List of World Series sweeps

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The Boston Braves completed the first official sweep in MLB history, beating the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series by winning four straight games and losing none. 1914 Boston Braves.jpeg
The Boston Braves completed the first official sweep in MLB history, beating the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series by winning four straight games and losing none.

In the World Series, a sweep refers to a Major League Baseball (MLB) team winning four straight games and losing none in a best-of-seven format.

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There have been 19 sweeps in World Series history. The American League has been responsible for thirteen of the sweeps, with the New York Yankees account for more than half of those, with a record eight. The National League is responsible for the remaining six sweeps, with the New York / San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds each achieving two. [1]

The first sweep is credited to the 1914 "Miracle" Boston Braves who defeated the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics in four straight games. The most recent sweep occurred in the 2012 World Series, when the San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers. [2]

List of sweeps

Key
National League team (NL)
American League team (AL)

Disputed

There is a dispute as to whether the following World Series can be considered sweeps as, in both cases, while the team did win four games and lost none, each series had a tied game. A number of sources do not recognize them as official sweeps while others list them as such. [22] [23]

Sweeps by franchise

The New York Yankees have completed the most numbers of sweeps in MLB history, with eight. The New York / San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and Boston Red Sox are tied at second with two each. To date, the Red Sox are the only team with multiple sweeps to have never been swept themselves.

The most times a team has been swept is two, with four teams "earning" the distinction: Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia / Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals. Of those teams, the Cubs and the Cardinals have never completed a sweep themselves.

FranchiseNo. of sweeps achievedNo. of sweeps by opponent
New York Yankees 82
Boston Red Sox 20
New York / San Francisco Giants 21
Cincinnati Reds 21
St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles 10
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves 11
Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland Athletics 12
Chicago White Sox 01
Cleveland Guardians 01
Houston Astros 01
San Diego Padres 01
Philadelphia Phillies 01
Pittsburgh Pirates 01
Detroit Tigers 01
Colorado Rockies 01
Chicago Cubs 02
St. Louis Cardinals 02
Los Angeles Angels 00
Arizona Diamondbacks 00
Seattle Mariners 00
Texas Rangers 00
Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals 00
Kansas City Royals 00
Miami Marlins 00
Milwaukee Brewers 00
Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins 00
New York Mets 00
Tampa Bay Rays 00
Toronto Blue Jays 00

Instances where a sweep was prevented

In the 25 times teams have taken a 3-0 World Series lead, the opponent has forced a Game 5 four times. [26] No team which has forced a World Series Game 5 has went on force a Game 6, let alone complete a comeback, i.e. a "reverse sweep." [27]

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