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2008 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Minnesota Twins led all of MLB in triples in 2008, with 49, 2 ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The average across 30 MLB teams is 29.5.

Led all of MLB in 2008 Minnesota Twins 163 games
49 Triples 2 clear of Arizona Diamondbacks
# Team League G 3B
1 Minnesota Twins AL 163 49
2 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 47
3 Detroit Tigers AL 162 41
4 New York Mets NL 162 38
5 San Francisco Giants NL 162 37
5 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 37
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 36
8 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 35
8 Texas Rangers AL 162 35
10 Atlanta Braves NL 162 33
10 Boston Red Sox AL 162 33
12 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 32
13 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 30
MLB average 29.5
14 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 29
15 Colorado Rockies NL 162 28
15 Florida Marlins NL 161 28
15 Kansas City Royals AL 162 28
18 San Diego Padres NL 162 27
19 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 26
19 Washington Nationals NL 161 26
21 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 25
22 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 24
23 Oakland Athletics AL 161 23
24 Cleveland Indians AL 162 22
24 Houston Astros NL 161 22
26 Chicago Cubs NL 161 21
26 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 21
28 New York Yankees AL 162 20
28 Seattle Mariners AL 162 20
30 Chicago White Sox AL 163 13

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.