Top Baseball Towns in Hartford County, CT
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. 14 towns have won something.
Bristol leads Hartford County, CT, scoring 8.26 almost entirely on high school titles, though Simsbury is close behind on 7.74. 14 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in Hartford County, CT are Bristol, Simsbury, Newington, Southington, Windsor, Farmington, West Hartford, South Windsor, Plainville and Rocky Hill. Between them they account for 89% of every point scored across the 14 towns on this list.
Size is doing a lot of work here. Plainville is in the top ten on a population of 17,757, while West Hartford has 64,184 to draw on — roughly 4 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.
Simsbury is in the top ten on youth baseball alone: 9 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. Bristol, Simsbury, Southington and South Windsor have won something in the last two seasons, which is why they sit where they do.
| # | Town | Score | Population | HS titles | LL state | LL district | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol CT Hartford County | 8.26 | 62,195 | 4 | — | 1 | St Paul Catholic High School · Bristol Little League |
| 2 | Simsbury CT Hartford County | 7.74 | 25,353 | — | — | 7 | Simsbury Little League |
| 3 | Newington CT Hartford County | 5.99 | 31,692 | 1 | — | 6 | Newington High School · Newington Little League |
| 4 | Southington CT Hartford County | 4.16 | 44,197 | — | — | 3 | Western Baseball League of Southington |
| 5 | Windsor CT Hartford County | 3.26 | 29,658 | 1 | — | 2 | Windsor High School · Windsor Little League |
| 6 | Farmington CT Hartford County | 2.99 | 28,189 | — | 1 | 3 | Farmington Little League |
| 7 | West Hartford CT Hartford County | 2.93 | 64,184 | 2 | — | 1 | Northwest Catholic High School · West Hartford Little League |
| 8 | South Windsor CT Hartford County | 2.83 | 27,062 | 1 | — | — | South Windsor High School |
| 9 | Plainville CT Hartford County | 2.4 | 17,757 | 2 | — | — | Plainville High School |
| 10 | Rocky Hill CT Hartford County | 1.9 | 21,373 | 1 | — | 1 | Rocky Hill High School · Rocky Hill Little League |
| 11 | Wethersfield CT Hartford County | 1.89 | 27,372 | 1 | — | — | Wethersfield High School |
| 12 | Windsor Locks CT Hartford County | 1.84 | 12,643 | 2 | — | — | Windsor Locks High School |
| 13 | Berlin CT Hartford County | 0.89 | 20,646 | 1 | — | — | Berlin High School |
| 14 | Suffield CT Hartford County | 0.67 | 15,964 | — | — | 1 | Suffield 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.
10,000–25,000
- 1PlainvilleCT2.4 · 18k
- 2Rocky HillCT1.9 · 21k
- 3Windsor LocksCT1.84 · 13k
- 4BerlinCT0.89 · 21k
- 5SuffieldCT0.67 · 16k
25,000–75,000
- 1BristolCT8.26 · 62k
- 2SimsburyCT7.74 · 25k
- 3NewingtonCT5.99 · 32k
- 4SouthingtonCT4.16 · 44k
- 5WindsorCT3.26 · 30k
- 6FarmingtonCT2.99 · 28k
- 7West HartfordCT2.93 · 64k
- 8South WindsorCT2.83 · 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 Connecticut
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.