Teams and Alignment
| Division
|
Team
|
Primary Venue
|
Municipality
|
| Eastern Division
|
Brooklyn Visitations (began season as Washington Palace Five)
|
Grand Prospect Hall
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
| New York Celtics
|
Arcadia Hall
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
| Philadelphia Warriors
|
Philadelphia Arena
|
Philadelphia
|
| Rochester Centrals
|
Main Street Armory
|
Rochester, New York
|
| Western Division
|
Chicago Bruins
|
Broadway Armory Park Fieldhouse
|
Chicago
|
| Cleveland Rosenblums
|
Public Hall at Public Auditorium
|
Cleveland
|
| Detroit Cardinals
|
Olympia Stadium
|
Detroit
|
| Fort Wayne Hoosiers
|
South Side High School Gym
|
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
Changes
- Detroit Lions fold during first half of 1927-28 season.
- League realigned into Eastern Division and Western Division.
- Baltimore Orioles fold.
- Brooklyn Celtics renamed New York Celtics and aligned into Eastern Division.
- Chicago Bruins aligned into Western Division.
- Cleveland Rosenblums aligned into Western Division.
- Detroit Cardinals enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.
- Fort Wayne Hoosiers aligned into Western Division.
- Philadelphia Warriors aligned into Eastern Division.
- Rochester Centrals aligned into Eastern Division.
- Washington Palace Five aligned into Eastern Division.
- Detroit Cardinals fold during season.
- Washington Palace Five relocate during season from The Arcade in Washington to Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, New York and renamed Brooklyn Visitations.
Regular Season Results
| Division
|
Team
|
W
|
L
|
GB
|
| Eastern Division
|
New York Celtics
|
40
|
9
|
|
| Philadelphia Warriors
|
30
|
21
|
11
|
| Brooklyn Visitations*
|
25
|
26
|
16
|
| Rochester Centrals
|
24
|
28
|
17.5
|
| Western Division
|
Fort Wayne Hoosiers
|
27
|
24
|
|
| Cleveland Rosenblums
|
22
|
29
|
5
|
| Chicago Bruins
|
13
|
36
|
13
|
| Detroit Cardinals
|
5
|
13
|
5.5
|
*7-15 as Washington Palace Five, 18-11 as Brooklyn Visitations.
Postseason Results
| Team (Best-of-Three)
|
Team (Best-of-Five)
|
Champions
|
| New York Celtics
|
2
|
New York Celtics
|
3
|
New York Celtics
|
| Philadelphia Warriors
|
0
|
| Fort Wayne Hoosiers
|
2
|
Fort Wayne Hoosiers
|
1
|
| Cleveland Rosenblums
|
0
|
Markets and Venues
| Combined Statistical Area
|
Metropolitan / Micropolitan Statistical Area
|
Metropolitan Division
|
County / Equivalent
|
Municipality
|
Venue
|
Team / Event
|
Regular
|
Postseason
|
Total
|
| Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
|
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
|
Cook County, Illinois
|
Chicago
|
Broadway Armory Park Fieldhouse
|
Chicago Bruins
|
23
|
|
23
|
| White City Arena
|
Chicago Bruins
|
One
|
|
One
|
| Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
|
Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
|
Cleveland
|
Public Hall at Public Auditorium
|
Cleveland Rosenblums
|
26
|
One
|
27
|
| Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
|
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division
|
Wayne County, Michigan
|
Detroit
|
Olympia Stadium
|
Detroit Cardinals
|
Seven
|
|
Seven
|
| Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN Combined Statistical Area
|
Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
Allen County, Indiana
|
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
South Side High School Gym
|
Fort Wayne Hoosiers
|
27
|
Four
|
31
|
| New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
|
Kings County, New York
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
Arcadia Hall
|
New York Celtics
|
14
|
One
|
15
|
| Grand Prospect Hall
|
Brooklyn Visitations
|
16
|
|
16
|
| New York County, New York
|
Manhattan, New York
|
Madison Square Garden (1925)
|
New York Celtics
|
10
|
One
|
11
|
| Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
|
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
|
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
|
Philadelphia
|
Philadelphia Arena
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
25
|
One
|
26
|
| Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area
|
Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
Monroe County, New York
|
Rochester, New York
|
Main Street Armory
|
Rochester Centrals
|
27
|
|
27
|
| Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
|
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
|
District of Columbia
|
The Arcade
|
Washington Palace Five
|
10
|
|
10
|
| Total
|
186
|
Eight
|
194
|
