On Monday, the UIL legislative council officially passed its pitch count limit.

The pitch count regulations state that all high school players -- no matter their age -- will be limited to 110 pitches in a game. A player would also be limited to a total of 110 pitches total in a postseason series. If a game is postponed in such a way that a team must play back-to-back games, those games will be considered a series.

Junior high players will be limited to a total of 85 pitches.

If the limit comes in the middle of an at bat, a pitcher can finish that at bat.

Players will be required to rest a certain amount of days based on the number of pitches they've thrown in a contest.

High School Pitch Count (Grades 9 through 12):

Junior High Pitch Count (Grades 7 and 8):

The home team will designate an official pitch counter each game. That person will not be allowed in the dugout. He or she can meet with coaches or a team representative in between innings to verify the pitch counts.

"It's just one more thing to lay on a coach," said Rex Sanders, president of the Texas high school baseball coaches association, who worked with the UIL and its medical advisory committee to come up with the rules. "(But) tell me another way to keep it. We spent hours and days working on this. I'm sure adjustments will be made after the first year. But right now, to make it fair, it's got to be done basically the way we're trying to do it."

UIL athletic director Susan Elza said her oranization will continue to monitor the process and could make changes to the recording, collection, or even the number itself.

"I think this year will tell us everything we need to know," Elza said. "This is a starting point."

The district executive committees will determine how teams must record pitches and any disputes or punishments for breaking the pitch count limits will be taken to them.

Initially, the UIL proposed a different pitch count limit based on age that was intended to be suggestion this year. The UIL was forced to speed up its proposal after the National Federation of State High School Associations mandated a pitch count for all its members starting with this season. Because of that it removed the age limit it pitched to its medical advisory committee earlier in October after National Federation of State High School Associations mandated a pitch count for all its members for this season.

Sanders said he hopes the pitch count causes parents to look at how much their child throws in competition outside of high school as well.

"Towards the summer, the number we were bantering was 100," Sanders said. "I think 110 is probably the high end."