Printing Your Scorecard#

A completed scorecard is worth keeping. Whether you’re a parent saving a record of your kid’s game, a stat-keeper archiving a season, or just someone who likes a tangible record, printing gives you something you can file, frame, or hand off.

BaseballScorer produces a print-ready scorecard layout directly from the app — no export, no desktop software required.

The Print Layout#

The printout is formatted for landscape US Letter (11" × 8.5"). Landscape orientation gives the inning columns room to breathe — portrait would squeeze the grid too tightly to be readable.

Each team gets its own page, so a complete game printout is two pages.

Page structure:

Header — team names, final score, date, venue, and any game notes you entered
Body — the full scorecard grid: player names, all inning cells with mini diamonds and fielding notation, and the stats column (AB/R/H/RBI per player)
Footer — “Scored using BaseballScorer [version number]”

The printed scorecard includes all the same overlays you see on screen: pitching change lines, substitution lines, inning-end diagonal slashes, and ghost runner cell markers. What you see in landscape view is what you get on paper.

Print preview showing two landscape pages with scorecard grid, pitcher line, and box score

If any at-bats have notes attached, those are collected in a footnotes section at the bottom of each page, referenced by cell position. This keeps the grid clean while preserving annotations.

How to Print#

Tap the print button in the scorecard toolbar (visible in landscape orientation). This opens the standard iOS print panel, where you can choose a printer, adjust copies, and preview before printing.

AirPrint-compatible printers work directly from the iPad without any additional setup. If you’re printing via a shared printer or a print-to-PDF workflow, iOS handles that through the same panel.

Scorecard landscape view with toolbar showing print, share, and refresh buttons

Tips#

Print after the game is complete for the cleanest result — mid-game printouts will have blank cells for unplayed innings.
If you want a PDF instead of paper, choose “Save to Files” or “Save as PDF” from the iOS print panel. Same layout, digital file.
The print layout is optimized for Letter paper. A4 paper (common outside the US) is slightly narrower and may clip the rightmost stat column on very long games; the app will scale to fit when possible.

See also: Reading the Grid | Mini Diamond | Line Score