1981 MLB Triples by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in triples in 1981, with 45, 9 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 26 MLB teams is 25.3.

Led all of MLB in 1981 St. Louis Cardinals 103 games

45 Triples 9 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	103	45
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	110	36
3	Houston Astros	NL	110	35
3	New York Mets	NL	105	35
3	San Diego Padres	NL	110	35
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	103	30
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	106	29
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	109	29
7	Kansas City Royals	AL	103	29
10	Montreal Expos	NL	108	28
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	106	27
12	Oakland Athletics	AL	109	26
12	San Francisco Giants	NL	111	26
	MLB average			25.3
14	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	107	25
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	108	24
16	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	106	23
17	Atlanta Braves	NL	107	22
17	New York Yankees	AL	107	22
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	103	21
20	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	110	20
20	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	109	20
22	Boston Red Sox	AL	108	17
23	California Angels	AL	110	16
24	Texas Rangers	AL	105	15
25	Seattle Mariners	AL	110	13
26	Baltimore Orioles	AL	105	11

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.