It will be just less than four months until baseball returns to Chicago, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit, for the first time in six years, the all-time rankings in both offensive and defensive categories for all iterations of the current 30 teams for the 1040 games I’ve identified that I have attended. We continue today on the offensive side of the ball with triples.
Based on the raw numbers, the White Sox and Cubs are far and away the leaders in this category, as they are the teams I’ve seen most often. When you adjust the numbers per game, the California incarnation of the Angels lead the way with a triple every other game. The Anaheim iteration of the Angels, alongside the Miami version of the Marlins, the Expos, and the brand-new Guardians bring up the rear with nary a triple between them.
Triples
| Team Name | Triples |
|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 105 |
| Chicago Cubs | 81 |
| Cleveland Indians | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 13 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 10 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 9 |
| Minnesota Twins | 8 |
| Houston Astros | 7 |
| Seattle Mariners | 6 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 6 |
| New York Yankees | 5 |
| Florida Marlins | 5 |
| Oakland Athletics | 4 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 4 |
| Kansas City Royals | 4 |
| Boston Red Sox | 3 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 |
| Atlanta Braves | 3 |
| San Francisco Giants | 3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 3 |
| Texas Rangers | 3 |
| Washington Nationals | 2 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 2 |
| New York Mets | 2 |
| California Angels | 1 |
| Colorado Rockies | 1 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 1 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1 |
| San Diego Padres | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0 |
| Anaheim Angels | 0 |
| Montreal Expos | 0 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 |
Triples per Game
| Team Name | Triples per Game |
|---|---|
| California Angels | 0.5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0.260869565217391 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 0.25 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 0.24390243902439 |
| Cleveland Indians | 0.224137931034483 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0.220338983050847 |
| Florida Marlins | 0.217391304347826 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 0.2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0.195652173913043 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0.185354691075515 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 0.176470588235294 |
| New York Yankees | 0.161290322580645 |
| Chicago White Sox | 0.15625 |
| Washington Nationals | 0.153846153846154 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0.15 |
| Houston Astros | 0.142857142857143 |
| Atlanta Braves | 0.142857142857143 |
| San Francisco Giants | 0.130434782608696 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0.129032258064516 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0.117647058823529 |
| New York Mets | 0.117647058823529 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0.103448275862069 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0.1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0.09375 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 9.09090909090909E-02 |
| Texas Rangers | 7.69230769230769E-02 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 7.40740740740741E-02 |
| Kansas City Royals | 6.45161290322581E-02 |
| Colorado Rockies | 5.55555555555556E-02 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 0.05 |
| San Diego Padres | 4.76190476190476E-02 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 2.85714285714286E-02 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0 |
| Anaheim Angels | 0 |
| Montreal Expos | 0 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 |