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1988 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 1988, with 48, 1 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 26 MLB teams is 32.3.

Led all of MLB in 1988 Montreal Expos 163 games
48 Triples 1 clear of Toronto Blue Jays
# Team League G 3B
1 Montreal Expos NL 163 48
2 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 47
3 Chicago Cubs NL 163 46
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 160 45
5 San Francisco Giants NL 162 44
6 Kansas City Royals AL 161 40
7 Boston Red Sox AL 162 39
7 Texas Rangers AL 161 39
9 Chicago White Sox AL 161 35
9 San Diego Padres NL 161 35
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 33
MLB average 32.3
12 California Angels AL 162 31
12 Houston Astros NL 162 31
12 Minnesota Twins AL 162 31
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 31
16 Atlanta Braves NL 160 28
16 Cleveland Indians AL 162 28
16 Detroit Tigers AL 162 28
19 Seattle Mariners AL 161 27
20 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 26
21 Cincinnati Reds NL 161 25
21 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 25
23 New York Mets NL 160 24
24 Oakland Athletics AL 162 22
25 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 20
26 New York Yankees AL 161 12

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.