1978 NL Saves by Team

The San Diego Padres led the NL in saves in 1978, with 55, 9 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 12 NL teams is 34.5.

Led the NL in 1978 San Diego Padres 162 games

55 Saves 9 clear of Cincinnati Reds

#	Team	G	SV
1	San Diego Padres	162	55
2	Cincinnati Reds	161	46
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	161	44
4	Chicago Cubs	162	38
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	38
	NL average		34.5
6	Atlanta Braves	162	32
6	Montreal Expos	162	32
8	Philadelphia Phillies	162	29
8	San Francisco Giants	162	29
10	New York Mets	162	26
11	Houston Astros	162	23
12	St. Louis Cardinals	162	22

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.