1987 MLB Saves by Team

The New York Mets led all of MLB in saves in 1987, with 51, 1 ahead of the Montreal Expos. The average across 26 MLB teams is 37.3.

Led all of MLB in 1987 New York Mets 162 games

51 Saves 1 clear of Montreal Expos

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	New York Mets	NL	162	51
2	Montreal Expos	NL	162	50
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	48
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	48
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	48
6	New York Yankees	AL	162	47
7	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	45
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	44
9	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	43
10	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	40
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	39
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	39
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	38
	MLB average			37.3
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	37
15	California Angels	AL	162	36
16	Houston Astros	NL	162	33
16	San Diego Padres	NL	162	33
16	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	33
19	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	32
19	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	32
21	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	31
22	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	30
23	Texas Rangers	AL	162	27
24	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	26
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	25
26	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	16

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.