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 1965 Season
| Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Total Series |
| Total Series | 111 | 227 | 156 | 10 | 504 |
| Total Sweeps | 53 | 60 | 22 | 0 | 135 |
| Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 47.75% | 26.43% | 14.1% | 0% | 26.79% |
| Home Teams | |||||
| Home Team Sweeps | 35 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 79 |
| Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 26 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 72 |
| Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 57.38% | 44.78% | 60.87% | 0% | 52.32% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 57.38% | 23.08% | 17.28% | 0% | 28.62% |
| Road Teams | |||||
| Road Team Sweeps | 18 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 56 |
| Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 32 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 65 |
| Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 36% | 51.72% | 61.54% | 0% | 46.28% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 36% | 31.25% | 10.67% | 0% | 24.67% |
| 1965 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 - 1 | 6 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 4 |
| Boston Red Sox | 2 - 3 | 0 - 7 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 11 |
| California Angels | 1 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 9 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 2 - 4 | 7 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 4 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 2 - 1 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 5 |
| Cleveland Indians | 4 - 3 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 7 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 2 |
| Houston Astros | 3 - 4 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 10 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 1 - 6 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 12 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 2 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 3 - 2 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 5 |
| Minnesota Twins | 6 - 1 | 6 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 13 - 1 |
| New York Mets | 1 - 6 | 0 - 8 | 0 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 20 |
| New York Yankees | 3 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 6 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 - 2 | 6 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 7 |
| San Francisco Giants | 4 - 1 | 6 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 13 - 2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 2 - 4 | 4 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 8 |
| Washington Senators | 2 - 4 | 2 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 10 |
| Total Sweeps During 1965: 135 | |||||