MLB Standings after Aug 18 in 1955 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
  Home Away
NY Yankees 72-47 .605 ---- 38-22 34-25
Chi White Sox 69-46 .600 1.0 35-22 34-24
Cleveland 71-48 .597 1.0 37-19 34-29
Boston 68-50 .576 3.5 40-20 28-30
Detroit 62-56 .525 9.5 36-23 26-33
Kans City As 49-71 .408 23.5 25-38 24-33
Wash Senators 41-74 .357 29.0 21-35 20-39
Baltimore 37-77 .325 32.5 20-38 17-39
NATIONAL LEAGUE
  Home Away
Brooklyn 78-39 .667 ---- 40-16 38-23
Mil Braves 66-55 .545 14.0 34-26 32-29
NY Giants 63-56 .529 16.0 34-25 29-31
Philadelphia 60-61 .496 20.0 33-25 27-36
Cin Redlegs 58-63 .479 22.0 36-27 22-36
Chi Cubs 59-65 .476 22.5 37-27 22-38
St Louis 53-65 .449 25.5 30-31 23-34
Pittsburgh 44-77 .364 36.0 25-35 19-42
American League Games
Cleveland 5, Detroit 3
Chi White Sox 6, Kansas City As 2 (G1)
Kansas City As 5, Chi White Sox 3 (G2)
National League Games
Brooklyn 8, NY Giants 5
Cin Redlegs 2, Chi Cubs 1
Mil Braves 5, St Louis 3