Top Baseball Towns in Cumberland County, ME
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. 10 towns have won something.
Portland leads Cumberland County, ME, scoring 12.51 on both halves of the game roughly evenly, though Cumberland is close behind on 9.86. 10 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in Cumberland County, ME are Portland, Cumberland, South Portland, Gray, Yarmouth, Scarborough, Westbrook, Gorham, Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth.
Size is doing a lot of work here. Gray is in the top ten on a population of 8,583, while Portland has 69,568 to draw on — roughly 8 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.
Gray is in the top ten on youth baseball alone: 4 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. Cumberland, Gray and Gorham 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 organisation 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. 1 town in Cumberland County, ME runs Cal Ripken or Babe Ruth ball with no Little League program at all, and it scores zero youth points here no matter how much it wins. 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 | Portland ME Cumberland County | 12.51 | 69,568 | 8 | 2 | 3 | Cheverus High School · Deering High School +1 |
| 2 | Cumberland ME Cumberland County | 9.86 | 8,832 | 5 | — | 3 | Greely High School · Cumberland / North Yarmouth Little League |
| 3 | South Portland ME Cumberland County | 7.52 | 26,994 | 2 | 1 | 2 | South Portland High School · South Portland Little League |
| 4 | Gray ME Cumberland County | 7.36 | 8,583 | — | 2 | 2 | Gray-New Gloucester/Raymond Little League |
| 5 | Yarmouth ME Cumberland County | 6.75 | 9,060 | 6 | — | — | Yarmouth High School · North Yarmouth Academy |
| 6 | Scarborough ME Cumberland County | 4.67 | 24,010 | 2 | — | — | Scarborough High School |
| 7 | Westbrook ME Cumberland County | 4.13 | 21,386 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Westbrook High School · Westbrook Little League |
| 8 | Gorham ME Cumberland County | 3.89 | 18,545 | 2 | — | — | Gorham High School |
| 9 | Falmouth ME Cumberland County | 3.6 | 12,919 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Falmouth High School · Falmouth Little League |
| 10 | Cape Elizabeth ME Cumberland County | 1.58 | 9,688 | 1 | — | 3 | Cape Elizabeth High School · Cape Elizabeth 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
- 1CumberlandME9.86 · 9k
- 2GrayME7.36 · 9k
- 3YarmouthME6.75 · 9k
- 4Cape ElizabethME1.58 · 10k
10,000–25,000
- 1ScarboroughME4.67 · 24k
- 2WestbrookME4.13 · 21k
- 3GorhamME3.89 · 19k
- 4FalmouthME3.6 · 13k
25,000–75,000
- 1PortlandME12.51 · 70k
- 2South PortlandME7.52 · 27k
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 Maine
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.