1998 MLB Saves by Team

The San Diego Padres led all of MLB in saves in 1998, with 59, 3 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 30 MLB teams is 42.2.

Led all of MLB in 1998 San Diego Padres 162 games

59 Saves 3 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	San Diego Padres	NL	162	59
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	163	56
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	53
4	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	52
5	New York Yankees	AL	162	48
6	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	47
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	47
6	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	163	47
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	46
9	New York Mets	NL	162	46
9	Texas Rangers	AL	162	46
12	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	45
13	Houston Astros	NL	162	44
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	163	44
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	44
	MLB average			42.2
16	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	42
16	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	42
16	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	42
19	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	41
20	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	39
20	Montreal Expos	NL	162	39
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	39
23	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	37
23	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	37
25	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	36
26	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	32
26	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	32
28	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	31
29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	28
30	Florida Marlins	NL	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.