San Francisco Little League Softball
Spring 2007 Divisions and Proposed Local Rules
	Farm	Rookie	Minors	Majors
Typical Grades	K, 1st, 2nd	2nd, 3rd, 4th	4th, 5th	5th, 6th, 7th(LL12)
Typical LL Ages	6, 7, 8	8, 9, 10	9,10, 11	10,11, 12
Roster Size	8-10	10-12	12-13	12-13
Ball	10" Soft	11" Soft	11" Hard	11" Hard
Innings per game	3	4	5	6
Minimum innings	3	3	4	4
Time limit	75 minutes (note 1)	90 minutes (note 1)	100 minutes (note 1)	100 minutes (note 1)
Catching	Coach/Adult	Kid	Kid	Kid
Pitching	Coach/Adult	Modified Kid Pitch	Modified Kid Pitch	Kid
Balls/Strikes Called	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Outs Called	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Score keeping	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Batting Order	Bat through lineup	Bat through lineup	Bat through lineup	Bat through lineup
Maximum Batters per Inning	Bat once through lineup regardless of number of outs or players	Maximum 10 batters per inning	Maximum 10 batters per inning	Maximum 9 batters per inning
Players on defense	All who attend game	10	10	9
Infielders	Up to 7 (note 2)	6	6	6
Infield position	No closer than 5 feet inside base path	No closer than 5 feet inside base path	No closer than 5 feet inside base path	N/A
Outfielders	All remaining players	4	4	3
Outfield position	On outfield grass (no closer than 10 ft. behind base path)	On outfield grass (no closer than 10 ft. behind base path)	On outfield grass (no closer than 10 ft. behind base path)	On outfield grass (no closer than 10 ft. behind base path)
Pitching Distance	20 ft.	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.
Minimum players	5	6	7	7
Borrow defensive players	Yes to get to 6	Yes to get to 9	Yes to get to 9	Yes to get to 9
Walks allowed	None	None, 4 Balls and a DAP pitches to current batter.	2 per inning (note 4)	Unlimited
Last Batter	Hits	Hits	Offensive coach elects whether walk will be accepted, prior to first pitch of the at bat.	Offensive coach elects whether walk will be accepted, prior to first pitch of the at bat.
Ending Inning with last batter	All runners run the bases unless put out	Inning ends when ball is returned to pitcher in pitching circle or when catcher holds the ball and steps on home plate	Inning ends when ball is returned to pitcher in pitching circle or when catcher tags or forces a runner coming home	Inning ends when ball is returned to pitcher in pitching circle or when catcher tags or forces a runner coming home
Substitution	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Defensive Play Requirement (note 5)	No player sits out	Maximum 1 inning on bench	Maximum 1 inning on bench	Maximim 1 inning on bench
Infield defense requirement (note 5)	2 innings	1 in 3 inning game; 2 in 4 inning game (note 6)	1 of 1st 3, 2 in 5 inning game (note 6)	1 inning (note 6)
Pitching limits per game	N/A	1 in 3 inning game; 2 in 4 inning game (note 7)	Max. 3 innings for starter.  Max 4 innings in consecutive games.  Pitcher cannot start consecutive games.	Max. 4 innings for starter.  Max 6 innings in consecutive games.  Pitcher cannot start consecutive games.
Pitching limits per day or week	N/A	N/A	National LL Rules	National LL Rules
Overthrows	No advancing	No advancing	Advance at own risk; one base maximum	Advance at own risk
Stealing	No	No	Base runners can steal 2nd and 3rd only, can run when ball crosses plate; no stealing of home, no advancing on overthrow from catcher, no attempts to advance to home except on batted ball or walk. Runners must immediately get back to the base to which they are entitled or advance. There will be no dancing to draw a throw. Failure to return to base or advance will yield a warning for the first half of the season. After May 1, there will be no warnings, the runner is out.	Yes. Runners can advance at their own risk. They must remain in contact with the base until the ball crosses plate; only advance one base on overthrow from catcher. Runners leaving early will be called out. No warnings. Runners must immediately get back to the base to which they are entitled or advance. There will be no dancing to draw a throw. Failure to return to the base or advance is an out.
Running to first on missed 3rd strike	No	No	No	No
Pickoff plays	No	No	Yes. Though, runner can not steal from third.	Yes
Ball out of play	No advancing	No advancing	One base	One base
Bunting	No	No	No	Yes
Infield fly rule	No	No	No	Yes
Batter on deck warm up	No	No	No	No
Coach on playing field	Coach pitcher plus 2 on outfield grass	1 on outfield grass	No	No
Standings	No	Informational only	Yes	Yes
Playoffs	No	No	Double Elimination	Double Elimination
Trophies	All teams	All teams	Regular season champ plus tournament champ and runner up	Regular season champ plus tournament champ and runner up
Note 1:  Complete inning in progress when time limit is reached; no new inning can be started with less than 20 minutes remaining in scheduled field time slot
Note 2:  Left side of coach pitcher, right side of coach pitcher, 1st, 3rd, traditional 2nd and Short plus player on the bag at 2nd (no catcher)
Note 3:  Regular season only
Note 4:  Hit batter always walks, including walking a runner home
Note 5:  If a player arrives after game has started, minimum play requirements are reduced to compensate
Note 6:  One infield inning must be at either 1st, 2nd, 3rd or shortstop; 2nd inning can be at pitcher or catcher. In Majors, a Pitcher who pitches 4 innings does not need to pay in the infield for the duration of that game. .
In Minors, if a pitcher pitches 3 innings,she is not required to play in the infield. This amendment is meant to increase the number of available infield innings for non-pitchers.
Note 7:  Starter may return to pitch the 4th inning.