Majors Baseball
Ages 9 to 12, the road to the World Series
Majors is for players ages 9 to 12. It is the Little League division that leads to the Little League Baseball World Series. The league picks All-Star teams from the Majors for tournament play. Santa Fe’s All-Star tournaments run through the end of June and into July, and a team that keeps winning can play into August.
Majors is played on a 60-foot diamond with the pitcher 46 feet from the plate.
League age is set by Little League International. Check a player with the age calculator.
Teams are picked in a draft
Majors teams are formed in the league’s player draft. For 2026, baseball used the Plan C method, a blind draw. How the draft works.
Pitching limits by age
At league age 9 and 10, a pitcher can throw 75 pitches a day. At 11 and 12, the limit is 85. More pitches mean more days of rest, and no player pitches three days in a row. See Little League’s pitch count page for the full chart.
A Majors season
Practices start around mid-March, and older divisions can practice up to three times a week before games begin. Games start the first week of April and run Monday to Thursday, with Fridays for make-ups. The regular season ends in mid-June.