Regular Season Pitching Rules - Baseball
VI - PITCHERS
- Any player on a regular season team
may pitch. (NOTE: There is no limit to the number of
pitchers a team may use in a game.)
- A pitcher once removed from the mound cannot return as a pitcher.
- Junior, Senior, and Big League Divisions only:
A pitcher remaining in the game, but moving to a different position,
can return as a pitcher anytime in the remainder of the game, but only once per game.
- The manager must remove the pitcher when said pitcher reaches the limit for his/her age
group as noted below, but the pitcher may remain in the game at another position:
- League Age
- 17-18 105 pitches per day
- 13 -16 95 pitches per day
- 11 -12 85 pitches per day
- 9-10 75 pitches per day
- 7-8 50 pitches per day
- Exception: Exception: If a pitcher reaches the limit imposed in Regulation VI (c) for
his/her league age while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until any one
of the following conditions occurs: 1. That batter reaches base; 2. That batter is put out;
3. The third out is made to complete the half-inning. Note 1: A pitcher who delivers 41
or more pitches in a game cannot play the position of catcher for the remainder of
that day.
- Pitchers league age 14 and under must adhere to the following rest requirements:
- If a player pitches 66 or more pitches in a day, four (4) calendar days of rest must
be observed.
- If a player pitches 51 - 65 pitches in a day, three (3) calendar days of rest must be
observed.
- If a player pitches 36 - 50 pitches in a day, two (2) calendar days of rest must be
observed.
- If a player pitches 21 - 35 pitches in a day, one (1) calendar days of rest must be
observed.
- If a player pitches 1-20 pitches in a day, no (0) calendar day of rest is required.