| East | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | Affiliate | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Springfield Redbirds ** | STL | 75 | 61 | .551 | -- | 640 | 550 | Hal Lanier | Lanphier Park | 99,935 | Al Greene (12) | Len Strelitz (1) | League Champions |
| 2 | Evansville Triplets | DET | 61 | 74 | .452 | 13.5 | 575 | 656 | Jim Leyland | Bosse Field | 106,849 | Marty Castillo (18) | Mike Chris (10) | |
| 3 | Iowa Oaks | CHW | 59 | 77 | .434 | 16.0 | 583 | 696 | Sam Ewing | Sec Taylor Stadium | 126,981 | Chris Nyman (31) | Bill Atkinson (13) | |
| 4 | Indianapolis Indians | CIN | 58 | 77 | .430 | 16.5 | 506 | 624 | Jim Beauchamp | Bush Stadium | 180,483 | John Hale (11) | Bill Kelly (7) | |
| West | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | Affiliate | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Denver Bears | MTL | 92 | 44 | .676 | -- | 842 | 575 | Billy Gardner | Mile High Stadium | 565,214 | Randy Bass (1) | Steve Ratzer (3) | Lost in Finals |
| 2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | PHI | 70 | 65 | .519 | 21.5 | 697 | 684 | Jim Snyder | All Sports Stadium | 200,936 | John Poff (6) | Burke Suter (9) | |
| 3 | Omaha Royals | KC | 66 | 70 | .485 | 26.0 | 637 | 677 | Joe Sparks | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 159,113 | Ken Phelps (2) | Daniel Fischer (2) | |
| 4 | Wichita Aeros | CHC | 61 | 74 | .452 | 30.5 | 681 | 728 | Jack Hiatt | Lawrence-Dumont Stadium | 101,106 | Brian Rosinski (9) | Mark Parker (8) | |