1946-1950 Boston Red Sox vs 1962-1966 Los Angeles Dodgers

[9RoyHobbsRF]

1946 Red Sox 104-50 .675 1st place
1947 Red Sox 83-71 .539 3rd place
1948 Red Sox 96-59 .619 2nd place (tied for 1st, lost 1 game playoff)
1949 Red Sox 96-58 .623 2nd place (1 game out)
1950 Red Sox 94-60, .610 3rd place. Ted Williams missed 65 games, last team to hit .300 as a team

1962 Dodgers 102-63 .618 2nd place (tied for 1st lost 3 game playoff)
1963 Dodgers 99-63 .611 1st place
1964 Dodgers 80-82, .494 tied for 6th place
1965 Dodgers 97-65, .599 1st place
1966 Dodgers 95-67, .586 1st place

If I did this right it is 473-298 (.613) for the Sox and 475-340 (.583) for the Dodgers

[JR Hart]

but the Dodgers had an overall weaker record and a miserable 1964 season

is it the Red Sox fault they played in a league with a much better opponent than the Dodgers had year in year out?

OK

let's see the numbers

[9RoyHobbsRF]

but the Dodgers had an overall weaker record and a miserable 1964 season

is it the Red Sox fault they played in a league with a much better opponent than the Dodgers had year in year out?

[JR Hart]

2 Championships tops 0

[9RoyHobbsRF]

Can you beleieve I typed 8 nice paragraphs on this and then lost it - will redo shortly, with summaries on each team each year

but which team was better?