2006 NL Saves by Team

The San Diego Padres led the NL in saves in 2006, with 50, 7 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 16 NL teams is 38.6.

Led the NL in 2006 San Diego Padres 162 games

50 Saves 7 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	G	SV
1	San Diego Padres	162	50
2	Milwaukee Brewers	162	43
2	New York Mets	162	43
4	Houston Astros	162	42
4	Philadelphia Phillies	162	42
6	Florida Marlins	162	41
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	40
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	39
	NL average		38.6
9	Atlanta Braves	162	38
9	St. Louis Cardinals	161	38
11	San Francisco Giants	161	37
12	Cincinnati Reds	162	36
13	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	34
13	Colorado Rockies	162	34
15	Washington Nationals	162	32
16	Chicago Cubs	162	29

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.