1957 AL Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led the AL in saves in 1957, with 42, 15 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 8 AL teams is 24.5.

Led the AL in 1957 New York Yankees 154 games

42 Saves 15 clear of Chicago White Sox

#	Team	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	154	42
2	Chicago White Sox	155	27
3	Baltimore Orioles	154	25
	AL average		24.5
4	Boston Red Sox	154	23
4	Cleveland Indians	153	23
6	Detroit Tigers	154	21
7	Kansas City Athletics	154	19
8	Washington Senators	154	16

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.