Top Baseball Towns in Vermont
Ranked on championships won since 2000 — high school state titles and Little League district, section and state titles counted together, with recent wins weighted more heavily. 42 towns have won something.
South Burlington leads Vermont, scoring 17.19 almost entirely on youth titles, though Essex Junction is close behind on 16.02. 42 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in Vermont are South Burlington, Essex Junction, South Royalton, Morrisville, Saint Albans, Thetford Center, Northfield, St. Johnsbury, Richmond and Burlington. Between them they account for 60% of every point scored across the 42 towns on this list.
Size is doing a lot of work here. Richmond is in the top ten on a population of 4,157, while Burlington has 44,432 to draw on — roughly 11 times as many people. That is why the tables below are also split into population bands: a town should be measured against places its own size before it is measured against a city.
St. Johnsbury is in the top ten on youth baseball alone: 3 Little League titles and no high school championship since 2000.
Recency matters in this table — a title's weight halves every 12 years, so the standings drift on their own every season. Essex Junction, Thetford Center and Richmond have won something in the last two seasons, which is why they sit where they do.
One caveat worth reading before you argue with the order. The youth half of this score is Little League only, because Little League is the only organization that publishes a championship archive — every district, section and state champion back to the 1950s. Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth publish nothing below the World Series. 3 towns in Vermont run Cal Ripken or Babe Ruth ball with no Little League program at all, and they score zero youth points here no matter how much they win. Towns that run both lose the Cal Ripken half the same way. If your league has a record we're missing, tell us and we'll add it.
| # | Town | Score | Population | HS titles | LL state | LL district | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Burlington VT Chittenden County | 17.19 | 21,713 | 4 | 6 | 7 | South Burlington High School · South Burlington Youth Baseball & Softball |
| 2 | Essex Junction VT Chittenden County | 16.02 | 10,787 | 5 | 4 | 8 | Essex High School · Essex Junction Little League |
| 3 | South Royalton VT Windsor County | 12.41 | — | 7 | — | — | White River Valley High School |
| 4 | Morrisville VT Lamoille County | 7.15 | — | 3 | — | — | Peoples Academy |
| 5 | Saint Albans VT Franklin County | 6.6 | — | 4 | — | — | Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans) |
| 6 | Thetford Center VT Orange County | 6.27 | — | 3 | — | — | Thetford Academy |
| 7 | Northfield VT Washington County | 4.66 | 5,915 | 5 | — | — | Northfield Middle/High School |
| 8 | St. Johnsbury VT Caledonia County | 4.25 | 7,385 | — | 1 | 2 | St. Johnsbury Baseball & Softball |
| 9 | Richmond VT Chittenden County | 4 | 4,157 | — | 1 | 1 | Camels Hump Little League |
| 10 | Burlington VT Chittenden County | 3.84 | 44,432 | — | 1 | 2 | Burlington American Little League |
| 11 | Enosburg Falls VT Franklin County | 3.33 | — | 3 | — | — | Enosburg Falls Middle/High School |
| 12 | Colchester VT Chittenden County | 3.14 | 17,807 | — | 1 | 4 | Colchester Youth Baseball and Softball League (CYBSL) |
| 13 | Middlebury VT Addison County | 2.67 | 9,214 | 1 | — | — | Middlebury Union High School |
| 14 | Barre VT Washington County | 2.38 | 8,304 | 1 | — | — | Spaulding Union High School |
| 15 | Montpelier VT Washington County | 2.28 | 7,915 | — | — | 3 | Central Vermont Little League |
| 16 | Townshend VT Windham County | 2.18 | 1,282 | 2 | — | — | Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School |
| 17 | Charlotte VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 3,897 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 18 | Hinesburg VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 4,742 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 19 | Shelburne VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 8,126 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 20 | St. George VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 832 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 21 | Williston VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 10,091 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 22 | Fair Haven VT Rutland County | 2 | 2,710 | 1 | — | — | Fair Haven Union Middle and High School |
| 23 | Orleans VT Orleans County | 1.89 | — | 1 | — | — | Lake Region Union High School |
| 24 | Bristol VT Addison County | 1.87 | 3,779 | 1.40 ⌗ | — | — | Mt. Abraham Union High School |
| 25 | Lincoln VT Addison County | 1.87 | 1,379 | 1.40 ⌗ | — | — | Mt. Abraham Union High School |
| 26 | Monkton VT Addison County | 1.87 | 2,196 | 1.40 ⌗ | — | — | Mt. Abraham Union High School |
| 27 | New Haven VT Addison County | 1.87 | 1,744 | 1.40 ⌗ | — | — | Mt. Abraham Union High School |
| 28 | Starksboro VT Addison County | 1.87 | 1,812 | 1.40 ⌗ | — | — | Mt. Abraham Union High School |
| 29 | Hyde Park VT Lamoille County | 1.59 | 2,958 | 1 | — | — | Lamoille Union High School |
| 30 | Brattleboro VT Windham County | 1.55 | 11,975 | 2 | — | — | Brattleboro Union High School |
| 31 | North Clarendon VT Rutland County | 1.5 | — | 1 | — | — | Mill River Union High School |
| 32 | Brandon VT Rutland County | 1.42 | 4,116 | 1 | — | — | Otter Valley Union High School |
| 33 | Randolph VT Orange County | 1.42 | 4,917 | 1 | — | — | Randolph Union High School |
| 34 | Vergennes VT Addison County | 1.34 | 2,582 | 1 | — | — | Vergennes Union High School |
| 35 | Bennington VT Bennington County | 1.26 | 15,121 | 1 | — | — | Mt. Anthony Senior Union High School |
| 36 | White River Junction VT Windsor County | 1.12 | — | 1 | — | — | Hartford High School |
| 37 | Rutland VT Rutland County | 0.89 | 15,565 | — | — | 1 | Rutland County Little League |
| 38 | Bradford VT Orange County | 0.84 | 2,844 | 1 | — | — | Oxbow Union High School |
| 39 | Milton VT Chittenden County | 0.67 | 10,802 | 1 | — | — | Milton Senior High School |
| 40 | Proctor VT Rutland County | 0.67 | 1,712 | 1 | — | — | Proctor Junior/Senior High School |
By town size
A championship out of a town of 6,000 is a different achievement from the same title in a city of 600,000. Same scoring, ranked against places of the same size.
Under 10,000
- 1NorthfieldVT4.66 · 6k
- 2St. JohnsburyVT4.25 · 7k
- 3RichmondVT4 · 4k
- 4MiddleburyVT2.67 · 9k
- 5BarreVT2.38 · 8k
- 6MontpelierVT2.28 · 8k
- 7TownshendVT2.18 · 1k
- 8CharlotteVT2.06 · 4k
10,000–25,000
- 1South BurlingtonVT17.19 · 22k
- 2Essex JunctionVT16.02 · 11k
- 3ColchesterVT3.14 · 18k
- 4WillistonVT2.06 · 10k
- 5BrattleboroVT1.55 · 12k
- 6BenningtonVT1.26 · 15k
- 7RutlandVT0.89 · 16k
- 8MiltonVT0.67 · 11k
25,000–75,000
- 1BurlingtonVT3.84 · 44k
How this is scored
- High school state championship — 3 points
- Little League state title — 3 points
- Little League sectional title — 2 points
- Little League district title — 1 point
Only titles since 2000 count, each one's weight halves every 12 years, private-school titles count for 0.75 of a public one, and a regional school's championship is split between the towns it serves.
Full method, sources and what the rankings can't see →By county in Vermont
Counties with enough towns on the board to rank. Smaller counties are folded into their state list rather than given a page of three rows.