It’s now been 12 years since a World Series sweep

It’s been more than a decade since any team swept a World Series. And thanks to the Yankees’ 11-4 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the 2024 Fall Classic, that streak will extend at least another year.

There have been 19 sweeps in World Series history, with the most recent coming in 2012 when the Giants took out the Tigers in four games. It remains to be seen whether the Yankees can become the first team to climb out of a 3-0 deficit in the Fall Classic, but for now, New York lives to fight another day.

Here is a look at every sweep in the history of the World Series. (As you might expect, the Yankees — who boast 27 World Series titles — have by far the most sweeps, with eight.)

Note: This story only includes four-game sweeps, but two teams — the 1907 Cubs and 1922 Giants — won the World Series 4-0-1, tying one game and winning the rest.

2012: Giants over Tigers
Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three homers in a World Series game, going yard three times in Game 1 to power San Francisco to a sweep and its second of three titles in a five-season span.

2007: Red Sox over Rockies
After erasing a 3-1 deficit against Cleveland in the ALCS, the Red Sox outscored the Rockies 29-10 to romp to a sweep in the Fall Classic.

2005: White Sox over Astros
Paul Konerko’s grand slam in Game 2, followed by Scott Podsednik’s walk-off homer, helped the White Sox win their first World Series since 1917 in dominant fashion.

2004: Red Sox over Cardinals
Another long title drought ended: After climbing out of a 3-0 hole in the ALCS against the Yankees — the only 3-0 comeback in AL/NL postseason history — the Red Sox made quick work of the Cardinals in the World Series to end the Curse of the Bambino.

1999: Yankees over Braves
This was the Yanks’ second straight World Series sweep — they only lost one game all postseason, sweeping the Rangers in the ALDS and knocking out the Red Sox in a 4-1 ALCS win.

1998: Yankees over Padres
Coming off 114 wins in the regular season — then an American League record — the Yankees swept San Diego thanks to Tino Martinez’s Game 1 grand slam and a strong start in Game 2 from Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez.

1990: Reds over Athletics
Jose Rijo struck out 14 and allowed just one run over 15 1/3 innings in two brilliant starts, denying the favored A’s a second straight World Series title. It was the first time back-to-back Fall Classics finished in a sweep since 1938-39.

1989: Athletics over Giants
The Loma Prieta earthquake just before the start of Game 3 cast a shadow over the “Bay Bridge Series,” which was postponed for 10 days. When it resumed, the A’s continued their dominance to finish a sweep of the Giants.

1976: Reds over Yankees
Johnny Bench delivered some dramatics in the fourth and final game, belting a go-ahead three-run home run in the ninth — his second homer of the game — to help Cincinnati complete the sweep and repeat as World Series champions.

1966: Orioles over Dodgers
Outdueling Sandy Koufax, Jim Palmer hurled a four-hit shutout in a classic Game 2 en route to Baltimore’s sweep — the first World Series title in franchise history, including many years as the St. Louis Browns.

1963: Dodgers over Yankees
Koufax and the Dodgers held the Bronx Bombers to just four runs in the series, with the ace left-hander striking out 15 Yanks in Game 1 — then a World Series record, although it stood only until Bob Gibson fanned 17 Tigers in Game 1 of the 1968 Series.

1954: Giants over Indians
Willie Mays’ famous over-the-shoulder catch at the Polo Grounds maintained a 2-2 tie in the top of the eighth in Game 1, and the Giants won on a pinch-hit walk-off homer by Dusty Rhodes in the 10th to start off a dominant series.

1950: Yankees over Phillies
Joe DiMaggio socked a go-ahead solo homer to lead off the top of the 10th inning of Game 2, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead as they returned to New York. The Yanks held serve at home to sweep Philadelphia and win the Fall Classic.

1939: Yankees over Reds
Lou Gehrig retired early in the season after being stricken with ALS, but it didn’t stop the Yankees from plowing through Cincinnati to win their second straight World Series — both by way of a sweep.

1938: Yankees over Cubs
A sweep of Chicago made the Yankees the first team to win three straight World Series titles (before, of course, they won the following year, too.) Red Ruffing went the distance on the mound in Games 1 and 4 for New York.

1932: Yankees over Cubs
The other of two Yankees sweeps of the Cubs in the 1930s, this one featured Babe Ruth’s disputed (but legendary) “called shot” home run, which broke a 4-4 tie in the fifth inning of Game 3 of his final World Series.

1928: Yankees over Cardinals
Gehrig and Ruth did the heavy lifting for the Yanks in this series, combining to go 16-for-27 (.593) with seven home runs and 13 RBIs. Ruth ended the series with a bang, crushing three home runs in Game 4 in St. Louis.

1927: Yankees over Pirates
The Yankees’ first World Series sweep came in 1927, the year of their famed “Murderers’ Row” lineup headlined by Ruth and Gehrig. One of MLB’s greatest teams ever cemented that legacy in the Fall Classic, sweeping a Pirates team that featured five Hall of Fame hitters.

1914: Braves over Athletics
This was the first four-game sweep in World Series history, with the “Miracle” Braves — in last place in the National League as late as July 4 — surging to an NL pennant and stunning a supposedly strong Philadelphia A’s starting rotation.