2016 Spring Baseball Placement Details
The following is a summary of placement within the baseball leagues in 2016
NOTE: All ages noted below refer to "Little League Age". The cutoff date varies based on a recent age change rule update from Little League International. For details on this, please visit:
http://www.littleleague.org/learn/rules/rulechanges.htm
6 Major League Teams – comprised of
47 – 12 year olds - (100% of the eligible 12s)
24 – 11 year olds - (37% of the eligible 11s)
8 Quad-A League Teams - comprised of
41 - 11 year olds - (63% of the eligible 11s)
46 - 10 year olds - (53% of the eligible 10s)
6 Triple-A League Teams – comprised of
41 – 10 year olds – (47% of the eligible 10s)
27 – 9 year olds – (51% of the eligible 9s)
6 Double-A League Teams – comprised of
26 – 9 year olds - (49% of the eligible 9s)
34 – 8 year olds - (63% of the eligible 8s)
6 Single-A League Teams – comprised of
20 – 8 year olds - (37% of the eligible 8s)
31 – 7 year olds - (46% of the eligible 7s)
The following is a summary of placement within the softball leagues in 2016 (NOTE: "Softball Age" is based on the age of the player as of 12/31/2016. All ages noted below refer to "Softball Age"):
1 14U Team - comprised of
1 - 14 year olds
10 - 13 year olds
6 12U Teams - comprised of
36 - 12 year olds
29 - 11 year olds
5 - 10 year olds
5 10U Teams - comprised of
21 - 10 year olds
17 - 9 year olds
3 - 8 year olds
6 8U Teams - comprised of
26 - 8 year olds
30 - 7 year olds
1 - 6 year olds
4 6U Teams - comprised of
17 - 6 year olds
21 - 5 year olds (turned 5 by 8/31/16)
The following describes HLL's League Placement (Baseball) System. Placement is based on a player ranking system. The method of ranking players is as follows:
A player can achieve a maximum value of 4 points, calculated by:
· Tryout Results (up to 1 point) - Scored by Independent Evaluators
· Team Ranking (up to 0.50 points) - Scored by the Team's Coaches from the prior year
· “Little League Age” (up to 0.25 points) - Sliding scale with 12-year olds earning the most
· Age/League Ranking (up to 1 point) - Scored by the League's Head Coaches from the prior year
· League Points (up to 1.25 points) - Sliding scale with prior year's Majors/12U participants earning the most
The above baseball placement system is used for the following leagues:
· Majors
· Quad-A
· Triple-A
· Double-A
· Single-A
Placement in the above leagues does NOT incorporate the school grade of the player.
The only leagues which utilize school grade for player placement are:
· Kindergarten
· Pre-K
"Baseball Age" requirements for each of the baseball leagues follows:
Majors - 12's and 11's
Quad-A - 11's and 10's
Triple-A - 10's and 9's
Double-A - 9's and 8's
Single-A - 8's and 7's
The only Grade-based leagues are:
Kindergarten
Pre-K