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1984 MLB Saves by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games saved

The Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals shared the lead of all of MLB in saves in 1984, with 51. The average across 26 MLB teams is 38.2.

Led all of MLB in 1984 Detroit Tigers 162 games
51 Saves Tied with St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G SV
1 Detroit Tigers AL 162 51
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 51
3 Chicago Cubs NL 161 50
3 Kansas City Royals AL 162 50
3 New York Mets NL 162 50
6 Atlanta Braves NL 162 49
7 Montreal Expos NL 161 48
8 Oakland Athletics AL 162 44
8 San Diego Padres NL 162 44
10 New York Yankees AL 162 43
11 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 41
MLB average 38.2
12 Minnesota Twins AL 162 38
12 San Francisco Giants NL 162 38
14 Cleveland Indians AL 163 35
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 35
14 Seattle Mariners AL 162 35
17 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 34
18 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 33
19 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 32
19 Boston Red Sox AL 162 32
19 Chicago White Sox AL 162 32
22 Houston Astros NL 162 29
23 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 27
24 California Angels AL 162 26
25 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 25
26 Texas Rangers AL 161 21

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.