1916 MLB Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in saves in 1916, with 17, 1 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 11.4.

Led all of MLB in 1916 New York Yankees 156 games

17 Saves 1 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	AL	156	17
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	16
2	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	16
4	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	15
4	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	153	15
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	13
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	13
6	St. Louis Browns	AL	158	13
9	New York Giants	NL	155	12
	MLB average			11.4
10	Boston Braves	NL	158	11
11	Brooklyn Robins	NL	156	9
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	9
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	7
13	Washington Senators	AL	159	7
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	6
16	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	3

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.