Little League Rules Compared to Official Rules of Baseball  compared

This comparison was made a few years back in 1997. Junior League and Senior League rules differ from Little League rules. The comparisons made here are differences between Little League and the official baseball rules proposed by various official leagues, associations, and clubs.

Official Little League Baseball Playing Rules  

The rules and regulations of Little League Baseball along with baseball terminology. From Brookside Little League, Inc., this website is easy to use because it has a good, clear index on the left hand side.
http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/littleleaguerules/officialrules4.htm

New League Age Determination Date Goes Into Effect(2006)
The 2006 Softball age determination chart (opens in PDF)
The 2006 Baseball age determination chart (opens in PDF)

Rule changes for 2003.
http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/littleleaguerules/rulechanges.htm

Southwest Forsyth Little League located in Clemmons, North Carolina keeps up with the rule changes over the years.
http://www.swfll.org/

Clarification of the Little League Official Baseball Rules right from the official regulatory body, Little League Baseball Incorporated (more about them below).
http://www.littleleague.org/manuals/umpires/clarifications.pdf

Southwest Forsyth Little League new for 2004. You can download this and print out the 8 pages of info:
Umpire Duty Instructions & Umpire Replacements List (Revised: April 19, 2004)

The Rules of Professional Baseball (a book)

Known to many amateur and professional umpires as the “Jaksa/Roder” Manual.
http://www.rulesofbaseball.com/

Examples of Local Rules                                      

Issaquah Little League is in Issaquah, Washington, and have the motto "Character, Courage, and Loyalty." Their Rules website page was updated in March, 2003:
http://www.issaquahlittleleague.org/Board/locrules.htm

Rutherford, New Jersey Little League have rules posted online http://users.aol.com/rllinfo/locrules.htm

Little League Baseball of Dallas Rules (Texas)
http://www.littleleaguedallas.org/rules.html

Niceville-Valparaiso (Florida) Little League Baseball (NVLLB) has their 2003 Rules posted online. Requires Acrobat Reader to view.
http://www.nvllb.org/2003/LocalRules.PDF

Zionsville (Indiana) has their different years' rules online:

• 2002 Rules
  http://www.bccn.boone.in.us/zll/2002/local_rules_BB-age-div02.html
• 2003 Rules
  http://zionsvillell.org/zll/local_rules.html

Fairfax. For over 45 years, Fairfax Little League has had their young people participating in organized baseball. Here are their rules:
http://www.fairfaxll.com/rules.htm

Randolph, New Jersey Little League Baseball Local Rules:
www.randolphbaseball.org/data/local_rules.doc
(You may have to save the download to your computer and then open it up.)

Maid, California, Little League Baseball lists their summary of rules http://www.maidull.org/Main_Rules.cfm and then go on to list greater details:
http://www.maidull.org/CFM/ll_rules/Regulations.cfm

Message Boards

Excellent Youth Baseball Message Board that is used heavily. Three areas of discussion are Rules and Umpires, General and Coaches, and Batting and Throwing.
http://webscores.com/baseball/bmb1/bmb1.shtml

Quizzes and Testing

Try out your knowledge of little league baseball rules!

See how much you know about Little League Rules! Jerry Hart adapted and expanded from the excellent book "Managing Little League" by Ned McIntosh.
http://www.infosports.net/baseball/arch/583.htm

A great variety of baseball rules that are frequently questioned. Players, Equipment, Starting and Ending, Batting, Substitutions, Stealing Bases, Outs, etc.
http://www.sport-smart.com/little-league-baseball-rules/67-baseball-problems.htm

"What's The Call?"

a great quiz for kids - show your child this one and they will love it!
http://www.sikids.com/games/trivia/whatsthecall/

Multiple Choice Quiz

You may be surprised what you don't know about baseball rules. A great way to improve your umpiring skills.
http://www.rulesofbaseball.com/quiz.html

Read the Little League Baseball Historical Timeline from 1938 to the present. http://www.littleleague.org/history/index.htm

The "Official" Baseball History Website: an interactive baseball encyclopedia filled with thousands of pages full of facts and statistics. Repeatedly recognized as THE online source for baseball related information, Baseball Almanac has something for everyone.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/                                                        

What does "Little League" mean? Little League is an international baseball organization for children and teenagers with an age range from five years to sixteen years. It was started in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, by Carl E. Stotz and Bert and George Bebble.

Millions of children around the world and in more than 100 countries can attest that baseball, softball and Little League are synonymous.

Little League is a program for youth. It is geared to provide an outlet of healthful activity and training under good leadership in the atmosphere of wholesome community participation. Little League Baseball is dedicated to helping children become good and decent citizens. It inspires them with a goal and enriches their lives towards the day when they take their places in the world. It establishes the values of teamwork, sportsmanship and fair play. Everyone is encouraged to teach children how to play and enjoy these great games.

Alexander Joy Cartwright was the chief codifier of the baseball rules from which the present rules were developed.

Every Little League age group has it's own set of rules, applicable for the age group.  However, all of the basic rules of the game apply.   As the players ages increase more regular baseball rules are added.  When the players reach about age 12 or 13 most of the same rules applicable to playing Major League Baseball apply.  When a player is 7 or 8 catching a batted fly ball is a major accomplishment, and running the bases often looks more like a track meet, so some of the more sophisticated rules wouldn't be appropriate to the typical skill level.

Each summer, the Little League World Series is played worldwide over an eight-week time span. Read all about it here:
http://www.unpage.org/shared/un-genin.htm