(note: this is a working list that I periodically update / OhioTex )
MLB - "Official Rules of Baseball (aka ORB)"
2017 - http://mlb.mlb.com/documents/0/4/0/2249 ... t69t59.pdf
2016 - http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2016/ ... _rules.pdf
Note: ORB Scoring Rules are now in Section 9 (Prior to 2015, Section 10 )
MLB - "Profesional Umpire Manual (aka PBUC)"
2012 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxkt4wu ... FTSDg/edit
NCAA - Baseball
http://www.ncaapublications.com/product ... s/BA18.pdf
NCAA - Softball
http://www.ncaapublications.com/product ... s/SR17.pdf
NFCA -Softball - "Beyond the Basics of Scoring Fastpitch Softball" - 1999, Jeri Findlay.
(although a bit dated, it has stood the test of time and is a great training resource for new fastpitch scorekeepers).
https://nfca.org/web_docs/store/ATECBey ... coring.pdf
NFHS - baseball and softball
you can now download PDF version of NFHS rule books but not Free (approx $6 / book)
http://www.nfhs.org/articles/rules-book ... s-e-books/
NFHS - Differences in baseball and softball (2016 per NFHS)
https://www.nfhs.org/media/1016414/nfhs ... rences.pdf
Little League Baseball and Softball
http://www.littleleague.org/learn/rules.htm
http://www.littleleague.org/learn/rules/erules2015.htm
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MORE FAST PITCH SOFTBALL
USA/NFHS/NCAA variations (per USA 2017)
http://downloads.asasoftball.com/umpire ... rences.pdf
ASA/NFHS/NCAA variations (per ASA 2016)
http://downloads.asasoftball.com/umpire ... rences.pdf
USSA/ASA/NFHS differences ( 2013)
http://usssa1.com/FPUmpires/Fast%20Pitc ... 202013.pdf
ASASoftball
(Soap box: Huge membership, covers both fast pitch and slow pitch softball and various levels from Team USA to travel, church, adult etc. but they do not make their playing rules and stat rules easily available for free. Instead they charge a premium (~15$ for APP download. )
Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... 2016&hl=en
Apple App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/asa-201 ... 24481?mt=8
PGF Softball
<<uses NFHS rule Book>
http://www.premiergirlsfastpitch.com/ho ... out=926495
USSSA Fastpitch Softball
http://web.usssa.com/usssa/usssa-genera ... leBook.pdf
NSA Softball
https://www.playnsa.com/Rulebook.aspx
NPF Professional Softball
<< uses NCAA >>
http://championship.profastpitch.com.is ... s-2016.pdf
http://profastpitch.com.ismmedia.com/IS ... istics.pdf
2 umpire mechanics
http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/docu ... Umpire.pdf
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Official Baseball Rules (OBR 2016 - Spanish) - Free PDF download.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2016/ ... panish.pdf
National Assoc. of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 2016-17 Baseball Manual. - Free PDF download.
http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/Cha ... M_ID=27900
National Club Baseball Association (NCBA): 2016 Division I Rules & Regulations. - Free PDF download.
http://www.clubbaseball.org/wp-content/ ... LIGHTS.pdf
Collegiate club baseball.
Little League Online.
http://www.littleleague.org/Little_League_Online.htm
Little League rulebooks are only available for purchase: 2017 Little League rulebooks.
American Legion Baseball 2017 Rule Book - Free PDF download.
https://www.legion.org/publications/160 ... -rule-book
Pony Baseball (Mustang, Pony, Bronco, Palomino). - Free PDF download.
http://www.pony.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1026027
PDF versions also available in Spanish and Chinese.
Babe Ruth (Cap Ripken). Print and e Book versions available for purchase only ($6.00).
http://store.baberuthleague.org/rulebooks
USSSA Baseball: Official Baseball Rules & Bylaws. - Free PDF download.
http://web.usssa.com/usssa/usssa-genera ... lebook.pdf
Dizzy Dean Baseball & Softball 2016 Rule books - Free PDF download.
http://dizzydeanbbinc.org/rules.htm
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SOME (very incomplete) EUROPEAN BASEBALL RULE SETS
Repost below from another thread, viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11799
Some google research on notable European baseball leagues and their rules sets. Most seem to use MLB ORB as their base, some even verbatim and some with variations buried in translation, but for the most part ORB based.
- Honkbal Hoofdklasse Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) (publishes its own rules... https://www.knbsb.nl/media/downloads-op ... 7_v1.5.pdf).
- Italian Baseball League (governed by FIBS Italian Federation of Baseball Softball) (uses ORB, through Italian translation ... http://www.fibs.it/it/documentale/categ ... eball-2017)
- Confederation of European Baseball (Use ORB, http://baseballeurope.com/post/ceb_rules_forms)
- World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) (recognized by IOC, Olympic governing body) (Use ORB) (http://www.wbsc.org/wbsc-history/)
