| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Detroit Tigers ** | 90 | 64 | .584 | -- | 888 | 716 | Del Baker | Briggs Stadium | 1,112,693 | $0 | Hank Greenberg (1) | Bobo Newsom (3) | Lost World Series (Reds) |
| 2 | Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 1.0 | 710 | 637 | Ossie Vitt | Cleveland Municipal Stadi | 902,576 | $0 | Lou Boudreau (11) | Bob Feller (1) | |
| 3 | New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2.0 | 817 | 671 | Joe McCarthy | Yankee Stadium | 988,975 | $0 | Joe Gordon (3) | Red Ruffing (5) | |
| 4 | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8.0 | 735 | 672 | Jimmy Dykes | Comiskey Park | 660,336 | $0 | Joe Kuhel (7) | Johnny Rigney (2) | |
| 5 | Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8.0 | 872 | 825 | Joe Cronin | Fenway Park | 716,234 | $0 | Ted Williams (4) | Jack Wilson (17) | |
| 6 | St. Louis Browns | 67 | 87 | .435 | 23.0 | 757 | 882 | Fred Haney | Sportsman's Park | 239,591 | $0 | Wally Judnich (18) | Elden Auker (14) | |
| 7 | Washington Senators I | 64 | 90 | .416 | 26.0 | 665 | 811 | Bucky Harris | Griffith Stadium | 381,241 | $0 | George Case (13) | Dutch Leonard (4) | |
| 8 | Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 100 | .351 | 36.0 | 703 | 932 | Connie Mack | Shibe Park | 432,145 | $0 | Bob Johnson (23) | Johnny Babich (15) |