MLB Standings after Aug 31 in 1942 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 86-44 .662 ---- 51-16 35-28
Boston 79-53 .598 8.0 48-23 31-30
StL Browns 68-61 .527 17.5 28-32 40-29
Cleveland 67-63 .515 19.0 35-30 32-33
Detroit 64-68 .485 23.0 36-26 28-42
Chi White Sox 57-68 .456 26.5 32-26 25-42
Wash Senators 50-75 .400 33.5 30-36 20-39
Philadelph As 49-88 .358 40.5 24-47 25-41
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Brooklyn 88-40 .688 ---- 48-15 40-25
St Louis 85-44 .659 3.5 52-16 33-28
NY Giants 71-58 .550 17.5 37-25 34-33
Cincinnati 64-64 .500 24.0 36-31 28-33
Pittsburgh 58-67 .464 28.5 36-29 22-38
Chi Cubs 60-73 .451 30.5 34-37 26-36
Bos Braves 51-79 .392 38.0 29-30 22-49
Philadelphia 36-88 .290 50.0 20-38 16-50
American League Games
NY Yankees 8, Detroit 3
Boston 8, StL Browns 6
Chi White Sox 3, Philadelphia As 1 (G1)
Chi White Sox 5, Philadelphia As 0 (G2)
National League Games
Brooklyn 5, Pittsburgh 4 (11 in)
NY Giants 7, Chi Cubs 6
Cincinnati 8, Philadelphia 1