Pitch Count Rules
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SPYBA uses the Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Tournament Pitching Rules for league play:
| Age | Daily Max (Pitches in a Day) |
REST PERIOD | ||
| 0 Days Rest | 1 Day Rest | 2 Days Rest | ||
| 8-10 (Our Minors Division) | 75 | 1-40 | 41-65 | 66+ |
| 11-12 (Our Majors Division) | 85 | 1-40 | 41-65 | 66+ |
- Minos Division – A pitcher shall not deliver more than 75 pitches in the same game or on the same day. Exception: If the pitcher reaches the maximum pitch count limit while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until the batter reaches base safely or is put out.
- Majors Division – A pitcher shall not deliver more than 85 pitches in the same game or on the same day. Exception: If the pitcher reaches the maximum pitch count limit while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until the batter reaches base safely or is put out.
- Note: The required rest period is one or two full calendar days, not 24 or 48 hours.
- Games in which an ineligible pitcher has been used, as specified in the table above, shall be declared forfeited.
- The withdrawal of an ineligible pitcher after that pitcher is announced, or after a warm-up pitch is delivered, but before that player has pitched a ball to a batter, shall not be considered a violation.
