1973 AL Saves by Team

The Detroit Tigers led the AL in saves in 1973, with 46, 5 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 12 AL teams is 32.5.

Led the AL in 1973 Detroit Tigers 162 games

46 Saves 5 clear of Kansas City Royals

#	Team	G	SV
1	Detroit Tigers	162	46
2	Kansas City Royals	162	41
2	Oakland Athletics	162	41
4	New York Yankees	162	39
5	Chicago White Sox	162	35
6	Minnesota Twins	162	34
7	Boston Red Sox	162	33
	AL average		32.5
8	Milwaukee Brewers	162	28
9	Texas Rangers	162	27
10	Baltimore Orioles	162	26
11	Cleveland Indians	162	21
12	California Angels	162	19

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.