Determine Your Bat Length
There are some standard rules of thumb in selecting the appropriate bat length. The charts below offer some guidelines
based on age, weight and height:
Bat Length by Age
| Age | 5-7 | 8-9 | 10 | 11-12 | 13-14 | 15-16 | 17+ |
| Bat Length (in) | 24-26 | 26-28 | 28-29 | 30-31 | 31-32 | 32-33 | 34 |
Use the age guideline as a starting point, but height and weight are usually better ways to determine your ideal bat length:
Determine Your Bat Length by Weight and Height
| | Your height (inches) |
| Your weight (pounds) | 36-40 | 41-44 | 45-48 | 49-52 | 53-56 | 57-60 | 61-64 | 65-68 | 69-72 | 73+ |
| Bat length |
| less than 60 | 26" | 27" | 28" | 29" | 29" | | | | | |
| 61-70 | 27" | 27" | 28" | 29" | 30" | 30" | | | | |
| 71-80 | | 28" | 28" | 29" | 30" | 30" | 31" | | | |
| 81-90 | | 28" | 29" | 29" | 30" | 30" | 31" | 32" | | |
| 91-100 | | 28" | 29" | 30" | 30" | 31" | 31" | 32" | | |
| 101-110 | | 29" | 29" | 30" | 30" | 31" | 31" | 32" | | |
| 111-120 | | 29" | 29" | 30" | 30" | 31" | 31" | 32" | | |
| 121-130 | | 29" | 29" | 30" | 30" | 31" | 32" | 33" | 33" | |
| 131-140 | | 29" | 30" | 30" | 31" | 31" | 32" | 33" | 33" | |
| 141-150 | | | 30" | 30" | 31" | 31" | 32" | 33" | 33" | |
| 151-160 | | | 30" | 31" | 31" | 32" | 32" | 33" | 33" | 33" |
| 161-170 | | | | 31" | 31" | 32" | 32" | 33" | 33" | 34" |
| 171-180 | | | | | | 32" | 33" | 33" | 34" | 34" |
| 180+ | | | | | | | 33" | 33" | 34" | 34" |
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