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 2012 Season
| Category | 2 Game Series | 3 Game Series | 4 Game Series | 5 Game Series | Total Series |
| Total Series | 45 | 602 | 133 | 0 | 780 |
| Total Sweeps | 19 | 174 | 18 | 0 | 211 |
| Series Sweep Percentage (Total Sweeps divided by Total Series) | 42.22% | 28.9% | 13.53% | 0% | 27.05% |
| Home Teams | |||||
| Home Team Sweeps | 8 | 111 | 10 | 0 | 129 |
| Home Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 15 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 94 |
| Home Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 34.78% | 60.99% | 55.56% | 0% | 57.85% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 34.78% | 33.64% | 15.87% | 0% | 31.01% |
| Road Teams | |||||
| Road Team Sweeps | 11 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 82 |
| Road Team Lost Potential Sweeps | 11 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 87 |
| Road Team Sweep Success (Successful Sweeps divided by Possible Sweeps) | 50% | 50% | 38.1% | 0% | 48.52% |
| Win 1st Game, Complete Sweep (Win 1st game of series and complete sweep) | 50% | 23.16% | 11.43% | 0% | 22.53% |
| 2012 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 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 - 0 | 6 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 5 |
| Atlanta Braves | 0 - 0 | 10 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 5 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 - 1 | 8 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 4 |
| Boston Red Sox | 1 - 3 | 2 - 11 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 14 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 - 1 | 4 - 11 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 14 |
| Chicago White Sox | 1 - 0 | 9 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 4 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0 - 0 | 9 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 2 |
| Cleveland Indians | 2 - 1 | 3 - 8 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 10 |
| Colorado Rockies | 0 - 0 | 2 - 9 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 10 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0 - 1 | 8 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 5 |
| Houston Astros | 1 - 1 | 2 - 10 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 14 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1 - 1 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 9 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 1 - 0 | 7 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 2 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 - 1 | 9 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 6 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 - 1 | 5 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 10 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 0 - 1 | 6 - 6 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 7 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 - 1 | 2 - 11 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 12 |
| New York Mets | 0 - 0 | 7 - 9 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 10 |
| New York Yankees | 1 - 1 | 9 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 4 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0 - 0 | 9 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 11 - 4 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2 - 0 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 6 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 - 0 | 3 - 7 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 7 |
| San Diego Padres | 0 - 0 | 6 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 5 |
| San Francisco Giants | 0 - 0 | 5 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 4 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0 - 2 | 5 - 7 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 6 - 11 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 - 0 | 7 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 4 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 2 - 0 | 6 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 4 |
| Texas Rangers | 1 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 3 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1 - 2 | 5 - 9 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 11 |
| Washington Nationals | 1 - 0 | 6 - 5 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 9 - 5 |
| Total Sweeps During 2012: 211 | |||||