Taconic Little League

Players & Team Placements

To insure fair competition Little League tries to group players of the same maturity and skill level together in their divisions. The most effective way to do this is to group players by age. In 2005, The Little League International Board of Directors accepted a recommendation from USA Baseball to change the league age determination date for its players starting in the 2006 season.

The league age determination date is the age a player has attained as of a specific date, for the purpose of placing the player in a particular division. For more than 55 years in Little League, that date was July 31, Starting in 2006, the date in all division of Little League Baseball will be April 30 of the current year. The date in all divisions of Little League Softball will be Dec. 31 of the previous year.

USA Baseball represents amateur baseball in the U.S. as a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Baseball Association Federation (IBAF). Virtually every major national youth baseball organization in the U.S., including Little League, is a USA Baseball National Member. USA Baseball recommended that the league age determination date changed from July 31 to April 30, for the 2006 season for all youth baseball organizations. The change was made in softball to reflect the fact that most national youth softball organizations use Dec. 31 as the league age determination date.

Age Groups by Division.

Children are assigned to divisions based on their League age in the year of the upcoming Season. Use the links below to see charts for League Ages for the 2008 season.

2008 Baseball League Determination Chart

2008 Softball League Determination Chart

The Following Chart is a general guideline of Taconic Little Leagues Division structure.
BASEBALL		GIRLS SOFTBALL
DIVISION	LEAGUE AGE	DIVISION	LEAGUE AGE
T-Ball Division	5 & 6 year olds	Minor Division*	7 - 8 year olds
Modified Coach Pitch Baseball*	6,7 & 8 year olds	9 – 10 Minor Division*	8 - 10 year olds
Minor Baseball*	7 – 11 year olds	11 – 12 Major Division*	11-12 year olds
Major Baseball*	9 – 12 year olds	Junior Division*	12-14 year olds
Junior Baseball *	13 & 14 year olds	*Senior Division 14-16 year olds** * Participation age in these divisions can vary based on player experience and skill. Inexperienced 9 year olds may also play down with the approval of the board of directors.
*Senior Baseball**	14 – 16 year olds
Big League Baseball	17 & 18 year olds

Player Selections

Players in non-competitive Divisions such as Modified Coach Pitch & T-ball for both Baseball and Softball may go through an assessment and are randomly selected for teams by the Board of Directors. In these divisions the Board of Directors will do it’s best to honor placement requests, but the league cannot guarantee any placement requests except for siblings in the same age group.

Players in competitive divisions - Minor League and above are required to participate in player evaluations that will assist team managers in their selections of teams. Because all players are selected via the draft, no player placement requests can be honored for these divisions except for same age siblings.


	Taconic Little League Baseball does not limit participation in its activities on the basis of disability, race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual preference or religious preference.