Pitcher Trakker© Users Manual
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1. One you decided on the type of pitch used the next screen is the result of the pitch Tap on the icon that corresponds to the pitch result Ball Strike Foul Ball etc The third screen will let you choose the location of the ball that was pitched I made a mistake how can I correct it Once you tap Ok on any of the alert boxes you cannot go back However until you commit to the location of the ball that was pitched you can always go back What is Edit Game The Edit Game button allows you to edit Balls Strikes Outs and Inning Edit Game also gives you the option to retire the currrent pitcher so that you can bring in another one How do I keep track of stats The application keeps track of the stats automatically Every time you commit to a pitch result the application will record it and you can view the report anytime by tapping on Stats in the tab bar Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 12 How are my stats saved Your stats are saved automatically by the application so you don t have to worry about it What does the Power Save button do When this button is on you won t see the animation when you tap on certain icons This will save battery life and thus allows you to use the application for a longer period of time How do I load a previously saved pitcher The stats screen has three pages left center and right The center screen contains the stats of the current pitcher an2. Pitcher Trakker is dedicated solely to improvement of a softball or baseball pitcher s performance As such it tracks only a single pitcher at a time gathering detailed information but in an easy to use user interface What Doesn t Pitcher Trakker Do Pitcher Trakker does not gather whole team statistics or track more than one pitcher at a time However this is the point of Pitcher Trakker since it 1s dedicated to improvement of a pitcher s performance 1 AT amp T gt 9 27 AM Setup 2 The SETUP Screen How Do I Get started New Pitcher Thu May 7 2009 Setting up a new pitching session is easy Once a pitcher s name is in the roster starting a new pitching session only takes a few seconds Righty Lefty Starter Reliever Make sure you re in the Setup screen by touching the Setup tab at the bottom of the display Enter your pitcher s name by following these steps Inning entered Outs on entry 1 Tap in the pitcher s name text field the field with the right chevron two times until you are at the pitcher s roster If your pitcher has already pitched his name will be in the roster If this is the first time for your pitcher tap in the text _ SETUP TAB field one more time to bring up the keyboard Opposing Team Main Setup Page Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 2 Portapple LLC 2009 2 Itis is important that the pitcher s name be spelled correctly for every game t
3. Earned Runs can be entered as described in section 4 above When Done is pressed for t r the ERA picker an alert box will ask End of regular ae play If End Game is chosen that is the end of the game _y Se If Play is chosen Pitcher Trakker will go into extra innings As long as the game is in extra innings the Alert box asking End of regular play will be asked at the end _ of each inning 4 35 ae DV J b The end of 20 innings of play 20 innings is the maximum that Pitcher Trakker supports Automatic Alert Box that Comes up at the End of Regulation Play all AT amp T gt 9 39 AM m Bringing in a Reliever Few pitchers in Baseball pitch the entire game and occasionally in Softball a pitcher will come out before the game has ended as well It is simple to bring in a reliever in the course of anormal E EE game with these few steps a Press Edit Game on page 1 of the PLAY tab The Sees cea thsi Uhh edit view will come up b Press Retire Pitcher in the top center of the edit view answer Yes if you really want to retire the pitcher c Enter Earned Runs and you will be prompted to start a new pitcher or a reliever d Setup your new pitcher or reliever as described in Section 2 of this manual Select Retire Pitcher in the Edit Game view to retire a pitcher Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 7 Retire pitcher Palmer vs Yankees Cancel Y
4. Pitcher Trakker Users Manual Table of Contents 1 What is Pitcher Trakker 2 The SETUP Screen How Do I Get started 3 How Do I Start Recording a Pitching Session 4 ERA earned runs and EDIT During Game PLAY 5 Ending a Pitching Session Extra Innings and Bringing in a Reliever 6 Statistics Viewing and Using 7 Saving Deleting and Emailing Pitching Sessions 8 FAQ s Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 1 1 What is Pitcher Trakker Pitcher Trakker is an exciting new software tool dedicated to improving a baseball or softball pitcher s performance It is available exclusively on Apple Inc s iPhone Touch family of products Pitcher Trakker s intuitive interface easily gathers detailed pitching information for a pitcher and presents the data in a way that coaches parents and fans can easily find weaknesses and strengths in any softball or baseball pitcher s performance Important Note Throughout this manual the term pitching session is used rather than game Pitcher Trakker is designed to follow a single pitcher in detail from the beginning of his pitching session to the end Pitcher Trakker is designed to support relief sessions and easily switch from a starter to a relief pitcher specifically for coaches who want to follow their entire suite of pitcher s through the course of a single game What does Pitcher Trakker do that s Different From Other Baseball Statisitcs Programs
5. d you can never load another pitcher onto it However you can load any previously recorded pitchers onto the left or right screen by choosing the info 1 button at the bottom right corner of the screen Highlight the pitcher you want to load then tap on Load You then have a choice to load it to the left or right screen How do I delete a previously saved pitchers When you re in the stats screen tap on the info 1 button to go to the file list Highlight the file you want to delete and press the Delete button Note that you cannot delete the current pitcher the one preceded by a How do I email my pitcher stats When you re in the stats screen tap on the info 1 button to go to the file list Highlight the file you want to email and press the E mail button Note that you are able to email at any time the stats data of the current pitcher Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 _13
6. es Press Yes to confirm a Retired Pitcher Portapple LLC 2009 A pitcher has been retired and the statistics saved Dismiss View Statistics Start new pitcher LD Start reliever After Earned Runs are entered a reliever or new pitcher may be started immediately User s Manual v1 4 6 Statistics Viewing and Using Statistics are viewed by pressing the STATs tab at the bottom of the screen A vertically aligned scrollable set of statistics is presented The organization of statistics is in up to 7 sections depending on which version of Pitcher Trakker you own Pitcher Trakker Lite 1 Game Information 2 Limited General Pitching Totals 3 Limited Pitch Results totals Pitcher Trakker 1 Game information 2 General Pitching Totals 3 Pitch Results totals of balls strikes strikeouts etc 4 Type of Pitch totals of fastball sinker etc all AT amp T gt 9 29 AM lt lt Jameson vs Yanke gt Game Information Date recorded 2009 05 7 11 03 35 Pitcher name Jameson R vs Yankees Scheduled innings 9 Inning Outs when entered 1st inning 0 outs Inning Outs when exited pitching in progress Play time 63 Hours 46 Min 24 Sec Season game count 1 General Pitching Totals This game Season Total pitches 11 11 Total innings pitched 2 2 i A Bg Game Information partially available in LITE 5 Strike zone pitches total of pitches in each o
7. f nine locations in the strike zone 6 Ball zone pitches total of pitches in each of 8 locations in the ball zone The left column of the statistics is text For most categories there are two number columns to the right The left column of numbers 1s statistics for this game The right column is statistics for the season NOTE Seasonal statistics include statistics gathered this pitching session and will increment throughout the pitching session as it proceeds Seasonal data is the accumulation of all pitching sessions for the pitcher s name plus the statistics from this session After the pitching session 1s started older sessions can be deleted and the seasonal numbers will remain accurate see File Management below for Deleting games info KEY POINT It is important that the most recent pitching session NOT be deleted until a new pitching wal AT amp T gt 9 30 AM lt Jameson vs Yanke gt General Pitching Totals This game Season Total pitches 11 11 Total innings pitched 2 2 ERA 4 50 4 50 WHIP 0 00 0 00 Total strikeouts 1 og Total walks 0 O Total hits 0 0 Total batters faced 3 3 1 1 Total earned runs Pitch Results Balls 3 3 a STATS TAB General Pitching Totals Trakker and Trakker PRO only session is started The most recent pitching session is what is used for seasonal data in a new pitching session Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 7 Saving Deleting a
8. hat he she pitches so that seasonal data statistics are accurate The roster helps ensure you will have a spelling accurate pitcher s name Enter once use many Once the pitcher s name is entered or selected hit Done upper right corner and set up pitcher s information such as righty lefty starter reliever and if appropriate the inning and out in which he is entering the game Repeat the process for entering the opposing team s name by pressing the lower text field on the Setup screen You will also be able to select baseball softball and the number of innings scheduled for this game Setup more detail 1 Pitcher information Tapping on the pitcher name one time shows a picker view where pitcher information is entered a Righty lefty default is righty b Starter reliever default is starter c Inning entered default is 1 d Outs on entry default is 0 Tapping on the pitcher s name the second time from the picker view brings up the pitcher s roster 2 Opposing team information Tapping on the opposing team name one time shows a picker view where opposing team and other info can be entered a Baseball softball baseball is default b Innings in game 9 is default The second tap from the picker view takes you to the opposing team roster or keyboard to enter a new opposing team 3 Japanese rules and display are available by ll AT amp T gt Pitcher s name Done Cancel Jame
9. irtually all situations are covered that would be necessary for statistics gathering of a pitcher Nevertheless it will be of benefit to be familiar with their options before you score your first game ll AT amp T gt 9 29 AM mil AT amp T gt 9 29 AM Pitch Result TL Pitch Result Pitch Result Hit by pitch Catcher s interference Ball Called Strike Batted Ball Batted Ball Batted Ball Double play Fielder error Wild pitch runner advances Cancel Dy Foul Ball Swinging Other Strike St PLAY TAB Screen 2 Results Portapple LLC 2009 Hit Out Foul Ball winging Strike A PLAY TAB Screen 2 Batted Ball Results User s Manual v1 4 Cancel TREL winging Strike A St PLAY TAB Screen 2 Other Results l_ AT amp T gt 9 29 AM Back Swinging strike amp C00 00 00 00 U E A Setup Play Sta PLAY TAB Screen 3 Location Play more details 1 Ifa wrong entry is made on Screen 1 2 or 3 you can use the Back button to correct the error 2 The final step in the data gathering for a pitch will be a question asking do you want to commit to the data entered for the pitch Once you have committed you can still edit strikes balls outs and inning using the EDIT button on the screen see next section 3 Be sure to choose L or R righty or lefty for each new bat
10. nd Emailing Pitching Sessions Press the bottom right corner I info icon in the main STATs tab to go to a view where saved pitching session can be managed 1 Load compare an old session to the current game in progress 2 Delete delete the selected pitching session 3 Email email the statistics for the selected pitching session Select the pitching session by touching the line Then make your choice Load more details Selecting Load will then prompt for the left or right ll AT amp T gt 9 29 AM lt Jameson vs Yanke gt Game Information Date recorded 2009 05 7 11 03 35 Pitcher name Jameson R vs Yankees Scheduled innings 9 Inning Outs when entered 1st inning 0 outs Inning Outs when exited pitching in progress Play time 63 Hours 46 Min 24 Sec Season game count 1 This game Season Total pitches 11 11 Total innings pitched 2 2 E al STATS TAB Press the info icon bottom right corner screen When you make your selection you will be taken back to the main STATs page Double arrows at the top allow you to scroll between up to two saved pitching sessions and the game in progress Delete more details Selecting Delete will delete the session from your iPhone Touch Seasonal statistics are preserved within each pitching session that is started however it is important to note that the most recent pitching session should not be deleted until a new pi
11. son 1 Jameson Jf 9 28 AM 2 Rick ll AT amp T gt SETUP TAB Pitcher Roster Screen Cancel Game setup Entering Inning Outs on P i Handed as entering entry Righty Starter 1 U a all SETUP TAB Select pitcher details changing the switch position to ON at the bottom of the main setup display SETUP TAB main setup display User s Manual v1 4 9 28 AM ll AT amp T gt 9 29 AM 3 How Do I Start Recording a Pitching Session mil AT amp T gt 9 28 AM Yankees Jameson j R You start gathering data in the Play section of the program press the Play tab at the bottom of the screen Data gathering happens easily using only 3 screens uts Inning E oe Screen 1 a batter lefty or righty choose the L or R for a new r batter If no selection is made the program will j default to righty batter As a reminder the L R Fastball Curveball Changeup will blink with a new batter until a selection is made b type of pitch thrown curveball fastball etc pi Knuckleball Sinker 0 15 2 Screen 2 a results of the pitch strike ball hit etc Screen 3 a location of the pitch thrown one of 17 location on a distribution matrix PLAY TAB Screen Type of Pitch You will need to spend some time getting familiar with the batted ball and other buttons on Page 2 V
12. tching session is started A new pitching session uses the most recent game to transfer seasonal data from Email more details Selecting Email will cause an exit to Apple s iPhone Touch email utility Here you may send the statistics to anyone in your normal email contact list al AT amp T gt 9 30 AM Jameson vs Yankees 2009 05 7 11 03 35 Rick vs Yankees 2009 05 3 08 37 03 Rick vs Yankees 2009 05 3 08 53 46 Rick vs Yankees 2009 05 4 13 10 50 y Play Stats STATS TAB Manage pitching session Statistics are fully formatted by category with line separators for an easily read record of a pitching session Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 10 Jameson vs Yankees 2009 05 7 11 03 35 STATS TAB Prompt prior to leaving Trakker for an email Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 11 8 FAQs How do I get started From the Setup screen start by selecting the pitcher s name from a roster of saved profiles or create a new one When starting a game your first pitcher is the starter all subsequent ones are relievers Your pitchers names will be used to track his her stats throughout the season so make sure that each pitcher you track has a unique name Enter the opponent s team name choose Baseball or Softball and the number of innings per game How do I start recording Tap on Play then choose the type of pitch used Fastball Curveball Changeup etc
13. ter that comes to plate Pitcher Trakker will blink these letters until a selection is made or default to righty if none is made Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 4 ERA earned runs and EDIT During Game PLAY Earned Run Entry At the end of each inning a Earned Run dialog box will come up automatically Dial in the earned runs for the inning The total earned runs for the game shows as a box at the bottom Total earned runs are also viewable at any time in the statistics section Editing a Game Press the EDIT button located on screen 1 of the PLAY tab Balls strikes outs and inning can be edited If you edit to a new inning the ERA picker wheel will appear on exit from the EDIT session The same 1s true if you edit to the end of a game sl ATT 9 29 AM al AT amp T gt 9 29 AM Yankees Jameson R Yankees Jameson R p Edit Game m Edit Game E o pu neee Done Cancel Retire pitcher Done Balls Strikes Outs Inning DERMEE aO Rae for inning 2 PLAY TAB End of Inning enter Earned Runs PLAY TAB Edit game Portapple LLC 2009 User s Manual v1 4 5 Ending a Pitching Session Extra Innings and Bringing in a Reliever Automatic End of Pitching Session A pitching session will end automatically in one of two ways Either a The end of regulation play as entered during SETUP At the end of regulation play the ERA picker will come up so that the final
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