MLB Standings after Aug 27 in 1953 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 85-40 .680 ---- 42-20 43-20
Chi White Sox 76-50 .603 9.5 36-30 40-20
Cleveland 72-53 .576 13.0 40-21 32-32
Boston 70-57 .551 16.0 32-31 38-26
Wash Senators 62-66 .484 24.5 32-31 30-35
Philadelph As 51-75 .405 34.5 22-40 29-35
Detroit 45-80 .360 40.0 22-41 23-39
StL Browns 44-84 .344 42.5 19-46 25-38
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Brooklyn 86-40 .683 ---- 50-14 36-26
Mil Braves 77-50 .606 9.5 38-24 39-26
Philadelphia 70-56 .556 16.0 41-23 29-33
St Louis 68-56 .548 17.0 39-22 29-34
NY Giants 59-66 .472 26.5 32-29 27-37
Cin Redlegs 56-69 .448 29.5 30-34 26-35
Chi Cubs 48-77 .384 37.5 30-31 18-46
Pittsburgh 41-91 .311 48.0 24-44 17-47
American League Games
Chi White Sox 6, Boston 4
Cleveland 4, NY Yankees 2 (11 in)
Wash Senators 12, Detroit 5
StL Browns 5, Philadelphia As 4 (G1)
StL Browns 3, Philadelphia As 1 (G2)
National League Games
Brooklyn 7, Chi Cubs 5
St Louis 6, NY Giants 3