1871 MLB Triples by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Three-base hits
The Cleveland Forest Citys led all of MLB in triples in 1871, with 40, 3 ahead of the Boston Red Stockings. The average across 9 MLB teams is 26.6.
Led all of MLB in 1871
Cleveland Forest Citys
29 games
40
Triples
3 clear of Boston Red Stockings
| # | Team | League | G | 3B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Forest Citys | NA | 29 | 40 |
| 2 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 31 | 37 |
| 3 | Troy Haymakers | NA | 29 | 34 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 28 | 27 |
| MLB average | 26.6 | |||
| 5 | Washington Olympics | NA | 32 | 26 |
| 6 | Rockford Forest Citys | NA | 25 | 25 |
| 7 | Chicago White Stockings | NA | 28 | 21 |
| 7 | New York Mutuals | NA | 33 | 21 |
| 9 | Fort Wayne Kekiongas | NA | 19 | 8 |
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.