MLB Standings after Aug 26 in 1956 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 80-46 .635 ---- 42-25 38-21
Cleveland 70-51 .579 7.5 35-22 35-29
Chi White Sox 67-54 .554 10.5 35-22 32-32
Boston 67-56 .545 11.5 38-28 29-28
Detroit 60-64 .484 19.0 23-36 37-28
Baltimore 55-68 .447 23.5 34-31 21-37
Wash Senators 51-70 .421 26.5 26-36 25-34
Kans City As 41-82 .333 37.5 13-45 28-37
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Mil Braves 75-47 .615 ---- 39-23 36-24
Brooklyn 71-49 .592 3.0 37-20 34-29
Cincinnati 72-53 .576 4.5 42-25 30-28
St Louis 63-61 .508 13.0 36-30 27-31
Philadelphia 57-64 .471 17.5 31-24 26-40
Pittsburgh 53-72 .424 23.5 26-36 27-36
NY Giants 50-71 .413 24.5 26-31 24-40
Chi Cubs 49-73 .402 26.0 33-31 16-42
American League Games
Cleveland 4, Wash Senators 1
Baltimore 8, Chi White Sox 1 (G1)
NY Yankees 7, Detroit 0 (G1)
Boston 2, Kansas City As 1 (G1)
Chi White Sox 5, Baltimore 1 (G2)
Detroit 5, NY Yankees 4 (G2)
Kansas City As 7, Boston 6 (G2) (10 in)
National League Games
Mil Braves 6, Brooklyn 2
St Louis 4, NY Giants 3 (G1)
Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 5 (G1)
Pittsburgh 2, Chi Cubs 0 (G1)
NY Giants 4, St Louis 3 (G2)
Philadelphia 11, Cincinnati 4 (G2)
Pittsburgh 2, Chi Cubs 1 (G2)