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1996 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Minnesota Twins and the New York Mets shared the lead of all of MLB in triples in 1996, with 47. The average across 28 MLB teams is 30.5.

Led all of MLB in 1996 Minnesota Twins 162 games
47 Triples Tied with New York Mets
# Team League G 3B
1 Minnesota Twins AL 162 47
1 New York Mets NL 162 47
3 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 40
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 39
5 Kansas City Royals AL 161 38
6 Colorado Rockies NL 162 37
7 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 36
8 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 35
9 Chicago White Sox AL 162 33
9 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 33
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 33
12 Texas Rangers AL 163 32
13 Boston Red Sox AL 162 31
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 31
MLB average 30.5
15 Florida Marlins NL 162 30
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 163 29
16 Houston Astros NL 162 29
18 Atlanta Braves NL 162 28
18 New York Yankees AL 162 28
20 Montreal Expos NL 162 27
21 California Angels AL 161 24
21 San Diego Padres NL 162 24
23 Cleveland Indians AL 161 23
24 Detroit Tigers AL 162 21
24 Oakland Athletics AL 162 21
24 San Francisco Giants NL 162 21
27 Chicago Cubs NL 162 19
27 Seattle Mariners AL 161 19

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.