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 1982 Season
| Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Total Series |
| Total Series | 118 | 403 | 142 | 17 | 680 |
| Total Sweeps | 58 | 108 | 15 | 5 | 186 |
| Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 49.15% | 26.8% | 10.56% | 29.41% | 27.35% |
| Home Teams | |||||
| Home Team Sweeps | 28 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 104 |
| Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 30 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 97 |
| Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 48.28% | 53.51% | 44% | 100% | 51.74% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 48.28% | 27.98% | 12.79% | 36.36% | 27.88% |
| Road Teams | |||||
| Road Team Sweeps | 30 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 82 |
| Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 30 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 74 |
| Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 50% | 59.49% | 25% | 100% | 52.56% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 50% | 25.41% | 7.14% | 16.67% | 26.71% |
| 1982 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 | 3 - 3 | 7 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 8 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 - 3 | 6 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 9 - 7 |
| Boston Red Sox | 5 - 0 | 7 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 12 - 3 |
| California Angels | 0 - 1 | 8 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 4 |
| Chicago Cubs | 2 - 3 | 5 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 10 |
| Chicago White Sox | 3 - 2 | 7 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 10 - 7 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 1 - 3 | 1 - 6 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 9 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1 - 2 | 5 - 8 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 11 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1 - 3 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 6 |
| Houston Astros | 1 - 1 | 6 - 7 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 7 - 10 |
| Kansas City Royals | 2 - 0 | 6 - 5 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 5 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 - 3 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 7 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 9 - 4 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 - 1 | 2 - 7 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 10 |
| Montreal Expos | 1 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
| New York Mets | 4 - 5 | 0 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 4 - 11 |
| New York Yankees | 1 - 4 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 7 - 8 |
| Oakland Athletics | 3 - 1 | 2 - 9 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 11 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3 - 2 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 8 - 6 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 4 |
| San Diego Padres | 5 - 3 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 8 |
| San Francisco Giants | 4 - 3 | 5 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 10 - 8 |
| Seattle Mariners | 2 - 1 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 10 - 2 |
| Texas Rangers | 1 - 3 | 1 - 6 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 10 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 2 - 2 | 5 - 5 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 8 - 7 |
| Total Sweeps During 1982: 186 | |||||