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The Boston Braves completed the first official sweep in MLB history, beating the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series by winning four straight games and losing none.

In the World Series, a sweep usually refers to a Major League Baseball (MLB) team winning four straight games and losing none in a best-of-seven format.

There have been 19 sweeps in World Series history. The American League has been responsible for thirteen of the sweeps, with the New York Yankees account for more than half of those, with a record eight. The National League is responsible for the remaining six sweeps, with the New York / San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds each achieving two.[1]

The first sweep is credited to the 1914 "Miracle" Boston Braves who defeated the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics in four straight games. The most recent sweep occured in the 2012 World Series, when the San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers.[2]

List of sweeps

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Key
National League team (NL)
American League team (AL)
Year Winning team Manager Losing team Manager Series MVP Ref.
1914 Boston Braves George Stallings Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack — [3]
1927 New York Yankees Miller Huggins Pittsburgh Pirates Donie Bush — [4]
1928 New York Yankees St. Louis Cardinals Bill McKechnie — [5]
1932 New York Yankees Joe McCarthy Chicago Cubs Charlie Grimm — [6]
1938 New York Yankees Chicago Cubs Gabby Hartnett — [7]
1939 New York Yankees Cincinnati Reds Bill McKechnie — [8]
1950 New York Yankees Casey Stengel Philadelphia Phillies Eddie Sawyer — [9]
1954 New York Giants Leo Durocher Cleveland Indians Al López — [10]
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers Walter Alston New York Yankees Ralph Houk Sandy Koufax [11]
1966 Baltimore Orioles Hank Bauer Los Angeles Dodgers Walter Alston Frank Robinson [12]
1976 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson New York Yankees Billy Martin Johnny Bench [13]
1989 Oakland Athletics Tony La Russa San Francisco Giants Roger Craig Dave Stewart [14]
1990 Cincinnati Reds Lou Piniella Oakland Athletics Tony La Russa José Rijo [15]
1998 New York Yankees Joe Torre San Diego Padres Bruce Bochy Scott Brosius [16]
1999 New York Yankees Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox Mariano Rivera [17]
2004 Boston Red Sox Terry Francona St. Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa Manny Ramirez [18]
2005 Chicago White Sox Ozzie Guillén Houston Astros[N] Phil Garner Jermaine Dye [19]
2007 Boston Red Sox Terry Francona Colorado Rockies Clint Hurdle Mike Lowell [20]
2012 San Francisco Giants Bruce Bochy Detroit Tigers Jim Leyland Pablo Sandoval [21]

Disputed

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There is a dispute as to whether the following World Series can be considered sweeps as, in both cases, while the team did win four games and lost none, each series had a tied game. A number of sources do not recognize them as official sweeps while others list them as such.[22][23]

Year Winning team Manager Series result Losing team Manager Ref.
1907 Chicago Cubs Frank Chance 4–0–(1) Detroit Tigers Hugh Jennings [24]
1922 New York Giants John McGraw 4–0–(1) New York Yankees Miller Huggins [25]

Sweeps by franchise

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The New York Yankees have completed the most numbers of sweeps in MLB history, with eight. The New York / San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and Boston Red Sox are tied at second with two each. The Red Sox are the only team with multiple sweeps to have never been swept themselves.

The most times a team has been swept is two, with five teams earning the distinction: Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia / Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers. Of those teams, the Cubs, Cardinals, and Tigers have never completed a sweep themselves.

Franchise No. of sweeps achieved No. of sweeps by opponent
New York Yankees 8 2
Boston Red Sox 2 0
New York / San Francisco Giants 2 1
Cincinnati Reds 2 1
St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles 1 0
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers 1 1
Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves 1 1
Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland Athletics 1 2
Chicago White Sox 0 1
Cleveland Guardians 0 1
Houston Astros 0 1
San Diego Padres 0 1
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 1
Colorado Rockies 0 1
Chicago Cubs 0 2
St. Louis Cardinals 0 2
Detroit Tigers 0 2
Los Angeles Angels 0 0
Arizona Diamondbacks 0 0
Seattle Mariners 0 0
Texas Rangers 0 0
Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals 0 0
Kansas City Royals 0 0
Miami Marlins 0 0
Milwaukee Brewers 0 0
Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins 0 0
New York Mets 0 0
Tampa Bay Rays 0 0
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0

Instances where a sweep was prevented

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In the 25 times teams have taken a 3-0 World Series lead, the opponent has forced a Game 5 four times.[26] No team which has forced a World Series Game 5 has went on force a Game 6, let alone complete a comeback, i.e. a "reverse sweep."[27]

Year Winning team Manager Series result Losing team Manager Ref.
1910 Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack 4–1 Chicago Cubs Frank Chance [28]
1937 New York Yankees Joe McCarthy 4–1 New York Giants Bill Terry [29]
1970 Baltimore Orioles Earl Weaver 4–1 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson [30]
2024 Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Roberts 4–1 New York Yankees Aaron Boone [31]

See also

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Notes

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  • N The Astros were in the National League from 1962 to 2012, after which they moved to the American League.

References

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  2. ^ Schulman, Henry (October 28, 2012). "SF Giants win World Series". San Francisco Chronicle.
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  13. ^ "1976 World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees (4-0)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "1989 World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
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  16. ^ "1998 World Series: New York Yankees over San Diego Padres (4-0)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
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  20. ^ "2007 World Series Boston Red Sox over Colorado Rockies (4-0)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
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  25. ^ "1922 World Series: New York Giants over New York Yankees (4-0-1)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  26. ^ Gardner, Steve (October 30, 2024). "Yankees look to rally from 3-0 deficit: How many MLB teams have done it in playoffs?". USA Today.
  27. ^ Gavin, Mike (October 29, 2024). "Has a team ever come back from being down 3-0 in the World Series?". NBC New York.
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  29. ^ "1937 World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-1)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  30. ^ "1970 World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Cincinnati Reds (4-1)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  31. ^ "2024 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-1)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
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