1997 AL Saves by Team

The Baltimore Orioles led the AL in saves in 1997, with 59, 7 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 14 AL teams is 40.6.

Led the AL in 1997 Baltimore Orioles 162 games

59 Saves 7 clear of Chicago White Sox

#	Team	G	SV
1	Baltimore Orioles	162	59
2	Chicago White Sox	161	52
3	New York Yankees	162	51
4	Milwaukee Brewers	161	44
5	Detroit Tigers	162	42
	AL average		40.6
6	Boston Red Sox	162	40
7	Anaheim Angels	162	39
7	Cleveland Indians	161	39
9	Oakland Athletics	162	38
9	Seattle Mariners	162	38
11	Toronto Blue Jays	162	34
12	Texas Rangers	162	33
13	Minnesota Twins	162	30
14	Kansas City Royals	161	29

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.