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Pennsylvania high school pitch count rules

Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) · verified

Daily max and required rest

LevelDaily max0 days rest1 day rest2 days rest3 days rest
Regular season1001–2526–5051–7576–100
District / inter-district (state) contests1051–2526–5051–7576–105

Source: PIAA District III 2026 Baseball Memo, XII Pitching Rule (PIAA Pitching Restriction 6-2-6) · retrieved 2026-10-16

Other limits

Consecutive-day ruleNo more than 2 consecutive days of competition.
Weekly / multi-day limit200 pitches per Sun-Sat calendar week (210 in district/state contests).
Finish the batter at max?Yes, at any rest threshold; the pitcher is credited with that threshold's maximum.
How rest days are countedCalendar days.
Season / version2026 (rule revised 7/17/2019)
NotesText is the statewide PIAA rule, quoted in a PIAA District III memo. The state-level piaa.org copy was not fetched.

Rest-day calculator

When can they pitch again? Add every day they pitched (tournaments often start Thursday).

Days pitched
DatePitches

Rest days are calendar days after the game date, so 3 days of rest after a Tuesday outing means eligible Saturday. Consecutive-day, multi-day and event caps are applied where the rule states numbers; anything else is listed as not calculated.

Pitch count calculator

How many pitches can they throw on a given day, after their recent outings?

Recent outings before that game
DatePitches

Tournaments in Pennsylvania

3 tournament operators found running youth/travel events here (retrieved 2026-10-16). Each links its own site; pitching rules link to the operator's ArmRules page. Blank = the operator does not publish one we could find.

OperatorEvents seenPitching rulesBat rules
USSSA Baseball (state directors)
pabaseball.usssa.com
USSSA state tournaments, state championships and the National All-State qualifier pathUSSSA BaseballBatRules
Perfect Game (PG) tournaments
www.perfectgame.org/schedule/Default.aspx?Type=Tournaments
2026 PG Central Pennsylvania Select Championship (Major)Perfect Game (PG) tournamentsBatRules
Little League Baseball World Series
www.littleleague.org/world-series
Little League Baseball World Series, Williamsport (August)Little League BaseballBatRules

National organizations

These rules apply wherever the organization sanctions an event. Individual events can modify them, so check the event page.

Bat rules for this state: BatRules: PA

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