1989 MLB Saves by Team

The Oakland Athletics led all of MLB in saves in 1989, with 57, 2 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 26 MLB teams is 41.1.

Led all of MLB in 1989 Oakland Athletics 162 games

57 Saves 2 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	57
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	55
3	San Diego Padres	NL	162	52
4	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	47
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	46
6	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	45
7	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	44
7	New York Yankees	AL	161	44
7	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	44
7	Texas Rangers	AL	162	44
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	164	43
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	42
	MLB average			41.1
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	164	40
14	California Angels	AL	162	38
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	38
14	Houston Astros	NL	162	38
14	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	38
14	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	38
14	New York Mets	NL	162	38
14	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	38
21	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	37
22	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	160	36
23	Montreal Expos	NL	162	35
24	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	33
24	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	33
26	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	26

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.