1970 MLB Saves by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in saves in 1970, with 60, 2 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 24 MLB teams is 36.6.

Led all of MLB in 1970 Cincinnati Reds 162 games

60 Saves 2 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	60
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	58
3	California Angels	AL	162	49
3	New York Yankees	AL	163	49
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	44
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	43
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	161	42
8	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	40
8	Washington Senators	AL	162	40
10	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	39
	MLB average			36.6
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	36
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	35
12	Houston Astros	NL	162	35
14	Montreal Expos	NL	162	32
14	New York Mets	NL	162	32
14	San Diego Padres	NL	162	32
17	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	31
18	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	30
18	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	30
20	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	163	27
21	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	25
21	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	25
23	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	24
24	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	20

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.