Top Baseball Towns in Massachusetts
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. 118 towns have won something.
Pittsfield leads Massachusetts, scoring 20.53 almost entirely on youth titles, though Boston is close behind on 17.44. 118 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in Massachusetts are Pittsfield, Boston, Taunton, Braintree, Middleborough, Walpole, Westfield, Leominster, Seekonk and Holden. Between them they account for 36% of every point scored across the 118 towns on this list.
Size is doing a lot of work here. Seekonk is in the top ten on a population of 15,912, while Boston has 673,458 to draw on — roughly 42 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.
Holden is in the top ten on youth baseball alone: 10 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. Pittsfield, Boston, Taunton and Braintree 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. 40 towns in Massachusetts 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 | Pittsfield MA Berkshire County | 20.53 | 43,121 | 3 | 3 | 21 | Taconic High · Pittsfield Little League |
| 2 | Boston MA Suffolk County | 17.44 | 673,458 | 5 | 1 | 18 | Boston College High School · English High School +4 |
| 3 | Taunton MA Bristol County | 13.46 | 61,936 | 3 | — | 14 | Taunton High · Taunton East Little League +1 |
| 4 | Braintree MA Norfolk County | 12.77 | 39,134 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Braintree High · Archbishop Williams High School +1 |
| 5 | Middleborough MA Plymouth County | 12.64 | 24,847 | 3 | 1 | 10 | Middleborough High · Middleboro Little League |
| 6 | Walpole MA Norfolk County | 9.89 | 26,391 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Walpole High · Walpole Little League |
| 7 | Westfield MA Hampden County | 9.84 | 40,403 | 1 | — | 17 | Saint Mary's High School (Westfield) · Westfield Little League |
| 8 | Leominster MA Worcester County | 9.66 | 44,209 | 1 | — | 17 | Leominster High School · Leominster Little League |
| 9 | Seekonk MA Bristol County | 9.48 | 15,912 | 3 | — | 2 | Seekonk High · Seekonk Little League |
| 10 | Holden MA Worcester County | 7.94 | 20,326 | — | 1 | 9 | Holden Baseball Program, Inc |
| 11 | Milton MA Norfolk County | 7.77 | 28,811 | 2 | — | 5 | Milton High · Milton National Little League |
| 12 | Danvers MA Essex County | 6.54 | 28,590 | 2 | — | 10 | Saint John's Preparatory School · Danvers High +2 |
| 13 | Newton MA Middlesex County | 6.38 | 90,700 | — | 2 | 9 | Newton Southeast Little League · Newton Little League |
| 14 | Peabody MA Essex County | 6.24 | 55,418 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Bishop Fenwick High School · Peabody Western Little League +1 |
| 15 | Wellesley MA Norfolk County | 6.09 | 31,242 | — | 2 | 6 | Wellesley Youth Baseball & Softball |
| 16 | North Andover MA Essex County | 5.76 | 32,135 | 1 | — | 7 | North Andover High · North Andover Little League |
| 17 | Worcester MA Worcester County | 5.67 | 211,286 | — | 2 | 12 | Joe Schwartz Little League · Jesse Burkett Little League |
| 18 | Shrewsbury MA Worcester County | 5.5 | 39,620 | 2 | — | 7 | Saint John's High School · Shrewsbury Little League |
| 19 | Lynn MA Essex County | 5.24 | 103,489 | 3 | — | 3 | Saint Mary's High School · Wyoma Little League +1 |
| 20 | Westwood MA Norfolk County | 5.04 | 16,533 | 4 | — | 2 | Xaverian Brothers High School · Westwood High +1 |
| 21 | Plymouth MA Plymouth County | 4.99 | 66,663 | 3 | — | — | Plymouth North High |
| 22 | Needham MA Norfolk County | 4.95 | 32,931 | 1 | — | 4 | Needham High · Needham Baseball & Softball |
| 23 | Melrose MA Middlesex County | 4.75 | 29,938 | — | — | 6 | Melrose Little League |
| 24 | North Reading MA Middlesex County | 4.4 | 16,379 | 2 | — | 1 | North Reading High · North Reading Little League |
| 25 | Georgetown MA Essex County | 4.34 | 8,558 | 2 | — | — | Georgetown High School |
| 26 | Andover MA Essex County | 4.08 | 36,927 | — | 1 | 7 | Andover Little League |
| 27 | Canton MA Norfolk County | 3.63 | 25,163 | — | 1 | 2 | Canton Little League |
| 28 | Bridgewater MA Plymouth County | 3.37 | 29,167 | 0.50 ⌗ | — | 4 | Bridgewater-Raynham Regional · Bridgewater Little League |
| 29 | Cohasset MA Norfolk County | 3.25 | 8,532 | 2 | — | 2 | Cohasset High School · Cohasset Youth Baseball & Softball Association |
| 30 | Hingham MA Plymouth County | 3.16 | 24,414 | 1 | — | 2 | Hingham High · Hingham Little League |
| 31 | Norwood MA Norfolk County | 2.99 | 31,764 | 1 | — | 4 | Norwood High · Norwood Little League |
| 32 | Swampscott MA Essex County | 2.93 | 15,658 | — | — | 5 | Swampscott Little League |
| 33 | Auburn MA Worcester County | 2.91 | 17,323 | 2 | — | — | Auburn Senior High |
| 34 | Everett MA Middlesex County | 2.9 | 51,825 | — | — | 7 | Everett Little League |
| 35 | Medford MA Middlesex County | 2.88 | 59,898 | — | — | 8 | Medford National Little League · North Medford Little League |
| 36 | Millbury MA Worcester County | 2.83 | 14,173 | 1 | — | — | Millbury Junior/Senior High |
| 37 | North Chelmsford MA Middlesex County | 2.83 | — | 1 | — | — | Chelmsford High |
| 38 | Ashburnham MA Worcester County | 2.6 | 6,522 | 1 ⌗ | — | — | Oakmont Regional High School |
| 39 | Westminster MA Worcester County | 2.6 | 8,509 | 1 ⌗ | — | — | Oakmont Regional High School |
| 40 | West Springfield MA Hampden County | 2.58 | 29,028 | 2 | — | — | West Springfield High |
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
- 1GeorgetownMA4.34 · 9k
- 2CohassetMA3.25 · 9k
- 3AshburnhamMA2.6 · 7k
- 4WestminsterMA2.6 · 9k
- 5HadleyMA2.25 · 5k
- 6EssexMA2.19 · 4k
- 7Manchester-by-the-SeaMA2.19 · 5k
- 8BoxfordMA1.72 · 8k
10,000–25,000
- 1MiddleboroughMA12.64 · 25k
- 2SeekonkMA9.48 · 16k
- 3HoldenMA7.94 · 20k
- 4WestwoodMA5.04 · 17k
- 5North ReadingMA4.4 · 16k
- 6HinghamMA3.16 · 24k
- 7SwampscottMA2.93 · 16k
- 8AuburnMA2.91 · 17k
25,000–75,000
- 1PittsfieldMA20.53 · 43k
- 2TauntonMA13.46 · 62k
- 3BraintreeMA12.77 · 39k
- 4WalpoleMA9.89 · 26k
- 5WestfieldMA9.84 · 40k
- 6LeominsterMA9.66 · 44k
- 7MiltonMA7.77 · 29k
- 8DanversMA6.54 · 29k
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 Massachusetts
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.