MLB Standings after Aug 18 in 1953 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 79-38 .675 ---- 38-19 41-19
Chi White Sox 72-46 .610 7.5 32-26 40-20
Cleveland 64-51 .557 14.0 33-20 31-31
Boston 66-55 .545 15.0 31-31 35-24
Wash Senators 59-60 .496 21.0 31-28 28-32
Philadelph As 48-70 .407 31.5 22-40 26-30
Detroit 43-73 .371 35.5 21-37 22-36
StL Browns 41-79 .342 39.5 17-46 24-33
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Brooklyn 79-37 .681 ---- 46-12 33-25
Mil Braves 72-47 .605 8.5 35-23 37-24
St Louis 63-52 .548 15.5 36-20 27-32
Philadelphia 64-53 .547 15.5 35-20 29-33
NY Giants 57-58 .496 21.5 30-27 27-31
Cincinnati 53-66 .445 27.5 30-33 23-33
Chi Cubs 44-71 .383 34.5 30-31 14-40
Pittsburgh 38-86 .306 45.0 23-39 15-47
American League Games
Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
Boston 2, Philadelphia As 1
Wash Senators 10, NY Yankees 8
Chi White Sox 3, StL Browns 2 (G1)
Chi White Sox 2, StL Browns 1 (G2)
National League Games
St Louis 5, Chi Cubs 1
Mil Braves 8, Cincinnati 2
Brooklyn 4, NY Giants 3 (13 in)
Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 0