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 1963 Season
Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Total Series |
Total Series | 105 | 256 | 137 | 13 | 511 |
Total Sweeps | 46 | 74 | 20 | 2 | 142 |
Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 43.81% | 28.91% | 14.6% | 15.38% | 27.79% |
Home Teams | |||||
Home Team Sweeps | 23 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 86 |
Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 30 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 80 |
Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 43.4% | 59.49% | 45.16% | 66.67% | 51.81% |
Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 43.4% | 33.33% | 17.72% | 28.57% | 30.71% |
Road Teams | |||||
Road Team Sweeps | 23 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 56 |
Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 29 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 66 |
Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 44.23% | 47.37% | 46.15% | 0% | 45.9% |
Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 44.23% | 23.48% | 10.34% | 0% | 24.24% |
1963 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 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 4 |
Boston Red Sox | 2 - 2 | 4 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 6 |
Chicago Cubs | 0 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 7 |
Chicago White Sox | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 2 |
Cincinnati Reds | 4 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 3 |
Cleveland Indians | 2 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 7 |
Detroit Tigers | 2 - 4 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 10 |
Houston Colt 45s | 0 - 4 | 3 - 7 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 12 |
Kansas City Athletics | 2 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 6 |
Los Angeles Angels | 0 - 1 | 3 - 6 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 8 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 - 1 | 9 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 15 - 4 |
Milwaukee Braves | 2 - 4 | 6 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 9 |
Minnesota Twins | 2 - 1 | 7 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 3 |
New York Mets | 1 - 5 | 1 - 7 | 1 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 19 |
New York Yankees | 6 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 12 - 2 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 5 - 0 | 4 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 - 5 | 5 - 7 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 13 |
San Francisco Giants | 4 - 0 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 5 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 3 - 1 | 7 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 12 - 4 |
Washington Senators | 2 - 7 | 1 - 6 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 14 |
Total Sweeps During 1963: 142 |