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1916 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in triples in 1916, with 100, 4 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 71.3.

Led all of MLB in 1916 Chicago White Sox 155 games
100 Triples 4 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G 3B
1 Chicago White Sox AL 155 100
2 Detroit Tigers AL 155 96
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 91
4 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 88
5 Brooklyn Robins NL 156 80
6 New York Giants NL 155 74
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 74
8 Boston Braves NL 158 73
MLB average 71.3
9 Cleveland Indians AL 157 66
10 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 65
11 Washington Senators AL 159 60
12 New York Yankees AL 156 59
13 Boston Red Sox AL 156 56
13 Chicago Cubs NL 156 56
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 53
16 St. Louis Browns AL 158 50

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.