Travel Baseball Age Calculator and Chart: Determine Age
Here is a travel baseball age calculator and chart to determine your child’s travel ball age (which is different from Little League rules)
Travel Baseball Age Calculator
Find Your Child’s Travel Ball Age
Travel Baseball Age Chart
How to Determine Travel Baseball Age
Travel baseball age is determined by how old your child is on April 30.
If your child is 9 years old on April 30, then he is 9U.
If your child turns 10 years old on May 1, then he is still 9U (because he was 9 on April 30)
It’s as simple as that.
A Situation that Confuses Parents Sometimes
In many states the new travel baseball season officially doesn’t move up to the next age until Aug. 1, so that means your child can still play his previous age if his birthday was before May 1.
An example:
Your child is 9 years old on April 30 (he is 9U) and turns 10 on May 1.
On June 15, even though he is 10, he can still play 9U tournaments because he was 9 on April 30.
Travel Baseball Age Differences Between Little League and USA Baseball
Parents often get confused because the travel baseball age rules are different from Little League and USA Baseball events
For Little League and USA Baseball, the cutoff is the Aug. 31 going into the next school year and not April 30.
Example
If your child just turned 10 years old on June 10, he will be 10U in travel baseball age (because he will be 10 on April 30) but he will be 11U for Little League and USA baseball events because he will be 11 by the following Aug 31
Little League Age Calculator
This is different from the travel ball age calculator so you can compare and see if there is any difference.
Find Your Child’s Little Leage Age
Pony League Uses Same Travel Baseball Age
Pony League rules are the same as travel ball so you can use the same age calculator for travel baseball.
It’s determined by how old your child is on April 30.
Is Your Child Too Young to Play Travel Baseball?
9 years old is what we recommend but it varies per child on the best age to start travel baseball.
About Simon Chan
Simon Chan is a business coach, online marketer, speaker and Amazon best selling author.
He also has almost 10 years of experience in youth baseball and has 3 boys that are currently playing on various travel baseball teams in Southern California.
