Official scorer

Scorer or scorekeeper is the English name for the marker or game recorder in (mostly from North America derived ) sports where the score and / or other players according to the respective rules of the game are recorded continuously, for example in basketball, baseball or softball.

The scorer records the game on writing; from the records can later player statistics are often created over several years.

The term often used is scorer in the English language commonly used also for the player who has scored a point. However, in the official baseball rules of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) and the International Baseball Federation ( IBAF ) and in the softball rules of the International Softball Federation (ISF ) explicitly from the "Official Scorer" the speech. Also in Cricket Scorer is both the official and also colloquially used term for the Punkteaufschreiber.

In German-speaking countries a scorer in football is also someone who has achieved either gates or given assists. The list of the best scorer is also called Scorer list. For a goal scored as well as for an assist get the scorer at the scorer list each have a point scorer. Originally Scorer statistic comes from the ice hockey.