Umpire Duty

Umpire scheduling for youth baseball & softball

Many youth leagues rely on parent volunteers to umpire younger divisions. Dugout Duty gives every game its own umpire spots, so parents can claim a specific game and you can see at a glance which fields still need coverage.

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Every game gets its own umpire spots

Umpire duty is tied to a specific game. A game has a date, a start time, a division, a home team, an away team and a field — and it needs a plate umpire, and often a base umpire too. When three games start at 9:00 AM on three different fields, that's three separate sets of spots, and Dugout Duty keeps them separate.

What parents see

Each game with its date, time, field, teams and division
Which spots are open and which are already filled
Filters by date, division and team so they can find their own child's games
A one-minute signup form — no account or password

What your umpire coordinator sees

Every open umpire spot across the season, in one list
Who signed up for each game, with contact details
Cancellations reopen the spot automatically
The team credited for each volunteer

Open plate and base umpire spots for Saturday games, filtered by date — A league's public umpire signup page

Import your game schedule, get umpire spots automatically

You shouldn't have to type your schedule twice.

Upload a CSV

Export your schedule from a spreadsheet or your scheduling tool with date, time, division, home team, away team and field.

Review before importing

Dugout Duty matches divisions, teams and fields you already have and flags anything new or skipped before anything is created.

Spots are created

Each imported game gets the umpire positions your league requires — for example one plate umpire and one base umpire.

Adding a single game later? Create it by hand and its umpire spots are generated the same way.

Built for the way parent umpiring really works

Parent umpires are usually covering their own child's division, often a few times a season. Filters by team and division let a parent find the games they can actually make, and the confirmation email tells them exactly when and where to show up. The day-of reminder arrives in your league's local time zone.

If something comes up, parents can cancel from the link in their email. The spot opens back up immediately for someone else, and your coordinator doesn't have to chase a replacement through a group text. For tips on building a reliable pool, read how to recruit and schedule parent umpires.

Umpire scheduling questions

Can a game have more than one umpire position?

Yes. Leagues typically use a plate umpire and a base umpire. Your league's rules decide how many spots each game gets.

What happens when games overlap?

Each game has its own spots. Two games at the same time on different fields are scheduled independently.

Can umpire requirements differ by division?

Yes. You can set a default for the season and different requirements for specific divisions.

Is this for paid umpires?

Dugout Duty is designed for volunteer umpire scheduling. It doesn't handle umpire payments or assigning by certification level.

Get every game covered

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