1981 MLB Saves by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in saves in 1981, with 35, 2 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 26 MLB teams is 23.3.

Led all of MLB in 1981 Milwaukee Brewers 109 games

35 Saves 2 clear of San Francisco Giants

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	109	35
2	San Francisco Giants	NL	111	33
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	103	33
4	New York Yankees	AL	107	30
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	103	29
6	Houston Astros	NL	110	25
7	Atlanta Braves	NL	107	24
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	108	24
7	Kansas City Royals	AL	103	24
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	110	24
7	New York Mets	NL	105	24
	MLB average			23.3
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	105	23
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	106	23
12	Montreal Expos	NL	108	23
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	107	23
12	San Diego Padres	NL	110	23
12	Seattle Mariners	AL	110	23
18	Detroit Tigers	AL	109	22
18	Minnesota Twins	AL	110	22
20	Chicago Cubs	NL	106	20
20	Cincinnati Reds	NL	108	20
22	California Angels	AL	110	19
23	Texas Rangers	AL	105	18
23	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	106	18
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	103	13
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	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.