| Eastern | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | Affiliate | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Louisville Redbirds | STL | 78 | 57 | .578 | -- | 752 | 653 | Jim Fregosi | Cardinal Stadium | 1,052,438 | Jim Adduci (4) | Ricky Horton (11) | Lost in Finals |
| 2 | Iowa Cubs | CHC | 71 | 65 | .522 | 7.5 | 710 | 700 | Jim Napier | Sec Taylor Stadium | 255,830 | Joe Carter (5) | Don Schulze (1) | Lost in Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Indianapolis Indians | CIN | 64 | 72 | .471 | 14.5 | 676 | 691 | George Scherger | Bush Stadium | 227,595 | Dallas Williams (10) | Charlie Leibrandt (2) | |
| 4 | Evansville Triplets | DET | 61 | 75 | .449 | 17.5 | 575 | 666 | Gordon MacKenzie | Bosse Field | 120,703 | Bill Nahorodny (6) | Mark Dacko (13) | |
| Western | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | Affiliate | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Denver Bears ** | CHW | 73 | 61 | .545 | -- | 764 | 673 | Jim Mahoney | Mile High Stadium | 442,870 | Casey Parsons (3) | Fernando Arroyo (7) | League Champions |
| 2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | TEX | 66 | 69 | .489 | 7.5 | 599 | 672 | Tom Burgess | All Sports Stadium | 226,079 | Tom Dunbar (14) | Mike Griffin (14) | Lost in Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Wichita Aeros | MTL | 65 | 71 | .478 | 9.0 | 741 | 778 | Felipe Alou | Lawrence-Dumont Stadium | 128,756 | Mike Stenhouse (1) | Tom Dixon (3) | |
| 4 | Omaha Royals | KC | 64 | 72 | .471 | 10.0 | 600 | 584 | Joe Sparks | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 137,545 | Steve Hammond (19) | Derek Botelho (6) | |