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1963 MLB Triples by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Three-base hits

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in triples in 1963, with 66, 12 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 20 MLB teams is 39.6.

Led all of MLB in 1963 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
66 Triples 12 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G 3B
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 66
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 54
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 49
4 Chicago Cubs NL 162 44
4 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 44
6 Chicago White Sox AL 162 40
MLB average 39.6
7 Houston Colt .45's NL 162 39
7 Milwaukee Braves NL 163 39
9 Kansas City Athletics AL 162 38
9 Los Angeles Angels AL 161 38
11 Detroit Tigers AL 162 36
12 Minnesota Twins AL 161 35
12 New York Mets NL 162 35
12 New York Yankees AL 161 35
12 San Francisco Giants NL 162 35
12 Washington Senators AL 162 35
17 Boston Red Sox AL 161 34
17 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 163 34
19 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 32
20 Cleveland Indians AL 162 29

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.