Below you will find the number of times a team recorded a sweep and the number of times that team was swept in a given year (select the year via the drop-down box). If you are looking for the total number of sweeps in our database, check out Sweep Statistics. If you want more specific details about a given team, including the number of times a team was on the verge of a sweep and failed, check out the Team Tracker.
Sweep Data current through the end of the 2024 Regular Season.For the 1961 Season
| Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Total Series |
| Total Series | 128 | 226 | 102 | 13 | 469 |
| Total Sweeps | 66 | 65 | 24 | 2 | 157 |
| Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 51.56% | 28.76% | 23.53% | 15.38% | 33.48% |
| Home Teams | |||||
| Home Team Sweeps | 45 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 104 |
| Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 32 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 63 |
| Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 58.44% | 58.46% | 86.36% | 66.67% | 62.28% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 58.44% | 33.33% | 38% | 16.67% | 41.11% |
| Road Teams | |||||
| Road Team Sweeps | 21 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 30 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 55 |
| Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 41.18% | 56.25% | 55.56% | 0% | 49.07% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 41.18% | 24.11% | 9.62% | 0% | 24.54% |
| 1961 Season | |||||
| Key: 2-3. This would indicate 2 series sweeps and 3 times swept. | |||||
| Team | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Totals Series |
| Baltimore Orioles | 3 - 1 | 5 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 12 - 3 |
| Boston Red Sox | 2 - 4 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 9 |
| Chicago Cubs | 4 - 8 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 13 |
| Chicago White Sox | 3 - 3 | 4 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 10 - 9 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 6 - 4 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 13 - 5 |
| Cleveland Indians | 4 - 4 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 9 - 7 |
| Detroit Tigers | 5 - 2 | 6 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 15 - 5 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 2 - 3 | 0 - 5 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 10 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 1 - 4 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 12 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 - 2 | 8 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 16 - 6 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 5 - 6 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 9 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 - 2 | 3 - 5 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 10 |
| New York Yankees | 6 - 2 | 6 - 0 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 18 - 2 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1 - 7 | 0 - 9 | 0 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 20 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 - 5 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 9 |
| San Francisco Giants | 5 - 1 | 5 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 6 - 4 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 6 |
| Washington Senators | 2 - 4 | 2 - 8 | 0 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 16 |
| Total Sweeps During 1961: 157 | |||||