The NNL split the season into two halves. Kansas City won the first half, Chicago won the second half. The teams met at the end of the season in a best-of-9 playoff series to determine the Champion.
The Negro National League and the Eastern Colored League faced each other in a Colored World Series at the end of the season to determine an overall champion.
| TEAM | W | L | Pct | GB | ||
| y |  | Kansas City | 60 | 22 | .732 | - |
| y |  | Chi. American | 57 | 24 | .696 | 2.5 |
 | St. Louis | 61 | 35 | .633 | 6.0 | |
 | Detroit | 52 | 47 | .525 | 16.5 | |
 | Indianapolis | 40 | 50 | .445 | 24.0 | |
 | Cuban West | 19 | 49 | .279 | 34.0 | |
 | Cleveland | 8 | 40 | .173 | 35.0 | |
 | Dayton | 6 | 36 | .143 | 34.0 |