The Charlottesville Babe Ruth League offers boys and girls the opportunity to have fun learning the game of baseball from dedicated coaches and volunteers. The League accepts registrations from boys and girls who will be thirteen (13) years old before May 1, 2021, and who will not be seventeen (17) years old before May 1, 2022, for the 13-16-Year-Old Division and boys and girls who will be sixteen (16) years old before May 1, 2022, and who will not be nineteen (19) years old before May 1, 2022, for the 16-18-Year-Old Division.

Babe Ruth League, Inc. allows for players who are 12 years old to participate in Babe Ruth League play as a "swing" player.  Please contact the league with any questions.

ALL LEAGUE EVENTS, PRACTICES, AND GAMES are at Gardner Field at Lane Park unless otherwise specified.

* Player evaluations are August 28th

* Practices Start August 30th

* 8 Games

* Season ends by November 7th with League Playoffs

* Games will be played at Gardner Field at Lane Park 

* Practices will be held at Gardner Field and possibly other Albemarle County Fields.

* Each team will be assigned 1 practice per week

* Sandlots are a fun, relaxed way for players to ease back into playing baseball. 

* Coaches help organize teams and keep the flow of batting and fielding. 

* For rising 13-year-olds new to the big field, sandlots are a great way to get a feel

  for the bigger field, and to get to know players from all the local Cal Ripken and

  Little Leagues who will be joining them in our fall league. 

* Sandlots typically run for about two hours from 6pm to 8pm

* Sandlot dates are still being finalized but will be held in late August.

* The League will send out emails and update our website and Facebook pages when details, dates, and times are finalized.

For more information, download our information form.