Friday, November 10, 2017

World Series: Sweeps. 6 of 9.

1. Sunday in the park
2. Nine game series, eight games and tie
3. Home sweet home
4. Travel
5. Best of Seven WS
6. Sweeps
7. Regular Season
8. Yankees
9. Yanks 1960

This file contain pertinent data:


6. Sweeps:

No best of nine WS loser had fewer than two wins.

There have been 21 WS in which the losing team did not win a game.  Two of those WS had a tie game:
1907 Cubs won game five on the road
1922 Giants won game five at home.
Year
Winner
Loser
1
2
3
4
W
L
ties
Games
1907
Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
tie
CHN
CHN
chn
4
0
1
5
1914
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Athletics
bsn
bsn
BSN
BSN
4
0
0
4
1922
New York Giants
New York Yankees
NY1
tie
NY1
ny1
4
0
1
5
1927
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
nya
nya
NYA
NYA
4
0
0
4
1928
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
NYA
NYA
nya
nya
4
0
0
4
1932
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
NYA
NYA
nya
nya
4
0
0
4
1938
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
nya
nya
NYA
NYA
4
0
0
4
1939
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
NYA
NYA
nya
nya
4
0
0
4
1950
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
nya
nya
NYA
NYA
4
0
0
4
1954
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
NY1
NY1
ny1
ny1
4
0
0
4
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
lan
lan
LAN
LAN
4
0
0
4
1966
Baltimore Orioles
Los Angeles Dodgers
bal
bal
BAL
BAL
4
0
0
4
1976
Cincinnati Reds
New York Yankees
CIN
CIN
cin
cin
4
0
0
4
1989
Oakland Athletics
San Francisco Giants
OAK
OAK
oak
oak
4
0
0
4
1990
Cincinnati Reds
Oakland Athletics
CIN
CIN
cin
cin
4
0
0
4
1998
New York Yankees
San Diego Padres
NYA
NYA
nya
nya
4
0
0
4
1999
New York Yankees
Atlanta Braves
nya
nya
NYA
NYA
4
0
0
4
2004
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
BOS
BOS
bos
bos
4
0
0
4
2005
Chicago White Sox
Houston Astros
CHA
CHA
cha
cha
4
0
0
4
2007
Boston Red Sox
Colorado Rockies
BOS
BOS
bos
bos
4
0
0
4
2012 the Giants swept the Tigers 4-0.

New York Yankees are 8-3, leading in both wins and losses.

Second most wins - 3: New York Giants.
Two each for:
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds

Second most losses - 2:
Chicago Cubs
Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals.

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