Safeco Field - Features - Scoreboards

Scoreboards

Safeco Field features a manual scoreboard, a light emitting diode (LED) video display, a main incandescent monochromatic matrix board, a color LED out-of-town scoreboard, and LED ribbon boards along the First, Third, and Hit It Here Cafe Facade.

• The old-fashioned manually operated scoreboard is located in left field, and is part of the outfield fence.
• Also, between left & left-center fields, suspended over both bullpens, is a new (as of 2010) color LED out-of-town scoreboard. In addition to scores, runners on base and counts are displayed. This scoreboard also displays pitcher information when a relief pitcher enters the game, identifies any pitchers that may be warming up, displays information such as an abbreviated box score of a selected out-of-town game, or statistical information such as season home run leaders. It also displays NHL, NFL and NBA scores during the parts of the baseball season that overlap with the regular season and/or playoffs of those sports.
• The main scoreboard in center field contains the LED video screen and large monochromatic matrix board. The matrix board shows each team's lineup, the current batter's statistics, line score, and count.
• New (2011) Hit it Here Cafe LED fascia display
• New (2011) color LED scoreboards run along the Terrace Club fascia. These have full animation capability, but usually display
  • Score and inning
  • Batter information and count
  • Outcome of previous at-bats of the current inning
  • Pitcher name, pitch count, first-pitch data, and pitch speed.
  • Time of day
  • Advertising

Pitcher record and pitcher-hitter match-up data is usually displayed near the Hit It Here Cafe. Additionally, television screens showing the local telecast of the game hang from the bottom of the Terrace Club level, for spectators seated in the last several rows of the main concourse seating areas, as well as those standing on the main concourse. Though fans in these areas have a full view of the field, their view of the scoreboards is obstructed by the overhang of the Terrace Club level. These screens display the content shown on the video board between innings or when the telecast is on a commercial break.

In November 2012, the Mariners announced that a brand new HD main scoreboard will be installed in time for the 2013 season. The new board will be 201 feet wide, the largest screen in use by any MLB team. The board will be useable either all at once (for live action or video replays), or it also can be split into sections for displaying information such as statistics and advertisements. The current scoreboard is already in the process of demolition; the new board is expected to be ready for the April 8, 2013 home opener against the Houston Astros.