Willie Mays Division Rules

1. Distance between bases - 65 feet Distance from pitcher's mound to home plate - 46 feet                                                                                                                                               
   
2. Baseballs are provided by the Wallen League Maximum bat barrel size: 2 ¾” - maximum bat length: 33” Maximum game length: 6 innings
   
   
3. All players must play at least 6 defensive outs in the first 4 innings of a legal game, and 9 defensive outs of a full game.

  4.The game is over when the final batter’s final at-bat is complete. No inning will begin after the game has been in progress for 1 hour and 40
      minutes. The next inning begins immediately after the final out is recorded in the bottom of the previous inning.

  5. Continuous batting order will be used. 
      Once a team bats completely around its order, that team must take the field defensively. For example, if a team has 12 players, all 12 will bat
      if there aren’t 3 outs and the 10-run rule doesn’t apply. Once the 12th batter’s at-bat is complete, the inning is over.

  6. Players are allowed one appearance (per game) on the mound to pitch a maximum of 9 consecutive outs, and not exceed daily max pitch
      count.
           They are allowed 2 appearances per week (Sunday through Saturday).Travel team players from any travel team may pitch in house league
           games, but the number of outs recorded per game for all travel team players combined may not exceed 9.

  7. Stealing 2nd and 3rd base is allowed, only after a pitched ball crosses the plate. A baserunner on 3rd base cannot advance to home on a     
      passed ball, wild pitch, or any throwback to the pitcher. This runner can only advance to home by means of a hit, a hit-by-pitch with the bases
      loaded, a play on the runner, or a play on another runner.

   8. Any batter thrown 6 called balls in an at-bat during a bases-loaded situation will be granted 1st base. All other baserunners will advance, and         the runner on 3rd would cross home plate and be counted as a run.
   
   9.  No leadoffs are permitted.

  10. No intentional walks are permitted.

  11. Balks will not be enforced.

  12. 4 innings of play, or reaching the time limit, constitutes a legal game.

  13. A 10-run mercy rule will apply after 4 innings are completed

  14. Where Washington Township rules do not apply, Little League rules will apply.

  15. No head-first slides are permitted unless a runner is returning to the base they came from.
  16. 1 coach must always be in the dugout.
  17. All rules are subject to change because of any extraordinary situation. Any change would be determined and approved by the Executive
        Board of Wallen.

Pitching Limitations