Jan 2017
2017 SPRING SEASON – A DIVISION LOCAL RULES
Pre-Season:
Regular Season:
Post Season:
Time Limit:
Scoring:
Games 1-4 - no standings are kept.
Games 5-19 - Divisional standings shall be kept.
All teams participate.
Pre Season/Regular Season: No new inning starts after 1 hour 40 minutes.
Regular Season Exception: The last or only game scheduled for the entire day on that field shall
have no time limit..
Playoffs Exception: No time limit.
Exception: Games end at the posted sunset time.
Games may end in a tie score.
Offense:
• There is a 4 run limit per half inning.
• The 4 run limit is off in the 6th inning.
• On a batted ball, only one extra base shall be allowed on an overthrow to a base. Additional bases may be taken
in the event of a subsequent attempt made on any runner.
Exception: Base runners may not advance on an overthrow from catcher to pitcher after a pitched ball.
• Base runners on first and/or second are allowed to advance a maximum of one base as a result of a wild
pitch, passed ball or catcher’s throw on a base runner that stays in the field of play.
• Stealing home is prohibited. A runner starting on third may score only on a batted ball, a walk with the bases
loaded or with a hit batter with the bases loaded. A runner starting on third may not score on a wild pitch, passed
ball or or any catcher’s throw.
• If there are two outs and the catcher is on base, they may be substituted; if substituted the player who made the
last out must be used.
Defense:
• 9 defensive players.
• No player may sit a 2nd defensive inning until every player has sat a minimum of 1 defensive inning.
• All players must play one infield position (catcher is an infield position) by the 3rd inning and a minimum of 2
innings in the infield by the completion of the 5th inning. If a manager is not able to satisfy this defensive rule,
then those players who were unable to play twice in the infield must play 2 innings in the infield by the fourth
inning in the next game.
• Managers must do their best to rotate all players fairly to different areas of the field.
• Players who were not defensive starters in the previous game must start defensively in the next game.
• There are no intentional walks.
Pitching:
• There is no limit to the number of pitchers a team may use in a game.
• Managers are encouraged to develop as many pitchers as possible throughout the course of the season.
• One pitch thrown during play constitutes an inning pitched.
• All Little League Green Book pitching rules must be followed.
• No player is allowed to pitch more than 2 innings per game or 2 innings total across 2 games.
• Any player pitching 2 innings in a game is ineligible to pitch in the next game.
• Any player pitching 2 innings total across 2 games is ineligible to pitch in the third game.
• Any player pitching a single inning may be available to pitch a single inning in the next game.
Example:
Pitcher throwing 1 inning in Game A may pitch only 1 inning in Game B. They are
ineligible to pitch in Game C.
Example:
Pitcher throwing 2 innings in Game A is ineligible to pitch in Game B.
Jan 2017
2017 SPRING SEASON – A DIVISION LOCAL RULES (continued)
Umpiring:
• All A division games are umpired by volunteers.
• Home plate umpires may not be parents from teams competing in the game. Each team shall be responsible for
providing Umpire In Chief approved plate umpires for up to 10 games during the season.
Pre-Season Exception: The home team will provide a volunteer home plate umpire.
• The visiting team will provide the field umpire for each game.
• Illegal pitches may not be called. Umpires are encouraged to instruct the pitcher as to what they have done wrong.
The proper call is “No Pitch!”
Pre-Season - Games 1-4:
• This is time to prepare the team (Managers, Coaches, Players, and Fans) for the regular season.
Special Coach Pitch Consideration for games 1-9:
• After the pitcher has thrown 4 balls, the batter will receive pitches thrown by a manager or coach standing or
kneeling approximately 3 to 4 feet in front of the pitching rubber and slightly off to the first base side (third base
side for a left-handed hitter).
• The coach pitching the ball must wear a baseball glove.
• Each coach pitched ball is considered a strike.
• The batter will be allowed as many swings as strikes remain in the count.
• With 2 strikes in the count, the batter must make contact with the coach pitched ball or they will be called out.
• The count must be finished by the use of coach pitched balls.
• There is no limit to the amount of foul balls in an at bat.
• Bunting is never allowed from a coach pitch.
• The pitcher will take a defensive position on the rubber and may not make an imaginary pitch.
• The umpire will call “Baseball Ready” before the coach pitch is made to alert the fielders.
• Stealing is not allowed on ball 4 when going to coach pitch.
Games 10 - Playoffs:
• After the first 9 games, the Board of Directors reserves the right to decide if regular baseball rules will be applied
to all pitch counts.