Little League

noun

: a commercially sponsored baseball league for boys and girls from 8 to 12 years old
Little Leaguer noun

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The Little League Softball run-rule ends a game when there is a 10-run margin after four innings, or 15 runs after three innings. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 August signals the start of the Little League Softball World Series, an institution for players and parents alike. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 However, Australia, with the only dedicated Little League girls baseball championship, and Japan, with its Venus League, which is the world’s largest amateur women’s baseball organization, also have many players in the mix. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Davis, who has degrees from Hampton and Columbia, became the third person from that Little League team to be drafted professionally, joining Scott Bandura (San Francisco Giants, now in triple A) and Jared Sprague-Lott (Athletics, now in class A). — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Little League

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Little League was in 1939

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“Little League.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Little%20League. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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