1977 MLB Saves by Team

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in saves in 1977, with 47, 3 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 26 MLB teams is 32.5.

Led all of MLB in 1977 Philadelphia Phillies 162 games

47 Saves 3 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	47
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	44
2	San Diego Padres	NL	162	44
4	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	42
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	40
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	40
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	39
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	39
9	New York Yankees	AL	162	34
10	Montreal Expos	NL	162	33
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	33
	MLB average			32.5
12	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	32
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	31
13	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	31
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	31
13	Texas Rangers	AL	162	31
17	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	30
18	Houston Astros	NL	162	28
18	New York Mets	NL	162	28
20	California Angels	AL	162	26
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	26
22	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	25
22	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	25
24	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	23
24	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	23
26	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	20

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.