1997 NL Triples by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led the NL in triples in 1997, with 52, 12 ahead of the Colorado Rockies. The average across 14 NL teams is 34.6.

Led the NL in 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games

52 Triples 12 clear of Colorado Rockies

#	Team	G	3B
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	52
2	Colorado Rockies	162	40
2	Houston Astros	162	40
4	Chicago Cubs	162	39
4	St. Louis Cardinals	162	39
6	Atlanta Braves	162	37
6	San Francisco Giants	162	37
8	Philadelphia Phillies	162	35
	NL average		34.6
9	Montreal Expos	162	34
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	33
11	Florida Marlins	162	28
11	New York Mets	162	28
13	Cincinnati Reds	162	27
14	San Diego Padres	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.