Little League Baseball downsizes its fields to accommodate younger players. Divisions for players aged 12 and younger typically play on 60-foot fields. Very young children play T-ball on 50-foot diamonds. Players aged 13 and older play on regulation 90-foot fields, the same size as Major League Baseball fields.
Distance Between Bases
The 60-foot measurement for Little League players up to age 12 runs from plate to plate. This works out to second base being 84 ft. 10 1/4 inches from home plate at the field's deepest point. A coach's box should sit right off third base, 6 feet back from the base path, in an area 8 feet by 4 feet.
Pitcher's Mound
The pitcher's plate on the mound is 18 inches wide and 46 feet from home plate. The dirt around the mound has a 5-foot radius. The mound is 6 inches higher than home plate.
Catcher's and Batter's Boxes
The catcher's box extends 8 feet back from home plate and is 43 inches wide. From the player's position at home plate, the batter's box extends 3 feet toward his right, or the first-base side, and 2 1/2 feet to his left, on the third-base side.
Bases and Home Plate
Measurements in Little League are prescribed all the way down to the bases themselves. Home plate, which is pentagon-shaped, is 17 inches across at its widest end and 17 inches deep from that end to its point. The other bases are 15 inches by 15 inches. A 9-foot-wide radial area surrounds home plate, and the distance between the plate and the backstop must be 25 feet. The on-deck circle for upcoming batters should be 37 inches from home plate, off to the third-base side.
Home Runs
Enterprising Little Leaguers must hit the ball 200 feet to knock it out of the park. The minimum measurement from home plate to the fence along the first and third base lines is 200 feet. The distance from the pitcher's mound to the grass line inside the fence is 50 feet.
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