1999 MLB Saves by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in saves in 1999, with 55, 5 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 40.6.

Led all of MLB in 1999 Cincinnati Reds 163 games

55 Saves 5 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	55
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	50
2	New York Yankees	AL	162	50
4	New York Mets	NL	163	49
5	Houston Astros	NL	162	48
5	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	48
7	Texas Rangers	AL	162	47
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	46
9	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	45
9	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	45
11	Montreal Expos	NL	162	44
12	San Diego Padres	NL	162	43
13	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	42
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	42
	MLB average			40.6
15	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	161	40
15	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	40
17	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	39
17	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	39
19	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	161	38
20	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	37
20	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	37
22	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	34
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	34
24	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	33
24	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	33
24	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	33
24	Florida Marlins	NL	162	33
28	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	32
28	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	32
30	Kansas City Royals	AL	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.