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Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League Standings

Final standings and playoff records from the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League's two seasons, 1946-47 and 1947-48.

About the PCPBL

The Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League operated for two seasons from 1946 through 1948 and featured professional teams from the Pacific Northwest and western Canada.

Portland, Bellingham and Vancouver competed in both seasons. The league also included teams from Seattle, Salem, Yakima, Spokane, Tacoma and Astoria during its brief history.

1946-47 PCPBL Final Standings

Final regular-season standings through Sunday, February 23, 1947.

Team W L Pct. GB
Portland Indians 33 10 .767 —
Bellingham Fircrests 26 12 .684 4.5
Vancouver Hornets 24 14 .632 6.5
Seattle Blue Devils 18 19 .486 12
Salem Trailblazers 8 21 .276 —
Yakima Ramblers 8 25 .242 —
Spokane Orphans 1 17 .056 —

Note: Spokane, Yakima and Salem were dropped from the league during the season.

1946-47 Round-Robin Playoffs

The four remaining teams advanced to a round-robin playoff format. Each club played the other playoff teams four times.

Team W L Pct. GB
Bellingham Fircrests 9 3 .750 —
Portland Indians 7 5 .583 2
Vancouver Hornets 6 6 .500 3
Seattle Blue Devils 2 10 .167 7

Bellingham Fircrests won the 1946-47 round-robin playoffs with a 9-3 record after finishing second during the regular season.

1947-48 PCPBL Standings

The 1947-48 season was divided into two halves. The first-half standings include games through Saturday, January 31, 1948. The second-half standings include games through Saturday, February 21, 1948.

1947-48 First Half
Team W L Pct. GB
Seattle Athletics 22 10 .688 —
Bellingham Fircrests 21 10 .677 0.5
Tacoma Mountaineers 16 13 .552 4.5
Vancouver Hornets 16 15 .516 5.5
Astoria Royal Chinooks 11 19 .367 10
Portland Indians 7 26 .212 15.5
1947-48 Second Half
Team W L Pct. GB
Bellingham Fircrests 14 7 .667 —
Vancouver Hornets 13 7 .650 0.5
Seattle Athletics 8 10 .444 4.5
Portland Indians 9 14 .391 6
Tacoma Mountaineers 5 11 .312 8

Astoria is not included in the second-half standings because the Royal Chinooks did not complete the season.

Bellingham finished first in the second half after Seattle had won the first half.

PCPBL Champions
Season Champion Runner-Up / Notes
1946-47 Bellingham Fircrests Won the round-robin playoffs with a 9-3 record.
1947-48 Portland Indians Defeated the Seattle Athletics in the championship series.