2005 MLB Saves by Team

The Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim shared the lead of all of MLB in saves in 2005, with 54. The average across 30 MLB teams is 41.8.

Led all of MLB in 2005 Chicago White Sox 162 games

54 Saves Tied with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	54
1	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	54
3	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	51
3	Washington Nationals	NL	162	51
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	48
6	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	46
6	New York Yankees	AL	162	46
6	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	46
6	Texas Rangers	AL	162	46
10	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	45
10	Houston Astros	NL	163	45
10	San Diego Padres	NL	162	45
13	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	44
14	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	43
15	Florida Marlins	NL	162	42
	MLB average			41.8
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	40
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	40
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	39
18	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	39
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	38
20	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	38
20	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	38
20	New York Mets	NL	162	38
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	38
25	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	37
25	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	37
27	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	35
27	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	35
29	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	31
30	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	25

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.