MLB Standings after Sep 2 in 1961 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 89-45 .664 ---- 51-15 38-30
Detroit 86-49 .637 3.5 44-28 42-21
Baltimore 79-59 .572 12.0 36-30 43-29
Chi White Sox 72-64 .529 18.0 46-23 26-41
Cleveland 69-67 .507 21.0 37-36 32-31
Boston 65-73 .471 26.0 41-25 24-48
LA Angels 60-76 .441 30.0 40-30 20-46
Minnesota 58-75 .436 30.5 31-32 27-43
Was Senators 51-82 .383 37.5 29-40 22-42
Kans City As 48-87 .356 41.5 24-39 24-48
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Cincinnati 80-53 .602 ---- 38-27 42-26
LA Dodgers 74-54 .578 3.5 35-28 39-26
Mil Braves 71-58 .550 7.0 35-29 36-29
San Francisco 70-58 .547 7.5 35-29 35-29
St Louis 68-62 .523 10.5 40-24 28-38
Pittsburgh 62-65 .488 15.0 33-34 29-31
Chi Cubs 55-74 .426 23.0 34-30 21-44
Philadelphia 37-93 .285 41.5 18-48 19-45
American League Games
Boston 2, Minnesota 1
Chi White Sox 12, Was Senators 7
NY Yankees 7, Detroit 2
LA Angels 6, Kansas City As 3
Baltimore 3, Cleveland 2 (G1)
Cleveland 6, Baltimore 0 (G2)
National League Games
Cincinnati 7, Philadelphia 4
Mil Braves 4, LA Dodgers 0
Pittsburgh 5, St Louis 4
Chi Cubs 7, San Francisco 0