1981 AL Saves by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led the AL in saves in 1981, with 35, 5 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 14 AL teams is 21.7.

Led the AL in 1981 Milwaukee Brewers 109 games

35 Saves 5 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	G	SV
1	Milwaukee Brewers	109	35
2	New York Yankees	107	30
3	Boston Red Sox	108	24
3	Kansas City Royals	103	24
5	Baltimore Orioles	105	23
5	Chicago White Sox	106	23
5	Seattle Mariners	110	23
8	Detroit Tigers	109	22
8	Minnesota Twins	110	22
	AL average		21.7
10	California Angels	110	19
11	Texas Rangers	105	18
11	Toronto Blue Jays	106	18
13	Cleveland Indians	103	13
14	Oakland Athletics	109	10

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.