Ellington Wiffle Ball League 

Ellington Wiffle Ball League

2015 League By-Laws

 

Part 1: League Rules + Regulations

 

• League Officers

  • By April 2015 there will be a board of directors that will form from numerous teams to make updates, adjustments to by-laws

    • ​Commisioner: Erick Knickerbocker

    • Equipment Manager: John Allegra

    • Field Manager: Adam Zylberman

    • Tournament Coordinator: Danny Hayes

    • Team Leader: Neal Janiga

    • Team Leader: Dustin Mocadlo

 

• Teams

  • The league will be consisted of 8 teams split into 2 divisions.

  • Each team will have a general manager who will be responsible to attend pre-season meeting and help in decision making process for the league.

 

• Roster

  • Each team can have as many as 10 players on the roster.

  • However, in order to be eligible for the post-season roster players must play in at least 50% of their team games in the regular season.

  • Rosters can be adjusted until Week 3.

  • Players must be on a roster before playing in a league game.

  • A team must have at least 3 players representing them in order to participate in a game.

  • Per by-laws teams can field a max of 5 players (1 pitcher, 3 fielders, 1 catcher)

  • Teams can have all 10 players participate in game (but only 5 on field at a time, all could bat)

 

• Regular Season Play

  • The regular season will take place from May-July approximately 10 weeks, and including at least 16 regular season games.

  • Teams will be placed in divisions and play every team in the league.

 

• Schedule/Field

  •  Regular season games will take place on Sunday afternoon/evenings at TBA.

  • 2 Fields will be set up and games will be scheduled at 4:00 PM, and 6:00 PM.

  • You will play two against your scheduled opponent.

 

• Post-Season Play

  • The post-season will take place for three consecutive weeks.

  • Week one will be 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5.

  • Each team will compete in a three game series.

  • The winner advances. The following week semi final series will run in a similar fashion, and will conclude with the championship series.

• Rain Outs

  • If a game or games need to be cancelled a message will be sent out to ALL team managers.

  • It will be their responsibility to let players on team knows.

  • We will try to reschedule games if we can find a good date/time

  • We will use WEEK 9 as reschedule date if we cannot find another date/time

• Team FEE

  • Each team will have to pay the team fee before the first game.

  • The fee will cover cost of equipment.

 

Part 2: Game Play

 

• Field Dimensions

• Homerun line is marked at 90 feet

• Bases are 45 feet apart

• Pitcher’s mound is 31 from plate

• Left and Right field poles are connected by cones to create the outfield fence

 

 

• Game Play

• 7 Inning games

• At least 4 FULL innings need to be played for the game to count

• Games that are tied after 6 innings continue until a winner has been determined

• Blow out games (one team leading by 10 or more runs) can be called after 4 innings if both sides agree.

 

• Batting

  • No Bunting

  •  3 Strikes for K

  • 4 Balls for Walk

  •  HBP counts as Ball

  • Hits off the batter in batter’s box it is considered a foul ball

  • Foul Line – there is no foul pole

  • home runs are determined fair/foul based on where they land

 

Base Running

• No leading

• Runners may leave base after contact is made

• No Stealing

• Sliding is allowed

 

Fielding

• You May record an out by

  Strike Out

  Ground Out (Fielder to Mound/Base or Peg)

  Peg Runner (aim below neck)

  Pop Out

• Pitcher’s Mound counts as lead base on force; if the lead runner is safe it goes down to the next base. (Pitchers Poison)

• When not playing with a fence, you must get two feet down with possession of ball before leaving play.

• When jumping out of the field to knock a ball back in, the player must only tap the ball while IN THE AIR

• When catching a ball in foul territory that has home run distance the player MUST EXIT the field of play threw the foul line, not through the fence. IF a player leaves threw the fence the ball will be considered a home run if the player touches it.

• Teams must position their players inside the field of play (not past homerun line, or foul territory)

• If playing with 5 players in the field, no more than 4 players may play in front of home (1 catcher)

 

Pitching

• No Overpowering Fast balls

• Slow to medium speeds ONLY

• 6 Innings every two games allowed to each pitcher (this means the pitcher is eligible for 6 innings  

every 2 games he in NOT every game the EWBL plays

• 1 pitch in an inning counts as a 3rd of an inning

• Pitchers can exceed the 6 inning pitching max if game goes into extra innings

• Starting pitchers must pitch at least 2 innings to be given credit for a win

 

Other

• Teams will be responsible for calling balls/strikes, and outs.

• If teams have extra players, the extra player will serve as umpire

• Teams are also responsible for keeping a book and keeping it updated

 

Disagreements/Arguments

• If a team comes to a disagreement on a safe/out call the following tie-breaker system will be used

  Player(s) in question participate in a peg-um “ball don’t lie” scenario

• Batting player stands on first base, fielding player on mound and has one attempt to hit player with ball. If he does the player is ou