Top Baseball Towns in New Haven 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. 19 towns have won something.
Wallingford leads New Haven County, CT, scoring 17.38 almost entirely on high school titles, though Madison is close behind on 12.49. 19 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in New Haven County, CT are Wallingford, Madison, Orange, West Haven, Bethany, Woodbridge, Guilford, Seymour, Beacon Falls and North Haven. Between them they account for 84% of every point scored across the 19 towns on this list.
Size is doing a lot of work here. Bethany is in the top ten on a population of 5,324, while West Haven has 55,379 to draw on — roughly 10 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.
Recency matters in this table — a title's weight halves every 12 years, so the standings drift on their own every season. Wallingford, Orange and Guilford have won something in the last two seasons, which is why they sit where they do.
Orange, Bethany and Woodbridge 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.
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 New Haven County, CT 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 | Wallingford CT New Haven County | 17.38 | 44,389 | 7 | — | 2 | Lyman Hall High School · Mark T. Sheehan High School +1 |
| 2 | Madison CT New Haven County | 12.49 | 17,688 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Daniel Hand High School · Madison Little League |
| 3 | Orange CT New Haven County | 7.9 | 14,431 | 2.33 ⌗ | 1 | 4 | Amity Regional High School · Orange Little League Baseball CT |
| 4 | West Haven CT New Haven County | 7.81 | 55,379 | 8 | — | — | Notre Dame High School · West Haven High School |
| 5 | Bethany CT New Haven County | 3.6 | 5,324 | 2.33 ⌗ | — | — | Amity Regional High School |
| 6 | Woodbridge CT New Haven County | 3.6 | 9,130 | 2.33 ⌗ | — | — | Amity Regional High School |
| 7 | Guilford CT New Haven County | 3.29 | 22,264 | 1 | — | 3 | Guilford High School · Guilford Little League |
| 8 | Seymour CT New Haven County | 2.89 | 17,139 | 2 | — | — | Seymour High School |
| 9 | Beacon Falls CT New Haven County | 2.67 | 6,271 | 1 | — | — | Woodland Regional High School |
| 10 | North Haven CT New Haven County | 2.38 | 24,844 | 2 | — | — | North Haven High School |
| 11 | Branford CT New Haven County | 2.07 | 28,448 | 2 | — | — | Branford High School |
| 12 | Cheshire CT New Haven County | 1.89 | 30,610 | 1 | — | — | Cheshire High School |
| 13 | Milford CT New Haven County | 1.78 | 53,396 | 1 | — | — | Joseph A. Foran High School |
| 14 | Wolcott CT New Haven County | 1.68 | 16,511 | 1 | — | — | Wolcott High School |
| 15 | Oxford CT New Haven County | 1.42 | 13,264 | 1 | — | — | Oxford High School |
| 16 | Waterbury CT New Haven County | 1.34 | 115,908 | 1 | — | — | Holy Cross High School |
| 17 | Hamden CT New Haven County | 0.66 | 61,510 | — | — | 2 | Hamden Fathers Baseball + Softball Association |
| 18 | Middlebury CT New Haven County | 0.6 | 8,025 | 0.50 ⌗ | — | — | Pomperaug Regional High School |
| 19 | Southbury CT New Haven County | 0.6 | 20,342 | 0.50 ⌗ | — | — | Pomperaug Regional 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
- 1BethanyCT3.6 · 5k
- 2WoodbridgeCT3.6 · 9k
- 3Beacon FallsCT2.67 · 6k
- 4MiddleburyCT0.6 · 8k
10,000–25,000
25,000–75,000
- 1WallingfordCT17.38 · 44k
- 2West HavenCT7.81 · 55k
- 3BranfordCT2.07 · 28k
- 4CheshireCT1.89 · 31k
- 5MilfordCT1.78 · 53k
- 6HamdenCT0.66 · 62k
Over 75,000
- 1WaterburyCT1.34 · 116k
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.