MLB Standings after Aug 23 in 1939 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 81-34 .704 ---- 38-18 43-16
Boston 72-41 .637 8.0 32-25 40-16
Chi White Sox 63-53 .543 18.5 38-21 25-32
Cleveland 59-54 .522 21.0 33-24 26-30
Detroit 59-56 .513 22.0 32-28 27-28
Wash Senators 50-67 .427 32.0 31-28 19-39
Philadelph As 40-74 .351 40.5 20-35 20-39
StL Browns 33-78 .297 46.0 14-40 19-38
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Cincinnati 71-42 .628 ---- 37-18 34-24
St Louis 65-47 .580 5.5 35-23 30-24
Chi Cubs 64-53 .547 9.0 32-24 32-29
Brooklyn 57-54 .514 13.0 37-23 20-31
NY Giants 56-56 .500 14.5 29-28 27-28
Pittsburgh 51-60 .459 19.0 24-28 27-32
Bos Bees 49-62 .441 21.0 30-26 19-36
Philadelphia 35-74 .321 34.0 23-31 12-43
American League Games
Boston 9, StL Browns 1
Philadelphia As 7, Detroit 6 (11 in)
NY Yankees 7, Chi White Sox 2 (G1)
NY Yankees 16, Chi White Sox 4 (G2)
National League Games
Chi Cubs 8, NY Giants 3
Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 0
Brooklyn 8, St Louis 3
Bos Bees 1, Pittsburgh 0 (G1)
Bos Bees 3, Pittsburgh 1 (G2)