1939 MLB Saves by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in saves in 1939, with 32, 6 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 29 MLB teams is 9.3.

Led all of MLB in 1939 St. Louis Cardinals 155 games

32 Saves 6 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	32
2	New York Yankees	AL	152	26
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	21
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	20
4	New York Giants	NL	151	20
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	16
7	Boston Bees	NL	152	15
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	153	15
9	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	13
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	13
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	13
12	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	12
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	152	12
14	Washington Senators	AL	153	10
	MLB average			9.3
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	9
16	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	60	7
17	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	3
17	New York Black Yankees	NN2	47	3
17	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	3
20	Homestead Grays	NN2	51	2
20	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	64	2
20	St. Louis Stars	NAL	45	2
23	Chicago American Giants	NAL	63	1
23	Newark Eagles	NN2	61	1
25	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	0
25	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	8	0
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	54	0
25	New York Cubans	NN2	31	0
25	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	19	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.