1909 MLB Saves by Team

The New York Giants led all of MLB in saves in 1909, with 15, 1 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 7.1.

Led all of MLB in 1909 New York Giants 158 games

15 Saves 1 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	New York Giants	NL	158	15
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	14
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	12
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	11
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	11
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	157	8
6	New York Highlanders	AL	153	8
	MLB average			7.1
8	Boston Doves	NL	155	6
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	6
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	4
10	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	4
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	4
13	Brooklyn Superbas	NL	155	3
13	Cleveland Naps	AL	155	3
13	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	3
16	Washington Senators	AL	156	2

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.