
MLB opted against imposing it unilaterally, over the opposition of the MLBPA. MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) discussed the possibility of introducing the pitch clock at the major league level for the 2018 season. The outfield pitch clock at American Family Field is seen in the center of the image on the pillar in September 2022 here, it indicates that seven seconds remain in a television timeout between innings. The independent Atlantic League began using a 12-second pitch clock. Game times increased in 20, but were still faster than games in 2014. Along with other rule changes addressing the pace of play, the clocks contributed to a 12-minute reduction in game times at those levels between the 20 seasons, compared to the leagues that did not use the clock, which saw game times change from an increase of three minutes per game to a decrease in five minutes per game. Pitchers were given twenty seconds to throw the pitch, with the penalty of a ball awarded to the batter if not followed. On January 15, 2015, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it would institute a 20-second pitch clock in Minor League Baseball for Double-A and Triple-A teams during the 2015 season.
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Pitch clocks made their professional debut in the Arizona Fall League in 2014. After the 2010 season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association sought to make the pitch clocks mandatory, and instituted it for the 2011 college baseball season, but only for when there are no runners on base. Similarly, a batter stepping out of the batter's box with less than five seconds on the clock will be assessed an additional strike. Pitchers were given twenty seconds to throw the pitch, or a ball would be added to the count. In college baseball, the Southeastern Conference experimented with using pitch clocks in 2010. Even more so after Major League Baseball (MLB) began using a pitch clock in the 2023 season following a period of tests on MLB partner leagues, minor league baseball, and college baseball.

Various baseball leagues and tournaments around the world have started using a pitch clock to speed up the pace of play. A pitch clock displayed at Werner Park in 2015Ī pitch clock (also known as a pitch timer) is used in various baseball leagues to limit the amount of time a pitcher uses before he throws the ball to the hitter and/or limit the amount of time the hitter uses before he is prepared to hit.
