Why would a coach Fix a Game book

Hard to say, you'd need more information really. You say the information you have is from a paper the coach put together. So you're not really seeing the actual scorebook.

It could be that the paper reflects additional stats from scrimmages, which would account for the 10 at-bats (as opposed to the 6 you cite) Same with the pitching stats. Often a coach lumps them all in together for his own purposes, since an at-bat is an at-bat whether it's in an official game or not, it still reflects how one does against an opposing pitcher or hitter. More for his own info than for official stats.

It could sheer incompetence.

Or it could be playing a little loose with the facts in order to establish 'evidence' in order to justify whatever it is he wants to justify. He can go offer 'stats' in order to explain his actions to an irate parent or league official. I would suspect that this would be a moron's way of doing things, since it tends to stick out like a sore thumb and the downside is huge for the coach.

Or it could be what the coach puts together based on some less-than-knowledgeable scorekeeper (maybe a kid) keeping the scorebook. For instance, it could be the kid writes in the line-up, but then forgets to insert the subsitutions. Coach goes to wrap the stats up and lo and behold, your kid had 5 at-bats in the game, when you know he was subbed for and only had 3 at-bats. Pitchers scorekeepings are notoriously inept when kids keep them, sometimes everything is a hit, sometimes everything is an error.

I don't know, it's hard to say. You haven't given us a whole lot to go on, but there are some possibilities.

#1, don't get your son stuck in the middle of a potentially ugly situation.

#2- Sometimes the "game" off the field causes the whole team to lose focus of the game on the field.

#3- Sometimes things are better off left alone. Stats are only numbers, results speak for themselves.

#4- If you HAVE to say anything use it in a team context, ask other parents if they see a decpreencies and approach it as a group. This is a no win battle by yourself.

yes, thank you everybody for your answers. One of the reasons I'm asking is because I heard another parent say to someone after an infield error - I wonder how that's going to read in the book." So, then I didn't say I overheard, I just had a silent realization I'm not the only one. It could be inept as pitchers often get DH'd and my son does too, but on the same piece of paper it said he had only pitched 8 or 9 innings so far and if so, it woldn't hae included a whole game he pitched, so I discounted that. I do agree with the person who says don't say anything. I doubt I will now, and I think I will leave it alone, it's just sort of wrong you know. I was reading one of the links from somewhere else on this sight about mental toughness and I guess we will concentrate on that. It sours the school experience and makes the kids dismiss it in favor of their select team. Sad.

1. Who cares if the book is correct?

2. Most college coaches don't pay attention to the high school stats because they know most of them are incorrect.

3. What I have seen is most coaches padding the stats to get their players on the All-District, Region, or All-State teams.

4. I did see a coach being harder on an "elite freshmen player" than he was on the Seniors. The reason for this according to him was "I don't want him to get the Big Head."

On each of my 2 sons hs teams, players are keeping the books. Not the coach, or even a knowledgeable parent...