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Baltimore Orioles: The Lost Art of the Triple in the MLB

With all of the focus on the home run, triples have become incredibly rare; and this, too, is evident when looking at the Baltimore Orioles stats.

Granted, triples are one of the toughest extra-base hit to achieve, because of analytics and world-class defense. In 2019, only four players achieved double-digit triples and none of them had more than 10 in one season. Interestingly, three of the four were Kansas City Royals. And only one, Adalberto Mondesi, had more triples than home runs.

In 2019, the triples-leader on the Orioles was Jonathan Villar, with five.