MLB Standings after Sep 5 in 1956 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 86-48 .642 ---- 46-25 40-23
Cleveland 75-56 .573 9.5 35-22 40-34
Chi White Sox 73-58 .557 11.5 39-25 34-33
Boston 72-60 .545 13.0 40-32 32-28
Detroit 65-67 .492 20.0 26-36 39-31
Baltimore 58-73 .443 26.5 35-32 23-41
Wash Senators 55-77 .417 30.0 30-43 25-34
Kans City As 43-88 .328 41.5 15-46 28-42
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Mil Braves 81-52 .609 ---- 45-28 36-24
Cin Redlegs 80-54 .597 1.5 47-25 33-29
Brooklyn 79-54 .594 2.0 39-21 40-33
St Louis 65-68 .489 16.0 38-33 27-35
Philadelphia 61-70 .466 19.0 32-27 29-43
Pittsburgh 58-76 .433 23.5 29-37 29-39
NY Giants 55-77 .417 25.5 28-34 27-43
Chi Cubs 52-80 .394 28.5 35-33 17-47
American League Games
Wash Senators 2, Baltimore 0
NY Yankees 5, Boston 3
National League Games
St Louis 2, Chi Cubs 1 (11 in)
Cin Redlegs 12, Mil Braves 2
NY Giants 5, Philadelphia 4 (10 in)
Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 3