1996 MLB Saves by Team

The Cincinnati Reds and the New York Yankees shared the lead of all of MLB in saves in 1996, with 52. The average across 28 MLB teams is 39.9.

Led all of MLB in 1996 Cincinnati Reds 162 games

52 Saves Tied with New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	52
1	New York Yankees	AL	162	52
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	50
4	San Diego Padres	NL	162	47
5	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	46
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	46
7	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	44
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	43
8	Montreal Expos	NL	162	43
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	43
8	Texas Rangers	AL	163	43
12	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	42
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	42
14	Florida Marlins	NL	162	41
14	New York Mets	NL	162	41
	MLB average			39.9
16	California Angels	AL	161	38
17	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	37
17	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	37
19	Houston Astros	NL	162	35
19	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	35
19	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	35
19	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	35
23	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	34
23	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	34
23	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	34
23	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	34
27	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	31
28	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	22

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.