1980 MLB Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in saves in 1980, with 50, 7 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 26 MLB teams is 34.7.

Led all of MLB in 1980 New York Yankees 162 games

50 Saves 7 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	AL	162	50
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	43
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	43
4	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	42
4	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	42
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	163	42
7	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	41
7	Houston Astros	NL	163	41
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	40
10	San Diego Padres	NL	163	39
11	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	37
11	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	37
13	Montreal Expos	NL	162	36
14	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	35
14	San Francisco Giants	NL	161	35
	MLB average			34.7
16	New York Mets	NL	162	33
17	Cleveland Indians	AL	160	32
18	California Angels	AL	160	30
18	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	30
18	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	30
18	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	30
22	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	27
23	Seattle Mariners	AL	163	26
24	Texas Rangers	AL	163	25
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	23
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	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.