Editing Designated hitter (section)

===Amateur baseball===
In American high schools and other amateur baseball leagues that use [[National Federation of State High School Associations]] (NFHS) rules, a DH may bat in place of one player in any position, not just a pitcher.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://media.hometeamsonline.com/photos/baseball/PATPNJ/NFHS_2018_Rules.pdf |title=2018 NFHS BASEBALL RULES BOOK |publisher=Robert B. Gardner |year=2017 |editor-last=Hopkins |editor-first=Elliot |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |publication-date=November 8, 2017 |language=en |asin=B0779K64WW |access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> Many coaches use a designated hitter in place of the weakest hitter in the lineup, if they use one at all. In amateur baseball, many pitchers are also good hitters and will often play another position (or even DH) when not pitching.

In 2020, NFHS rules were modified to also add a "Player/DH" rule where a player may start the game with offensive and defensive roles, and be substituted out only on defense while remaining in the game on offense as a DH.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-17 |title=2020 NFHS POINTS OF EMPHASIS AND HOW TO FOLLOW THEM |url=https://baseballrulesacademy.com/2020-nfhs-points-of-emphasis-and-how-to-follow-them/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=Baseball Rules Academy |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[High school baseball in Japan|Japanese high school baseball]] is one of the few amateur baseball leagues in the world that has never used the designated hitter rule at all. In [[high school baseball in South Korea]], the rule has been adopted since 2004. [[American Legion]] rules, on the other hand, allow the DH only to bat for the pitcher; prior to 1995, the use of the DH was not allowed in Legion baseball at all.

In [[college baseball]], [[NCAA]] rules<ref name="NCAA rules college baseball">{{Cite book |url=http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/BA20.pdf |title=2019 and 2020 Baseball Rules and Interpretations |publisher=NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION |year=2018 |editor-last=Brownlee |editor-first=Ben |location=Indianapolis |pages=63–65 |language=en |chapter=Rule 7—Batting |issn=0736-5209 |oclc=557495128 |access-date=May 13, 2019 }}</ref> state that the designated hitter must hit for the pitcher, but in many instances the pitcher is also a good hitter, and the coach may elect to let the pitcher bat in the lineup. If the pitcher opts to bat for himself, he is treated as two separate positions – a pitcher and a designated hitter (abbreviated P/DH on the lineup card) – and may be substituted for as such (i.e. if he is removed as the pitcher, he may remain as the designated hitter and vice versa). However, if a player who starts a game as a P/DH is relieved as the starting pitcher, he may not return to the mound even if he remains in the game as the DH, and he may not play any other defensive position after being relieved as the pitcher unless he immediately moves to another defensive position, in which case the new pitcher must assume the spot in the batting order of the fielder the P/DH substituted for, and the DH is lost for the remainder of the game. Conversely, a player who begins the game as the DH, but not as the pitcher, may come into the game as a reliever and remain as the DH (in effect becoming a P/DH), be relieved on the mound later in the game but continue to bat as the DH.

In [[Little League Baseball]], the DH is not used except in the Senior League (age 15–16) division, where the DH can bat in place of any defensive player.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://baseballcoaching.tips/little-league-baseball-everything-you-need-to-know-from-bats-drills-rules-field-dimensions-uniforms-bracket-sheets-down-to-the-pitch-count-scorebook/ |title=Everything you need to know about Little League Baseball- From Bats, Drills, Rules, Field Dimensions, Uniforms, Bracket Sheets Down to the Little League Pitch Count Baseball Scorebook |last=Dean |date=June 7, 2011 |website=Baseball Coaching Tips |language=en-US |access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Junior League Baseball |url=http://cantonlittleleague.org/Page.asp?n=18791 |access-date=May 13, 2019 |website=Canton Little League}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Little League Rules |url=http://www.rutherford-ll.info/rules.htm |access-date=May 13, 2019 |website=Rutherford-ll.info}}</ref> However, a league may adopt a rule which requires all players present and able to play to be listed in the batting order (such that the order contains more than nine players), and thus all players will have a turn to bat even when they are not assigned a fielding position. Players in the batting lineup without a position on the field are given the position designation ''extra hitter'' (EH), a position seen occasionally in other amateur organizations (both youth and adult) - and integrated as the "10th man" of [[Savannah Bananas]] exhibition ballgames since 2020 as part of the lineup alongside the DH.