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National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
Baseball Rules Table of Contents
Rule 1 - Players, Field & Equipment
Section 1-1: Positions of Players
Section 1-3: Bats, Balls & Gloves
Section 1-5: Player Equipment
Rule 2 - Playing Terms & Definitions
Rule 3 - Subs, Coaching, Bench & Field Conduct, Charged Conferences
Section 3-1: Substituting
Section 3-3: Bench & Field Conduct
Section 3-4: Charged Conference
Rule 4 - Starting and Ending the Game
Section 4-1: Starting a Game
Section 4-2: Ending a Regulation Game
Section 4-4: Forfeited Game
Section 4-5: Protested Game
Rule 5 - Dead Ball - Suspension of Play
Section 5-2: Suspension of Play
Rule 6 - Pitching
Section 6-2: Infractions by the Pitcher
Rule 7 - Batting
Section 7-1: Position and Batting Order
Section 7-2: Strikes, Balls & Hits
Section 7-3: Batting Infractions - A Batter Shall Not
Section 7-4: Batter is out
Rule 8 - Base Running
Section 8-1: When Batter Becomes a Runner
Section 8-2: Touching, Occupying & Returning to a Base
Section 8-3: Base Running Awards (table)
Section 8-4: Runner is Out
Rule 9 - Scoring - Record Keeping
Rule 10 - Umpiring
Section 10-2: Umpire in Chief
Section 10-3: Field Umpire