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1955 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 1955, with 60, 5 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 16 MLB teams is 43.8.

Led all of MLB in 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games
60 Triples 5 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team League G 3B
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 60
2 Chicago Cubs NL 154 55
2 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 55
2 New York Yankees AL 154 55
5 Washington Senators AL 154 54
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 50
7 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 46
8 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 44
MLB average 43.8
9 Baltimore Orioles AL 156 39
9 Boston Red Sox AL 154 39
11 Detroit Tigers AL 154 38
12 Chicago White Sox AL 155 36
12 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 36
14 New York Giants NL 154 34
15 Cleveland Indians AL 154 31
16 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 28

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.