1989 MLB Triples by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in triples in 1989, with 53, 1 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 26 MLB teams is 33.4.

Led all of MLB in 1989 Pittsburgh Pirates 164 games

53 Triples 1 clear of San Francisco Giants

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	164	53
2	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	52
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	164	47
4	Texas Rangers	AL	162	46
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	45
6	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	41
7	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	40
8	California Angels	AL	162	37
9	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	36
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	36
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	35
	MLB average			33.4
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	33
13	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	32
13	San Diego Padres	NL	162	32
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	30
15	Montreal Expos	NL	162	30
17	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	29
18	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	28
18	Houston Astros	NL	162	28
20	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	26
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	25
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	24
23	New York Yankees	AL	161	23
24	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	22
25	New York Mets	NL	162	21
26	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	160	17

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.