Catcher's mitts are sized by circumference, not heel to web: about 30.5" at 8–10 (30–31"), 31.25" at 11–13 and 34.5" for 14 and over (32–34.5"), from Baseball Monkey. Adult fastpitch catchers run 33–35", and a mitt a young catcher can close beats a bigger one.
02 · Baseball glove · age Adult
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Picks sit in the middle of the overlap; the sizer moves them toward the ends for a long or short hand.
Picks sit in the middle of the overlap; the sizer moves them toward the ends for a long or short hand.
05 / Field guide
Catcher's mitts are sized by circumference, not heel to web: about 30.5" at 8–10 (30–31"), 31.25" at 11–13 and 34.5" for 14 and over (32–34.5"), from Baseball Monkey. Adult fastpitch catchers run 33–35", and a mitt a young catcher can close beats a bigger one.
Rawlings publishes no catcher’s row; Baseball Monkey’s baseball, ages 14 and over band is 32–34.5" of circumference, and the sizer picks 34.5". Fastpitch mitts in the same band run 33–35".
A catcher’s mitt has no separate fingers to measure along, so its size is the distance round its padded rim. A mitt too big for a young catcher is slow to close on a low pitch.
High school, college and adult baseball is played on the 90-foot diamond with a 60 ft 6 in pitching distance, and gloves are adult patterns throughout.
CDC growth charts put the median 18½-year-old boy at 176.4 cm (5'9") and girl at 163.2 cm (5'4"); the 5th to 95th percentile for boys runs 5'5" to 6'2". A tall player at the age is often a size ahead in the hand too.
Rawlings’ batting-glove chart puts hands at 4–18 in Adult Medium (7.25–7.5") and Adult Large (7.5–7.75") and Adult XL (7.75–8") and Adult 2XL (8–8.25"), measured from the base of the palm to the tip of the middle finger. Measure it 1:1 in Mode 01 (finger plus palm): a longer hand moves the pick toward 34.5", a shorter one toward 32".
For comparison, the first-base mitt sheet starts from 13".
Questions
About 31" (30–31") round the rim for ages 8–10 on Baseball Monkey’s chart.
Catcher's mitt: Catcher's mitt (closed) on a 34.5" glove; the pitcher’s 12" glove takes a closed web instead.
90-foot bases with a 60 ft 6 in pitching distance, the same as Junior and Senior League.
The CDC median at 18½ is 176.4 cm (5'9") for boys and 163.2 cm (5'4") for girls.
No: buy 34.5" now. A glove too long for the hand flops shut late.