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Chicago White Sox	1	Final
Baltimore Orioles	8

W	Bill Wight (8-10)
L	Billy Pierce (18-6)

Chicago White Sox	5	Final
Baltimore Orioles	1

W	Gerry Staley (5-1)
L	Hal Brown (8-4)

Kansas City Athletics	1	Final
Boston Red Sox	2

W	Willard Nixon (8-6)
L	Bobby Shantz (2-6)

Kansas City Athletics	7	Final
Boston Red Sox	6	(10)

W	Art Ditmar (10-17)
L	Bob Porterfield (3-10)

Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Final
Chicago Cubs	0

W	Bob Friend (15-13)
L	Bob Rush (12-7)

Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Final
Chicago Cubs	1

W	Ron Kline (11-15)
L	Sam Jones (7-12)
S	Bob Friend (1)

Philadelphia Phillies	5	Final
Cincinnati Redlegs	10

W	Art Fowler (9-10)
L	Ron Negray (2-3)

Philadelphia Phillies	11	Final
Cincinnati Redlegs	4

W	Harvey Haddix (12-5)
L	Brooks Lawrence (16-8)

Brooklyn Dodgers	2	Final
Milwaukee Braves	6

W	Bob Buhl (16-5)
L	Roger Craig (12-9)

Detroit Tigers	0	Final
New York Yankees	7

W	Tom Sturdivant (13-6)
L	Paul Foytack (10-11)

Detroit Tigers	5	Final
New York Yankees	4

W	Steve Gromek (8-5)
L	Mickey McDermott (2-6)
S	Frank Lary (1)

New York Giants	3	Final
St. Louis Cardinals	4

W	Tom Poholsky (8-10)
L	Joe Margoneri (5-4)
S	Jackie Collum (6)

New York Giants	4	Final
St. Louis Cardinals	3

W	Dick Littlefield (2-5)
L	Vinegar Bend Mizell (12-11)
S	Johnny Antonelli (1)

Cleveland Indians	4	Final
Washington Nationals	1

W	Early Wynn (15-7)
L	Dean Stone (4-5)

Up To This Date

After This Date

Standings Up to and Including this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	80	46	.635	--	709	524	.635
CLE	70	51	.579	7.5	606	478	.607
CHW	67	54	.554	10.5	623	506	.594
BOS	67	56	.545	11.5	615	597	.514
DET	60	64	.484	19.0	613	595	.514
BAL	55	68	.447	23.5	460	573	.401
WSH	51	70	.421	26.5	544	723	.373
KCA	41	82	.333	37.5	505	679	.368

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
MLN	75	47	.615	--	583	433	.633
BRO	71	49	.592	3.0	559	492	.558
CIN	72	53	.576	4.5	628	552	.559
STL	63	61	.508	13.0	575	559	.513
PHI	57	64	.471	17.5	539	598	.453
PIT	53	72	.424	23.5	479	533	.451
NYG	50	71	.413	24.5	417	530	.392
CHC	49	73	.402	26.0	491	574	.429

Standings For Games Played After this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
DET	22	8	.733	--	176	104	.724
NYY	17	11	.607	4.0	148	107	.644
BOS	17	14	.548	5.5	165	154	.532
CHW	18	15	.545	5.5	153	128	.581
CLE	18	15	.545	5.5	106	103	.513
BAL	14	17	.452	8.5	111	132	.421
KCA	11	20	.355	11.5	114	152	.371
WSH	8	25	.242	15.5	108	201	.243

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
BRO	22	12	.647	--	161	109	.671
CIN	19	10	.655	0.5	147	106	.645
MLN	17	15	.531	4.0	126	136	.465
NYG	17	16	.515	4.5	123	120	.511
PIT	13	16	.448	6.5	109	120	.456
STL	13	17	.433	7.0	103	139	.366
PHI	14	19	.424	7.5	129	140	.463
CHC	11	21	.344	10.0	106	134	.394