1938 MLB Saves by Team

The Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants shared the lead of all of MLB in saves in 1938, with 18. The average across 30 MLB teams is 8.1.

Led all of MLB in 1938 Chicago Cubs 154 games

18 Saves Tied with New York Giants

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	18
1	New York Giants	NL	152	18
3	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	17
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	16
4	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	16
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	15
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	15
8	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	14
9	New York Yankees	AL	157	13
10	Boston Bees	NL	153	12
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	12
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	11
12	Washington Senators	AL	152	11
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	9
	MLB average			8.1
15	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	7
15	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	7
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	6
18	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	4
18	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	4
20	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	3
20	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	3
20	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	3
20	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	3
24	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	2
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	1
25	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	1
25	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	1
28	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	0
28	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	0
28	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	0

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.