1959 MLB Saves by Team

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in saves in 1959, with 36, 6 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 16 MLB teams is 23.7.

Led all of MLB in 1959 Chicago White Sox 156 games

36 Saves 6 clear of Baltimore Orioles

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	36
2	Baltimore Orioles	AL	155	30
3	New York Yankees	AL	155	28
4	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	154	26
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	156	26
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	25
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	25
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	24
	MLB average			23.7
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	23
9	San Francisco Giants	NL	154	23
11	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	21
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	21
11	Washington Senators	AL	154	21
14	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	18
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	17
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	15

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.