| TEAM | W | L | Pct | GB | ||
 | Boston Red Stockings | 71 | 8 | .899 | - | |
 | Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 20 | .726 | 15.0 | |
 | Hartford Dark Blues | 54 | 28 | .659 | 18.5 | |
 | St. Louis Brown Stockings | 39 | 29 | .574 | 26.5 | |
 | Philadelphia Pearls | 37 | 31 | .544 | 28.5 | |
 | Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 37 | .448 | 35.0 | |
 | New York Mutuals | 30 | 38 | .441 | 35.5 | |
 | New Haven Elm Citys | 7 | 40 | .149 | 48.0 | |
 | Washington Nationals | 5 | 23 | .179 | 40.5 | |
 | St. Louis Red Stockings | 4 | 15 | .211 | 37.0 | |
 | Philadelphia Centennials | 2 | 12 | .143 | 36.5 | |
 | Brooklyn Atlantics | 2 | 42 | .045 | 51.5 | |
 | Keokuk Westerns | 1 | 12 | .077 | 37.0 |
RetroSeasons
Reliving Sports History … One Season at a Time
what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.