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Baseball Pitch CountVersion: 2.0

$0.99
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3.0 out of 5 mice Reviewed Jun 11, 2009 Reviewed Version: 1.0
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Age rating: 4+

Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch (2nd generation)
Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Filed Under: Sports

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Developer Keld Sperry brings the task of tracking pitcher workloads to the iPhone and iPod touch with Baseball Pitch Count, a simple, though largely effective pitch counter.
- Philip Michaels, Macworld.com
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Baseball Pitch Count helps gauge the effectiveness and health of a pitcher. Instantly have stats of pitchers' Strikes, Balls, Total Pitches, Last Ten Pitches, and Percentage of Strikes.

In judging the health of a pitcher, many professionals believe keeping track of number of pitches is more important than the number of innings the pitcher has thrown.

Recommendation of the maximum number of pitches per game from ASMI research:

Age | Max. Pitches Per Game
8-10 52
11-12 68
13-14 76
15-16 91
17-18 106
(QCBaseball.com , 2000-2008)

*Great for coaches, parents, and spectators!!!
*A must have for a baseball team.

APPLICATION FEATURES
- Easy to use interface
- Conveniently keep track of Balls, Strikes, Total Pitches, Last Ten Pitches, and Percentage of Strikes.
- Track stats for up to 8 pitchers (4 pitchers per team)
- Customize players' names
- Audio feedback
- Email stats
- Auto Save when quitting or receiving a phone call

Baseball Pitch Count Screenshots

Baseball Pitch Count Review

Reviewed Version: 1.0

Keep track of balls and strikes on your mobile device

by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com

Few topics in baseball inspire as much fiery debate these days as the notion of pitch counts. On one side of the issue, you have the Old School proponents who contend that pitchers used to toss upwards of 120 to 140 pitches per game without feeling so much as twinge so that’s how today’s Charmin-soft youngsters should be taught how to do it, by gawd. And on the other side is the statistically-inclined crowd, with spreadsheet after spreadsheet of data showing that excessive pitch counts wreak havoc on hurlers’ arms, regardless of how they used to do things back in Old Hoss Radbourn’s day.