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1909 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in triples in 1909, with 92, 4 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is 62.7.

Led all of MLB in 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games
92 Triples 4 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G 3B
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 92
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 88
3 Cleveland Naps AL 155 81
4 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 72
5 Boston Red Sox AL 152 70
6 New York Giants NL 158 68
MLB average 62.7
7 New York Highlanders AL 153 61
8 Chicago Cubs NL 155 60
9 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 59
10 Detroit Tigers AL 158 58
11 Chicago White Sox AL 159 56
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 56
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 53
14 St. Louis Browns AL 154 45
15 Boston Doves NL 155 43
16 Washington Senators AL 156 41

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.