List of Major League Baseball triples champions explained

Major League Baseball recognizes triples champions in the American League and National League each season.

American League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1901		Baltimore Orioles	21
1902		Baltimore Orioles	21
1903		Detroit Tigers	25
1904		Washington Senators Boston Americans Boston Americans	19
1905		Cleveland Naps	18
1906		Cleveland Naps	22
1907		Cleveland Naps	18
1908		Detroit Tigers	20
1909		Philadelphia Athletics	19
1910		Detroit Tigers	19
1911		Detroit Tigers	24
1912		Cleveland Naps	26
1913		Detroit Tigers	23
1914		Detroit Tigers	26
1915		Detroit Tigers	19
1916		Chicago White Sox	21
1917		Detroit Tigers	24
1918		Detroit Tigers	14
1919		Detroit Tigers	17
1920		Chicago White Sox	20
1921		Washington Senators St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns	18
1922		St. Louis Browns	18
1923		Washington Senators	18
1924		New York Yankees	19
1925		Washington Senators	20
1926		New York Yankees	20
1927		New York Yankees	23
1928		New York Yankees	21
1929		Detroit Tigers	19
1930		New York Yankees	22
1931		Detroit Tigers	19
1932		Washington Senators	18
1933		Washington Senators	17
1934		New York Yankees	13
1935		Cleveland Indians	20
1936		Cleveland Indians New York Yankees New York Yankees	15
1937		Chicago White Sox	16
1938		Cleveland Indians	18
1939		Washington Senators	16
1940		Detroit Tigers	19
1941		Cleveland Indians	20
1942		Washington Senators	15
1943		New York Yankees Chicago White Sox	12
1944		New York Yankees	16
1945		New York Yankees	22
1946		Cleveland Indians	16
1947		New York Yankees	13
1948		New York Yankees	14
1949		Cleveland Indians	23
1950		Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers	11
1951		Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox	14
1952		Cleveland Indians	11
1953		Chicago White Sox	16
1954		Chicago White Sox	18
1955		New York Yankees	11
1956		Boston Red Sox Washington Senators Chicago White Sox Kansas City Athletics	11
1957		New York Yankees New York Yankees Kansas City/New York	9
1958		Kansas City Athletics Cleveland Indians	10
1959		Washington Senators	9
1960		Chicago White Sox	10
1961		Detroit Tigers	14
1962		Kansas City Athletics	15
1963		Minnesota Twins	13
1964		Minnesota Twins	10
1965		Kansas City Athletics Minnesota Twins	12
1966		California Angels	11
1967		Baltimore Orioles	12
1968		California Angels	13
1969		Washington Senators	8
1970		Minnesota Twins	13
1971		Kansas City Royals	11
1972		Boston Red Sox Oakland Athletics	9
1973		Baltimore Orioles Minnesota Twins	11
1974		California Angels	11
1975		Kansas City Royals California Angels	13
1976		Kansas City Royals	14
1977		Minnesota Twins	16
1978		Boston Red Sox	15
1979		Kansas City Royals	20
1980		Toronto Blue Jays Kansas City Royals	15
1981		Minnesota Twins	9
1982		Kansas City Royals	15
1983		Milwaukee Brewers	10
1984		Toronto Blue Jays	15
1985		Kansas City Royals	21
1986		Cleveland Indians	14
1987		Kansas City Royals	15
1988		Seattle Mariners Kansas City Royals Milwaukee Brewers	11
1989		Texas Rangers	14
1990		Toronto Blue Jays	17
1991		Chicago White Sox Milwaukee Brewers	13
1992		Chicago White Sox	12
1993		Chicago White Sox	14
1994		Chicago White Sox	14
1995		Cleveland Indians	13
1996		Minnesota Twins	14
1997		Boston Red Sox	11
1998		Kansas City Royals	13
1999		Boston Red Sox	11
2000		Minnesota Twins	20
2001		Minnesota Twins	14
2002		Boston Red Sox	11
2003		Minnesota Twins	14
2004		Tampa Bay Devil Rays	19
2005		Tampa Bay Devil Rays	15
2006		Tampa Bay Devil Rays	16
2007		Detroit Tigers	23
2008		Detroit Tigers	13

National League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1876		Chicago White Stockings	14
1877		Boston Red Caps	11
1878		Providence Grays	10
1879		Cincinnati Reds	14
1880		Worcester Ruby Legs	14
1881		Buffalo Bisons	11
1882		Troy Trojans	18
1883		Buffalo Bisons	17
1884		New York Giants	20
1885		New York Giants	16
1886		New York Giants	20
1887		Detroit Wolverines	23
1888		Boston Beaneaters	18
1889		Washington Nationals	19
1890		Cincinnati Reds	26
1891		Boston Beaneaters	20
1892		Philadelphia Phillies	21
1893		St. Louis Browns	29
1894		Baltimore Orioles	31
1895		Washington Senators	22
1896		Louisville Colonels New York Giants	21
1897		Pittsburgh Pirates	28
1898		Brooklyn Bridegrooms Washington Senators	22
1899		Pittsburgh Pirates	28
1900		Pittsburgh Pirates	22
1901		Brooklyn Superbas	19
1902		Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates	22
1903		Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1904		Brooklyn Superbas	18
1905		Cincinnati Reds	21
1906		Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	13
1907		Brooklyn Superbas Cincinnati Reds	16
1908		Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1909		Cincinnati Reds	17
1910		Cincinnati Reds	18
1911		New York Giants	25
1912		Pittsburgh Pirates	36
1913		Chicago Cubs	21
1914		Pittsburgh Pirates	17
1915		St. Louis Cardinals	25
1916		Pittsburgh Pirates	16
1917		St. Louis Cardinals	17
1918		Brooklyn Robins	15
1919		Brooklyn Robins Pittsburgh Pirates	14
1920		Brooklyn Robins	22
1921		St. Louis Cardinals Boston Braves	18
1922		Cincinnati Reds	22
1923		Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1924		Cincinnati Reds	21
1925		Pittsburgh Pirates	26
1926		Pittsburgh Pirates	22
1927		Pittsburgh Pirates	18
1928		St. Louis Cardinals	20
1929		Pittsburgh Pirates	20
1930		Pittsburgh Pirates	23
1931		New York Giants	20
1932		Cincinnati Reds	19
1933		Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1934		St. Louis Cardinals	18
1935		Cincinnati Reds	18
1936		Cincinnati Reds	14
1937		Pittsburgh Pirates	17
1938		St. Louis Cardinals	16
1939		Chicago Cubs	18
1940		Pittsburgh Pirates	15
1941		Brooklyn Dodgers	17
1942		St. Louis Cardinals	17
1943		St. Louis Cardinals	20
1944		Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1945		Brooklyn Dodgers	13
1946		St. Louis Cardinals	20
1947		St. Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Phillies	16
1948		St. Louis Cardinals	18
1949		St. Louis Cardinals	13
1950		Philadelphia Phillies	14
1951		Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals	12
1952		New York Giants	14
1953		Brooklyn Dodgers	17
1954		New York Giants	13
1955		Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	13
1956		Milwaukee Braves	15
1957		New York Giants	20
1958		Philadelphia Phillies	13
1959		Los Angeles Dodgers	11
1960		Milwaukee Braves	13
1961		Chicago Cubs	12
1962		Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Los Angeles Dodgers	10
1963		Cincinnati Reds	14
1964		Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	13
1965		Philadelphia Phillies	16
1966		St. Louis Cardinals	13
1967		Cincinnati Reds	13
1968		St. Louis Cardinals	14
1969		Pittsburgh Pirates	12
1970		Los Angeles Dodgers	16
1971		Houston Astros	11
1972		Philadelphia Phillies	13
1973		Houston Astros	14
1974		Atlanta Braves	17
1975		Atlanta Braves	11
1976		Philadelphia Phillies	12
1977		St. Louis Cardinals	18
1978		St. Louis Cardinals	13
1979		St. Louis Cardinals	19
1980		Pittsburgh Pirates Montreal Expos	13
1981		Houston Astros San Diego Padres	12
1982		Houston Astros	10
1983		Atlanta Braves	13
1984		Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	19
1985		St. Louis Cardinals	18
1986		Montreal Expos	13
1987		Philadelphia Phillies	15
1988		Pittsburgh Pirates	15
1989		San Francisco Giants	11
1990		Cincinnati Reds	11
1991		St. Louis Cardinals	15
1992		Atlanta Braves	14
1993		Houston Astros	13
1994		Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants	9
1995		New York/Los Angeles Colorado Rockies	9
1996		New York Mets	21
1997		St. Louis Cardinals	14
1998		Arizona Diamondbacks	12
1999		Philadelphia Phillies Colorado Rockies	11
2000		Arizona Diamondbacks	14
2001		Philadelphia Phillies	12
2002		Philadelphia Phillies	10
2003		Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves	10
2004		Florida Marlins Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates	12
2005		New York Mets	17
2006		New York Mets	17
2007		Philadelphia Phillies	20
2008		New York Mets	19

American Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1882		Pittsburgh Alleghenys	16
1883		Columbus Buckeyes	17
1884		Philadelphia Athletics	23
1885		New York Metropolitans	21
1886		New York Metropolitans	31
1887		Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles Louisville Colonels Cincinnati Red Stockings St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics	19
1888		Philadelphia Athletics	20
1889		Columbus Solons	15
1890		Toledo Maumees	20
1891		Boston Reds	21

Federal League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1914		Indianapolis Hoosiers Brooklyn Tip-Tops	15
1915		Chicago Whales	19

National Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1871		Cleveland Forest Citys	10
1872		Boston Red Stockings	8
1873		Baltimore Canaries	9
1874		Boston Red Stockings	15
1875		Philadelphia Centennials Athletic of Philadelphia	13

Notes and references

• Baseball-Reference.com