1927 MLB Saves by Team

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in saves in 1927, with 25, 2 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 31 MLB teams is 7.6.

Led all of MLB in 1927 Philadelphia Athletics 155 games

25 Saves 2 clear of Washington Senators

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	25
2	Washington Senators	AL	157	23
3	New York Yankees	AL	155	20
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	17
5	New York Giants	NL	155	16
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	153	12
7	Boston Braves	NL	155	11
7	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	153	11
9	Brooklyn Robins	NL	154	10
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	10
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	153	8
11	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	8
11	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	8
	MLB average			7.6
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	7
14	Chicago American Giants	NNL	94	7
16	Baltimore Black Sox	ECL	70	6
16	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	88	6
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	6
19	Chicago Cubs	NL	153	5
20	Detroit Stars	NNL	95	4
20	St. Louis Stars	NNL	95	4
22	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	98	2
22	Cleveland Hornets	NNL	49	2
22	Cuban Stars East	ECL	60	2
22	Memphis Red Sox	NNL	95	2
26	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	ECL	88	1
26	Cuban Stars West	NNL	70	1
26	Hilldale Club	ECL	82	1
26	New York Lincoln Giants	ECL	25	1
30	Brooklyn Royal Giants	ECL	34	0
30	Harrisburg Giants	ECL	67	0

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.