2003 AL Saves by Team

The New York Yankees led the AL in saves in 2003, with 49, 1 ahead of the Oakland Athletics. The average across 14 AL teams is 38.4.

Led the AL in 2003 New York Yankees 163 games

49 Saves 1 clear of Oakland Athletics

#	Team	G	SV
1	New York Yankees	163	49
2	Oakland Athletics	162	48
3	Minnesota Twins	162	45
4	Texas Rangers	162	43
5	Baltimore Orioles	163	41
6	Anaheim Angels	162	39
	AL average		38.4
7	Seattle Mariners	162	38
8	Boston Red Sox	162	36
8	Chicago White Sox	162	36
8	Kansas City Royals	162	36
11	Toronto Blue Jays	162	35
12	Cleveland Indians	162	34
13	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	162	30
14	Detroit Tigers	162	27

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.