Kansas City won the first half of the season, Birmingham won the second half, and met in a play off series. The NNL and the NAL faced each other in the Negro World Series at the end of the season to determine an overall champion. After MLB integration in 1948, the league and its teams operated mostly as barnstorming units, and negro league baseball effectively came to an end.
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x 1948 Birmingham Black Barons LogoBirmingham   4621.684-
x 1948 Kansas City Monarchs LogoKansas City 6030.663-2.5
1948 Cleveland Buckeyes LogoCleveland 4135.5389.5
1948 Indianapolis Clowns LogoIndianapolis 3250.39421.5
1948 Chicago American Giants LogoChi. American 2747.36522.5
1948 Memphis Red Sox LogoMemphis 2851.35824.0