1998 NL Saves by Team

The San Diego Padres led the NL in saves in 1998, with 59, 3 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 16 NL teams is 42.2.

Led the NL in 1998 San Diego Padres 162 games

59 Saves 3 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	G	SV
1	San Diego Padres	162	59
2	Chicago Cubs	163	56
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	47
4	New York Mets	162	46
5	Atlanta Braves	162	45
6	Houston Astros	162	44
6	San Francisco Giants	163	44
6	St. Louis Cardinals	163	44
	NL average		42.2
9	Cincinnati Reds	162	42
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	163	41
11	Milwaukee Brewers	162	39
11	Montreal Expos	162	39
13	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	37
14	Colorado Rockies	162	36
15	Philadelphia Phillies	162	32
16	Florida Marlins	162	24

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.