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1962 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates shared the lead of all of MLB in triples in 1962, with 65. The average across 20 MLB teams is 42.7.

Led all of MLB in 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers 165 games
65 Triples Tied with Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team League G 3B
1 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 165 65
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 65
3 Kansas City Athletics AL 162 58
4 Chicago Cubs NL 162 56
4 Chicago White Sox AL 162 56
6 Boston Red Sox AL 160 53
7 Houston Colt .45's NL 162 47
MLB average 42.7
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 40
8 New York Mets NL 161 40
10 Minnesota Twins AL 163 39
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 39
12 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 38
12 Washington Senators AL 162 38
14 Detroit Tigers AL 161 36
15 Los Angeles Angels AL 162 35
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 34
17 San Francisco Giants NL 165 32
18 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 31
19 New York Yankees AL 162 29
20 Cleveland Indians AL 162 22

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.