A T-ball glove for 4, 5 and 6 year olds is 8.5" to 10" at every position on Rawlings' chart; Baseball Monkey puts under-7 infielders at 8–10.5". Start at 9" for a 4-year-old and 10" at 6. A small glove the child can close beats one to grow into.
02 · Baseball glove · age 5 (T-ball)
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| Actions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5" (8.5–10") | 10.5" (10.5") | I-Web / Single post | ||
| 9.5" (8.5–10") | 10.5" (10.5") | H-Web / Trapeze | ||
| 9.5" (8.5–10") | 10.5" (10.5") | Basket / Closed (one- or two-piece) | ||
| 9.75" (9–10") | 11" (11") | H-Web / Trapeze | ||
| 10.5" (8.5–11.5") | 11.5" (11.5") | First-base mitt (closed or single-bar) | ||
| 29.75" (29.5–30") | 29.75" (29.5–30") | Catcher's mitt (closed) |
Picks for a player of t-ball (4 to 6 years old) without a measured hand: the age’s place inside the chart’s age band. Catcher’s mitts measure round the rim.
Picks sit in the middle of the overlap; the sizer moves them toward the ends for a long or short hand.
05 / Field guide
A T-ball glove for 4, 5 and 6 year olds is 8.5" to 10" at every position on Rawlings' chart; Baseball Monkey puts under-7 infielders at 8–10.5". Start at 9" for a 4-year-old and 10" at 6. A small glove the child can close beats one to grow into.
Rawlings lists t-ball (3–6), all positions at 8.5–10"; Baseball Monkey’s baseball, ages under 7 band gives 8–10.5". They overlap at 8.5–10", and the sizer picks the middle: 9.5".
At 4–6 a pitcher’s glove (9.5") wants a closed or basket web, a middle infield (2b / ss) glove of 9.5" an I-Web, and a third baseman’s 9.5" an H-web.
In Little League a 4–6-year-old plays in Tee Ball (ages 4–7); Minor League (ages 5–12, 46 ft pitching, 60 ft bases). The next step is Little League (Majors) from 9.
CDC growth charts put the median 5½-year-old boy at 112.4 cm (3'8") and girl at 111.5 cm (3'8"); the 5th to 95th percentile for boys runs 3'5" to 3'11". A tall player at the age is often a size ahead in the hand too.
Adult hands vary more than any chart: measure it 1:1 in Mode 01 and the sizer moves the pick toward the top of the range for a long hand.
For comparison, the next sheet starts from 9.5".
Questions
About 9.5" for a middle infielder (8.5–10"), 9.75" in the outfield and 9.5" for a pitcher.
Middle infield (2B / SS): I-Web or Single post on a 9.5" glove; the pitcher’s 9.5" glove takes a closed web instead.
Little League: Tee Ball (4–7), Minor League (5–12).
The CDC median at 5½ is 112.4 cm (3'8") for boys and 111.5 cm (3'8") for girls.
No: buy 9.5" now; Little League (Majors) from 9 is where 10.75" comes in. A glove too long for the hand flops shut late.
A fastpitch middle infield (2b / ss) at 4–6 takes about 10.5" (10.5").