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2004 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in triples in 2004, with 54, 8 ahead of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The average across 30 MLB teams is 29.9.

Led all of MLB in 2004 Detroit Tigers 162 games
54 Triples 8 clear of Tampa Bay Devil Rays
# Team League G 3B
1 Detroit Tigers AL 162 54
2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 161 46
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 39
4 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 38
5 Anaheim Angels AL 162 37
5 Atlanta Braves NL 162 37
7 Houston Astros NL 162 36
8 Colorado Rockies NL 162 34
8 Texas Rangers AL 162 34
8 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 34
11 San Francisco Giants NL 162 33
12 Florida Marlins NL 162 32
12 Milwaukee Brewers NL 161 32
12 San Diego Padres NL 162 32
15 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 30
MLB average 29.9
16 Chicago Cubs NL 162 29
16 Cleveland Indians AL 162 29
16 Kansas City Royals AL 162 29
19 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 28
20 Montreal Expos NL 162 27
21 Boston Red Sox AL 162 25
22 Minnesota Twins AL 162 24
22 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 24
24 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 23
25 New York Mets NL 162 20
25 New York Yankees AL 162 20
25 Seattle Mariners AL 162 20
28 Chicago White Sox AL 162 19
29 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 18
30 Oakland Athletics AL 162 15

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.