Top Baseball Towns in Chittenden County, VT
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. 11 towns have won something.
South Burlington leads Chittenden County, VT, scoring 17.19 almost entirely on youth titles, though Essex Junction is close behind on 16.02. 11 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in Chittenden County, VT are South Burlington, Essex Junction, Burlington, Colchester, Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George, Williston and Milton. Between them they account for 99% of every point scored across the 11 towns on this list.
Size is doing a lot of work here. St. George is in the top ten on a population of 832, while Burlington has 44,432 to draw on — roughly 53 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.
Burlington 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 and Colchester have won something in the last two seasons, which is why they sit where they do.
Charlotte, Hinesburg and Shelburne share credit with neighbouring towns for a regional high school. A regional's championship is split evenly between every town it serves rather than going to the town the building happens to sit in.
| # | 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 | Burlington VT Chittenden County | 3.84 | 44,432 | — | 1 | 2 | Burlington American Little League |
| 4 | Colchester VT Chittenden County | 3.14 | 17,807 | — | 1 | 4 | Colchester Youth Baseball and Softball League (CYBSL) |
| 5 | Charlotte VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 3,897 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 6 | Hinesburg VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 4,742 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 7 | Shelburne VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 8,126 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 8 | St. George VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 832 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 9 | Williston VT Chittenden County | 2.06 | 10,091 | 1.20 ⌗ | — | — | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| 10 | Milton VT Chittenden County | 0.67 | 10,802 | 1 | — | — | Milton Senior High School |
| 11 | Jericho VT Chittenden County | 0.49 | 5,108 | — | — | 2 | Browns River Little League |
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
- 1CharlotteVT2.06 · 4k
- 2HinesburgVT2.06 · 5k
- 3ShelburneVT2.06 · 8k
- 4St. GeorgeVT2.06 · 1k
- 5JerichoVT0.49 · 5k
10,000–25,000
- 1South BurlingtonVT17.19 · 22k
- 2Essex JunctionVT16.02 · 11k
- 3ColchesterVT3.14 · 18k
- 4WillistonVT2.06 · 10k
- 5MiltonVT0.67 · 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.