1979 AL Triples by Team

The Kansas City Royals led the AL in triples in 1979, with 79, 27 ahead of the Seattle Mariners. The average across 14 AL teams is 39.1.

Led the AL in 1979 Kansas City Royals 162 games

79 Triples 27 clear of Seattle Mariners

#	Team	G	3B
1	Kansas City Royals	162	79
2	Seattle Mariners	162	52
3	Minnesota Twins	162	46
4	California Angels	162	43
5	Milwaukee Brewers	161	41
6	New York Yankees	160	40
	AL average		39.1
7	Detroit Tigers	160	35
8	Boston Red Sox	160	34
8	Toronto Blue Jays	162	34
10	Chicago White Sox	159	33
11	Oakland Athletics	162	32
12	Cleveland Indians	161	29
13	Texas Rangers	162	26
14	Baltimore Orioles	159	24

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.