Welcome Coach. This dashboard is designed for rapid dugout reference. The structural flow prioritizes immediate access to high-stakes tournament regulations (Perfect Game / WWBA - BCS). Use the timer above to track your 2-hour limit from the first pitch, and select a category below to instantly view specific operational rules, penalties, and strategic parameters.
Quick reference for field dimensions, strict time limits, and pre-game lineup card requirements to ensure the game starts smoothly without administrative penalties.
Core Parameters
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Dimensions: 60' x 90'
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Time Limit: 2 Hours strictly enforced. Clock starts on the first pitch.
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New Innings: No new inning can start after the 2-hour mark.
Pre-Game Operations
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Pre-Game: NO infield practice allowed anywhere in the tournament.
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Lineup Cards: Must include First Name, Last Name, Position, and accurate Jersey Number. Action: Hand in before the home plate meeting.
Visual and textual guide to run-rule limits across different innings to track early game-ending scenarios and formulate aggressive or defensive strategies.
Details player minimums, designated/extra hitter flexibility, and courtesy runner rules to manage your roster effectively and maintain legal participation during play.
Roster Sizes & Locking
Minimum Players: Must start with 9. You can finish with 8, but the missing player's spot is an automatic out.
Lineup Flexibility: You may bat 9, 10, or 11 players. The lineup size is strictly LOCKED after the first pitch is thrown.
Designated Roles
Extra Hitters (EH/XH): The 10th and 11th hitters. They can bat anywhere in the order and substitute freely on defense.
Designated Hitter (DH): The starting pitcher can DH for themselves. Must be listed as P/DH on the lineup card.
🏃 Courtesy Runners
- Allowed for Pitcher and Catcher at ANY time.
- The runner must be a valid substitute.
- CRITICAL: You cannot use the last batted out if you are batting your entire lineup.
- The same substitute cannot run for both the Pitcher and Catcher in the same game.
Critical bat specifications specifically for the 15U division, including BBCOR and wood requirements, alongside strict penalties for utilizing illegal equipment.
✅ Approved Equipment
Allowed: BBCOR -3 or single-piece Wood. (Verify Perfect Game list for select wood composites).
Penalty Escalation
1st Offense
Batter is OUT. Head Coach is RESTRICTED to the dugout.
2nd Offense
Batter is OUT. Head Coach is EJECTED.
⚠️ Damaged Bats Policy
Bats with rattles, cracks, missing knobs, or worn graphics are completely banned. Refusal to let officials inspect a bat results in an automatic 3-year PG suspension.
Guidelines for mound visits, balks, pickoffs, and dugout communications to manage defensive strategies cleanly without incurring warnings or penalties.
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Mound Visits
ONE visit per pitcher, per inning. A second visit in the same inning requires the pitcher to be removed after the current at-bat concludes.
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Balks
MLB rule strictly enforced. A balk is NOT a dead ball. Play continues naturally.
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Pickoffs & Windups
The 3B-to-1B pickoff move IS legal. Pitcher’s free foot can be on, in front of, behind, or to the side of the rubber during the windup.
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Electronic Comms
One-way comms (e.g., Pitchcom) allowed from dugout to field. In-ear direct live audio is restricted to the CATCHER ONLY.
Protocol for handling high-stress situations including rule protests, injury delays, and weather-related stoppages to maintain control during unexpected events.
💵 Protests ($100 Cash)
Allowed for rule misapplications ONLY. You cannot protest judgment calls or pitch limits.
TIMING: Must be filed before the next pitch or before umpires leave the field. Win the protest = keep your $100.
🚑 Injury Delays
If EMS or an Athletic Trainer delays the game for more than 5 minutes, that specific amount of time is added back to the game clock.
⛈️ Weather & Called Games
A game is official if 5 innings are complete (or 4.5 innings if the Home team is winning). Halted games must resume within 1 hour.
Essential tie-breaker rules for pool play and bracket stages, including specific bases-loaded scenarios and mathematical seeding logic to secure advancement.
In-Game Tie-Breakers
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Pool Play Ties:
Tie after 7 innings or time limit = Game Ends (Counts as ½ win, ½ loss).
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Playoff Tie (Non-Championship):
If tied after 7 or time limit: Start next inning with Bases Loaded, 1 Out. Placement: Last 3 hitters from previous inning on base (Last hitter on 1st, previous on 2nd, previous on 3rd).
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Semi & Championship:
NO time limits. Normal extra innings through the 9th. The bases-loaded tie-breaker begins in the 10th inning.
Tournament Seeding Logic
Tie-Breaker Order of Operations:
- Winning Percentage
- Head-to-Head (If exactly 2 teams tied)
- Least total runs allowed
- Total runs scored
- Runs allowed (Minus worst game)
- Runs allowed (Minus 2 worst games)