American Legion Cutoff Age

See if this helps.

http://www.crlegionbaseball.co...lay-2015-and-beyond/

http://community.hsbaseballweb...for-a-college-player

No. He cannot turn 20 before January 1, 2016 and still be eligible to play in 2015.

 

http://www.legion.org/document...seball_age_chart.pdf

No, this year the 1995 birthdays were the oldest eligible. Next, year 1995's will be too old. Here is this year's age eligibility chart. 

http://www.legion.org/document...seball_age_chart.pdf

Just move everything up a year for next year and the 1995 group will move into the red.

 

Also, for a college freshman to be eligible, he had to have played Legion the year previous and can only play for that team.

Well, heck. That's disappointing. That was kind of the impression that I got by this year's age chart but just wasn't exactly certain. Ah well. It was fun the last two years, I suppose.

 

I appreciate the feedback, people. Thank You all.

 

How fast the time goes by...

If your son is playing college ball he should play in a college summer league or semi-pro league. He shouldn't be playing against kids. It won't improve his game.

Yes, this.  My son had his "after freshman" summer this year.  While he probably could have thrown a ton more innings playing legion, it is amazing how much better he got playing against better competition.

 

His college coach should set him up with a team in a league that will be a good fit for him.

You still need to be careful. The only league that son's coach was able to get him in after freshman year was a local league. My son had faced these teams during his 18u summer and his team always crushed them. He faced better competition, playing 18U again after his freehman year. He is a Sept bday so he was still eligible.
So if legion is not an option and there are no decent woodbat leagues, I would suggest looking for a travel team. With a November birthday he may still qualify.

The best wood bat leagues are invitation only, with most of the expenses paid. And many of the others are costly. So, a freshman who is at a D2 but gets little playing time, or a kid who is at a D3 or a Juco may not have good options for summer wood bat leagues.

 

But if they're eligible age wise for another year of legion, they can play at no or little cost, stay at home, maybe work part-time, etc... and still get some baseball games in. And if they didn't play much their first season, then it is probably good to play legion again.

 

I checked into several wood bat leagues out of curiosity. One was $750 + a $250 uniform fee, and players had to take care of all their own housing, food and travel, which included getting themselves to and from games, both home and away.

 

I went to a game and watched. It was o.k. Better than Legion, yes - probably so, better than legion enough to justify that cost... no way.

 

Another one I looked into had a $1,500 cost, but accommodations for the summer were provided, Probably a better deal than the one which offered nothing.

 

I saw several kids who played Legion this summer after their freshman year of college. Here are two examples. 1. played at a D2 and saw very little playing time. 2. played at a D3 and saw a good deal of playing time as a starter. The only options for these two kids to have played in a summer wood bat league would have been in one of the pay for play options.