1946 MLB Saves by Team

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in saves in 1946, with 28, 5 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 28 MLB teams is 9.5.

Led all of MLB in 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers 157 games

28 Saves 5 clear of Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	28
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	23
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	20
4	New York Yankees	AL	154	17
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	16
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	15
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	15
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	13
8	New York Giants	NL	154	13
10	Boston Braves	NL	154	12
10	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	12
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	11
12	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	11
14	Washington Senators	AL	155	10
	MLB average			9.5
15	Homestead Grays	NN2	58	7
16	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	58	6
16	Newark Eagles	NN2	64	6
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	6
19	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	67	5
19	New York Cubans	NN2	50	5
19	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	5
22	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	56	4
23	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	69	2
23	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	2
25	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	1
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	1
27	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	0
27	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	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.