2001 MLB Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in saves in 2001, with 57, 1 ahead of the Seattle Mariners. The average across 30 MLB teams is 40.3.

Led all of MLB in 2001 New York Yankees 161 games

57 Saves 1 clear of Seattle Mariners

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	AL	161	57
2	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	56
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	51
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	48
4	Houston Astros	NL	162	48
4	New York Mets	NL	162	48
7	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	47
7	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	47
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	46
9	San Diego Padres	NL	162	46
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	45
12	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	44
13	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	43
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	42
15	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	41
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	41
15	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	41
	MLB average			40.3
18	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	38
19	Texas Rangers	AL	162	37
20	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	36
21	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	35
22	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	34
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	34
24	Florida Marlins	NL	162	32
25	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	31
26	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	30
26	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	30
28	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	28
28	Montreal Expos	NL	162	28
30	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	26

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.