MLB Standings after Aug 19 in 1953 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 80-38 .678 ---- 39-19 41-19
Chi White Sox 72-47 .605 8.5 32-27 40-20
Cleveland 64-52 .552 15.0 33-20 31-32
Boston 67-55 .549 15.0 32-31 35-24
Wash Senators 59-61 .492 22.0 31-28 28-33
Philadelph As 48-71 .403 32.5 22-40 26-31
Detroit 44-73 .376 35.5 22-37 22-36
StL Browns 42-79 .347 39.5 17-46 25-33
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Brooklyn 80-37 .684 ---- 47-12 33-25
Mil Braves 73-47 .608 8.5 35-23 38-24
St Louis 63-53 .543 16.5 36-21 27-32
Philadelphia 64-54 .542 16.5 35-21 29-33
NY Giants 57-59 .491 22.5 30-27 27-32
Cincinnati 53-67 .442 28.5 30-34 23-33
Chi Cubs 45-71 .388 34.5 30-31 15-40
Pittsburgh 39-86 .312 45.0 23-39 16-47
American League Games
Detroit 4, Cleveland 2
Boston 6, Philadelphia As 4
StL Browns 4, Chi White Sox 3 (10 in)
NY Yankees 2, Wash Senators 0
National League Games
Chi Cubs 5, St Louis 3
Mil Braves 3, Cincinnati 2
Brooklyn 7, NY Giants 5
Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 3