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Wiffle Ball Rules
WIFFLE BALL LEAGUE RULES
PLAYING FIELD
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Bases are 45’ apart
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Pitching rubber to strike zone is 48’ away
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Right/Left fields will be approximately 100’ from home plate
EQUIPMENT
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Official Wiffle balls (eight holes on side) are only legal
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SARC will provide some balls, and teams may bring their own
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Pitchers may use sand paper/knife to modify ball to their liking
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Wiffle bats must be plastic (handles can be wood or taped)
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SARC will provide some bats, and teams may bring their own
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Bats must not exceed 38” in length
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Bats must not exceed 3’ in diameter
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Bats may have tape at any spot
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Bats may be modified, only must meet length/diameter requirements
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Footwear must be worn
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Cleats can be worn (no metal)
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Any close toed shoe is permissible as long as no metal on shoes
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Gloves in the field are not allowed
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You may use your hat to catch a ball in the field
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You may use batting gloves when batting
UNIFORMS
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Uniforms are not provided, but not mandatory. Teams must wear same color shirts if they do not have uniforms, or pinnies will be provided.
TEAMS
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Teams may have up to 8 people on their roster.
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Teams can play a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 in the field.
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Free and unlimited substituting during the game.
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Batting lineup must consist of everyone who shows up, and that cannot be altered.
GAMEPLAY
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Game: will be 7 innings or 1 hour, whichever comes first.
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Home team pitches first, visiting team hits first.
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Even though run differential determines tie break, home team winning in last inning does not get to bat.
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Outs: 3 outs per team per inning
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Count: 4 balls is a walk, 3 strikes is an out, unlimited fouls
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Strike Zone: A strike zone made out of a solid material that is approximately 31 inches high and 24 inches wide. The bottom of the strike zone will be approximately at the knees.
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Any pitch that hits the strike zone without hitting the ground is a strike
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Any pitch that does not hit the strike zone is a ball
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Any pitch that hits the batter is a ball
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There are no balks
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Pitchers foot must be on the rubber when pitch is released
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Base running: batters must run the bases to be safe after contact.
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If fielder gets the ball back to the pitcher while he is on his pitching rubber before batter gets to base he is out.
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To get lead runners out, fielder must throw ball to teammate at the advancing base.
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Runners can get hit by wiffle ball to be called out.
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No leading off, no stealing
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No ghost men. If a player is on base when due to be up again, a different player may pinch run
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Tagging up is legal.
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Infield fly rule: In the event of an infield pop up and base runners on, a ball that hits the ground either on purpose or on accident can only result in 1 out.
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Bunting: No bunting is allowed
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Ball in play: Any ball hit in “fair play” is in play.
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Ball caught in the air is an out
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Ball thrown to pitcher or advancing base before runner gets to base is an out
BATTERS
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Switch-hitting: Batter may switch sides at any time in the count, but must notify the pitcher, and cannot do during the delivery; doing so will result in a strike.
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Batting stance: Batter must have both feet completely in the batter’s box.
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Lines of batter’s box are part of the batter’s box
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Feet can leave batter’s box during swing
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Batter’s interference: A legally positioned batter does not have to move out of the path of the pitch, but if batter leans into the pitch to interfere with a strike, then strike will be called anyway.
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Hit by pitch: A legal hit by pitch is a ball.
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Batter’s hands: Hands are part of the bat, if swinging bat and ball hits hand, ball is either foul if foul, or in play in fair.
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Foul balls: Offensive team should not touch foul ball unless completely stopped.
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Batting gloves: May be worn during batting only.
PITCHERS
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Pitcher’s must pitch at an agreeable “medium” speed.
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A pitcher must face 1 complete batter before leaving the mound.
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A pitcher may not wear white long sleeves under jersey.
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A pitcher does not have to start his wind-up from the pitching rubber, but must have at least one foot touching it when he releases the ball (violation is a ball).
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No balks.
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Warm ups: A pitcher will get 10 warm-up pitches before the 1st inning, and the 7 between innings or upon relief.
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A mid-count relief pitcher takes over count and base runners as is.
OFFICIATING AND SCORE KEEPING
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Referee: The players will umpire their own games. Both teams will due their best to keep the integrity of the game by making honest calls.
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Fair/foul calls (batter/defense)
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Base running calls (defense)
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Check swings (batter)
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Batter’s interference (pitcher)
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Scorekeeping: Players will announce score after each run scored and agree on score after each half inning.
PINCH RUNNING
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Pinch running is allowed if runner comes back up to bat.
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If runner comes up to back and no teammates can pinch run, offense loses that base runner to allow runner to go up to bat.
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Teams can use one pinch runner per game to upgrade the runner.
FORFEIT FEE
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Any team that forfeits within 4 hours of scheduled game time is to assume a $25 inconvenience fee.
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3 forfeits in 1 season are grounds for removal from league
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