1978 MLB Triples by Team

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in triples in 1978, with 59, 5 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 26 MLB teams is 39.2.

Led all of MLB in 1978 Kansas City Royals 162 games

59 Triples 5 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	59
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	54
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	48
4	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	47
4	New York Mets	NL	162	47
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	46
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	159	45
7	Houston Astros	NL	162	45
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	44
10	San Diego Padres	NL	162	42
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	41
11	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	41
	MLB average			39.2
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	39
13	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	39
15	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	38
15	New York Yankees	AL	163	38
17	Seattle Mariners	AL	160	37
18	Texas Rangers	AL	162	36
19	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	34
20	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	32
20	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	32
22	Montreal Expos	NL	162	31
22	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	31
24	California Angels	AL	162	28
25	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	27
26	Baltimore Orioles	AL	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.