Illegal Pitch Penalty
Baseball (8.05 a-k) – Major Division and below only
Softball (8.01 a-c and 8.01 e-p) – All Divisions of play
If an Illegal Pitch occurs AND the pitcher PITCHES BALL to the batter
and the batter DOES hit the ball
The batter DOES NOT hit
the ball (including a hit
batter)
The batter or any runner
DO NOT ADVANCE one
base Safely
The batter reaches first
base and all runners
ADVANCE one base
Safely
Call “TIME” and Enforce
Illegal Pitch
Call “TIME” and Enforce
Illegal Pitch
DISREGARD Illegal Pitch
Call “BALL” on batter
Call “BALL” on batter
and RETURN runners
Runners advance only if
award results in “BALL
FOUR” on the batter and
forces runners on base to
advance
If an Illegal Pitch occurs AND the pitcher DOES NOT PITCH BALL to the batter
Pitcher DOES NOT
THROW to a base
BASEBALL ONLY (Does Not apply to softball) and the
pitcher DOES THROW to a base
Call “TIME” and Enforce
Illegal Pitch
and THROWS WILD to
a base
and DOES NOT THROW
WILD to a base
Call “BALL” on batter
Runner MAY ADVANCE
at their OWN RISK
Call “TIME” and Enforce
Illegal Pitch
Baserunners DO NOT
advance
AFTER the play ends,
call “TIME” and Enforce
Illegal Pitch
Call “BALL” on batter
Call “BALL” on batter
Runners MAY NOT
ADVANCE