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Baseball Pitch Count & Rest Requirement Rules

Baseball Pitch Count by League Age
League Age 6-8 - Up to 50 pitches per day
League Age 9-10 - Up to 75 pitches per day
League Age 11-12 - Up to 85 pitches per day
League Age 13-16 - Up to 95 pitches per day


Baseball Pitch Count Thresholds
Baseball pitchers League Age 14 and under (All Minors, Majors, Intermediate & Juniors divisions) must adhere to the following rest requirements:
0-20 Pitches = 0 days of rest
21-35 Pitches = 1 day of rest
35-60 Pitches = 2 days of rest
51-65 Pitches = 3 days of rest
66+ Pitches = 4 days of rest 

Baseball pitchers League Age 15-16 must adhere to the following rest requirements:
0-30 Pitches = 0 days of rest
31-45 Pitches = 1 day of rest
46-60 Pitches = 2 days of rest
61-75 Pitches = 3 days of rest
76+ Pitches = 4 days of rest 

Click here for the Little League Regular Season Pitching Rules – Baseball


 



Softball Pitch Count & Rest Requirement Rules

Pitching Rules – Softball

All GHLL Softball Teams will follow the pitching rules in our GHLL Local Rules. These rules are more restrictive pitching rules than the Little League Softball pitching rules found in the Little League Rulebook. 

Note: If GHLL teams are participating in interleague play, you must follow the Pitching Rules found in the Washington District 2 Interleague Playing Rules. 

GHLL Local Rules Pitching Limitations:


Minor League (Coach Pitch - A, Coach/Player Pitch - AA and Player Pitch - AAA): 

1. Twelve (12) year olds may not pitch in this division.
2. Individual pitchers are limited to a maximum of four innings per game.
3. Delivery of a single pitch constitutes having pitched in an inning.
4. One calendar day of rest is required prior to pitching again on another day.
5. A player may pitch in a maximum of six (6) innings in a calendar week (Sunday through Saturday).

LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL DAY OF REST EXAMPLE: 
If a player pitched in a game on (Column A), that player can pitch again on (Column B):

Column AColumn B
SundayTuesday
MondayWednesday
TuesdayThursday
WednesdayFriday
ThursdaySaturday
FridaySunday
SaturdayMonday


NOTE: Just because the calendar week resets on Sunday, that does not mean the day of rest requirement resets. If a player pitches in a game Saturday, they cannot pitch until Monday, even though it is a new calendar week. 


Major League: 

  1. 1. Individual pitchers are limited to a maximum of four (4) innings per game.
    2. A player may pitch in a maximum of six (6) innings per day.
    3. Delivery of a single pitch constitutes having pitched in an inning. 
            4. No day of rest pitching restrictions apply for this division. 

        Junior & Senior League:

1. Individual pitchers are limited to a maximum of five (5) innings per game.
2. No day of rest pitching restrictions apply.




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