1979 MLB Saves by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in saves in 1979, with 52, 8 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 26 MLB teams is 32.3.

Led all of MLB in 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 163 games

52 Saves 8 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	52
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	44
3	Texas Rangers	AL	162	42
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	40
5	Montreal Expos	NL	160	39
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	37
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	160	37
6	New York Yankees	AL	160	37
9	New York Mets	NL	163	36
10	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	34
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	34
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	34
13	California Angels	AL	162	33
13	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	33
	MLB average			32.3
15	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	32
16	Houston Astros	NL	162	31
17	Baltimore Orioles	AL	159	30
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	29
18	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	29
20	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	27
21	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	26
22	San Diego Padres	NL	161	25
22	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	25
24	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	23
25	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	20
26	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	11

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.