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 1979 Season
| Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Total Series |
| Total Series | 112 | 428 | 133 | 10 | 683 |
| Total Sweeps | 56 | 125 | 17 | 1 | 199 |
| Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 50% | 29.21% | 12.78% | 10% | 29.14% |
| Home Teams | |||||
| Home Team Sweeps | 34 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 117 |
| Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 29 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 103 |
| Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 53.97% | 56.59% | 33.33% | 100% | 53.18% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 53.97% | 32.88% | 12.68% | 16.67% | 32.32% |
| Road Teams | |||||
| Road Team Sweeps | 22 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 82 |
| Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 27 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 74 |
| Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 44.9% | 58.43% | 44.44% | 0% | 52.56% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 44.9% | 25.24% | 13.11% | 0% | 25.63% |
| 1979 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 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 8 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 13 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 6 - 0 | 7 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 15 - 2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 1 - 0 | 8 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 1 |
| California Angels | 0 - 2 | 7 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 8 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1 - 6 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 9 |
| Chicago White Sox | 2 - 3 | 6 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 9 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 5 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 4 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1 - 1 | 5 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 8 |
| Detroit Tigers | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 2 |
| Houston Astros | 3 - 1 | 7 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 5 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 - 2 | 7 - 5 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 7 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 - 2 | 3 - 5 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 7 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 3 - 1 | 8 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 5 |
| Minnesota Twins | 2 - 1 | 4 - 9 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 10 |
| Montreal Expos | 6 - 1 | 7 - 6 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 15 - 7 |
| New York Mets | 4 - 4 | 2 - 7 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 14 |
| New York Yankees | 1 - 0 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 3 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0 - 3 | 2 - 11 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 15 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 4 - 1 | 6 - 5 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 11 - 7 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 - 3 | 5 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 12 - 6 |
| San Diego Padres | 0 - 4 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 11 |
| San Francisco Giants | 1 - 5 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 10 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0 - 3 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 2 - 3 | 5 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 6 |
| Texas Rangers | 0 - 2 | 7 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 7 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 2 - 2 | 2 - 10 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 15 |
| Total Sweeps During 1979: 199 | |||||