2012 AL Saves by Team

The Baltimore Orioles led the AL in saves in 2012, with 55, 4 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 14 AL teams is 42.1.

Led the AL in 2012 Baltimore Orioles 162 games

55 Saves 4 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	G	SV
1	Baltimore Orioles	162	55
2	New York Yankees	162	51
3	Tampa Bay Rays	162	50
4	Oakland Athletics	162	47
5	Kansas City Royals	162	44
6	Cleveland Indians	162	43
6	Seattle Mariners	162	43
6	Texas Rangers	162	43
	AL average		42.1
9	Detroit Tigers	162	40
10	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	38
11	Chicago White Sox	162	37
12	Boston Red Sox	162	35
12	Minnesota Twins	162	35
14	Toronto Blue Jays	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.