1997 MLB Triples by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in triples in 1997, with 52, 11 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 28 MLB teams is 31.5.

Led all of MLB in 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games

52 Triples 11 clear of Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	League	G	3B
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	52
2	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	41
3	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	40
3	Houston Astros	NL	162	40
3	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	40
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	39
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	39
8	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	37
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	37
10	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	35
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	35
12	Montreal Expos	NL	162	34
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	33
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	32
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	32
	MLB average			31.5
16	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	28
16	Florida Marlins	NL	162	28
16	New York Mets	NL	162	28
19	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	27
19	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	27
19	Texas Rangers	AL	162	27
22	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	25
23	New York Yankees	AL	162	23
23	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	23
25	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	22
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	22
27	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	21
28	San Diego Padres	NL	162	16

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.