Forty American teams have won the Little League World Series — from the Maynard Midgets of Williamsport, who beat Lock Haven 16-7 in the first tournament in 1947, to Lake Mary, Florida’s extra-inning win over Taiwan in 2024. They span 15 states and eight decades, and the list doubles as a map of American youth baseball’s history: the Pennsylvania mill towns of the 1940s, the California suburbs from the 60s onward, Georgia’s 2000s run, and Hawaii’s four-title takeover of the modern era.
A few entries carry extra weight. Long Beach’s 1992-93 teams remain the only American back-to-back champions. Trumbull, Connecticut’s 1989 upset of Taiwan and Kirkland, Washington’s 1982 streak-buster are two of the tournament’s most famous wins. Toms River 1998 launched Todd Frazier toward the majors; and the 2021 Taylor North title came in the tournament’s only all-American field since 1975.
Every U.S. champion is in the chart below, newest first. Take a look, then we’ll get into the teams that defined their decades.
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
Every U.S. Team to Win the LLWS
All 40 American champions, 1947-2024
U.S. TITLES
40
Of 78 finals
STATES
15
California leads, 8
REPEAT CHAMPS
Long Beach
1992-93, only ones
LATEST
Lake Mary
Florida, 2024
The complete list
Every American champion, newest first
| Year | Champion | State | Final |
|---|
| 2024 | Lake Mary LL | Florida | 2-1 (F/8) over Taiwan |
| 2023 | El Segundo LL | California | 6-5 over Curacao (walk-off HR) |
| 2022 | Honolulu LL | Hawaii | 13-3 over Curacao |
| 2021 | Taylor North LL | Michigan | 5-2 over Hamilton, Ohio |
| 2019 | Eastbank LL, River Ridge | Louisiana | 8-0 over Curacao |
| 2018 | Honolulu LL | Hawaii | 3-0 over South Korea |
| 2016 | Maine-Endwell LL | New York | 2-1 over South Korea |
| 2011 | Ocean View LL, Huntington Beach | California | 2-1 over Japan |
| 2009 | Park View LL, Chula Vista | California | 6-3 over Taiwan |
| 2008 | Waipio LL, Waipahu | Hawaii | 12-3 over Mexico |
| 2007 | Warner Robins LL | Georgia | 3-2 (F/8) over Japan (walk-off HR) |
| 2006 | Columbus Northern LL | Georgia | 2-1 over Japan |
| 2005 | Ewa Beach LL | Hawaii | 7-6 (F/7) over Curacao (walk-off HR) |
| 2002 | Valley Sports LL, Louisville | Kentucky | 1-0 over Japan |
| 1998 | Toms River East American | New Jersey | 12-9 over Japan |
| 1993 | Long Beach LL | California | 3-2 over Panama |
| 1992 | Long Beach LL | California | 6-0 (forfeit) over Philippines |
| 1989 | Trumbull National LL | Connecticut | 5-2 over Taiwan |
| 1983 | East Marietta National LL | Georgia | 3-1 over Dominican Republic |
| 1982 | Kirkland National LL | Washington | 6-0 over Taiwan |
| 1975 | Lakewood LL | New Jersey | 4-3 over Tampa, Fla. (U.S.-only field) |
| 1970 | Wayne LL | New Jersey | 2-0 over Campbell, Calif. |
| 1966 | Westbury American LL, Houston | Texas | 8-2 over West New York, N.J. |
| 1965 | Windsor Locks LL | Connecticut | 3-1 over Canada |
| 1964 | Mid-Island LL, Staten Island | New York | 4-0 over Mexico |
| 1963 | Granada Hills LL | California | 2-1 over Stratford, Conn. |
| 1962 | Moreland LL, San Jose | California | 3-0 over Kankakee, Ill. |
| 1961 | Northern LL, El Cajon | California | 4-2 over El Campo, Texas |
| 1960 | Levittown American LL | Pennsylvania | 5-0 over Fort Worth, Texas |
| 1959 | Hamtramck National LL | Michigan | 12-0 over Auburn, Calif. |
| 1956 | Roswell LL | New Mexico | 3-1 over Merchantville, N.J. |
| 1955 | Morrisville LL | Pennsylvania | 4-3 over Merchantville, N.J. |
| 1954 | Schenectady LL | New York | 7-5 over Colton, Calif. |
| 1953 | Birmingham LL | Alabama | 1-0 over Schenectady, N.Y. |
| 1952 | Norwalk LL | Connecticut | 4-3 over Monongahela, Pa. |
| 1951 | Stamford LL | Connecticut | 3-0 over Austin, Texas |
| 1950 | Houston LL | Texas | 2-1 over Bridgeport, Conn. |
| 1949 | Hammonton LL | New Jersey | 5-0 over Pensacola, Fla. |
| 1948 | Lock Haven LL | Pennsylvania | 6-5 over St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| 1947 | Maynard Midgets, Williamsport | Pennsylvania | 16-7 over Lock Haven, Pa. |
Per the official tournament record. 1975 and 2021 were U.S.-only fields; 1992 was won by forfeit after the Philippines’ disqualification.
The distinctions
Records within the 40
| Distinction | Team(s) |
|---|
| Only U.S. repeat champion | Long Beach, Calif. (1992-93) — the ’92 title by forfeit, the ’93 title on the field |
| Most titles, one league | Honolulu LL (2018, 2022) — the only other U.S. league with two |
| The streak-breakers | Kirkland 1982 (ended Taiwan’s 31-game win streak) and Trumbull 1989 (beat Taiwan in the era of the second dynasty) |
| Walk-off champions | Ewa Beach 2005, Warner Robins 2007, El Segundo 2023 — all won the final on home runs |
| Future MLB stars | Toms River ’98 (Todd Frazier); Long Beach ’92-93 (Sean Burroughs); Hamtramck ’59 through Lake Mary ’24, dozens of big leaguers passed through champions’ dugouts |
| First and latest | Maynard Midgets 1947; Lake Mary 2024 — with the next name added Aug. 30, 2026, if the U.S. champion wins Sunday’s final |
U.S. CHAMPION FACTS
Ten before the world arrived
The first ten champions (1947-56) predate any international winner — Little League counts them equally, which is how the U.S. total reaches 40.
The 17-year drought
Between Trumbull 1989 and the forfeit-aided Long Beach titles, American teams won on the field just once (1993) until Toms River 1998 — Taiwan’s second dynasty owned the era.
Modern dominance
From 2016-2024, U.S. teams won seven of eight contested titles — the best American stretch since the 1950s — before Taiwan’s 2025 shutout ended it.
The American teams that won it all in Williamsport.
The Teams That Defined Their Decades
Each era has its emblem. The Maynard Midgets made Williamsport the sport’s capital in 1947. Hamtramck 1959 — a Polish-American enclave of Detroit — was the feel-good story of the Eisenhower years. The California titles of 1961-63 announced where baseball’s talent was moving. Kirkland’s Cody Webster and Trumbull’s Chris Drury (later an NHL star and executive) delivered the two great dynasty-slaying wins. Toms River turned Todd Frazier into ‘The Toddfather’ two decades early. And Hawaii’s four champions since 2005 — capped by Honolulu’s 60-5 romp through the 2022 bracket — made the islands the most reliable pipeline in American youth baseball.
The Bottom Line
Forty U.S. champions across 15 states and 78 years, from the Maynard Midgets to Lake Mary — with Long Beach’s back-to-back and Honolulu’s pair the only repeats, and the next chance arriving in Sunday’s 2026 final. For the state-by-state math, see which state has won the most LLWS titles; for the other half of history, every international champion; and for all 78 finals in one table, the complete results by year.
