| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Boston Pilgrims ** | 91 | 47 | .659 | -- | 708 | 505 | -- | Huntington Avenue Grounds | 379,338 | $0 | Buck Freeman (1) | Cy Young (1) | Won World Series (Pirates) |
| 2 | Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 60 | .556 | 14.5 | 597 | 519 | Connie Mack | Columbia Park | 422,473 | $0 | Socks Seybold (10) | Rube Waddell (2) | |
| 3 | Cleveland Naps | 77 | 63 | .550 | 15.0 | 639 | 578 | Bill Armour | League Park | 311,280 | $0 | Bill Bradley (4) | Addie Joss (8) | |
| 4 | New York Highlanders | 72 | 62 | .537 | 17.0 | 579 | 573 | Clark Griffith | Hilltop Park | 211,808 | $0 | Kid Elberfeld (15) | Jack Chesbro (9) | |
| 5 | Detroit Tigers | 65 | 71 | .478 | 25.0 | 567 | 539 | Ed Barrow | Bennett Park | 224,523 | $0 | Sam Crawford (3) | George Mullin (5) | |
| 6 | St. Louis Browns | 65 | 74 | .468 | 26.5 | 500 | 525 | Jimmy McAleer | Sportsman's Park | 380,405 | $0 | John Anderson (9) | Jack Powell (6) | |
| 7 | Chicago White Sox | 60 | 77 | .438 | 30.5 | 516 | 613 | Nixey Callahan | South Side Park | 286,183 | $0 | Danny Green (11) | Doc White (12) | |
| 8 | Washington Senators I | 43 | 94 | .314 | 47.5 | 437 | 691 | Tom Loftus | American League Park | 128,878 | $0 | Bill Coughlin (21) | Casey Patten (14) |