Players new to Harlem Little League must set up an account and:
— Upload a copy of their birth certificate
— Email a proof of address or school attendance to our player agent, Omar Taveras at [email protected]
Spring registrations utilizes the 2023 Little League Age Chart. Determine your child's league age here: 2023 Softball-Only Age Chart | 2023 Baseball-Only Age Chart.
Fall Ball Registration
Harlem Little League's Fall Ball programs are as follows:
Fall Baseball League, ages 10-12
Co-ed Baseball Season in conjunction with Inwood Little League. Practices are held 1-2 evenings a week in Harlem; games are played on weekends in Inwood Hill Park. Co-ed Fall Ball is open to players ages 10-12 years old based on the Spring 2023 Baseball Age Chart. Fall Ball is a try-out program. Tryouts will be held the second week of August and opening day is Saturday, September 9. Play continues throughout the fall into November.
Cost: $100
Fall Baseball Clinic, ages 5-10
Co-ed baseball clinic is offered for players ages 5-10 years old based on the Spring 2023 Baseball Age Chart. Clinic will be held on Saturdays in Harlem. Skills development and situational play will be the focus. Fall Clinic will include high-reps in an effort to build baseball knowledge and IQ in our younger players in advance of the spring 2024 season. The first clinic session will be held on Saturday, September 16. Clinic continues through mid-November, weather and field conditions permitting.
Cost: $50
Girls Softball Clinic, ages 10-14
The girls softball clinic is offered for ages 10-14 based on the Spring 2023 Softball Age Chart. The focus will be high-reps and softball-specific skills to prep girls for the spring 2024 softball season. The first clinic session will be held on Saturday, September 16. Clinic continues through mid-November, weather and field conditions permitting.
Cost: $50
Residency Requirements
Little League Baseball, Inc. approves Harlem Little League’s boundaries. Players who live or attend school within the area of 110th to 120th Streets from Frederick Douglass Boulevard to Fifth Avenue or 120th to 160th Streets, river to river are eligible. First-time players should check to see if we are your local Little League. To find your neighborhood chartered Little League, please click here.
A player will be considered to reside within our boundaries if:
Parents are living together and residing within the boundaries, OR;
Either of the player’s parents (or his/her court-appointed legal guardian) resides within the boundaries, OR;
A player attends school within our boundaries.
Click here for acceptable proof of age, residency and school attendance.
Financial Aid
No child will be turned away from Harlem Little League because of an inability to pay. Therefore, you should register your child on time and not let a lack of funds stop you from registering.
If your family needs financial assistance for Harlem Little League's Fall 2022 or 2023 Spring Season, please apply for the T-Mobile Call-Up Grant. T-Mobile and Little League share Harlem Little League's belief that every child should have the chance to experience Little League, regardless of their financial or personal situation. The T-Mobile Call-Up Grant helps supplement Harlem Little League's scholarship funds.
If you do not qualify for the grant, or need assistance beyond what it offers, Harlem Little League offers additional financial assistance. We encourage families to pay at least a portion of the fee for each child. Our fees are kept deliberately low (lower than that of other leagues) in an attempt to make it possible for everyone to play. The actual cost to run this program is about $239 per player. If you need financial assistance, please let us know what amount, if any, you can contribute by clicking on this link to request financial aid. All information will be kept confidential.
Skills Assessments
Skills Assessments for the Spring 2023 season will be held in February. This is NOT a tryout; it's merely an opportunity for our coaches to evaluate a child's skills so that we can best try and balance our team assignments.
Season Schedule
Spring 2023 team assignments will be announced in early March 2023. Practices begin the shortly thereafter, and our annual Opening Day Parade and first games will be played on Saturday, April 1, 2023. The season runs through late June 2023.
Practices are held on at least one weekday afternoon each week; games are held on weekends, with children ages 7+ generally playing both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Teams in our Softball, Majors and Seniors Divisions can expect to travel throughout Manhattan to play interleague games for at least a portion of their schedule.
Tournament Teams
Each season, Harlem Little League enters teams in the Little League Baseball Postseason Tournaments. These teams are made up of players ages 9+ who are selected through a tryout process. Extra practices are required and play in the tournament, which begins in late June and extends until teams are eliminated from contention. All tournaments are double-elimination leading up to their respective divisions World Series in August.
Another opportunity for increased playing time comes over the Memorial Day weekend, when Harlem Little League generally participates in a fun, round-robin style tournament with other teams in our district.