1959 MLB Triples by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in triples in 1959, with 49, 3 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 36.9.

Led all of MLB in 1959 St. Louis Cardinals 154 games

49 Triples 3 clear of Chicago White Sox

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	49
2	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	46
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	156	46
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	44
5	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	43
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	42
7	New York Yankees	AL	155	40
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	38
	MLB average			36.9
9	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	36
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	154	35
11	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	154	34
12	Washington Senators	AL	154	32
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	30
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	28
15	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	25
16	Baltimore Orioles	AL	155	23

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.