Little League

American  

Trademark.

1. a baseball, softball, and T-ball league consisting of teams of boys and girls 4 to 18 years of age, founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Pa., and now international in scope, supported by business, fraternal, or other institutional sponsors.

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Other Word Forms

• Little Leaguer noun

Example Sentences

"I think everybody was in shock," said Garland, who realised Heuermann's child had participated in one of the Little League programmes he helped organise.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

And I will tell you, I coached six Little League teams, of 5- and 9-year-olds, in three different sports.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Freshman Louis Lappe, known for his walk-off home run for El Segundo in the 2023 Little League World Series championship game, will hit a home run in his high school debut for Harvard-Westlake.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Her son, Jack Gurevitch, was 4 when he started learning karate from Blanck, who always sponsored a local Little League team.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Instead, each day after he finished work at the Pentagon, Bull went to the coach of every Little League team in Arlington, Virginia, and asked them if they were short any players.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy