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 2021 Season.For the 1974 Season
| Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series |
| Total Series | 131 | 389 | 112 | 12 |
| Total Sweeps | 66 | 116 | 8 | 0 |
| 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 | |||||