September 4, 2024

Hit it out the park with the right baseball scoreboard online

Check out our favorite baseball overlays

Learn why you should use a baseball overlay in your next live streamed game, and discover how using a baseball scoreboard online isn’t too different from a manual scoreboard.

Live streaming baseball games is about more than how many home runs your team scores. People watching the game have to absorb a lot of information. Finding the right baseball scoreboard online and adding a great baseball overlay can help put you in the major leagues of sports streaming.

Benefits of using a baseball scoreboard online 

We’re sure we don’t have to pitch the benefits of live streaming a baseball game. This beloved pastime is followed by fans not just across your country, but also around the world. Reaching more fans has never been easier than today, with several streaming platforms available – from YouTube to Facebook to sports-specific platforms that serve different regions. For example, pro tier platform Recast helps manage pricing, distribution, and boost audience reach and potential revenue.

Adding a baseball overlay helps your viewers keep up with the key action of the game – which team is winning the inning, which batter is about to rake in four home runs, and which pitcher is making the best (or worst) decisions. 

If you’re used to manual scorecards and baseball scoreboards, don’t worry about striking out with a virtual one. Here’s a quick guide on online baseball scoreboards, featuring some of our favorite overlays. 

Getting familiar with online scoreboard baseball overlays 

A baseball scoreboard online isn’t too different from a manual scoreboard. A baseball overlay usually displays runs, hits, and errors, as well as other useful information to tell you why your favorite team is winning or losing. 

On some baseball overlays, the innings are lined up in a table at the bottom lower third of a baseball live stream – similar to a real-life scoreboard. 

For example, in our Baseball Box Scoreboard, the visiting team’s innings will be displayed on the top, and the home team at the bottom.

An advantage of setting up a baseball scoreboard is that it can be customized over and over again to display any team logo – and auto calculate total runs. You can also display the number of balls and strikes for the current batter to help you understand the pitcher’s control and effectiveness – as well as how much pressure your batter is under not to strike out. 

Hit a homer with a baseball scorebug

For other online baseball scoreboard overlays, each inning can be marked by a number with an arrow pointing – up for top half of the innings, and down for the bottom half. So for example, an upward arrow next to a 5 indicates the top of the fifth inning.

Our Standard Baseball Scorebug overlay sits at the bottom left of your screen, leaving more space for the action.

Our baseball scorebugs also show runners on base by illuminating different parts of the diamond. This tells your viewers if there are players on the first, second and third bases.

We’re using our Champion-themed Baseball Scorebug here.

With this handy bit of visual data, viewers get a sneak peek to the batter’s decision making, as well as the pressure on the pitcher and fielding team. If all three bases are lit up, you might be about to see four home runs! 

Uno’s online baseball scorebugs come in several different layouts to suit your live sports stream. Our Stealth-themed Baseball Scorebug has fun animated elements to add a little extra style to your next baseball live stream. 

Who’s on first? Find out with a formation overlay!

A baseball overlay can be more than just a scoreboard. Talk defense positions before the game begins and break down the profiles of each player – their weaknesses, their strengths, and their performance over the season.

Baseball formation overlay
With our Standard Baseball Formations overlay, you can add player numbers and names, customize colors, add logos, and edit in real time through our online interface.

Start using a baseball scoreboard online free

Why are uno’s baseball scoreboards so convenient to use? Here’s just a few benefits our stream overlays offer:

  • Compatible with mobile: Just sign into our browser interface and turn your mobile into a fully portable control panel. Keeping score has never been easier.
  • Real-time customization: Add team colors, logos, and customize each overlay fully as many times as you like. Uno overlays also come in several themes and layouts that you can choose from. You can also upload and store images in your personal image library on overlays.uno, and access them from any device at any time.
  • Works with your streaming software: We’re compatible with OBS, Streamlabs, vMix, and work seamlessly with sports streaming platforms. 
  • Free to use: All uno overlays are completely free to use. Just sign up with your email and choose from hundreds of overlays – with new scoreboards added regularly. 
  • Stream Deck friendly: Use our Stream Deck plugin to control your baseball scoreboard online without having to fiddle with your laptop.

Using a baseball scoreboard online in your live stream can help fans follow along better, and build excitement during each inning! But, if you’re still not sure how to set up your first stream layout, or need some more help, visit our resources page for more advice – or join our fantastic community on Discord. You can also reach out to us directly for feedback and support.

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