Did you know that softball was invented not as a twist on baseball but during a playful spat between fans after a Yale vs. Harvard football game?
After learning that Yale won the game on Thanksgiving Day in 1887, an alum excitedly tossed a boxing glove at his Harvard-supporting friend, who swung at the glove with a stick.[1]
The game caught on with football fans, who continued playing it with boxing gloves and broomsticks as it spread throughout the Midwest.[1]
By the mid-1930s, softball became an organized sport with three classes (fastball, slow pitch, and women’s softball), an amateur association, and a more organized set of rules.[2]
Today, around 10 million people in the U.S. play softball.[3]
When choosing the perfect name for a softball team, you should pick something that reflects your love for the sport and captures the spirit of your team.
Below, we have name options for coed, girls’, and boys’ softball teams (including some funny options).
Note that you can choose a name from any of these lists; we’ve only separated them this way because some teams are looking for gender-specific names. Feel free to choose whatever suits your team best!
Most of the options on our list will work for either fast-pitch or slow-pitch softball teams, but we’ve noted a few that are particularly good for slow-pitch teams.
If you’d rather create your own softball team name than choose one of ours, see our tips below the list. We also have a team name generator to help you find more ideas.
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Coed Team Names
The Prodigies[4]
Bat Intentions[5]
Base Runner Rebels
About That Base
One Hit Wonders[5]
Pitch Slap[6]
Free Agent Alliance
Caught Off Base
Tie Breakers
Grounder Guild
Hits Happen
Bat Crashers[7]
Benchwarmer Bunch
Divas & Derelicts
Rogue Base Runners
The Super Strikers[4]
Steady Winners
a play on “slow and steady wins the race” for a slow-pitch team
Home Run Tactics
Base Invaders[4]
All the Rage
The Unstoppables[4]
Pancake Batters[4]
Confidence Club
The Slow Dancers
suitable for a slow-pitch team
Winning Strides
Home Run Heroes
The Leftovers[4]
His-N-Hers
Give & Take
Uncommonly Good[4]
Ten Turtles
referencing the 10-player field and slower speed of slow-pitch softball
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Veering for Home
Motionless Menace
for a slow-pitch team
Any Time Any Base
We Run We Score
Ten on Top
referencing the 10-player field for a slow-pitch team
Four Corners Company
Striking Strikers
Open & Shut Bases
Fall From Base
Girls’ Team Names
The Starbursts[5]
The Wildflowers
Pink Panthers[4]
Lady Legends
Sportsgirlship
Bat Girls
Sugar & Spice
The Fierce Ones
Hearts of Stone
Queens of Swing[7]
Refined Rebels
Pink Sox[4]
The Sloths
suitable for a slow-pitch team
Skilled Sisters
The Soft Serves[5]
Batting Divas[6]
Poised to Win
Agile Angels
Fire Breathing Kittens[5]
Gifted Girls
Shooting Stars[5]
Ponytail Express[6]
Running Like Girls
Savvy Sisterhood
Outfield Angels
In Vogue
Swinging Like Bees
Lipstick League
Saga Sisters
Willowy Warriors
Beautiful Bonsais
reference to slow-growing bonsai trees for a slow-pitch team
Bubble Gum Girls
Outfield Pixies
Diamond Girls
Pink Posse
Wonder Women
Daisy Derelicts
Ladybug Legion
The Free Spirits
Boys’ Team Names
Bat Attitudes
Dugout Derelicts
Roadrunners
Batmen[7]
The Odd Men Out
Bruise Brothers
Merciless
Walk-Off Warriors[5]
Brut Battalion
Bat Boys[7]
Aftershock[4]
Cutthroat Crew
Sons of Pitches[6]
Remorseless
The Enforcers[5]
Dashing Dudes
The Gila Monsters
reference to the slow-moving reptile for a slow-pitch team
P50 Peelers
reference to the Peel P50 (a notoriously slow car) for a slow-pitch team
The Gallant Guys
Renegades
Sluggish Sluggers
for a slow-pitch team
The Dread Sox
Pitch Mode
Boys of Summer
Strike Zone Boys
Traffic Jammers
reference to slow traffic for a slow-pitch team
Field of Hitmen
Dirt Devils
Men of Steal
The Slugs
reference to the slow-moving mollusk for a slow-pitch team
The Slowpokes
for a slow-pitch team
Dialup Dudes
reference to dialup internet for a slow-pitch team
Steadfast Sacrifices
No Interference
Invincible Innings
Dauntless Doubles
Valiant Efforts
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How to Create Your Own Softball Team Name
If none of the names on our lists above suit your team, you might want to consider creating your own unique team name.
Keep the following tips in mind while you brainstorm:
- Play up your team’s strengths. Decide what your team’s strength is and create your name around it. You could also use your weakness as a team name — perhaps by poking fun at it. In either case, this will guarantee a name that reflects your team well and has a bonding effect.
- Get inventive. Look up softball terms and synonyms, definitions, and stories to find inspiration. Have your team brainstorm words that come to mind when thinking of the team or the sport. Show that your team is not only talented on the field but off the field as well by really making your team name unique.
- Show appreciation for your team’s talent and potential. Whether you have a winning team or not, think about your team’s potential and use a descriptive word or phrase that encompasses it. Softball team names can be funny and also motivational.
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