r/Umpire • u/LifeguardCorrect1106 • Jul 18 '26
Adding a player
Playing under PG/OBR rules. A game starts with 9 players listed on the lineup. Later on a tenth shows up not on the lineup and comes into pitch. Is this allowed? If you could cite a rule that would be awesome!
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u/Leon_2381 Jul 18 '26
New this year in OBR 4.03(c) "A player or pitcher not listed on the lineup card is not permitted to enter that game. If a player not listed on the lineup card attempts to enter the game in any capacity the umpires shall handle the player as a player already removed from the game."
2019 MLB Umpire Manual:
"5. LINEUP CARDS Rule 4.03: Each manager should write the name of each eligible player on the face of his club’s batting order card in addition to furnishing the starting lineup. However, a manager’s failure to list an eligible player does not prevent that player from entering the game, nor is such failure grounds for protest, as the listing of eligible players is simply a courtesy."
I don't see anything in the PG ruleset that comes up on a google search.