2006 MLB Saves by Team

The Oakland Athletics led all of MLB in saves in 2006, with 54, 4 ahead of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The average across 30 MLB teams is 40.0.

Led all of MLB in 2006 Oakland Athletics 162 games

54 Saves 4 clear of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	54
2	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	50
2	San Diego Padres	NL	162	50
4	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	47
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	46
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	46
5	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	46
8	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	43
8	New York Mets	NL	162	43
8	New York Yankees	AL	162	43
11	Houston Astros	NL	162	42
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	42
11	Texas Rangers	AL	162	42
11	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	42
15	Florida Marlins	NL	162	41
	MLB average			40.0
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	40
16	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	40
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	39
19	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	38
19	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	161	38
21	San Francisco Giants	NL	161	37
22	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	36
23	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	35
23	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	35
25	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	34
25	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	34
27	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	33
28	Washington Nationals	NL	162	32
29	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	29
30	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	24

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.