2002 MLB Saves by Team

The Atlanta Braves led all of MLB in saves in 2002, with 57, 1 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 30 MLB teams is 40.8.

Led all of MLB in 2002 Atlanta Braves 161 games

57 Saves 1 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	57
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	56
3	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	54
4	New York Yankees	AL	161	53
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	51
6	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	48
7	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	47
7	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	47
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	47
10	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	43
10	Houston Astros	NL	162	43
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	43
10	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	43
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	42
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	42
16	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	41
	MLB average			40.8
17	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	40
17	San Diego Padres	NL	162	40
19	Montreal Expos	NL	162	39
20	Florida Marlins	NL	162	36
20	New York Mets	NL	161	36
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	35
23	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	34
24	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	33
24	Texas Rangers	AL	162	33
26	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	32
27	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	31
28	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	30
29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	161	25
30	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	23

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.