The list of equipment that you can expect to provide for your child this season in Little League:
- Batting Helmet
- Fielding Glove
- Cleats
- Athletic Cup (Baseball Only, required for catchers, recommended for all)
- Many players provide their own bats. You may coordinate with your manager/team concerning sharing bats. Additional information concerning bats is provided below.
The league also provides the following items, one per team, to help meet certain safety guidelines: (any player may provide his/her own equipment providing it meets playing and safety requirements)
- Set of catcher’s gear (Mask with dangling throat guard, chest protector, shin guards, mitt)
- Batting Helmet
- Tees (for Tee Ball Division teams)
Optional equipment you may wish to consider for your child:
- Infield Face Mask
- Batting Helmet (helmets with face guards are required for Machine Pitch pitchers)
- Mouth guard
- Catchers gear
- Shin guards
- Chest protector – may be short or long models
- Catcher’s mask
- Must contain an attached dangling throat guard
- No skull caps
- Catcher’s mitt
- Required for Baseball catchers
- Softball catchers may use catcher’s mitt, first baseman’s mitt, or a regulation fielding glove
Bats
For comprehensive information concerning bats permitted for use by Little League, please refer to the following documentation provided by Little League International. Note: If you are looking to purchase a bat for the upcoming year, bat standards changed beginning in 2018.