Like many other nationally chartered youth baseball leagues, Dixie Youth Baseball allows various baseball manufacturers make baseball for its players.
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A.D. Starr Baseballs
A.D. STARR is a twenty year old baseball and softball manufacturer that sells direct to organizations throughout the country. It offers a whole line of baseballs, softballs, and equipment.
Its licensed A.D. STARR Baseballs and Softballs compare in quality to balls offered by all brand names without the high overhead costs.
A.D. STARR AD-200DB
- 16U and younger
- SKU: AD 200DB
- Dixie Youth
- Dixie Baseball Logo
- AD Starr Super Seam
- Cushioned Cork Center
- A1 Grey Wool Windings
- Premium leather cover
A.D. STARR AD-100 DY-XL
- 12U and younger
- SKU: AD 100 DY-XL
- Dixie Youth
- Dixie Baseball Logo
- AD Starr Super Seam
- Cushioned Cork Center
- A1 Grey Wool Windings
- Premium leather cover
A.D. STARR AD-100 DY
- 12U and younger
- SKU: AD 100 DY
- Dixie Youth
- Dixie Baseball Logo
- AD Starr Super Seam
- Cushioned Cork Center
- A1 Grey Wool Windings
- Premium leather cover
Champro Baseballs
CHAMPRO baseballs made for Dixie League Category 3, which means they are approved for local league play.
They are ideal for youth games or high school practices.
Champro Dixie Youth Baseball CMPCDL40
- 8U and younger
- SKU: CMPCDL-40
- Dixie Boys/Youth
- Raised seams
- C-2 poly bond cork & rubber core
- Vinylon finish wind
- Genuine leather cover
Champro Dixie Youth Baseball CDL-40
- 12U and younger
- SKU: CDL-40
- Dixie Youth
- Dixie Baseball Logo
- Raised seams
- Cork & Rubber core
- Wool yarn
- Genuine leather cover
Champro Dixie Youth Baseball
- 13U and younger
- SKU: CMPCBB200DYL
- Dixie Youth
- Dixie Baseball Logo
- Raised seams
- Cork & Rubber Pill
- Yarn wound core
- Full-grain leather cover
Diamond Baseballs
Diamond baseball (diamond-sports.com) is one of the most well-known baseball manufacturer in the industry.
Diamond uses the terms “tournament grade” and “competition grade” to differentiate the pill type used in youth baseballs.
Basically, tournament grade baseballs are intended for 13U and up and competition grade baseballs are intended for 9U to 12U.
If want to read more about different types of pills, please read my post, Different Types of Baseballs for Different Ages.
When in doubt as to which baseball you should use for your child, please contact your league board member.
Dixie League rule regarding baseballs for 2023 is found here (https://dixie-youth-baseball.dcatalog.com/v/2023-DYB-Rule-Book/?page=24)
Diamond makes five primary baseball models for youth players, excluding high school baseball.
Diamond DDY-2 (DDY2)
- 8U and younger
- SKU: DDY-2
- Dixie Youth
- Dixie Baseball Logo
- Competition Grade
- Solid Cork Composition Core
- No pill, no yarn for added safety
- Genuine leather cover
- Regular season use
Diamond DDB-1 (DDB1)
- 12U and younger
- SKU: DDB-1
- Identical to DDY1 (except logo)
- Dixie Boys & Majors Logo
- Competition Grade
- Lower grade than DDB
- Cork & Rubber Core (pill that is not surrounded by a rubber shell)
- Wool wound
- Full-grain leather cover
- Regular season use
Diamond DDY-1 (DDY1)
- 12U and younger
- SKU: 1159141
- Identical to DDB1 (except logo)
- Dixie Youth Baseball logo
- Competition Grade
- Lower grade than DDY
- Cork & Rubber Core (pill that is not surrounded by a rubber shell)
- Wool wound
- Full-grain leather cover
- Regular season use
Diamond DDY
- 13U and older
- SKU: DDY
- Dixie Youth
- Tournament Grade
- Higher grade than DDY1
- Cushioned Cork Center (smaller core for advanced hitters)
- Wool wound
- Full-grain leather cover
- National director’s signature
Diamond DDB
- 13U and older
- SKU: DDB
- Dixie Boys and Majors
- Tournament Grade
- Higher grade than DDB1
- Cushioned cork center (rubber and cork pill, surrounded by a rubber shell)
- Wool wound
- Premium, full-grain leather cover
- National Director’s signature
Diamond High School Baseballs
Diamond high school baseballs do not fall under the purview of the Dixie League.
Instead, most, if not all, high schools use NFHS stamped baseballs (NFHS stands for National Federation of High Schools).
Diamond produces five baseball models for high school baseball games:
- D1-PRO HS
- D1-HS
- D1-LS HS
- DOL-A HS
- DOL-1 HS
Diamond states that DOL-A HS and DOL-1 HS baseballs can be used with intermediate aged players.
Dixie League does not define what this is but the Little League defines it as eleven to thirteen year old players.
However, Diamond’s high school baseballs come with single- and double cushioned pills for greater exit velocity off of a bat so I do NOT RECOMMENDED using them with eleven and twelve year old players.
I will write a separate post to describe these high school balls in the future.
MacGregor Baseballs
MacGregor no longer produces its own products. Instead, the name is licensed to various third-party manufacturers.
MacGregor baseball brand is licensed to BSN sports, which in turn works with a contract manufacturing facility in China to produce MacGregor baseballs.
MacGregor DY #72
- 13U and older
- SKU: MCB72CXX
- Dixie Youth Baseball logo
- Cushioned Cork Center (pill with a rubber shell)
- Wool wound
- Cowhide genuine leather cover
- Raised seams
- National Director’s signature
MacGregor DY #78
- 13U and older
- SKU: MCB78CXX
- Dixie Youth Baseball logo
- Cushioned Cork Center (pill with a rubber shell)
- Wool wound
- Cowhide genuine leather cover
- Raised seams
- National Director’s signature
Rawlings Baseballs
Rawlings Sporting company is owned by the Major League Baseball and it supplies all baseballs to its major and minor league teams, produced in Costa Rica.
So it is no surprise that Rawlings is also a dominant baseball supplier to youth baseball leagues all over the world (these baseballs are primarily produced in China).
Rawlings RDYB
- 16U and older
- SKU: RDYB
- Dixie Youth Baseball logo
- Cushioned cork center (cork pill, surrounded by two rubber shells)
- Wool wound
- Rawlings Superstitch with raised seams
- Full-grain leather cover
- Extra Innings Technology
- National Director’s signature
Wilson Baseballs
Wilson has been around a long time and its baseballs are highly durable so they are popular with recreation as well as tournament teams.
Wilson Dixie Boys & Majors
- 12U and younger
- SKU: A1066DBM1
- Dixie Boys & Majors logo
- Black Cork & Rubber Center (no rubber shells)
- Wool wound
- Raised seam
- Grade C leather cover
- National Director’s signature
- Regular season play
Wilson Dixie Youth
- 12U and younger
- SKU: A1062BDY1
- Dixie Youth Baseball logo
- Black Cork & Rubber Center (no rubber shells)
- Wool wound
- Raised seam
- Grade C leather cover
- National Director’s signature
- Regular season play
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