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1965 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in triples in 1965, with 61, 2 ahead of the Kansas City Athletics. The average across 20 MLB teams is 39.4.

Led all of MLB in 1965 Cincinnati Reds 162 games
61 Triples 2 clear of Kansas City Athletics
# Team League G 3B
1 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 61
2 Kansas City Athletics AL 162 59
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 57
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 53
5 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 46
6 San Francisco Giants NL 163 43
7 Houston Astros NL 162 42
7 Minnesota Twins AL 162 42
9 Boston Red Sox AL 162 40
MLB average 39.4
10 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 38
10 Chicago White Sox AL 162 38
12 California Angels AL 162 36
13 Chicago Cubs NL 164 33
13 Washington Senators AL 162 33
15 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 32
16 New York Yankees AL 162 31
17 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 28
18 Detroit Tigers AL 162 27
18 New York Mets NL 164 27
20 Cleveland Indians AL 162 21

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.