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1985 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 1985, with 59, 6 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 26 MLB teams is 37.1.

Led all of MLB in 1985 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
59 Triples 6 clear of Toronto Blue Jays
# Team League G 3B
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 59
2 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 53
3 Kansas City Royals AL 162 49
3 Montreal Expos NL 161 49
5 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 47
6 Detroit Tigers AL 161 45
7 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 44
8 Houston Astros NL 162 42
9 Minnesota Twins AL 162 41
9 Texas Rangers AL 161 41
11 Seattle Mariners AL 162 38
MLB average 37.1
12 Chicago White Sox AL 163 37
13 New York Mets NL 162 35
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 34
14 Oakland Athletics AL 162 34
16 Boston Red Sox AL 163 31
16 California Angels AL 162 31
16 Cleveland Indians AL 162 31
16 New York Yankees AL 161 31
16 San Francisco Giants NL 162 31
21 Atlanta Braves NL 162 28
21 Chicago Cubs NL 162 28
21 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 28
21 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 28
21 San Diego Padres NL 162 28
26 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 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.