1978 NL Triples by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led the NL in triples in 1978, with 54, 6 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 12 NL teams is 40.2.

Led the NL in 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates 161 games

54 Triples 6 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	G	3B
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	161	54
2	Chicago Cubs	162	48
3	New York Mets	162	47
4	Houston Astros	162	45
5	St. Louis Cardinals	162	44
6	San Diego Padres	162	42
7	San Francisco Giants	162	41
	NL average		40.2
8	Atlanta Braves	162	39
9	Cincinnati Reds	161	32
9	Philadelphia Phillies	162	32
11	Montreal Expos	162	31
12	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	27

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.