51.1.0 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
|
Year |
First
Practice |
Minimum
Practice Days Per Individual |
Regular
Season Contest Limit |
End Season |
|
2002-03 |
March 3 |
10 |
20 + Jamboree |
May 31 |
|
2003-04 |
March 1 |
10 |
20 + Jamboree |
May 29 |
51.2.0 JAMBOREE - A baseball jamboree is an abbreviated contest during which no more than six (6) innings per team and/or six (6) innings per player may be played. All conditions of Article 17.14.0 also apply.
51.3.0 INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS - Each game played in an invitational tournament must count toward the team and individual participant contest limitation.
51.4.0 PLAYER LIMITATION - Starting a contest shall count as one of the twenty (20) contests allowed for an individual, except as specified as follows:
51.4.1 Any substitute who does not play in more than two (2) innings of a contest shall not have it count against the twenty (20) individual season contest limit.
51.5.0 PITCHER LIMITATION - When a pitcher pitches four (4) innings or more in a contest which began and ended on the same day or in a day, the pitcher shall not pitch again until two (2) calendar days (Monday-Thursday, Tuesday-Friday, Wednesday-Saturday, Thursday-Monday, Friday-Monday, Saturday-Tuesday) have elapsed.
51.5.1 One (1) pitch constitutes an inning.
51.5.2 The same rule applies to play-offs as well as to regular season play, and to tied and discontinued games.
51.6.0 CALLED CONTEST - When a non-league or league contest is called by the umpire before the contest can be considered a regulation game, and the league has no rule pertaining to the situation, the contest is declared a "no contest."
51.6.1 The contest may be continued or replayed.
51.6.2 The pitcher limitation rule shall apply.
51.7.0 SUSPENDED CONTEST - In State tournament play (regionals, semi-finals, and finals), any contest called by the umpire before it can be considered a regulation game shall be a suspended contest and will be continued at a later time as follows:
51.7.1 The contest shall continue from the point of suspension at a later time.
51.7.2 The lineup and batting order of each team will remain exactly the same as the lineup and batting order when the contest was suspended.
51.8.0 GAME ENDING PROCEDURES - National
Federation Rule 4-2-2, in which the game shall end when the losing team is
behind 10 or more runs and has had at least five turns at bat, applies during
all regular season and post season games.
51.9.0 SPEED UP RULE - By WIAA Executive Board approval, local leagues may adopt speed up rules for league play. Speed up rules may be used during all state qualifying contests.
51.61.0 MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOL BASEBALL
|
Total Season
Including Practice |
Minimum
Practice Days Per Individual |
Season Contest Limit |
|
12 weeks |
10 |
10 + Jamboree |
51.62.0 SEASON - The starting date is determined by each league but no middle level season may start before the date established for senior high school fall sports.
51.63.0 JAMBOREE - A baseball jamboree is an abbreviated contest during which not more than six (6) innings per team and/or six (6) innings per player may be played. All conditions of Article 17.14.0 also apply.
51.64.0 PLAYER LIMITATION - A player shall participate in no more than three (3) baseball contests per week.
51.64.1 Extra Innings: Extra innings may be played following the regular contest. These extra innings are for those players who were not starters and who played in two (2) innings or less of the regular contest.
51.64.2 Any substitute who does not play in more than two (2) innings of a contest shall not have it count against the ten (10) individual season contest limit.
51.65.0 PITCHER LIMITATION - A pitcher is eligible to pitch in no more than seven (7) innings or one complete contest if shorter than seven (7) innings during any consecutive five day period (Monday-Saturday, Tuesday-Monday, Wednesday-Monday, Thursday-Tuesday, Friday-Wednesday.)
51.65.1 Days shall be counted from start to start of contest; Monday 3:00 p.m. to Saturday 3:00 p.m. is five (5) days.
51.66.0 CALLED GAME - When a non-league or league contest is called by the umpire before the completion of the required number of innings, and the league has no rule pertaining to the situation, then the contest is declared a "no contest."
51.66.1 The contest may be continued or replayed.
51.66.2 The pitcher limitation rule shall apply.