Softball counts innings pitched, not pitches. Here are the daily limits and rest days for each Little League softball division in the 2026 regular season. Dugout Relief applies them in its Pitching view: it counts each pitcher’s innings, warns before a limit, and shows when each pitcher can pitch again.
Any pitch in an inning counts as an inning pitched. Find the division, then read across to the innings pitched: that column is the rest days.
Softball, 2026 regular season, by division
Division
Innings a game
Max innings a day
Rest after this many innings
0days
1day
Minors
6
12
1–6
7–12
Majors
6
12
1–6
7–12
Junior
7
No daily limit or required rest
Senior
7
No daily limit or required rest
Junior and Senior softball have no daily limit or required rest. The app still counts innings.
When can a softball pitcher pitch again?
Rest starts the next day and comes from the day’s total innings: one rest day after pitching Monday means they can pitch again Wednesday.
How many pitchers can a team use, and can they come back?
Majors, Junior, and Senior teams may use up to five pitchers in a game.
A removed pitcher may pitch again later in the game, once per inning: in Minors and Majors only while they stay in the game at another position, in Junior and Senior even after leaving it.
A player of league age 12 can’t pitch in softball Minors, and the app applies this.
No catcher rules, and no three-days-in-a-row rule.
How Dugout Relief counts softball innings
In the Dugout’s Pitching view, tap Next inning and the inning goes to whoever pitched it. The pitcher’s card shows innings so far, innings left today, and rest days so far. The Bullpen shows innings left for each pitcher, and Plan pitchers works in innings too.
A GameChanger export can’t show an inning with no out. When a pitcher’s innings end partway through one, the import asks you to check, and a higher Dugout count stays.
Arm care beyond the daily limit
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.
Check the app's innings 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.
