1979 MLB Triples by Team

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in triples in 1979, with 79, 16 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 26 MLB teams is 41.0.

Led all of MLB in 1979 Kansas City Royals 162 games

79 Triples 16 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	79
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	63
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	53
3	San Diego Padres	NL	161	53
5	Houston Astros	NL	162	52
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	52
5	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	52
8	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	46
9	California Angels	AL	162	43
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	43
11	Montreal Expos	NL	160	42
12	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	41
12	New York Mets	NL	163	41
	MLB average			41.0
14	New York Yankees	AL	160	40
15	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	36
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	160	35
17	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	34
17	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	34
19	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	33
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	32
21	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	31
22	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	29
23	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	28
24	Texas Rangers	AL	162	26
25	Baltimore Orioles	AL	159	24
25	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	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.