1980 NL Saves by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led the NL in saves in 1980, with 43, 1 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 12 NL teams is 37.1.

Led the NL in 1980 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games

43 Saves 1 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers

#	Team	G	SV
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	43
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	163	42
3	Houston Astros	163	41
4	Philadelphia Phillies	162	40
5	San Diego Padres	163	39
	NL average		37.1
6	Atlanta Braves	161	37
6	Cincinnati Reds	163	37
8	Montreal Expos	162	36
9	Chicago Cubs	162	35
9	San Francisco Giants	161	35
11	New York Mets	162	33
12	St. Louis Cardinals	162	27

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.