Top Baseball Towns in Norfolk County, MA
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. 15 towns have won something.
Braintree leads Norfolk County, MA, scoring 14.72 almost entirely on youth titles, and not narrowly — Braintree is clear of Walpole by 4.83 points. 15 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in Norfolk County, MA are Braintree, Walpole, Milton, Wellesley, Westwood, Needham, Canton, Cohasset, Norwood and Franklin. Between them they account for 91% of every point scored across the 15 towns on this list.
Size is doing a lot of work here. Cohasset is in the top ten on a population of 8,532, while Braintree has 39,134 to draw on — roughly 5 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.
Wellesley is in the top ten on youth baseball alone: 8 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. Braintree and Walpole 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 organization 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. 8 towns in Norfolk County, MA 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 | Braintree MA Norfolk County | 14.72 | 39,134 | 3 | 1 | 13 | Braintree High · Archbishop Williams High School +2 |
| 2 | Walpole MA Norfolk County | 9.89 | 26,391 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Walpole High · Walpole Little League |
| 3 | Milton MA Norfolk County | 7.77 | 28,811 | 2 | — | 5 | Milton High · Milton National Little League |
| 4 | Wellesley MA Norfolk County | 6.09 | 31,242 | — | 2 | 6 | Wellesley Youth Baseball & Softball |
| 5 | Westwood MA Norfolk County | 5.04 | 16,533 | 4 | — | 2 | Xaverian Brothers High School · Westwood High +1 |
| 6 | Needham MA Norfolk County | 4.95 | 32,931 | 1 | — | 4 | Needham High · Needham Baseball & Softball |
| 7 | Canton MA Norfolk County | 3.63 | 25,163 | — | 1 | 2 | Canton Little League |
| 8 | Cohasset MA Norfolk County | 3.25 | 8,532 | 2 | — | 2 | Cohasset High School · Cohasset Youth Baseball & Softball Association |
| 9 | Norwood MA Norfolk County | 2.99 | 31,764 | 1 | — | 4 | Norwood High · Norwood Little League |
| 10 | Franklin MA Norfolk County | 1.89 | 33,742 | 1 | — | — | Franklin High |
| 11 | Bellingham MA Norfolk County | 1.72 | 17,998 | 1 | — | 1 | Bellingham High School · Bellingham Youth Baseball |
| 12 | Brookline MA Norfolk County | 1.42 | 63,925 | — | — | 2 | Brookline Youth Baseball |
| 13 | Norfolk MA Norfolk County | 1 | 11,962 | 0.33 ⌗ | — | — | King Philip Regional High |
| 14 | Plainville MA Norfolk County | 1 | 10,067 | 0.33 ⌗ | — | — | King Philip Regional High |
| 15 | Wrentham MA Norfolk County | 1 | 12,516 | 0.33 ⌗ | — | — | King Philip Regional 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
- 1CohassetMA3.25 · 9k
10,000–25,000
- 1WestwoodMA5.04 · 17k
- 2BellinghamMA1.72 · 18k
- 3NorfolkMA1 · 12k
- 4PlainvilleMA1 · 10k
- 5WrenthamMA1 · 13k
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.