Is there a time limit for time outs in baseball?

Question

Ive seen players and managers say time out to the Umpire

Answer 1

There are no timeouts in baseball

Answer 2

Certainly not. There are a breadth of reasons why this would be a bad idea. FIrst, and maybe most important, is the tradition of it. Baseball, while not the most popular sport anymore, is still America's pasttime. The rules have stayed almost identical from year to year for 130 years. Also, baseball is a game of stats. With more outs per inning, all statistical info before it becomes obsolete. With more at bats, there would be more offensive production. All of the old records would become meaningless and would be broken, and there would be no way to truly compare players from different eras. Homeruns, runs, hits, etc would all be relative. 700 career home runs would become commonplace if at bats when from 600 a year to 900 a year. I like that baseball is a game with a long memory, and I hope it stays that way. Also, the length of the games would become unbearable. I watch probably 60 games a year, plus postseason, and i couldn't imagine each game being 5-6 hours long. If the games came on at 7, the earliest it would end would be 12-1. It would kill tv viewership and live attendance. So my vote, don't ever change outs per inning

Answer 3

It seems intresting to me that from what people are saying in thier answers, that there is no offical time out limit in baseball, where has far as other sports they are. But still an umpire can hurry up a metting between a pitcher, a catcher, the team, the manger, or the pitching coach, and you would think there would be one. But I will just have to trust what the whole board said, that there is no offical limit of timeouts.

Answer 4

The short answer: No.

There is no set time limit in MLB, as to where there are 30 second and 60 second timeouts in the NFL. However, there are restrictions imposed by umpires and exercised at their own discretion.

A batter may call for time before the pitch is thrown, and the umpire stops play for like 10-15 seconds. A catcher may call time and go out and talk to the pitcher. Sometimes this is used by catchers to stall and allow more time for another to pitch to warm up so he can come into the game. They usually both stand on the mound talking about whatever until the umpire feels this is taking too long and starts walking out to the mound to signal it's time to break up the meeting which usually lasts 30 seconds.

A manager or pitching coach can call time just like the catcher does. Sometimes it's to stall, and sometimes the manager might need to talk to the pitcher and calm him down, etc. If they're stalling, they usually talk until the ump walks to the mound to break it up.

And finally, an ump can also and should stop play if it's raining too hard, if the stadium is invaded by a swarm of insects, or if a fan runs onto the field (always fun!).

Rain delays can last for hours. If it's late into the night they might postpone the game to be finished at a later date, but none of these rules are set in stone. If it's a playoff game, they'll probably wait until the rain stops.

Hope that answers your question.

Answer 5

There are no limits as there are in other sports like basketball and football. However, there are consequences to certain kinds of time outs.

A hitter can call time out if the pitcher is taking too much time, or if something is blowing around on the field, ump obstructing his view, or if bugs attack him during a playoff game. When a hitter calls a timeout, the ump may or may not grant it. If the pitcher throws a strike and the ump doesnt grant time out, the pitch is a strike. There is no limit to the number of times a pitcher can step out.

And ump can call time out anytime for any reason.

Mangers call time outs to visit the mound. Two time outs in one inning means they have to remove the pitcher. If a pitcher is injured, there are limitless timeouts to visit to check on this. Same with injuries to other players.

Time outs to argue certain calls are allowed. (Not balls and strikes or umpire judgment calls.)

There are probably others. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

It is not officially a timeout. They basically can go out there and talk with the pitcher or umpire whenever. The umpire does regulate how long a meeting can go though. There have been a lot of times when the manager is talking to his pitcher and the ump says get a move on. There is no set limit but the umps keep it moving so the game does not drag on any longer.

Answer 7

there are technically no typical time outs in baseball but a manager or pitching coach is allowed to go to the mound to talk his pitcher. Usually if the coaches take too long talking, the umpire will go and tell them to hurry up, but it is mostly whenever the umpire feels like it. This is the same when the catcher goes to talk to the pitcher as well.

Answer 8

A manager/coach can go to the mound once an inning...the second time, they have to change the pitcher, unless they are checking on an injury.

They used to only be able to go the mound once a game, the second time they'd have to change the pitcher. Catchers can call unlimited time outs, though. No one can come out of the dugout though to talk.

Answer 9

No, there is no limit. But the umpire does not have to grant you the time out.

Answer 10

They are NO "time-outs" in baseball---NONE!

A player or manager may ask for TIME (NOT "time-out") and only the umpire can stop the game (for whatever reason).

But because baseball is NOT, I repeat NOT, on a clock they are NOT called "time-out"!!!

Answer 11

u have time out when theres a piching change its usually about 45 seconds.the players do call timeout to adjust there uniforms are something.about 5 seconds .sometimes teh batter will call time as the pitcher gets thru his windup just to throw him off