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 August 11, 2024.For the 1981 Season
| Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Total Series |
| Total Series | 74 | 294 | 80 | 7 | 455 |
| Total Sweeps | 40 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 131 |
| Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 54.05% | 27.21% | 12.5% | 14.29% | 28.79% |
| Home Teams | |||||
| Home Team Sweeps | 21 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 77 |
| Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 20 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 58 |
| Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 51.22% | 60.24% | 50% | 100% | 57.04% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 51.22% | 32.05% | 14.29% | 50% | 32.91% |
| Road Teams | |||||
| Road Team Sweeps | 19 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 54 |
| Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 14 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 52 |
| Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 57.58% | 48.39% | 45.45% | 0% | 50.94% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 57.58% | 21.74% | 11.11% | 0% | 24.43% |
| 1981 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 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 6 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 3 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 3 |
| California Angels | 1 - 0 | 3 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 6 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1 - 1 | 3 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 8 |
| Chicago White Sox | 4 - 0 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 4 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 2 - 2 | 9 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 4 |
| Cleveland Indians | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 2 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
| Houston Astros | 1 - 1 | 5 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 5 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 5 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 4 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 - 0 | 2 - 5 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 8 |
| Montreal Expos | 5 - 1 | 5 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 3 |
| New York Mets | 0 - 1 | 1 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 8 |
| New York Yankees | 1 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 3 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 3 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 - 5 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 9 |
| San Diego Padres | 2 - 1 | 2 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 7 |
| San Francisco Giants | 1 - 0 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 4 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1 - 3 | 0 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
| Texas Rangers | 1 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0 - 4 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 11 |
| Total Sweeps During 1981: 131 | |||||