DIVISION DESCRIPTIONS and INFORMATION

Little League uses "league age" to place players in proper divisions. For the Fall season, Chaires allows players to use their league age for the upcoming spring. Your player's league age (for Fall 2024) and Spring 2025 is the age your player will be on August 31, 2025. 

Little League Rules can be found here: Little League Rules
Local League Rules are found in our Bylaws, which are in the About Us section of our website.


Tee Ball 

League ages 4 & 5: All players turn 4 or 5 on or before August 31, 2025
First time tee ball players, who are league age 5, must participate in Tee Ball before moving to Rookie Ball. 
*The focus will be on FUN, fundamentals, & teamwork
*All games are 3 innings, with every player batting each inning
*Score is not kept and outs are not recorded
*The goal is to have players practicing hitting and fielding and developing awareness of general baseball rules
Tee Ball games are played on Saturday mornings.

 

Rookie Ball

League ages 5 and 6: All players turn 5 or 6 on or before August 31, 2025 Players who are league age 5 and have played at least one SPRING Tee Ball season may choose Tee Ball or Rookie Ball. First time Tee Ball Players must register for Tee Ball, not Rookie. 
*Rookie Ball players will have a chance to hit live balls tossed by a coach
*After three pitches, if the ball is not put into play, the player will hit off a tee
*Innings end when there are three outs or the offense scores 4 runs
Rookie Ball games are played on Saturday mornings.
Watch a brief video of a Rookie Ball game in action.



Machine Pitch 

League ages 7 and 8: All players turn 7 or 8 on or before August 31, 2025. 
*Baseballs are pitched by the team manager, using a spring operated pitching machine
*Each player is thrown five pitches maximum, but after three strikes, the batter is out; there are no walks
*Players may not steal bases
Machine Pitch games are played on weeknights; typically at 5:30 or 6:00 (depending on daylight savings time).



Minors (Player Pitch) 

League ages 9 and 10: All players turn 9 or 10 on or before August 31, 2025
*Players take all regular baseball positions
*Little League Pitching Rules apply
Minors games are played on weeknights with a typical start time of 6:00.


Majors (Little League Baseball Division)

League ages 11 and 12: All players turn 11 or 12 on or before August 31, 2025
*Players take all regular baseball positions
*Little League Pitching Rules apply
Majors games are played on weeknights with a typical start time of 6:30. Some Friday night games may begin at 8:00.

Local Sponsors

Chaires-Capitola Little League

1563 Capital Circle SE Box No. 167 
Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Email: [email protected]