2008 MLB Saves by Team

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim led all of MLB in saves in 2008, with 66, 14 ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays. The average across 30 MLB teams is 39.5.

Led all of MLB in 2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 162 games

66 Saves 14 clear of Tampa Bay Rays

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	66
2	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	52
3	Houston Astros	NL	161	48
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	47
4	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	47
6	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	45
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	44
7	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	44
7	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	44
10	New York Mets	NL	162	43
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	42
11	New York Yankees	AL	162	42
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	42
14	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	41
	MLB average			39.5
15	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	39
16	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	36
16	Florida Marlins	NL	161	36
16	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	36
16	Texas Rangers	AL	162	36
20	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	35
20	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	35
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	34
22	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	34
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	34
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	34
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	33
27	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	31
28	San Diego Padres	NL	162	30
29	Washington Nationals	NL	161	28
30	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	26

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.