the last time the world series was swept was in 2018.
the last time the world series was swept was in 2018.
when was the last time the world series was swept?
2018
bullet::::6. there have been 19 world series four-game (4–0) sweeps, the most recent of which occurred in 2012. nine teams have swept a world series at least once, the yankees having done so most often (8 times). the red sox, reds, and giants have all done it twice. the braves, orioles, white sox, dodgers, and athletics have each swept one series. six of these teams (all but the orioles, red sox and white sox) have also been swept 0–4 in at least one world series. the red sox' two world series sweeps are the most of any team that has never been swept in one. the reds and yankees are the only teams to have swept each other (the yankees swept the reds in 1939, while the reds swept the yankees in 1976). the giants are the only team to record world series sweeps in two cities: new york (1954) and san francisco (2012). the 1999 yankees are the last team to date, and the only one since 1966, to sweep a world series it began on the road. the 1963 dodgers are the last national league team to date to sweep a world series it began on the road.
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this was the first time that the indians had been swept in a world series and the first time that the giants had swept an opponent in four games (their 1922 world series sweep included a controversial tie game). game 2 was the last world series and playoff game at the polo grounds, and game 4 was the last world series and playoff game at cleveland stadium. the indians would be kept out of the world series until , a year after jacobs field opened.









































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1954 world series