Baseball Lineup Template (Excel + Google Sheets)

A card is for game day; the spreadsheet is for the night before. The template's formulas do the two checks coaches skip when planning by hand. The per-player innings count shows instantly whether your bench rotation is fair and whether anyone is short of minimum play requirements, which demand six consecutive defensive outs in Little League, not just any two innings. The per-inning position check counts how many players you've assigned to each position each inning: every cell in the checker should read 1, and a 0 under catcher in inning four is the kind of mistake this sheet exists to catch.

Plan in the spreadsheet, then copy the result onto the printable lineup card or skip the manual step entirely: the free lineup generator builds the same grid from your roster with fairness balancing and rule checks built in.

Yes. Upload the .xlsx to Google Drive and open with Sheets; the COUNTIF formulas and position dropdowns work unchanged.

Two things: each player row totals their innings in the field and on the bench, and a per-inning grid counts assignments to each of the nine positions. Any position count that isn't 1 means a hole or a duplicate in that inning.

Six innings and thirteen players by default, matching a standard youth game and roster. Add columns or rows for 7-inning formats; the formulas extend by dragging.

Yes, the free lineup generator: enter your roster and it produces the batting order and a fair fielding rotation, checks rules, and prints cards. Free, no usage cap.

Prefer the plan built for you, with fairness and rules checked automatically?