1972 AL Saves by Team

The Oakland Athletics led the AL in saves in 1972, with 43, 1 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 12 AL teams is 31.0.

Led the AL in 1972 Oakland Athletics 155 games

43 Saves 1 clear of Chicago White Sox

#	Team	G	SV
1	Oakland Athletics	155	43
2	Chicago White Sox	154	42
3	New York Yankees	155	39
4	Minnesota Twins	154	34
4	Texas Rangers	154	34
6	Detroit Tigers	156	33
7	Milwaukee Brewers	156	32
	AL average		31.0
8	Kansas City Royals	154	28
9	Boston Red Sox	155	25
9	Cleveland Indians	156	25
11	Baltimore Orioles	154	21
12	California Angels	155	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.