX2655 as Electro-Mech's most popular model for basketball, and its removable caption plates along the bottom let you label the lower half of the display for volleyball games or wrestling matches. One gym can serve three sports from a single scoreboard. You can compare indoor layouts on the Electro-Mech basketball scoreboards page.

The research section below walks through these findings. In practice, a scoreboard chosen before those two questions are answered tends to be chosen on size alone. Size is only one line on a spec sheet.

The rest of this article works from Electro-Mech's own Washington sales and shipping record and from each featured model's published spec sheet, so every figure ties back to a document you can check.

What do the LX1390 and LX7520 do on a Washington outdoor field?

The LX1390 and LX7520 cover two different outdoor jobs: the LX1390 keeps game information for baseball and, with flipped captions, other field sports, while the LX7520 times practice segments.

Outdoor fields in Washington rarely host one sport. In 2019, Sports Illustrated's SBLive reported that 1,405 fewer students took part in sports or activities across the state in the 2018-19 school year, citing the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. The same report found that participation fell in 11-man football and boys basketball but rose in 8-man football, track and field, bowling, wrestling and boys cross country. A field that once served one varsity schedule may now carry several smaller programs. The scoreboard has to keep accurate information for each of them.

The LX1390 answers that need first. The LX1390 spec sheet lists it as an outdoor multi-sport scoreboard with reversible captions for baseball or multi-sport mode, a 14 ft x 5 ft aluminum cabinet weighing 235 lb, and 1.8 amps at 120 VAC in its base form (the LX1390-ETN draws 3.8 amps). Guest Score, Home Score and Timer digits are 18 inches tall, and the Period digit is 15 inches. Its standard MP-style console lets the 4-digit timer count up or down, show time of day, and display tenths of seconds in the final minute of a period. Flip the Inning caption to Period and the same scoreboard handles soccer, lacrosse and football.

The LX7520 is a different tool. Our review of the LX7520 spec sheet shows an outdoor portable practice segment timer: a 4 ft x 3 ft cabinet, 40 lb, 11-inch digits in amber or red, an internally mounted horn, and 0.5 amps at 120 VAC. An optional T-Cart leg kit with wheels lets it roll wherever practice moves, and the model page notes it can double as a play clock during games.

The two models work as a pair. The LX1390 console includes a fully programmable Practice Segment Timer mode, and the LX7520 gives that mode a dedicated portable display. A program adding practice timing to an existing field usually takes that next step. You can see the full outdoor range on the Electro-Mech football scoreboards page.

What comes with an LX7520 practice timer, and what do you add?

A standard LX7520 ships with a full-sized 37-key console, outdoor-coated LED circuits and a junction box; the wheeled leg kit, ScoreLink Wireless RF and longer data cable are options.

Our review of the LX7520 spec sheet splits the order in two. Standard equipment covers what every unit needs. Optional equipment covers how you move it and how you control it.

Standard on the LX7520

• A light, rust-free, all-aluminum cabinet with automotive-grade baked-on enamel paint on all sides
• A choice of 18 standard paint colors, plus amber or red LEDs
• LED display circuits conformal coated for outdoor use
• A full-sized 37-key control console with an LCD display
• A junction box and patch cable for hardwired installations
• Toll-free technical support by phone and online for the life of the product

Optional on the LX7520

• A sturdy leg kit with wheels for portable use
• Custom paint colors
• Up to 1,000 feet of data cable for hardwired installations
• The ScoreLink Wireless RF modem system for wireless communication

The two options work as a pair. If the timer moves between fields, a wireless link saves laying cable to every spot it stands. A fixed spot can run on the data cable instead. I would decide on the leg kit and the control link together, since both depend on where practice actually happens.

The LX7520 is among the most-shipped models in our Washington sales and shipping record, so it is a display many Washington buyers already know. If the same order also covers a baseball scoreboard with custom columns, such as home and guest pitch counts, settle that layout with our team before the cabinet is built.

Why does the WIAA season make console behavior matter on a Washington baseball scoreboard?

Inning runs and total runs are edited separately on a baseball scoreboard console, so an operator can correct a line score or carry extra innings without the total recalculating.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association describes itself as a private, nonprofit rule-making body formed in 1905, with nearly 800 member high schools and middle/junior high schools divided into six geographic service districts. The WIAA hosts 120 state championship events, baseball and basketball among them, and its state championships run from early November through late May. The association receives no tax-dollar funding and is funded primarily through ticket sales for state tournaments and other events.

A long calendar puts many games, and often many different operators, on the same console. A scoreboard's first job is accurate information for players and officials. Spectators come second.

On Electro-Mech baseball consoles, pressing the run button adds the run to the current inning column and to the total at the same time, so the numbers agree. Setting the total by hand leaves the inning columns untouched. Setting one inning by hand leaves the total untouched. Two situations make that independence useful:

• An inning in which more than 9 runs score, since the per-inning column cannot show a tens digit.
• Extra innings that run past the columns available on the display.

The same independence carries a duty. An edit to one field is not reflected in the other, so the operator checks both before the next pitch. In practice, a mismatched line score usually means a manual edit, not a fault.

Pitch counts raise a similar layout question. If you want home and guest pitch counts on a baseball scoreboard, settle where that column sits beside Runs, Hits and Errors before the layout is final, because a reader scans that row from left to right.

Before a volunteer runs a playoff game, have them read the console section of the scoreboard manuals for your model. Our support team answers toll-free Monday to Friday, 8 to 5 Eastern, for anything the manual leaves open.

Variant names in the record fold into one LX equivalent before anything is counted:

Name on the order    Counted as
2350                 LX2350
2350-C               LX2350
LX2350               LX2350

Each row stands for one organization, model and city. A school that ordered two different models in the same city appears twice.

Why does no single scoreboard model dominate the 58 Washington records?

Washington's 58 records split almost evenly between baseball at 23 and basketball at 21, and they spread across 31 distinct models, so no single model passes 6 records.

Our review of the Electro-Mech sales and shipping record for Washington counts 58 records across 29 cities and towns, running from 2000 to 2024, which ranks Washington #37 of 50 states by units shipped. The record counts one row per organization, model and city. Each city's records are listed on our Washington state page, so you can check these counts yourself. The snapshot is dated 2026-09-14.

The research section below walks through these findings.

Models are counted by their LX equivalent, so variants of one model count as that one model. Even so, 31 distinct models appear in the state. The close sport counts and the long model list point the same way. Ask which of the five models below matches the sports your venue hosts before you look further down the list. The record shows the variety; it does not say why each model was chosen.

The LX1030 is the most-shipped baseball-only model in that list. The LX1030 spec sheet gives an 8 ft x 4 ft aluminum cabinet weighing 113 lb, with every digit 18 inches tall, 4-inch indicators, amber or red LEDs, and 1.1 amps. The model page places it between the LX1050 and LX1060 in size, with 18-inch Runs and Inning and bullet-style Ball, Strike and Out indicators. A simplified 15-key "MM" console comes in the package; a full-sized 37-key console with LCD display and the ScoreLink Wireless RF modem system are options.

The LX7520 follows a different console path. The CX_480 MP-style console manual, software version 4.8.0, lists the LX7520 among its supported models alongside baseball and softball scoreboards such as the LX1376, LX1370 and LX1320. That console talks to the display over stereo data cables through a junction box.

Two models with the same record count can need different consoles. Check the console type and software version against the label on the console's bottom before ordering a spare.

Which indoor scoreboard fits a Washington gym, the LX2350 or the LX2655?

The LX2350 covers points, clock, period, bonus and possession in a 9 ft x 3 ft cabinet; the taller 9 ft x 5 ft LX2655 adds further 9-inch digits.

The LX2350 spec sheet lists an indoor basketball and multi-sport scoreboard weighing 89 lb, with 12-inch Guest Points, Home Points and Period Clock digits, a 9-inch Period digit, and 3-inch Bonus and Possession indicators in amber, red and green. Standard equipment includes an internal horn, a data output port for daisy chaining additional displays, and a goal light output port for optional LED backboard goal light kits. Double Bonus Indicators and a center hung four-sided configuration are options.

The two share a 9-foot width and the 12-inch scoring row. The difference is cabinet height and the extra 9-inch digits on the LX2655. Neither choice is wrong. The right one depends on what officials and players need to read.

Gym use runs wider than basketball. The NFHS participation survey for 2024-25 counted a record 8,266,244 high school participants nationally, with basketball third among boys at 540,704 and fourth among girls at 356,240, and volleyball second among girls at 492,799. A gym that hosts volleyball and wrestling nights asks more of its scoreboard than a basketball-only room.

The same logic applies outdoors. The LX1030 runs from the CX_402 MP-style console, software version 4.0.2, which also supports the LX1050 and LX1060. The LX7520 sits on a different console, as covered above. Knowing the console before ordering saves a second call.

I would start with two lists before reading any spec sheet:

1. The sports and events the gym or field hosts across the season.
2. The information officials need on the scoreboard for each of them.

Match a model's own spec sheet to both lists, then ask our team for a quote on that model and its console.

What should you confirm before ordering a Washington baseball scoreboard?

Confirm the sports your venue hosts, who sets your pitch limits, where the pitch-count column sits beside Runs, Hits and Errors, and who answers console questions after delivery.

Settle them in order. The sports you host come first, because they decide which feature set you start from. Pitch rules come second. For high school play, your state association writes the pitching restriction policy; for youth play, Little League publishes pitch count breakdowns by league age and days-of-rest thresholds for each division of play. A pitch-count column earns its place only when a pitch rule governs your games. Getting the sport list right first keeps every later choice short.

What should a Washington buyer take from the record?

Take the record as a starting list of models Washington buyers already know, then check each model's own spec sheet against the sports and rules at your venue.

The research section above walks through these findings. It cannot tell you how old the scoreboard on your field is. Your own purchase file can.

The next step is short. Write down every sport and event the venue hosts. Read the spec sheet for the model that fits, with its own digit heights and amperage. Confirm which console runs it. For baseball, settle the pitch-count layout against your state association's policy or Little League's age divisions before the layout is final.

A scoreboard chosen that way serves players and officials first, in every season it is used.