1988 MLB Saves by Team

The Oakland Athletics led all of MLB in saves in 1988, with 64, 12 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 26 MLB teams is 40.3.

Led all of MLB in 1988 Oakland Athletics 162 games

64 Saves 12 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	64
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	52
3	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	51
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	49
5	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	47
6	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	46
6	New York Mets	NL	160	46
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	160	46
9	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	43
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	43
9	Montreal Expos	NL	163	43
9	New York Yankees	AL	161	43
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	42
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	42
	MLB average			40.3
15	Houston Astros	NL	162	40
16	San Diego Padres	NL	161	39
17	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	37
18	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	36
18	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	36
20	California Angels	AL	162	33
21	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	32
22	Texas Rangers	AL	161	31
23	Chicago Cubs	NL	163	29
24	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	28
25	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	26
26	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	25

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.