1971 MLB Triples by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in triples in 1971, with 61, 7 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 24 MLB teams is 33.7.

Led all of MLB in 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games

61 Triples 7 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	61
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	54
3	Houston Astros	NL	162	52
4	New York Yankees	AL	162	43
5	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	40
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	38
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	38
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	36
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	35
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	34
	MLB average			33.7
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	160	31
11	San Diego Padres	NL	161	31
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	30
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	30
13	Washington Senators	AL	159	30
16	Montreal Expos	NL	162	29
16	New York Mets	NL	162	29
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	28
18	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	28
20	Baltimore Orioles	AL	158	25
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	25
22	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	23
23	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	20
24	California Angels	AL	162	18

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.