Daily pitch limits and rest days for Little League baseball in the 2026 regular season. Dugout Relief applies these in its Pitching view: it counts each pitch, warns before a limit, and shows when each pitcher can pitch again.
The mandatory-play check counts two innings in the field as about six outs: see what the app assumes.
How many pitches can a Little League pitcher throw?
The limit depends on league age, not division. For rest days, find the league age, then read across to the pitches thrown: that column is the rest days.
Baseball, 2026 regular season, by league age
League age
Max pitches a day
Rest after this many pitches
0days
1day
2days
3days
4days
6–8
50
1–20
21–35
36–50
–Not reached
–Not reached
9–10
75
1–20
21–35
36–50
51–65
66–75
11–12
85
1–20
21–35
36–50
51–65
66–85
13–14
95
1–20
21–35
36–50
51–65
66–95
15–16
95
1–30
31–45
46–60
61–75
76–95
For example, a league age 11 pitcher who throws 40 pitches needs 2 rest days. Their daily limit is 85.
A pitcher who hits the limit mid-batter may finish that batter. League age 12 can't pitch in Minors.
When can a pitcher pitch again?
Rest starts the next day: four rest days after pitching Monday means they can pitch again Saturday.
Rest is based on the count at the first pitch to the pitcher's last batter, not the final total. So a pitcher who crosses into a higher bracket while finishing a batter gets the lower bracket's rest.
For example, Riley (league age 11) faces a last batter who comes up on pitch 49, and the at-bat ends on pitch 53. Rest counts from 49, so Riley needs 2 days, not the 3 that 53 pitches would need.
Dugout Relief's Pitching view asks about the last batter when a pitcher ends within 12 pitches of a bracket. With no answer, the app counts rest from the total.
Can a pitcher pitch on back-to-back days, or twice in one day?
A baseball pitcher can't pitch on three days in a row, even if the pitch counts needed no rest.
A pitcher can pitch in one game a day. In Junior and Senior League, a player of league age 13 or older may pitch in a second game the same day if they threw 30 or fewer pitches in the first. Rest then counts from the day's total.
Can a catcher pitch, or a pitcher catch?
A player who catches four or more innings in a game can't pitch that day.
A pitcher who throws 41 or more pitches in a game can't catch that day.
A player who catches three innings or fewer, then throws 21 or more pitches, can't catch again that day (31 or more for league ages 15–16).
The app checks all three against the lineup and pitch counts, by inning: catching one pitch in an inning counts the inning. It doesn't see a switch in the middle of an inning.
Coaching softball?
Softball counts innings pitched, not pitches, with limits and rest days by division. Baseball’s catcher rules and three-days-in-a-row rule don’t apply.
Little League supports Pitch Smart, Major League Baseball and USA Baseball’s guidelines for keeping young pitchers healthy. They go further than a single day’s count, with risk factors to watch for and advice on rest across the year.
The mandatory-play check is an estimate, not a guarantee. Little League asks for six defensive outs; the app has no out-by-out record, so it counts two innings in the field as about six outs. Check the exact rule in the Little League Rulebook app (opens in a new tab) and your league's rules.
Everyone bats unless you turn on 9 batters on the Team tab. Then the first 9 in the batting order start and the rest are substitutes. A substitute takes the batting spot of the player they replace. A starter can come back once, in the same spot. A substitute who comes out can’t come back. Where mandatory play applies (every division but Senior), Build Lineup puts each substitute in for 2 innings, which stand in for six outs and a turn at bat. A removed pitcher who sat has left the game, so can’t pitch again.
Check the app's pitch limits on the Team tab against your league's rules before relying on them.
Tournament rules aren't covered here or in the app, only the regular season. Local leagues may set different limits, so check yours.
Little League baseball pitch count rules
2026 regular season · checked November 7, 2026
Dugout Reliefdugoutrelief.com/pitch-count-rules
Pitches a day, and rest after
League age
Max a day
No rest
1 rest day
2 rest days
3 rest days
4 rest days
6–8
50
1–20
21–35
36–50
–
–
9–10
75
1–20
21–35
36–50
51–65
66–75
11–12
85
1–20
21–35
36–50
51–65
66–85
13–14
95
1–20
21–35
36–50
51–65
66–95
15–16
95
1–30
31–45
46–60
61–75
76–95
Pitches thrown in a day. Rest starts the next day: 4 rest days after Monday means Saturday.
Also remember
At the limit mid-batter: finish that batter, then come out.
Rest counts from the first pitch to the pitcher's last batter.
No pitching three days in a row.
Caught 4+ innings: can't pitch that day.
Threw 41+ pitches (21+ after catching; 31+ ages 15–16): can't catch that day.
League age 12 can't pitch in Minors.
One game a day (Junior and Senior, league age 13+: a second if the first took 30 pitches or fewer).
Regular season only; tournament rules differ, and your league may set lower limits. The official source is Little League's Rulebook app.
