1987 MLB Triples by Team

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in triples in 1987, with 51, 2 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 26 MLB teams is 34.5.

Led all of MLB in 1987 Philadelphia Phillies 162 games

51 Triples 2 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	51
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	49
3	San Diego Padres	NL	162	48
3	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	48
5	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	46
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	45
7	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	40
8	Montreal Expos	NL	162	39
9	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	38
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	36
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	35
11	Texas Rangers	AL	162	35
	MLB average			34.5
13	New York Mets	NL	162	34
14	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	33
14	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	33
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	32
16	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	32
18	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	30
19	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	29
20	Houston Astros	NL	162	28
21	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	26
21	California Angels	AL	162	26
23	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	24
24	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	23
25	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	20
26	New York Yankees	AL	162	16

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.