Baseball Toaster: Mike's Baseball Rants : Aint She Sweep?

Aint She Sweep?

2004-10-27 19:22

by Mike Carminati

There is some drama in tonight's potential World Series finale. Should the Red Sox win by at least 10 runs—that's 12 baserunning errors in Cardinal-ese—they will win the most lopsided playoff sweep in baseball history. Here's the current list with the 2004 World Series listed as of the third game. Note that the Sox are already on it for the Angels series. Also note the dominance the Yanks had over the Rangers in 1998-98: 6-0 in two series with 23 Yankee runs to just 2 for the Rangers (!):

Yr	Round	Winner	Lg	Loser	Lg	W	L	T	RF	RA	Diff
1884	Temple	Providence Grays	NL	New York Metropolitans	AA	3	0	0	21	3	18
1932	WS	New York Yankees	AL	Chicago Cubs	NL	4	0	0	37	19	18
1989	WS	Oakland Athletics	AL	San Francisco Giants	NL	4	0	0	32	14	18
1928	WS	New York Yankees	AL	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	4	0	0	27	10	17
1970	ALCS	Baltimore Orioles	AL	Minnesota Twins	AL	3	0	0	27	10	17
1981	ALCS	New York Yankees	AL	Oakland Athletics	AL	3	0	0	20	4	16
1990	ALCS	Oakland Athletics	AL	Boston Red Sox	AL	4	0	0	20	4	16
1995	NLDS	Cincinnati Reds	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	3	0	0	22	7	15
1976	WS	Cincinnati Reds	NL	New York Yankees	AL	4	0	0	22	8	14
1990	WS	Cincinnati Reds	NL	Oakland Athletics	AL	4	0	0	22	8	14
1995	NLCS	Atlanta Braves	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NL	4	0	0	19	5	14
1997	NLDS	Atlanta Braves	NL	Houston Astros	NL	3	0	0	19	5	14
2000	NLDS	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	Atlanta Braves	NL	3	0	0	24	10	14
2002	NLDS	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	3	0	0	20	6	14
1907	WS	Chicago Cubs	NL	Detroit Tigers	AL	4	0	1	19	6	13
1927	WS	New York Yankees	AL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	4	0	0	23	10	13
1938	WS	New York Yankees	AL	Chicago Cubs	NL	4	0	0	22	9	13
1998	WS	New York Yankees	AL	San Diego Padres	NL	4	0	0	26	13	13
1999	ALDS	New York Yankees	AL	Texas Rangers	AL	3	0	0	14	1	13
2004	ALDS	Boston Red Sox	AL	Anaheim Angels	AL	3	0	0	25	12	13
1939	WS	New York Yankees	AL	Cincinnati Reds	NL	4	0	0	20	8	12
1954	WS	New York Giants	NL	Cleveland Indians	AL	4	0	0	21	9	12
1969	NLCS	New York Mets	NL	Atlanta Braves	NL	3	0	0	27	15	12
1975	NLCS	Cincinnati Reds	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	3	0	0	19	7	12
1982	NLCS	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	Atlanta Braves	NL	3	0	0	17	5	12
1999	WS	New York Yankees	AL	Atlanta Braves	NL	4	0	0	21	9	12
1966	WS	Baltimore Orioles	AL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	4	0	0	13	2	11
1969	ALCS	Baltimore Orioles	AL	Minnesota Twins	AL	3	0	0	16	5	11
1975	ALCS	Boston Red Sox	AL	Oakland Athletics	AL	3	0	0	18	7	11
1995	ALDS	Cleveland Indians	AL	Boston Red Sox	AL	3	0	0	17	6	11
1998	NLDS	Atlanta Braves	NL	Chicago Cubs	NL	3	0	0	15	4	11
1892	Champ	Boston Beaneaters	NL	Cleveland Spiders	NL	5	0	1	25	15	10
1914	WS	Boston Braves	NL	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	4	0	0	16	6	10
1979	NLCS	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NL	3	0	0	15	5	10
1984	ALCS	Detroit Tigers	AL	Kansas City Royals	AL	3	0	0	14	4	10
1988	ALCS	Oakland Athletics	AL	Boston Red Sox	AL	4	0	0	20	11	9
2004	WS	Boston Red Sox	AL	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	4	0	0	21	12	9
1963	WS	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	New York Yankees	AL	4	0	0	12	4	8
1971	ALCS	Baltimore Orioles	AL	Oakland Athletics	AL	3	0	0	15	7	8
1976	NLCS	Cincinnati Reds	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	3	0	0	19	11	8
1980	ALCS	Kansas City Royals	AL	New York Yankees	AL	3	0	0	14	6	8
1981	AWDIV	Oakland Athletics	AL	Kansas City Royals	AL	3	0	0	10	2	8
1998	ALDS	New York Yankees	AL	Texas Rangers	AL	3	0	0	9	1	8
2001	NLDS	Atlanta Braves	NL	Houston Astros	NL	3	0	0	14	6	8
1922	WS	New York Giants	NL	New York Yankees	AL	4	0	1	18	11	7
2000	ALDS	Seattle Mariners	AL	Chicago White Sox	AL	3	0	0	14	7	7
1950	WS	New York Yankees	AL	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	4	0	0	11	5	6
1970	NLCS	Cincinnati Reds	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	3	0	0	9	3	6
1997	NLDS	Florida Marlins	NL	San Francisco Giants	NL	3	0	0	15	9	6
1996	NLDS	Atlanta Braves	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	3	0	0	10	5	5
1996	NLDS	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	San Diego Padres	NL	3	0	0	15	10	5

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