2009 AL Triples by Team

The Kansas City Royals led the AL in triples in 2009, with 51, 11 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 14 AL teams is 27.7.

Led the AL in 2009 Kansas City Royals 162 games

51 Triples 11 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	G	3B
1	Kansas City Royals	162	51
2	Minnesota Twins	163	40
3	Tampa Bay Rays	162	36
4	Detroit Tigers	163	35
5	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	33
6	Cleveland Indians	162	28
	AL average		27.7
7	Texas Rangers	162	27
8	Boston Red Sox	162	25
9	New York Yankees	162	21
9	Oakland Athletics	162	21
11	Chicago White Sox	162	20
12	Baltimore Orioles	162	19
12	Seattle Mariners	162	19
14	Toronto Blue Jays	162	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.