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1986 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Montreal Expos led all of MLB in triples in 1986, with 50, 2 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 26 MLB teams is 32.9.

Led all of MLB in 1986 Montreal Expos 161 games
50 Triples 2 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G 3B
1 Montreal Expos NL 161 50
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 48
3 Cleveland Indians AL 163 45
3 Kansas City Royals AL 162 45
5 Texas Rangers AL 162 43
6 Seattle Mariners AL 162 41
7 Minnesota Twins AL 162 39
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 39
9 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 38
10 California Angels AL 162 36
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 35
11 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 35
13 Chicago White Sox AL 162 34
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 33
MLB average 32.9
15 Houston Astros NL 162 32
16 New York Mets NL 162 31
17 Detroit Tigers AL 162 30
18 San Francisco Giants NL 162 29
19 Chicago Cubs NL 160 27
20 Oakland Athletics AL 162 25
20 San Diego Padres NL 162 25
22 Atlanta Braves NL 161 24
23 New York Yankees AL 162 23
24 Boston Red Sox AL 161 21
25 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 14
26 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 13

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.