1978 AL Triples by Team

The Kansas City Royals led the AL in triples in 1978, with 59, 12 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 14 AL teams is 38.4.

Led the AL in 1978 Kansas City Royals 162 games

59 Triples 12 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	G	3B
1	Kansas City Royals	162	59
2	Minnesota Twins	162	47
3	Boston Red Sox	163	46
4	Cleveland Indians	159	45
5	Chicago White Sox	161	41
6	Toronto Blue Jays	161	39
	AL average		38.4
7	Milwaukee Brewers	162	38
7	New York Yankees	163	38
9	Seattle Mariners	160	37
10	Texas Rangers	162	36
11	Detroit Tigers	162	34
12	Oakland Athletics	162	31
13	California Angels	162	28
14	Baltimore Orioles	161	19

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.