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Free Professional Sports Kids Clubs

Updated: Apr 22, 2019 · Posted on

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 this week I compiled all of them into the post 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 (9) out of 30 teams. That's 30% of teams offering offering freebies! They also lead the way in paid kids clubs at 17, leaving only 4 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. Kids also receive one free Sunday ticket at Chase Field! The following dates are eligible for 2019: 4/28, 5/12, 5/19, 6/2, 6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 9/1, 9/15 & 9/29.

  • 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 2019 Red Sox game 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 into 2019! 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.

  • Los Angeles Dodgers

    • The Jr. Dodgers kids club is free, but it doesn't really say what you'll get. But if you're a true blue fan, it doesn't matter – free is free!

  • Pittsburgh Pirates

    • The 2019 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 sandwich or nuggets and a free Pirates ticket voucher! This is the first kids club I've come across that offers free food!

  • San Diego Padres

    • The Compadres Kids is for kids 14 and younger. You earn prizes for attending games, but the site also mentions earning points to redeem for rewards and experiences. Compadres Kids also get access to events like Kids Sunday Signings, Kids Run the Bases and Catch on the Field.

  • Seattle Mariners

    • Kids 14 & under can join the free Mariners kids club. During your first game of the year, stop by a kiosk to pick up your choice of drawstring backpack, whiffle ball, club badge, lanyard, and welcome packet. Like others, there's also a paid upgrade plan if you're interested.

  • 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, be sure to tweet at @heyitsfree and let us know!

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 match their baseball counterparts with 9 free kids clubs out of 30 teams. However, they only have 6 paid clubs, leaving a whopping 15, or 50%, of teams with no kids clubs at all!

Now, for the bad news. The NBA season is almost over! As such, many of the following free kids clubs might be closed for registration. However, they offered a free program for 2018-2019, so we should know how the 2019-2020 program will look around October 2019!

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, be sure to tweet at @heyitsfree and let us know!

Free Football Kids Clubs 🏈

Oh, NFL, what are you doing? A mere 4 teams out of 32 teams (12%) offer a free kids fan club. That's the lowest percentage of all the major US sports.

Another 12 (38%) look to have been paid in 2018. That leaves 16 out of 32 (50%!) 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. Tag us @heyitsfree and we'll help get an answer!

Free Hockey Kids Clubs 🏒

Professional hockey teams barely eked out victory over football, with 5 teams out of 31 (16%) providing free kids clubs for their young fans. I also found 2 potential free clubs that I can't honestly tell what to make of them. The Toronto and Vancouver clubs are free … something!

Of the remaining clubs, 10 (32%) are paid and 14 (45%) have zilch.

Hockey has a very similar schedule to basketball. Like the NBA, the NHL is also entering their playoffs at time of publication. We should have more info on the 2019-2020 kids clubs later this year.

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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