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 series ended September 7th, 2020.For the 1974 Season
Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series |
Total Series | 131 | 389 | 112 | 12 |
Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 50.38% | 29.82% | 7.14% | 0% |
Home Teams | ||||
Home Team Sweeps | 36 | 73 | 4 | 0 |
Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 28 | 52 | 14 | 0 |
Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 56.25% | 58.4% | 22.22% | 0% |
Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 56.25% | 32.59% | 5.97% | 0% |
Road Teams | ||||
Road Team Sweeps | 30 | 43 | 4 | 0 |
Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 37 | 40 | 5 | 1 |
Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 44.78% | 51.81% | 44.44% | 0% |
Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 44.78% | 26.38% | 8.89% | 0% |
1974 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 |
Atlanta Braves | 4 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 4 |
Baltimore Orioles | 4 - 3 | 8 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 12 - 6 |
Boston Red Sox | 4 - 2 | 5 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 6 |
California Angels | 2 - 1 | 4 - 10 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 12 |
Chicago Cubs | 2 - 1 | 2 - 14 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 15 |
Chicago White Sox | 4 - 2 | 3 - 5 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 7 |
Cincinnati Reds | 3 - 3 | 6 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 4 |
Cleveland Indians | 6 - 3 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 9 |
Detroit Tigers | 2 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 6 |
Houston Astros | 1 - 3 | 6 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 9 |
Kansas City Royals | 2 - 6 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 10 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 6 - 0 | 9 - 5 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 17 - 5 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 1 - 4 | 3 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 10 |
Minnesota Twins | 1 - 1 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 5 |
Montreal Expos | 2 - 3 | 5 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 9 |
New York Mets | 1 - 5 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 10 |
New York Yankees | 4 - 6 | 5 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 8 |
Oakland Athletics | 2 - 2 | 6 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 3 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 3 - 1 | 6 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 10 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 - 3 | 11 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 12 - 6 |
San Diego Padres | 3 - 4 | 3 - 8 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 15 |
San Francisco Giants | 2 - 4 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 9 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 4 - 2 | 7 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 7 |
Texas Rangers | 3 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 5 |
Total Sweeps During 1974: 190 |