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1960 MLB Triples by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in triples in 1960, with 62, 6 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 16 MLB teams is 41.1.

Led all of MLB in 1960 San Francisco Giants 156 games
62 Triples 6 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team League G 3B
1 San Francisco Giants NL 156 62
2 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 56
3 Chicago Cubs NL 156 48
3 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 48
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 48
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 44
7 Washington Senators AL 154 43
MLB average 41.1
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 40
8 New York Yankees AL 155 40
10 Chicago White Sox AL 154 38
10 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 154 38
12 Detroit Tigers AL 154 34
12 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 34
14 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 33
15 Boston Red Sox AL 154 32
16 Cleveland Indians AL 154 20

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.