Baseball Almanac presents the World Series dominators. Each of the following teams went to the World Series, but one swept the other before it became too much of a Series making it known that though they both made it to the Fall Classic, one of the two was truly dominant.
"Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games." - Hall of Famer Duke Snider
There have been twenty-one World Series sweeps in Major League history. The American League has won / swept thirteen Fall Classics. The National League has won / swept eight Fall Classics.
Did you know that eight-of-the-thirteen American League World Series sweeps were "courtesy" of the New York Yankees? In the National League the New York Giants / San Francisco Giants (3x) and Cincinnati Reds (2x) have had more than one sweep.
Other interesting general World Series stats through 2017, there have been one-hundred fifteen shutouts, one perfect game, and eleven instances where a team lost the first two games, yet rallied to win!
