1928 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 1928, with 100, 3 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 29 MLB teams is 51.7.
Led all of MLB in 1928
Pittsburgh Pirates
152 games
100
Triples
3 clear of Detroit Tigers
| # | Team | League | G | 3B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
NL | 152 | 100 |
| 2 |
|
AL | 154 | 97 |
| 3 |
|
AL | 155 | 93 |
| 4 |
|
AL | 154 | 79 |
| 5 |
|
AL | 155 | 76 |
| 5 |
|
AL | 154 | 76 |
| 7 |
|
AL | 153 | 75 |
| 8 |
|
NL | 155 | 70 |
| 8 |
|
NL | 154 | 70 |
| 10 |
|
NL | 153 | 67 |
| 11 |
|
NL | 154 | 64 |
| 12 |
|
AL | 154 | 62 |
| 12 |
|
AL | 155 | 62 |
| 14 |
|
NL | 155 | 59 |
| 15 | St. Louis Stars | NNL | 89 | 57 |
| MLB average | 51.7 | |||
| 16 | Birmingham Black Barons | NNL | 99 | 47 |
| 16 |
|
NL | 152 | 47 |
| 18 |
|
NL | 153 | 41 |
| 19 | Detroit Stars | NNL | 89 | 38 |
| 20 | Cleveland Tigers | NNL | 79 | 36 |
| 21 | Memphis Red Sox | NNL | 84 | 35 |
| 22 | Kansas City Monarchs | NNL | 80 | 33 |
| 23 | Chicago American Giants | NNL | 94 | 28 |
| 24 | Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | ECL | 7 | 26 |
| 25 | Baltimore Black Sox | ECL | 7 | 25 |
| 26 | Cuban Stars West | NNL | 54 | 13 |
| 27 | New York Lincoln Giants | ECL | 7 | 11 |
| 28 | Cuban Stars East | ECL | 6 | 8 |
| 29 | Philadelphia Tigers | ECL | 5 | 3 |
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.
