How we score Banana Ball games

At Michi-chan Sports (MCS), we watch the game by video like many other fans do. We do not have access to the official scoring and call it as we see it. Therefore, we may miss trick plays and will score errors as hits in certain situations. In fact, we do not track errors at all. We will track trick play missed (TPM).

Line score

We print single line Banana Ball scores for headlines, subtitles and within articles using a format that looks like this:
Visitors 4(8) ~ Bananas 6(10).

The number before the parenthesis is the number of points and the number inside the parenthesis is the number of actual runs scored [points(runs)]. Scoring achieved in showdowns are counted as points only. The team that has the most points is the winner.

Box scores

If the official Fans First Entertainment video feed (BTV) does provide a box score at the end of the game, we will provide the total points, runs, hits and trick plays as officially announced. We will advise whether we are using BTV or MCS data for those results.

Stats box

For batting statistics, we provide the following:

• PA - plate appearances

• R - batter crosses home plate for a run

• 1B - singles (includes singles reached by error)

• 2B - doubles (includes doubles reached by error)

• 3B - triples (includes triples reached by error)

• HR - home runs

• K - strikeouts (swinging and looking)

• Fan - foul outs to fans

• B4S - ball 4 sprints (regardless of outcome)

• HBP - hit by pitch

• SB - stolen bases

• TP - trick plays (see note below)

• TPM - trick plays missed

For pitching statistics, we provide the following:

• BF - batters faced

• PC - pitch count

• B - balls thrown (including pass balls/wild pitches)

• SL - strikes where the batter was looking

• SW - strikes where the batter swung

• FB - pitches hit foul

• KL - strikeouts looking

• KS - strikeouts swinging

• B4S - ball 4 sprints

• HA - hits allowed (including those resulting in errors)

• HBP - pitches that hit the batter

(g) - Guest players not normally on the team roster.

Trick Plays: If the trick play involves more than one fielder, we credit the fielder who actually performs a trick play move. For example, ball is tapped off the glove of player A and player B catches it with a glove, only player A gets the TP. If player B was to catch it in their hat, then both players get a TP. Assisted TPs that are missed are charged to the player executing the TP attempt.

Again, none of our scoring should be considered “official”. Banana Ball does maintain a database of summary statistics at their website. Individual game results are not available at the site even though that is something I have been asking for.