California District 28

Little League Baseball & Softball – Southwest Riverside County

New Catching/Pitching Rule

Posted on 26 March 2010

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

Regulation VI – PITCHERS in the Baseball Rule Book has been amended to read, in part:

(a) Any player on a regular season team may pitch. Exception: Any player, who has played the position of catcher in four (4) or more innings in a game, is not eligible to pitch on that calendar day.

Summary and Implementation: Beginning immediately, this prohibits a player – who has played the position of catcher in any part of four innings in a game – from being used as a pitcher at any time on that calendar day. This applies to all baseball divisions, and will apply to the International Tournament as well.

DA’s Note: It doesn’t matter if the player catches two innings, then pitches (forty or less) and then returns to catcher. No restriction here. The player can catch beyond a total of four innings. Same with a starting pitcher (forty or less) that moves to catcher, there is no limit on the number of innings that can be caught.