2009 MLB Saves by Team

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the New York Yankees shared the lead of all of MLB in saves in 2009, with 51. The average across 30 MLB teams is 40.1.

Led all of MLB in 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 162 games

51 Saves Tied with New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	51
1	New York Yankees	AL	162	51
3	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	49
4	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	48
5	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	45
5	Florida Marlins	NL	162	45
5	San Diego Padres	NL	162	45
5	Texas Rangers	AL	162	45
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	44
9	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	44
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	44
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	43
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	42
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	41
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	41
14	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	41
14	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	41
	MLB average			40.1
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	40
19	Houston Astros	NL	162	39
19	New York Mets	NL	162	39
21	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	38
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	38
23	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	36
23	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	36
25	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	34
26	Washington Nationals	NL	162	33
27	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	31
28	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	28
29	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	25
29	Toronto Blue Jays	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.