MLB League Standings after Aug 23 in 1997 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Home Away Div Leag ILg
Baltimore 82-44 .651 ---- 38-22 44-22 18-15 57-27 7-2
NY Yankees 77-51 .602 6.0 38-26 39-25 14-12 59-34 4-5
Seattle 72-57 .558 11.5 36-28 36-29 15-10 52-42 5-5
Anaheim 71-59 .546 13.0 40-25 31-34 19-6 50-45 2-8
Cleveland 67-59 .532 15.0 35-31 32-28 21-9 41-46 5-4
Boston 64-66 .492 20.0 33-35 31-31 17-18 41-45 6-3
Milwaukee 63-65 .492 20.0 38-24 25-41 17-18 42-42 4-5
Chi White Sox 63-66 .488 20.5 35-30 28-36 17-11 42-50 4-5
Toronto 62-66 .484 21.0 31-32 31-34 18-18 40-43 4-5
Texas 62-67 .481 21.5 32-35 30-32 9-16 46-48 7-3
Detroit 60-68 .469 23.0 34-32 26-36 16-20 40-43 4-5
Kansas City 52-74 .413 30.0 27-37 25-37 11-23 37-46 4-5
Minnesota 52-75 .409 30.5 26-37 26-38 15-20 33-50 4-5
Oakland 51-79 .392 33.0 28-36 23-43 7-18 38-57 6-4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Home Away Div Leag ILg
Atlanta 80-49 .620 ---- 40-23 40-26 21-15 55-29 4-5
Florida 74-53 .583 5.0 42-23 32-30 20-15 48-35 6-3
LA Dodgers 71-58 .550 9.0 40-26 31-32 14-11 51-43 6-4
San Francisco 71-58 .550 9.0 38-28 33-30 14-11 50-44 7-3
NY Mets 70-58 .547 9.5 39-23 31-35 19-10 49-41 2-7
Houston 68-61 .527 12.0 37-29 31-32 23-13 42-42 3-6
Pittsburgh 65-64 .504 15.0 33-29 32-35 17-15 43-45 5-4
Montreal 63-64 .496 16.0 37-29 26-35 14-19 42-43 7-2
Colorado 62-67 .481 18.0 35-26 27-41 8-17 51-43 3-7
San Diego 61-68 .473 19.0 30-35 31-33 14-11 43-51 4-6
St Louis 59-69 .461 20.5 33-30 26-39 16-20 39-44 4-5
Cincinnati 55-71 .437 23.5 32-33 23-38 15-17 34-51 6-3
Chi Cubs 51-78 .395 29.0 32-31 19-47 13-19 32-56 6-3
Philadelphia 45-79 .363 32.5 24-35 21-44 7-22 37-49 1-8
American League Games
Anaheim 6, Boston 1
Texas 13, Chi White Sox 8
Cleveland 7, Oakland 4
Milwaukee 5, Detroit 2
Baltimore 5, Minnesota 4
NY Yankees 10, Seattle 8 (11 in)
Toronto 6, Kansas City 5
National League Games
Atlanta 10, Cincinnati 3
Colorado 6, Houston 3
LA Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 3
Montreal 9, Chi Cubs 5
NY Mets 9, San Diego 5
Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 4
Florida 3, St Louis 0