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1951 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 1951, with 64, 7 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 16 MLB teams is 44.8.

Led all of MLB in 1951 Chicago White Sox 155 games
64 Triples 7 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G 3B
1 Chicago White Sox AL 155 64
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 57
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 56
4 New York Giants NL 157 53
5 New York Yankees AL 154 48
6 Chicago Cubs NL 155 47
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 47
6 St. Louis Browns AL 154 47
9 Washington Senators AL 154 45
MLB average 44.8
10 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 43
11 Boston Braves NL 155 37
11 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 158 37
13 Cleveland Indians AL 155 35
13 Detroit Tigers AL 154 35
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 33
16 Boston Red Sox AL 154 32

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.