Top Baseball Towns in Providence County, RI
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. 13 towns have won something.
Cranston leads Providence County, RI, scoring 15.84 almost entirely on youth titles, though Cumberland is close behind on 14.92. 13 towns have won something since 2000.
The top ten in Providence County, RI are Cranston, Cumberland, Lincoln, Providence, Woonsocket, East Providence, North Scituate, North Smithfield, North Providence and Johnston. Between them they account for 95% of every point scored across the 13 towns on this list.
Size is doing a lot of work here. North Smithfield is in the top ten on a population of 12,899, while Providence has 194,706 to draw on — roughly 15 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. Cranston, Lincoln, Woonsocket and North Providence 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 Providence County, RI 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 | Cranston RI Providence County | 15.84 | 84,448 | 3 | 4 | 14 | Cranston High School West · Cranston Western Little League |
| 2 | Cumberland RI Providence County | 14.92 | 37,509 | 1 | 5 | 8 | Cumberland High School · Cumberland Youth Baseball Softball League |
| 3 | Lincoln RI Providence County | 14.89 | 23,507 | 1 | 8 | 10 | Lincoln Senior High School · Lincoln Little League Baseball |
| 4 | Providence RI Providence County | 9.39 | 194,706 | 5 | — | — | Central High School · Classical High School +2 |
| 5 | Woonsocket RI Providence County | 5.83 | 44,508 | 2 | — | — | Woonsocket High School |
| 6 | East Providence RI Providence County | 4.62 | 47,961 | 2 | — | 1 | East Providence High · East Providence Central Little League |
| 7 | North Scituate RI Providence County | 3.47 | — | 2 | — | — | Ponaganset High School |
| 8 | North Smithfield RI Providence County | 3.44 | 12,899 | 2 | — | — | North Smitfield HS |
| 9 | North Providence RI Providence County | 2.83 | 34,791 | 1 | — | — | North Providence High |
| 10 | Johnston RI Providence County | 2.6 | 30,363 | 2 | — | — | Johnston Senior High |
| 11 | Harrisville RI Providence County | 2.59 | — | 2 | — | — | Burrillville High School |
| 12 | Pawtucket RI Providence County | 0.89 | 76,996 | 1 | — | — | William E. Tolman High |
| 13 | Smithfield RI Providence County | 0.84 | 22,535 | 1 | — | — | Smithfield 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.
10,000–25,000
- 1LincolnRI14.89 · 24k
- 2North SmithfieldRI3.44 · 13k
- 3SmithfieldRI0.84 · 23k
25,000–75,000
- 1CumberlandRI14.92 · 38k
- 2WoonsocketRI5.83 · 45k
- 3East ProvidenceRI4.62 · 48k
- 4North ProvidenceRI2.83 · 35k
- 5JohnstonRI2.6 · 30k
Over 75,000
- 1CranstonRI15.84 · 84k
- 2ProvidenceRI9.39 · 195k
- 3PawtucketRI0.89 · 77k
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 Rhode Island
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.