1961 MLB Triples by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in triples in 1961, with 57, 4 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 18 MLB teams is 41.9.

Led all of MLB in 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games

57 Triples 4 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	57
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	53
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	51
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	51
5	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	50
6	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	47
7	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	46
8	Washington Senators	AL	161	44
	MLB average			41.9
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	40
9	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	40
9	New York Yankees	AL	163	40
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	39
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	37
14	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	36
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	35
16	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	34
17	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	32
18	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	22

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.