Gap Church 15u Little League Rules for the 2026 Season
    10 Game season 

Must have a Minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 players on roster. There are 10
teams in the 15u division this season and all 10 teams will be in 1 division.

The top 7 teams will make the playoffs.  6th and 7th place teams will play a single‑game playoff to determine
which team earns the 6th seed in the postseason bracket.

Playoffs: all series are best 3

Round one: 1st and 2nd seed get a bye. 3 vs. 6, 4
vs. 5

Round two: 1 vs. lowest remaining, 2 vs. other seed,

Round three: Finals

 The tie breaker at the end of the regular
season to determine positioning will be head-to-head record or if 1-1 the tie
breaker will be head-to-head run differential.

2: Each team must have a minimum of 9 players to play a qualifying game. No replacements or
substitutions permitted during league play without approval of the opposing
team/commanding coach and a committee/field director. (Only exception is to
have a single 1 game draft of a player or players from the 12u division
currently playing on the active roster of a 12u team.)

3: Players must be no younger than 13 or older than 15 at the start of the league year
January 1rst (birth yr 2010-2012) to take part or play in any league game. (We
do reserve the right to make exceptions if agreed upon by the committee members
and the other coaches in the division.)

4: Bases by rule are to be spaced at 70 ft. The Pitcher's
base to home plate is 45ft. Pitches are to be a minimum of 5 ft arch to a
maximum of 10 ft arch.

5: 12 run mercy rules to apply after 5 innings only. (Excluding finals)

6: All at bats start with a 1-1 count with no courtesy.

7: No steals, leads or advance of any base runner until the batter contacts the ball.

8: One courtesy runner per inning.

9: Coaches are allowed 2 defensive meetings per game with the 3rd defensive meeting resulting in a
pitching change

10: Each player on the roster that is attending the game MUST have at least 1 inning of defense and 1 at bat per
game. (Failure to follow this rule can result in forfeiture of the game at the
league committees and opposing coaches’ discretion)

11: We do allow an exception on the re-entry and replacement of players in the
game. You can remove a player from your starting lineup anytime in the game and
put a bench player in for a few innings and then we allow you to put the
starting player back in later in the game as long as he goes back in the exact
same spot (or no less than 10 spots later) in the lineup for batting as he was
taken out of or you can just let the bench player in to finish the game. Or it
also allows you to use a lineup spot to rotate 2 players every few innings in
the same lineup spot to give them their playing time.

12: All bats are required to have an ASA or USSSA/USA Softball stamp on the bats,
all bats must be in usable factory condition with no dents, cracks and no
shaved or altered bats etc. (We reserve the right as the league officials or
committee to declare a bat unsafe if deemed necessary)

13: All ASA, USSSA/USA Softball rules apply to games unless specified otherwise as
above by the league officials/committee members.

GCL will supply 1 dozen of 12 ``.52 core balls to each team. The home team is to provide
the balls for the game.

After each game it is the Home Teams responsibility to text the score to the
WhatsApp coach’s page

GCL has a zero-tolerance policy for any aggressive or inappropriate physical contact or verbal abuse with any
player, coach, umpire, fan, parent, or other person. And any breach of this
rule is ground for immediate action, including removal from the position of
coach or manager.

Just a reminder each Team is responsible for cleaning up their trash inside and outside the dugout!!