VI - PITCHERS

(a) 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.)

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

(d) 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.

Pitchers league age 15-18 must adhere to the following rest requirements:

• If a player pitches 76 or more pitches in a day, four (4) calendar days of rest must

be observed.

• If a player pitches 61 - 75 pitches in a day, three (3) calendar days of rest must be

observed.

• If a player pitches 46 - 60 pitches in a day, two (2) calendar days of rest must be

observed.

• If a player pitches 31 -45 pitches in a day, one (1) calendar days of rest must be

observed.

• If a player pitches 1-30 pitches in a day, no (0) calendar day of rest is required.

(e) Each league must designate the scorekeeper or another game official as the official pitch

count recorder.

(f) The pitch count recorder must provide the current pitch count for any pitcher when

requested by either manager or any umpire. However, the manager is responsible for

knowing when his/her pitcher must be removed.

(g) The official pitch count recorder should inform the umpire-in-chief when a pitcher has

delivered his/her maximum limit of pitches for the game, as noted in Regulation VI (c).

The umpire-in-chief will inform the pitcher's manager that the pitcher must be removed

in accordance with Regulation VI (c). However, the failure by the pitch count recorder to

notify the umpire-in-chief, and/or the failure of the umpire-in-chief to notify the manager,

does not relieve the manager of his/her responsibility to remove a pitcher when that pitcher

is no longer eligible.

(h) Violation of any section of this regulation can result in protest of the game in which it

occurs. Protest shall be made in accordance with Playing Rule 4.19.

(i) A player who has attained the league age of twelve (12) is not eligible to pitch in the Minor

League. (See Regulation V - Selection of Players)

(j) A player may not pitch in more than one game in a day. (Exception: In the Big League