MLB Baseball Ornaments

A baseball ornament is the one gift a fan unwraps once and then puts back on the tree every December for the next twenty years. Every one of the 30 Major League clubs is covered here. Twenty-eight of them have a hand-decorated glass cap ornament, there is a glass fielding mitt for the Dodgers when it is in stock, and the wood bat slice ornament is made in a version for all 30.

These are team ornaments rather than engraved ones, so you pick the club instead of typing in a name. If you want a name and a date on the tree instead of a team logo, the Personalized Baseball Christmas Ornament is a maple disc engraved with both. It is not part of this collection, but it pairs well with a team ornament in the same box.

Not Sure Where to Start?

Two shapes cover almost everyone. Pick the one that matches how they follow the game.

• The team cap. The Yankees Baseball Cap Ornament is the shape most people picture, hand-decorated glass built to look like the club's on-field cap. Twenty-eight clubs have one.
• Real wood. The MLB Bat Slice Ornament is cut from a bat and laser engraved with the team logo, hanging from a leather or twine loop. It is the only one here made for all 30 clubs, the least breakable, and the easiest to mail.

More Baseball Gifts to Put Under the Tree

An ornament is rarely the whole gift. These are the categories people pair it with.

Personalized Baseball Gifts Engraved glassware, keepsakes and signs with a name on them, for when the ornament is the small gift and you still need the big one.	Baseball Gifts for Dad Drinkware, keepsakes and gear chosen for the dad who already owns the jersey and the cap and still wants something with meaning.
Baseball Mom Gifts Tumblers, jewelry and game-day apparel for the mom who has the folding chair, the snack bag and the whole schedule memorized.	Baseball Gifts for Boys Sorted by age from eight to teen, so the ornament is not the only thing with his name on it come Christmas morning.
Baseball Coach Gifts End-of-season and holiday gifts for the coach, including the bigger pieces a whole team can pool money for.	Personalized Baseballs Engraved baseballs that mark a first home run, a championship or a season worth remembering, ready to sit on a shelf.

How to Choose a Baseball Ornament

Start with the team, not the shape

Get the club right and almost any shape works. Get it wrong and nothing saves it. If you are not certain, look at what they wear to a game rather than what they say when asked, because the hat in the hallway is usually the honest answer.

Check the club before you commit to glass

Twenty-seven teams have a glass cap ornament, so most fans are covered. If yours is one of the two that are not, the wood bat slice ornament is made for every club and solves it in one step.

Glass or wood depends on the house

Hand-decorated glass has the depth and shine people associate with a real ornament, and it is the right pick for a tree that gets decorated carefully once a year. Wood survives a house with a toddler, a dog, or a tree that gets knocked into. If the ornament is going in the mail, wood travels better.

A cap reads as a logo, a mitt reads as baseball

This matters more than it sounds. A team cap ornament is a statement about a club. A mitt or a bat slice is a statement about the game itself, which is the better choice for someone who played rather than someone who watches, or for a fan whose loyalty has moved around.

Buy the second one now

Ornaments accumulate. Families who buy one a year end up with a tree that tells a story, and the second ornament is the one that turns a gift into a tradition. A cap for the club they follow and a bat slice for the game itself is the easiest pair to start with.

How Much Should You Spend on a Baseball Ornament?

Under $20

The MLB Bat Slice Ornament is $14.99 and comes in a version for every club. This is the right tier for a stocking, a teammate, a coach, or a gift exchange with a cap on it.

Around $28

The hand-decorated glass cap and mitt ornaments are $27.99. That is the tier for the gift that gets wrapped and handed over on its own, and it is where most people land when they are buying for one specific fan.

Buying for a whole family

Two or three ornaments at $27.99 covers a household where everyone follows a different club, and it is still less than one bigger gift. Mixing a wood bat slice in keeps the total down without the set looking cheap.

Who Are You Shopping For?

A dad or a grandpa

Go with the club he grew up on rather than the one closest to where he lives now. First loyalty tends to be the real one. Pair it with something from Baseball Gifts for Dad if the ornament is the small half of the gift.

A kid who plays

A player usually cares more about the game than about a front office, so the MLB Bat Slice Ornament in his club tends to land better than a glass cap, and it survives being handled. Baseball Gifts for Boys covers the rest of the list by age.

A baseball mom

She is usually the one who hangs every ornament and remembers where each one came from, so buy for the club the household actually watches together rather than her player's travel team. More in Baseball Mom Gifts.

A coach

An ornament works as the small thank-you at the end of a season that finishes near the holidays. If the team is pooling money for something larger, Baseball Coach Gifts has the pieces a whole roster can sign off on.

A fan who already owns everything

Ornaments are the rare category where owning a lot is the point rather than the problem. Someone with a full baseball tree still has room for this year's, especially a shape they do not have yet. Shopping for that fan more broadly? Our gifts for baseball fans guide has more ideas.

Order early in December so it is on the tree rather than in a box on the 26th. Browse the rest of Personalized Baseball Gifts for the gift that goes under the tree alongside it.