It will be five months until baseball returns to Chicago, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit, for the first time in six years, the all-time rankings in both offensive and defensive categories for all iterations of the current 30 teams for the 1040 games I’ve identified that I have attended. We continue today on the defensive side of the ball with saves.
Based on the raw numbers, the White Sox and Cubs are once again the leaders in this category, seeing as they are the teams I’ve seen most often. When you adjust the numbers per game, the Blue Jays lead the way with a little more than one save every other game. At the bottom end of the spectrum are the Anaheim incarnation of the Angels, the Miami version of the Marlins, and the Devil Rays, who did not, or have yet to, manage to earn a single save.
Saves
| Team Name | Saves |
|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 145 |
| Chicago Cubs | 98 |
| Kansas City Royals | 19 |
| Minnesota Twins | 17 |
| Detroit Tigers | 17 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 14 |
| Cleveland Indians | 14 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 13 |
| New York Yankees | 12 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 11 |
| Houston Astros | 11 |
| Boston Red Sox | 10 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 9 |
| Florida Marlins
|
9 |
| Seattle Mariners | 8 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 8 |
| Colorado Rockies | 8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 7 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 7 |
| San Francisco Giants | 6 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 6 |
| Atlanta Braves | 6 |
| Oakland Athletics | 6 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 |
| San Diego Padres | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 5 |
| Texas Rangers | 5 |
| Washington Nationals | 4 |
| New York Mets | 3 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 1 |
| Montreal Expos | 1 |
| California Angels | 1 |
| Anaheim Angels | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 0 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 |
Saves per Game
| Team Name | Expr1001 |
|---|---|
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0.518518518518518 |
| California Angels | 0.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 0.45 |
| Colorado Rockies | 0.444444444444444 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 0.411764705882353 |
| Florida Marlins | 0.391304347826087 |
| New York Yankees | 0.387096774193548 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 0.371428571428571 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0.333333333333333 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0.3125 |
| Washington Nationals | 0.307692307692308 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0.306451612903226 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0.288135593220339 |
| Atlanta Braves | 0.285714285714286 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0.275 |
| San Francisco Giants | 0.260869565217391 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0.25 |
| Cleveland Indians | 0.241379310344828 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0.239130434782609 |
| San Diego Padres | 0.238095238095238 |
| Houston Astros | 0.224489795918367 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0.224256292906178 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0.217391304347826 |
| Chicago White Sox | 0.21577380952381 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0.212121212121212 |
| Montreal Expos | 0.2 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0.2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 0.195121951219512 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0.193548387096774 |
| New York Mets | 0.176470588235294 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0.172413793103448 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 0.166666666666667 |
| Texas Rangers | 0.128205128205128 |
| Anaheim Angels | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 0 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 |