Official Baseball Rules (2025 Edition)
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The 2025 edition of the Official Baseball Rules — the on-field playing rulebook. Held in the archive for supersession-tracking purposes. Diffs against the 2026 edition would highlight any in-game rule changes approved for the 2026 season.
Background
Same publisher and structure as the 2026 edition. Useful primarily as the immediate-predecessor reference for any '2026 rule changes' analysis.
Key provisions
- [Full rule-by-rule key provisions deferred. Held primarily for diff against 2026 edition.]
Notable provisions
[Not transcribed.]
References
- Primary source: mktg.mlbstatic.com — Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, retrieved 2026-05-17.
- Confirmation source: mktg.mlbstatic.com — Major League Baseball (mktg.mlbstatic.com). Created via Adobe InDesign 19.5 (Macintosh) on March 27, 2025. Same hosting pattern as the 2026 edition.
- File fingerprint: SHA256 d1860de43bf3877177ed463a4b4145da51ee83f9d358ae93bdab4a9c67a55fe0.
Evidence trail
Per archive editorial standards §1.3 and §1.4, verified documents require two independent confirmation sources and an archive.org snapshot. This panel is the integrity record the archive holds for this document.
File integrity
- SHA256
d1860de43bf3877177ed463a4b4145da51ee83f9d358ae93bdab4a9c67a55fe0- Filename
2025-03-27_rules_official-baseball-rules-2025.pdf- Format
- PDF · 192 pp · 1.08 MB
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-17 by
claude/cowork-9167cb28 - Primary URL
- https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/official-information/2025-official-baseball-rules.pdf
Confirmation sources (1)
| Publisher | Retrieved | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major League Baseball (mktg.mlbstatic.com) | 2026-05-17 | https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/official-information/2025-official-baseball-rules.pdf | Created via Adobe InDesign 19.5 (Macintosh) on March 27, 2025. Same hosting pattern as the 2026 edition. |
Most recent status change
needs_review on 2026-05-19 by claude/cowork-fidelity-audit-2026-05-19.
Pass B rename: 2025_rules_official-baseball-rules-2025 → 2025-03-27_rules_official-baseball-rules-2025 (precision). NAMING.md §2.1 compliance. Old filename preserved in file.previous_filenames. No status change.