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2011 MLB Triples by Team

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

The San Diego Padres led all of MLB in triples in 2011, with 42, 1 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 30 MLB teams is 29.9.

Led all of MLB in 2011 San Diego Padres 162 games
42 Triples 1 clear of Kansas City Royals
# Team League G 3B
1 San Diego Padres NL 162 42
2 Kansas City Royals AL 162 41
3 Colorado Rockies NL 162 40
4 New York Mets NL 162 39
5 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 38
6 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 37
6 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 37
8 Chicago Cubs NL 162 36
9 Boston Red Sox AL 162 35
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 35
11 Detroit Tigers AL 162 34
11 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 34
11 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 34
14 New York Yankees AL 162 33
15 Texas Rangers AL 162 32
16 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 31
17 Florida Marlins NL 162 30
MLB average 29.9
18 Oakland Athletics AL 162 29
19 Houston Astros NL 162 28
19 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 161 28
21 Cleveland Indians AL 162 26
22 Minnesota Twins AL 162 25
23 San Francisco Giants NL 162 24
24 Seattle Mariners AL 162 22
24 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 22
24 Washington Nationals NL 161 22
27 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 19
28 Atlanta Braves NL 162 16
28 Chicago White Sox AL 162 16
30 Baltimore Orioles AL 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.