1972 MLB Saves by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in saves in 1972, with 60, 12 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 24 MLB teams is 30.5.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Cincinnati Reds 154 games

60 Saves 12 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	60
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	48
3	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	43
4	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	42
5	New York Mets	NL	156	41
6	New York Yankees	AL	155	39
7	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	34
7	Texas Rangers	AL	154	34
9	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	33
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	32
10	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	32
12	Houston Astros	NL	153	31
	MLB average			30.5
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	29
14	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	28
15	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	27
16	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	25
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	25
18	Montreal Expos	NL	156	23
18	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	23
20	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	21
21	San Diego Padres	NL	153	19
22	California Angels	AL	155	16
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	15
24	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	13

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.