League Leaders Daily Quiz

1890 MLB Triples by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Three-base hits

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in triples in 1890, with 120, 6 ahead of the Pittsburgh Burghers. The average across 25 MLB teams is 75.8.

Led all of MLB in 1890 Cincinnati Reds 134 games
120 Triples 6 clear of Pittsburgh Burghers
# Team League G 3B
1 Cincinnati Reds NL 134 120
2 Pittsburgh Burghers PL 131 114
3 Philadelphia Athletics PL 132 113
4 Toledo Maumees AA 134 108
5 New York Giants PL 132 97
6 Chicago Pirates PL 138 95
7 Cleveland Infants PL 131 94
8 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders PL 133 93
9 New York Giants NL 135 89
10 Boston Reds PL 133 79
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 133 78
12 Columbus Solons AA 140 77
MLB average 75.8
13 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL 129 75
14 St. Louis Browns AA 138 73
15 Louisville Colonels AA 134 65
16 Buffalo Bisons PL 134 64
16 Rochester Broncos AA 133 64
18 Boston Beaneaters NL 134 62
19 Chicago Colts NL 139 60
20 Cleveland Spiders NL 136 59
20 Syracuse Stars AA 127 59
22 Philadelphia Athletics AA 132 51
23 Brooklyn Gladiators AA 100 47
24 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 138 43
25 Baltimore Orioles AA 38 16

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.