League Leaders Daily Quiz

1949 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 1949, with 66, 6 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 16 MLB teams is 47.6.

Led all of MLB in 1949 Chicago White Sox 154 games
66 Triples 6 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G 3B
1 Chicago White Sox AL 154 66
2 New York Yankees AL 155 60
3 Cleveland Indians AL 154 58
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 55
5 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 54
6 Chicago Cubs NL 154 53
7 New York Giants NL 156 52
8 Detroit Tigers AL 155 51
9 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 49
MLB average 47.6
10 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 156 47
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 41
11 Washington Senators AL 154 41
13 Boston Red Sox AL 155 36
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 35
15 Boston Braves NL 157 33
16 St. Louis Browns AL 155 30

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.