Player Divisions

In order to ensure teams are equally competitive, the 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 & 13-14 divisions hold tryouts to determine the player's skill level before they are drafted onto a team. All registered players will be placed on a team regardless of skill level. Hitting, catching, throwing and running will be evaluated. All new players and previous Babe Ruth players moving up to a new division are required to attend tryouts. Players who are required to be at tryouts but do not attend will be randomly assigned to a team.
 
 

13-15 Year Old Player Division
This is our highest competition division and is played on our largest field. Typically, a 13-14-15 division player will have played several years of baseball in our lower divisions and should have mastered the fundamentals of batting, base running, fielding and throwing. This division has two seasons to allow players to also play for their high school baseball teams. Game scores are kept and standing are reported on the Tracy Babe Ruth website. The 1st and 2nd place teams will receive trophies. An All-Star team will be selected to represent Tracy Babe Ruth in the District 1 tournament at the end of the season.
 
 

11-12 Year Old Player Division
This is our intermediate level competition division. Players will work on and use advanced fundamentals of baseball skills, both offensive and defensive. Game scores are kept and standing are reported on the Tracy Babe Ruth website. The top team(s) will receive placement trophies. An All-Star Team will be selected to represent Tracy Babe Ruth Baseball in the District 1 tournament at the end of the season.
 
 

9-10 Year Old Player Division
Players will work on and use basic fundamentals of baseball skills, both offensive and defensive. This is a player pitched division with pitch count and rest period safeguards enforced. Game scores and standing are kept and reported on the Tracy Babe Ruth website. The top teams will receive placement trophies. An All-Star Team will be selected to represent Tracy Babe Ruth in the District 1 tournament at the end of the season.
 
 

7-8 Year Old Player Division
This is our first competition level division. Players are educated on the basics of baseball such as throwing, catching, batting, defensive ready position and running the bases. This is a player pitched division with pitch count and rest period safeguards enforced. All players on the team will bat in a continous order and are guaranteed to play at least 2 innings of defense a game. Games last approximately 1 and 1/4 hours, with each team allowed 3 outs or 3 runs per inning. Game scores and standing are kept and reported on the Tracy Babe Ruth website. The top teams will receive placement trophies. An All-Star Team will be selected to represent Tracy Babe Ruth Baseball in the District 1 tournament at the end of the season.
 
 

5-6 Year Old Player Division
This is an instructional division(no score is kept) where players are still learning what baseball is all about. For a lot of players, this will be their first time playing baseball. In this division, coaches pitch to the players. If the players do not hit after 6 pitches, they will hit off of a tee. Outs are not kept. Each player will bat each inning. All players will be placed on the field during their defensive part of the inning. No one sits on the bench. Games are 1 hr long and generally get 2-3 innings completed. Players are taught the fundamentals of baseball such that they are exposed to playing positions and are taught throwing, catching, batting, defensive ready position and running the bases. All players in this division receive participation trophies at the end of the season.
 
 

4 Year Old Player Division
This is an instructional division (no score is kept) where players begin to learn about baseball. Very likely, most of the players have never played baseball before and perhaps never been exposed to a team sport. During the entire season, all the players will be hitting off a tee and no one gets out. Each player will bat each inning. All players will be using a foam bat. All players will be placed on the field during their defensive part of the inning. No one sits on the bench. Players are taught the fundamentals of baseball - throwing, catching, batting, defensive ready position and running the bases. All players in the 4 year old division receive participation trophies at the end of the year.