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1958 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 1958, with 68, 12 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 16 MLB teams is 40.9.

Led all of MLB in 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games
68 Triples 12 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G 3B
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 68
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 56
3 Kansas City Athletics AL 156 50
3 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 154 50
5 Chicago Cubs NL 154 49
6 Chicago White Sox AL 155 42
6 San Francisco Giants NL 154 42
8 Detroit Tigers AL 154 41
MLB average 40.9
9 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 40
10 New York Yankees AL 155 39
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 39
12 Washington Senators AL 156 38
13 Cleveland Indians AL 153 31
14 Boston Red Sox AL 155 30
15 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 21
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 19

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.