Adult softball

Coed Rule Highlights 

• Teams must use an alternate batting order, i.e.: male-female or female-male.  Teams may bat female, female, but NOT male, male.

• Catcher/Pitcher: if the pitcher is male, the catcher must be female or male catcher and female pitcher.  Other fielders: infield 2 female, 2 male: outfield 2 female, 2 male. Teams with 9 players (5 female; 4 male) can have a female at both pitcher and catcher position. Teams playing shorthanded with 3 outfielders or infielders may have 2 males either outfield or infield but not both.

• Teams may NOT play more men than women.  Teams may play more women than men.  If a team has more men than women, the substitution rule will be in effect.

•  If a male batter walks, he automatically advances to 2nd base.  The female batter will bat.  With two outs, the female batter has the option to walk or bat.  

• Designated infielders must stay on infield dirt until the ball has been hit.  They may not start the play on the grass.

• All players may bat, provided there aren’t more men than women. A team can only play ten players in the field on defense at one time. If more than ten players show up for the game, those players may be added to the batting lineup card, provided players alternate male, female, etc., and don’t bat more men than women.  When batting more than 10, players can be substituted defensively.