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1999 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in triples in 1999, with 52, 5 ahead of the Montreal Expos. The average across 30 MLB teams is 31.0.

Led all of MLB in 1999 Kansas City Royals 161 games
52 Triples 5 clear of Montreal Expos
# Team League G 3B
1 Kansas City Royals AL 161 52
2 Montreal Expos NL 162 47
3 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 46
4 Florida Marlins NL 162 44
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 44
6 Boston Red Sox AL 162 42
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 40
8 Colorado Rockies NL 162 39
9 Chicago White Sox AL 162 37
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 37
11 New York Yankees AL 162 36
12 Chicago Cubs NL 162 35
13 Detroit Tigers AL 161 34
14 Cleveland Indians AL 162 32
MLB average 31.0
15 Milwaukee Brewers NL 161 30
15 Minnesota Twins AL 161 30
17 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 29
17 Texas Rangers AL 162 29
19 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 27
20 Atlanta Braves NL 162 23
20 Houston Astros NL 162 23
20 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 23
23 Anaheim Angels AL 162 22
23 San Diego Padres NL 162 22
25 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 21
25 Seattle Mariners AL 162 21
27 Oakland Athletics AL 162 20
28 San Francisco Giants NL 162 18
29 New York Mets NL 163 14
29 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 14

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.