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For a complete list of MLB playoff sweeps, seeList of Major League Baseball postseason sweeps.

TheBoston Braves completed the first official sweep in MLB history, beating thePhiladelphia Athletics in the1914 World Series by winning four straight games and losing none.

In theWorld Series, asweep refers to aMajor League Baseball (MLB) team winning four straight games and losing none in abest-of-seven format.

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

The first sweep is credited to the1914 "Miracle" Boston Braves who defeated the1914 Philadelphia Athletics in four straight games. The most recent sweep occurred in the2012 World Series, when theSan Francisco Giants defeated theDetroit 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	Miller Huggins	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	Joe Torre	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 atied 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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TheNew York Yankees have completed the most numbers of sweeps in MLB history, with eight. TheNew York / San Francisco Giants,Cincinnati Reds, andBoston Red Sox are tied at second with two each. To date, 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 four teams "earning" the distinction:Chicago Cubs,Philadelphia / Oakland Athletics,New York Yankees,St. Louis Cardinals. Of those teams, the Cubs and the Cardinals 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
Chicago White Sox	1	0
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers	1	1
Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves	1	1
Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland Athletics	1	2
Cleveland Guardians	0	1
Houston Astros	0	1
San Diego Padres	0	1
Philadelphia Phillies	0	1
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	1
Detroit Tigers	0	1
Colorado Rockies	0	1
Chicago Cubs	0	2
St. Louis Cardinals	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 gone on to 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]

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List of sweeps

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Sweeps by franchise

Instances where a sweep was prevented

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