2001 AL Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led the AL in saves in 2001, with 57, 1 ahead of the Seattle Mariners. The average across 14 AL teams is 42.1.

Led the AL in 2001 New York Yankees 161 games

57 Saves 1 clear of Seattle Mariners

#	Team	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	161	57
2	Seattle Mariners	162	56
3	Chicago White Sox	162	51
4	Boston Red Sox	161	48
5	Minnesota Twins	162	45
6	Oakland Athletics	162	44
7	Anaheim Angels	162	43
	AL average		42.1
8	Cleveland Indians	162	42
9	Toronto Blue Jays	162	41
10	Texas Rangers	162	37
11	Detroit Tigers	162	34
12	Baltimore Orioles	162	31
13	Kansas City Royals	162	30
13	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	162	30

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.