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2005 MLB Triples by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in triples in 2005, with 45, 5 ahead of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The average across 30 MLB teams is 29.6.

Led all of MLB in 2005 Detroit Tigers 162 games
45 Triples 5 clear of Tampa Bay Devil Rays
# Team League G 3B
1 Detroit Tigers AL 162 45
2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 40
3 San Diego Padres NL 162 39
3 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 39
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 38
6 Atlanta Braves NL 162 37
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 35
8 Colorado Rockies NL 162 34
8 Kansas City Royals AL 162 34
8 Seattle Mariners AL 162 34
11 Florida Marlins NL 162 32
11 Houston Astros NL 163 32
11 Minnesota Twins AL 162 32
11 New York Mets NL 162 32
11 Washington Nationals NL 162 32
16 Cleveland Indians AL 162 30
16 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 30
MLB average 29.6
18 Texas Rangers AL 162 29
19 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 27
19 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 27
21 San Francisco Giants NL 162 26
21 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 26
23 Chicago Cubs NL 162 23
23 Chicago White Sox AL 162 23
25 Boston Red Sox AL 162 21
25 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 21
27 Oakland Athletics AL 162 20
28 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 19
29 New York Yankees AL 162 16
30 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 15

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.