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AFirst Sport

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WBSC

Baseball

First Sport

Details

Players2-9

Settingboth

Season2025-2026 Edition

CategoryTeam Sports

BSecond Sport

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WBSC

Softball

Second Sport

Details

Players2-10

Settingboth

Season2026-2029 Fast Pitch Edition

CategoryTeam Sports

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Section 2: Equipment

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Glove: Fielders wear a leather glove or mitt to catch and control the ball; the catcher and first baseman use specially shaped mitts. Glove dimensions are regulated by rule to prevent oversized webbing that could give an unfair advantage.

WBSC

Bat. Per Appendix 2.A, an official bat must be of one-piece, multi-piece permanently assembled, or two-piece interchangeable construction, stamped with the WBSC (or former ISF 2005) approved marking.

Section 3: Playing Area

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The infield (Rule 1.04–1.06): The playing field is a diamond with four bases spaced 90 feet (27.43 m) apart: home base, first base, second base, and third base, connected by foul lines extending from home plate through first and third base. Home p...

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Appendix 1 sets out the official diamond and field layout. ) apart, measured from the back part of home plate to the back of first and third base; home plate to second base measures 25.86 m (84 ft.

Section 4: Players & Officials

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Umpires (Rule 9.01–9.05): The umpire-in-chief and base umpires have authority over the conduct of the game, including judgment on balls and strikes, safe and out calls, forfeitures, and enforcement of rules. Umpires' judgment decisions on the fiel...

WBSC

A starting player who has been substituted for may re-enter the game once, in the same batting position, under Rule 3.1.15 (re-entry); a second re-entry, or re-entry in a different line-up position, is an illegal re-entry (Rule 3.1.7). A replaceme...

Section 5: Rules of Play

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WBSC

Putting the ball in play: Each half-inning begins with the pitcher delivering the ball to the batter from a legal pitching position — the windup position or the set position (Rule 5.07). A pitch delivered while not in a legal pitching position, or...

WBSC

Pitching. Rule 4.3.3 requires the pitcher's delivery to be an underhand windmill or slingshot motion, with the hand below the hip and the wrist no farther from the body than the elbow, no stop or reversal of the forward motion, and the release and...

Section 6: Scoring

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WBSC

Runs (Rule 5.06 & Rule 9.02, Official Scorer): A run is scored each time a runner legally touches first, second, third, and home base, in that order, before the third out is made in the half-inning, except when the third out is a force out or the ...

WBSC

Rule 1.2.5a provides that one run is scored each time a runner legally touches first, second, and third base and home plate, in order, before the third out of that half-inning. Rule 1.2.7 declares the winner of a game as the team that scores more ...

Section 7: Violations & Penalties

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Balk (Rule 6.02): An illegal act by the pitcher with one or more runners on base results in a balk; the ball is dead, and all runners advance one base.

WBSC

An illegal pitch under Rule 4.3 (Effects, Rules 4.3.1 to 4.3.7) is ruled a delayed dead ball: a ball is awarded to the batter if the pitch is not hit, and if the batter hits the illegal pitch, the offense has the option of taking the award for the...

Section 8: Safety Considerations

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WBSC

Hit-by-pitch and collision rules: A batter hit by a pitch while making a reasonable attempt to avoid the ball is awarded first base (Rule 5.05); rules also govern home-plate and base-path collisions, restricting runners and catchers from initiatin...

WBSC

The Official Rules embed several mandatory safety requirements. Rule 2.1.9 and Rule 5.4.2a require every batter, on-deck batter, batter-runner, and runner to wear a double ear-flap helmet meeting WBSC safety specifications; a helmet that is cracke...

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