Whatever the series will be called
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The cost of
youth baseball
Plays on a town
travel team
Team fee
$100
Plays on a private
club team
$200
Plays high school
varsity, summer and
fall club teams
$300
For a summer and fall team
Training (sessions per week)
$500
Many parents whose kids play year-round
travel baseball say they don’t always tally
up all the costs. So The Record has tried
to do it for them. Here’s our estimates –
extrapolated from interviews and surveys
of team fees and training center rates –
for how much a family might spend in a
year, at various points in their child’s
youth baseball career:
$1,000
1 batting lesson 1 baseball specific lessons
2 fitness/conditioning
sessions
Travel
$2,500
5 regional tournaments
(Family of four attends all)
Uniform/Equipment
$250
$3,000
10 national tournaments
(Family of four attends 2;
one parent attends all)
$300
$1,500
2 baseball specific lessons
2 fitness/conditioning
sessions
$3,500
15 showcase tournaments
(Family of four attends 2,
one parent attends 2)
$350
Includes scout evaluation/
recruiting video
Grand total
$2,350
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$4,500
$5,650
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