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Umpires

(content NOW updated for 2025)

Every baseball and softball game has three teams on the field. The home team, the away team, and the umpire team. Becoming an LMLL umpire is a great way to be part of the game of baseball/softball, while making money, staying active, and helping teach the rules of the game along with fairness and sportsmanship to the youth of our community.

LMLL is looking for umpires from 9th grade and up (to any age - ADULTS are highly encouraged), to join our league and officiate Little League baseball/softball games that fit with YOUR schedule.  Rookie umpires can make up to $40 per game, and senior umpires up to $85  for our most advanced level games. Umpiring is a great chance to work for our teenage and youth umpires, and a great way for adults to continue stewardship of the game and keep in shape while being part of the community and making supplemental income.

Being a successful umpire requires:

  • Knowledge of Baseball/Softball rule book and our local rules
  • Understanding of on field positioning and mechanics
  • Excellent timing and judgement
  • Great game management and handling situations

And here’s the great news – WE WILL TEACH YOU ALL THOSE ASPECTS OF UMPIRING, and help you grow and develop each step of the way. 

There will be intensive training leading into the 2025 season to prepare our umpires to be ready to say “Play Ball” on Opening Day.

The 2025 LMLL umpire training and schedule will contain rules training, on field positioning, calling balls and strikes, mechanics, handling situations and more. Training will also contain specific breakdowns of rules by division and differences for baseball vs. softball. The schedule for training is shown on the right.

There will be four training sessions for the 2025 season: three classroom trainings lasting approximately 90 minutes and an on field training right before the season starts.  All umpires that attend and complete all four training sessions will receive a bonus. The training is mandatory for all 1st year rookie umpires, and strongly recommended for all umpires. Even veteran umpires can brush up on rules and mechanics, and learn the details of the specific LMLL division rules.

In order to hit the field as an umpire, you must also pass a written test with at lease 75% score. This is an open book test and all materials on the test will be covered in classroom sessions. Annual testing is required of ALL UMPIRES regardless of age, experience, tenure, etc.

LMLL provides plate gear for those that don’t have it, as well as an umpire t-shirt and hat. All umpires are required to have and wear long pants during games (preferably grey); no shorts are to be worn on the field. Understand that while umpiring baseball and softball is a fun and rewarding way to make extra money, it is an important responsibility! LMLL will only schedule umpires who it determines are properly trained, prepared and responsible.  Professionalism and demeanor are key aspects of holding a position on the LMLL Umpire Roster.

REGISTERING

See below for details on how to register to umpire, including what SE account to use. 

After reviewing the details, click here to REGISTER AS AN UMPIRE.

After registration, you will be contacted by our Umpire Coordinator. It is important to note that your registration is an application, and that all decisions regarding umpire selection and division assignment are made by LMLL.  It is also important to note that because of our need for softball umpires, we may require all baseball umpires to also be prepared to work softball.

For any questions about the umpire registration process or umpire responsibilities, please contact the Umpire Coordinator at  Umpires@LMLittleLeague.org

REGISTRATION

Registration as a volunteer requires a number of steps (although after you've registered for your first role for a calendar year, you only need to do steps 1 and 2 for any subsequent registrations for that calendar year):

  1. Use the Correct SE Account.  All registrants 18 and over will need their own SE account (or a family account they are the owner of).  Only umpires, scorekeepers and others who are UNDER 18 may be registered by their parent using the parent's SE account.  If you are coaching your children but are not the owner of the SE account that the children were registered under, you can link your own account to your family's - see Adding Parents/Guardians.
  2. Register online for your desired LMLL role.  Use the link that was provided to you or shown on the website for the specific registration   Make sure you are logged into the proper account (see step 1 above) before starting to fill out the registration. 
  3. NEW THIS YEAR Complete the LL Abuse Awareness Training course if you are 18 or older.  Little League now requires that all coaches, managers, umpires, scorekeepers and other volunteers must complete an online Abuse Awareness training course.  To take the course, you must first have a Little League Training Portal account - if you don't already have one (most people won't), click here to create an account, and make sure to input your full legal first and last names and select "LARCHMONT-MAMARONECK LL" as Your Associated League.  Next, click this link for the Abuse Awareness Training Course, login using your LL Training Portal account, and complete the course (you may need to enroll in it first).  When you complete the course, you will receive a digital certificate with a certificate number, which will be available to you in the portal and should also be emailed to you - you will need the certificate number from the certificate to complete your LMLL registration below.
  4. (all ages) Complete the SEPARATE online LL Volunteer  Application.  (Unless you've already done so for the calendar year you are registering for.)  When you complete your LMLL Role registration (step 2), you will receive a registration confirmation email which among other things will contain a link to register for the LL Volunteer Application.  This is to necessary to fulfill requirements of Little League International each year, and takes the place of the paper/PDF forms we used in prior years.  Make sure to use the same SE account you used to complete the LMLL Role registration in step 2 above.  If you are 18 or older, you will need the certificate number from your Abuse Awareness Training Certificate you received in step 3 above.
  5. Submit a copy of a government-issued photo ID (if required).  As part of the Volunteer LL Application registration, you will be required to submit a photo ID (only if you have not done so in a prior year, or if you submitted an incomplete Photo ID as a minor, or if your legal name has changed), so have it ready.  The photo ID must show a clear picture, full first and last name, and date of birth.  Minors who do not have a gov photo ID may instead use a copy of their school photo ID, which does not need to show date of birth.
  6. Complete an online background check if you are 18 or older ONLY.   (Unless you've already done so for the calendar year you are registering for.)  When you complete your LL Volunteer Application registration, you will receive a confirmation email which among other things will contain a link to an online background check registration.  This is also necessary to fulfill requirements of Little League International.  Make sure to use the same SE account you used to complete the registrations in steps 2 and 4 above.  Registrants younger than 18 at the time of registration should NOT complete a background check.

Your registration is not complete, and you may not be considered for a role with LMLL, until all steps above have been completed.  Please note that registration confirmations you receive by email are only confirmations of receipt of your registrations.  The decision to accept your application and assign you to a team (for coaches/managers) or games (for umpires/scorers) is in LMLL's sole discretion.