MLB Standings after Aug 15 in 1961 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 77-40 .658 ---- 47-15 30-25
Detroit 75-42 .641 2.0 39-24 36-18
Baltimore 67-53 .558 11.5 35-28 32-25
Cleveland 60-57 .513 17.0 33-31 27-26
Chi White Sox 60-57 .513 17.0 41-21 19-36
Boston 57-64 .471 22.0 38-25 19-39
LA Angels 51-66 .436 26.0 31-22 20-44
Minnesota 51-67 .432 26.5 28-26 23-41
Was Senators 48-67 .417 28.0 26-28 22-39
Kans City As 42-75 .359 35.0 21-29 21-46
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
LA Dodgers 69-42 .622 ---- 35-26 34-16
Cincinnati 71-46 .607 1.0 33-21 38-25
San Francisco 61-50 .550 8.0 31-28 30-22
Mil Braves 59-51 .536 9.5 27-26 32-25
St Louis 57-56 .504 13.0 33-23 24-33
Pittsburgh 54-55 .495 14.0 28-29 26-26
Chi Cubs 46-65 .414 23.0 28-25 18-40
Philadelphia 30-82 .268 39.5 12-42 18-40
American League Games
Boston 8, Cleveland 0
Chi White Sox 2, NY Yankees 1
Minnesota 9, Kansas City As 4
LA Angels 8, Was Senators 7
Detroit 2, Baltimore 0 (G1)
Detroit 3, Baltimore 2 (G2)
National League Games
Cincinnati 5, LA Dodgers 2
Chi Cubs 6, Philadelphia 5
Mil Braves 4, Pittsburgh 1
San Francisco 3, St Louis 2