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1983 MLB Triples by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Three-base hits

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in triples in 1983, with 63, 3 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 26 MLB teams is 39.7.

Led all of MLB in 1983 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
63 Triples 3 clear of Houston Astros
# Team League G 3B
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 63
2 Houston Astros NL 162 60
3 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 58
4 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 57
5 Kansas City Royals AL 163 54
6 Detroit Tigers AL 162 53
7 Atlanta Braves NL 162 45
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 163 45
9 Chicago Cubs NL 162 42
9 Chicago White Sox AL 162 42
11 Minnesota Twins AL 162 41
11 Montreal Expos NL 163 41
13 New York Yankees AL 162 40
MLB average 39.7
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 35
15 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 163 34
15 San Diego Padres NL 163 34
17 Texas Rangers AL 163 33
18 Boston Red Sox AL 162 32
19 Cleveland Indians AL 162 31
19 Seattle Mariners AL 162 31
21 San Francisco Giants NL 162 30
22 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 29
23 Oakland Athletics AL 162 28
24 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 27
25 New York Mets NL 162 26
26 California Angels AL 162 22

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.