1947 MLB Saves by Team

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in saves in 1947, with 34, 5 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 28 MLB teams is 11.7.

Led all of MLB in 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 games

34 Saves 5 clear of Cleveland Indians

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	34
2	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	29
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	27
4	New York Yankees	AL	155	21
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	20
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	19
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	18
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	15
8	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	156	15
10	New York Giants	NL	155	14
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	14
12	Boston Braves	NL	154	13
12	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	13
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	13
12	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	13
16	Washington Senators	AL	154	12
	MLB average			11.7
17	Homestead Grays	NN2	70	7
18	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	79	6
18	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	6
20	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	76	4
20	New York Cubans	NN2	62	4
20	Newark Eagles	NN2	84	4
23	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	3
24	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	67	2
25	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	79	1
25	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	82	1
27	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	88	0
27	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	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.