2012 MLB Saves by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in saves in 2012, with 56, 1 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 30 MLB teams is 42.0.

Led all of MLB in 2012 Cincinnati Reds 162 games

56 Saves 1 clear of Baltimore Orioles

#	Team	League	G	SV
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	56
2	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	55
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	53
4	New York Yankees	AL	162	51
4	Washington Nationals	NL	162	51
6	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	50
7	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	47
7	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	47
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	45
10	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	44
10	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	44
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	43
12	San Diego Padres	NL	162	43
12	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	43
12	Texas Rangers	AL	162	43
	MLB average			42.0
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	42
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	42
18	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	40
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	40
20	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	39
21	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	38
21	Miami Marlins	NL	162	38
23	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	37
24	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	36
24	New York Mets	NL	162	36
26	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	35
26	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	35
28	Houston Astros	NL	162	31
29	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	29
30	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	28

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.