1885 MLB Triples by Team

The Louisville Colonels led all of MLB in triples in 1885, with 83, 1 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 60.3.

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Louisville Colonels	AA	112	83
2	New York Giants	NL	112	82
3	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	111	79
4	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	112	77
5	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	113	76
6	Chicago White Stockings	NL	113	75
7	Detroit Wolverines	NL	108	66
8	Brooklyn Grays	AA	112	65
	MLB average			60.3
9	Baltimore Orioles	AA	110	59
10	New York Metropolitans	AA	108	57
10	St. Louis Browns	AA	112	57
12	Boston Beaneaters	NL	113	53
13	Buffalo Bisons	NL	112	50
14	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	111	35
15	Providence Grays	NL	110	30
16	St. Louis Maroons	NL	111	21

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.