| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Detroit Tigers ** | 88 | 65 | .575 | -- | 633 | 565 | Steve O'Neill | Briggs Stadium | 1,280,341 | $0 | Roy Cullenbine (6) | Hal Newhouser (1) | Won World Series (Cubs) |
| 2 | Washington Senators I | 87 | 67 | .565 | 1.5 | 622 | 562 | Ossie Bluege | Griffith Stadium | 652,660 | $0 | Joe Kuhel (4) | Roger Wolff (2) | |
| 3 | St. Louis Browns | 81 | 70 | .536 | 6.0 | 597 | 548 | Luke Sewell | Sportsman's Park | 482,986 | $0 | Vern Stephens (3) | Nels Potter (3) | |
| 4 | New York Yankees | 81 | 71 | .533 | 6.5 | 676 | 606 | Joe McCarthy | Yankee Stadium | 881,845 | $0 | Snuffy Stirnweiss (1) | Al Gettel (17) | |
| 5 | Cleveland Indians | 73 | 72 | .503 | 11.0 | 557 | 548 | Lou Boudreau | Cleveland Municipal Stadi | 558,182 | $0 | Roy Cullenbine (6) | Steve Gromek (4) | |
| 6 | Chicago White Sox | 71 | 78 | .477 | 15.0 | 596 | 633 | Jimmy Dykes | Comiskey Park | 657,981 | $0 | Wally Moses (5) | Thornton Lee (9) | |
| 7 | Boston Red Sox | 71 | 83 | .461 | 17.5 | 599 | 674 | Joe Cronin | Fenway Park | 603,794 | $0 | Bob Johnson (7) | Dave Ferriss (5) | |
| 8 | Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 98 | .347 | 34.5 | 494 | 638 | Connie Mack | Shibe Park | 462,631 | $0 | George Kell (11) | Russ Christopher (11) |