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Free Professional Sports Kids Clubs

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Free Sports Kids Club

Since the dawn of HIF, major sports teams and their affiliates have offered free kids clubs. These offers are continually changing, but I have recently gone through and updated every single major sports team in the list below! I'll continue updating this post going forward as new kids kits are released or updated.

So what do you get with a free kids club? Well, that depends on the team! The most common freebie are fan badges, lanyards, and draw string backpacks. However, some teams offer free tickets to games! How cool is that?!

Paid kids clubs are sadly more plentiful. While some are insanely expensive, I noticed quite a few in the $20-$30 range that came with nice swag and multiple tickets to games. Depending on your family plans to attend game, some of these look to be decent offers where you can save some money with the little ones.

Finally, I've included all the dud teams as well, who offer no free or paid kids club. I've also included instructions on where to look for possible new clubs, since these change with each sports new season!

As always, please share in the comments if you find any new or altered sports kids clubs!

Free Baseball Kids Clubs ⚾

Professional MLB teams are tied for the most free kids clubs (10) out of 30 teams. That's 33% of teams offering offering freebies! They also lead the way in paid kids clubs at 15, leaving only 5 professional baseball teams offering no kids club whatsoever.

  • Arizona Diamondbacks

    • Fans ages 15 and younger are eligible for this free club. In addition to a membership card, you win prizes for each game you attend, like keychains, baseballs, sunglasses, bucket hat, and more. Kids also received one free Sunday ticket at Chase Field this season!

  • Atlanta Braves

    • This free club is for Braves fans ages 14 and under. They get a free Braves passport and lanyard, opportunity to earn prizes for attending Braves home games, and ongoing invitations to exclusive, Kids Club only events. There's also a paid, upgraded club available with more perks.

  • Boston Red Sox

    • Kids get a free lanyard & member card, plus one free ticket per member (up to four members) with the purchase of an adult ticket!

  • Chicago White Six

    • I first wrote about the free White Sox kids club back in 2009 and I love to see they're still going strong! This year, kids get a free personalized ID badge. These give to access a new prize each month at the Kids Club Prize Redemption Kiosk.

    This year they're offering a tote bag, pennant, lanyard, fuzzy bucket hat, southpaw chain, charm hate, fidget toy, and more.

  • New York Mets

    • As of this year, the Mets offer a free kids club! It comes with a lanyard, ID card, access to Mr. & Mrs. Met Post Game Dash, and special items for every check-in at the Kids Club Kiosk.

  • Pittsburgh Pirates

    • The Bucaroos Kids Club is exclusively for Pirates fans 14 & younger. Along with the paid upgrade option, the free club gets you a free Chick-fil-A coupons and four free Pirates ticket vouchers! This is the first kids club I've come across that offers free food!

  • Seattle Mariners

    • The Mariners toyed with a paid-only kids club in 2020-2022, but as of 2025 they continue to offer a free for all club! Sign up to get a free Mariners Kids Club Bucket Hat, official kids club badge and lanyard, and other discounts.

  • Toronto Blue Jays

    • Their free plan doesn't have much, but they do offer 50% off Jr. Jays tickets. There's also access to run the bases and “in-game experiences.”

  • Washington Nationals

    • The Jr. Nats Rookie Membership is available for all fans ages 4-12. It comes with a membership card and lanyard, plus meet and greet opportunities. There's also a paid, upgraded club available with more perks.

Paid Baseball Kids Clubs

No Kids Club Available

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any sort of kids club at all for these final teams. Maybe we should tweet at them and ask why?! If you get a response, please let me know what they say.

  • Los Angeles Dodgers

    • They got ride of their free Jr. Dodgers kids club in 2025. WTF! They can spend a billion dollars on the team, but not offer a kids club now? 🙄

  • New York Yankees
  • The Athletics
  • San Diego Padres

    • They used to have a “Compadres Kids Club,” but all references to it seem to be wiped from the Internet, so I don't think it's offered anymore.

  • San Francisco Giants

    • They have some printable games available on their website, but there's no formal kids club that I can find.

Free Basketball Kids Clubs 🏀

They say basketball is the most global American sport. Well, the NBA is doing a good job of exporting freebies! Professional basketball teams have overtaken their baseball counterparts for the most free kids clubs, offering 14 free clubs, up one from last year. However, they only have 3 paid clubs, leaving a whopping 13 (43% of teams), of teams with no kids clubs at all!

It's worth pointing out that almost all NBA teams have a youth league or “junior” club. These are a separate thing from kids clubs, but it's easy to confuse the two. I've only linked to the kids clubs with swag and perks.

Paid Basketball Kids Clubs

No Kids Club Available

Again, these teams decided not to offer a kids club for some reason. Feel free to inquire on Twitter as to why. If you get a response, please let me know what they say.

Free Football Kids Clubs 🏈

The NFL must have gotten the message! While last year they only had 4 free clubs in the league, it's now up to 10 free kids clubs out of 32 teams! That means 31% of the league offers a free kids fan club.

Another 8 teams (25%) look to have paid clubs this season. That leaves 14 (44%!) of teams with no kids club to speak of. Smart business?

Paid Football Kids Clubs

No Kids Club Available

Choose Your Adventure: You have a multi-billion dollar industry rife with long-term safety issues. Do you A: invest in both safety and the next generation of fans by offering kids clubs or B: Ignore kids altogether. If you're the following teams, you picked B!

Ask what's the deal to each team's Twitter.

Free Hockey Kids Clubs 🏒

Uh oh, hockey. Professional hockey teams used to offer the least amount of free clubs. However, as of this year, they are now tied for first with 14 teams! (44%).

Of the remaining clubs, 7 (22%) are paid and 11 (23%) have no club at all for kids.

Paid Hockey Kids Clubs

No Kids Club Available

What the puck?! You know the deal by now. Hit us up @heyitsfree if you need help holding their feet to the ice!

Free Minor League Baseball Kids Clubs

Don't ask how I found all these free minor league baseball kids clubs! When I started looking, my expectations were rather low. I was pleasantly to find seven great free clubs! If you live near any of these towns, be sure to check them out.

Another idea is to search for your favorite college sports teams kids clubs! There are thousands of colleges across the country and some of them are bound to have some awesome free programs! If you find any, please don't be shy and share in the comments!

If you know of any free clubs, kits, or caboodles I missed, please share!

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I'm a nationally renowned freebie finder & sample vetter, which I never imagined I'd be doing while getting my Bachelor's Degree in History almost 20 years ago. In my spare time, I enjoy launching my own space program and disproving the Coriolis effect.