Registration for Spring 2025 is closed
Spring 2025 Rec Youth Baseball Registration
Registration for Spring 2025 is closed!
Good luck to all the teams!
Welcome to the TRC Baseball Spring 2025 Season!
Browse this page for information about TRC Baseball divisions.
Click here for FAQs and feel free to email youthbaseballregistration@towsonrec.com with questions not covered below on this page or in the FAQs.
Note: if you will be registering more than 2 children from your family, email youthbaseballregistration@towsonrec.com and tell us the division your youngest child will be playing in and we will send you a code for your 3rd child discount.
Description of Divisions
TBall Division (ages 4/5)
General Information
T-Ball is an introduction to baseball. The players learn basic rules and skills in non-competitive games. The philosophy is to focus on fun and foster a love of the game.
- Players must be age 4 or 5 as of May 1, 2025.
- Practices on Wednesday evenings; Games played on Saturdays at 8:30 am
- Practices begin in early April and the season ends in early June
T-Ball Rules
- There are no strikes, no outs and scores are not kept.
- The teams consist of 8-10 kids so they get lots of attention.
- The ball is batted from a tee
- Each child gets a base hit every inning.
- The last batter hits a home run and clears the bases
- Games are typically two or three innings.
Age Chart: TRC Baseball 2025
The age chart below is designed to help you identify the age division that is appropriate for your child. Find the cell that corresponds to your player's month and year of birth. The division listed is their age appropriate division of play.
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Jan | Aged Out | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball |
Feb | Aged Out | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball |
Mar | Aged Out | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball |
Apr | Aged Out | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball |
May | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball | |
June | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball | |
July | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball | |
Aug | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball | |
Sept | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball | |
Oct | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball | |
Nov | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball | |
Dec | Aged Out | 13/15 | 13/15 | 13/15 | 11/12 | 11/12 | 9/10 | 9/10 | Rookie | Clinic or Rookie | Clinic | T-Ball | T-Ball |
"In-House" Division Comparison Chart
T-Ball | Clinic | Rookie | 9/10 | 11/12 | 13/15 | |
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Age (years) | 4-5 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 9-10 | 11-12 | 13-15 |
Days of the week | Wed. evening Sat. morning | Wed. evening Sat. morning | M/Th evening Sat. practice | Tu/Fri evening Sat. practice | Tu/Fri evening Sat. practice | M/Th evenings Sat. practice |
Competitive games? | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Ball Type | soft | hard | hard | hard | hard | hard |
Players in the field | all | all | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Innings per game/scrimmage | 2-3 | 3-4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Inning length | everyone bats | everyone bats | 3 outs or 5 runs | 3 outs or 5 runs | 3 outs or 5 runs | 3 outs or 6 runs |
Outs called | no | yes (field only; no strikeouts) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Pitching | hit from the tee | Overhand coach pitch from kneeling position | 1st half of season: standing, overhand coach pitch 2nd half of season: player pitch introduced (3 innings per game) | player pitch | player pitch | player pitch |
Pitching distance | n/a | 25-25 feet (variable) | 40 feet | 44 feet | 50 feet | 60 feet |
Base distance | 45 feet | 50 feet | 55 feet | 60 feet | 70 feet | 90 feet |
Walks? | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
Leading/Stealing? | no/no | no/no | no/no | no/no | no/yes | yes/yes |
Run Limits | n/a | n/a | 5/inning | 5/inning | 5/inning | 6/inning |
Umpires | n/a | n/a | 2 youth umpires | 2 youth umpires | 1 adult umpire | 2 adult umpires |