1953 AL Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led the AL in saves in 1953, with 38, 1 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 8 AL teams is 23.0.

Led the AL in 1953 New York Yankees 151 games

38 Saves 1 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	151	38
2	Boston Red Sox	153	37
3	Chicago White Sox	156	33
4	St. Louis Browns	154	24
	AL average		23.0
5	Detroit Tigers	158	16
6	Cleveland Indians	155	15
7	Philadelphia Athletics	157	11
8	Washington Senators	152	10

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.