3.0 Rosters, Lineups & Eligibility · 3.3

Roster Limits, Eligibility & Violations

Roster Limit: Teams are limited to a maximum of 15 players.
Coach Limit: A maximum of 4 coaches are allowed in the dugout. Only 2 coaches may be outside the dugout (in the coach's boxes) during live play.

Roster Lock Rule: Rosters will be locked on the designated date each season. No player may be added to a roster after this date unless it is to replace an injured player or a player that as moved.
Single Roster Rule: A player may not be on more than one WBL roster (e.g., A player cannot play on both a WBL AAA and a WBL Single A team).
High School Player Rule: Any player rostered on any high school team (Freshman, JV, Varsity) during the current spring season is ineligible to play on any WBL team (both Single A and AAA).
Illegal Players: Players not officially rostered in the WBL system are not eligible for play. Teams violating this rule face discipline, up to and including removal from the league.

Purpose: To avoid a forfeit, a AAA team needing a player to reach 9 players may use a fill-in player.
Source: The fill-in player must be an officially rostered player from any WBL Single A team, or your host league's recreational program, that plays in the the same age group, or younger.

Purpose: To avoid a forfeit, a Single A team with less than 9 available players may use a fill-in player.
Limit: Fill-in players may only be used to bring the game-day roster to a maximum of 9 players (e.g., a team with 8 players may add 1, a team with 7 may add up to 2).
Source: The fill-in player must be a rostered Single A player from the same or younger age group within the same member league.
Restrictions: The fill-in player is not allowed to pitch.
Requirements: The fill-in player must wear their regular team jersey, and their use must be communicated to and approved by their local league board prior to the game.