Scoresheets for Seamheads with Word Hammers.
A bit of background: A couple of weeks before MLB Opening Day 2025, I created the 10/6 Baseball Scoresheet for Typewriters and presented it to baseball fan and typewriter enthusiast Tom Hanks. I'd read & heard rumors that he would occasionally take a typewriter to a ball game to keep score. I thought there should be a sheet for that. Tom tested it (below) and returned it with no suggestions for changes.
Tom Hanks used a Hermes 3000 with Epoca font to test this sheet.
After Tom posted this sheet to Instagram, there was immediate interest from the scoring and typing communities. Some further testing by a small group followed and, after some minor tweaks, the sheets are ready for all to enjoy.
Those of you not familiar with typewriters should understand that not all machines are equal. There are different pitches in type, characters per inch, lines per inch; variations of fonts — Pica, Elite, Cursive, Techno, Gothic, etc. Creating a scoresheet to suit all possibilities wasn't feasible so a compromise was made.
The two variants included here were designed on grids for American typewriters using character sets of 10 CPI and 12 CPI (characters per inch), on 6 Lines Per Inch. This should cover most machines featuring Pica (10 CPI) and Elite (12 CPI) typefaces. If you own a Remington, Royal, or Smith Corona, you're probably in luck.
That said, the sheets will generally work with nearly any typewriter, but the character grid and line spacing may not align across and down the sheet — you'll need to make adjustments as you go.
Above: 10 CPI grid. Pink areas show character cell alignment.
Details: Sheets were designed in Adobe Illustrator and are available in shaded and unshaded ledger variants. The green grid color is specially mixed to print well in greyscale by default for those without a color printer.
10 CPI Sheets (above): Space for 10 innings, one substitution per batting slot, 3x3 scoring cells, basic box totals, 5 pitchers.
12 CPI Sheets (above): Additional horizontal space allows for 11 innings, one substitution per batting slot, 3x3 scoring cells, extended box totals, 5 pitchers.
How to use the sheets: Download, Print, Register, Type. To register the sheet simply use the small home plate at the top middle and align it in the center of your type guide.
Completed test sheet for Cubs @ Dodgers.
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With my sincere thanks,
Lou Spirito
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