1985 MLB Saves by Team

The Montreal Expos led all of MLB in saves in 1985, with 53, 4 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 26 MLB teams is 37.6.

Led all of MLB in 1985 Montreal Expos 161 games

53 Saves 4 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Montreal Expos	NL	161	53
2	New York Yankees	AL	161	49
3	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	47
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	45
5	San Diego Padres	NL	162	44
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	44
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	42
7	Houston Astros	NL	162	42
9	California Angels	AL	162	41
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	41
9	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	41
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	40
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	39
	MLB average			37.6
14	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	37
14	New York Mets	NL	162	37
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	36
17	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	34
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	33
18	Texas Rangers	AL	161	33
20	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	30
20	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	30
22	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	29
22	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	29
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	29
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	28
26	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	24

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.