Final Mid-Season Final 2000 2001 2001 Teams 243 # 239 #* 246 Average Number of Games Played Per Team 54.3 37.6 * 54.5 BATTING Batting Average .256 .251 .252 Scoring 3.56 3.51 3.41 Home Runs Per Game 0.31 0.33 * 0.32 Stolen Bases Per Game 1.04 0.96 0.98 PITCHING Earned-Run Average 2.53 2.34 2.44 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings * 4.54 4.64 4.49 FIELDING Fielding Percentage .949 .953 * .953
Averages are per game and per team.
* Record high for completed season.
# There are 247 teams competing this season, however eight teams did not report at mid-season: Alabama A&M, Alabama St., Albany (N.Y.), Jackson St., Mississippi Val., Prairie View, Southern U. and Texas Southern, and one team, Alabama A&M, did not report in the final statistics.
CONFERENCE LEADERS Batting Average 1. Pacific 10 .288 2. Southwestern Athletic .296 3. Big 12 .268 Scoring 1. Southwestern Athletic 6.33 2. Pacific 10 4.57 3. Mid-Eastern 4.06 Home Runs Per Game 1. Pacific 10 0.74 2. Mountain West 0.50 3. Metro Atlantic 0.46 Stolen Bases Per Game 1. Southwestern Athletic 3.23 2. Mid-Eastern 1.44 3. Big 12 1.24 Earned-Run Average 1. Pacific 10 1.51 2. Southern Atlantic 1.54 3. Big Ten 1.68 Strikeouts Per Seven Innings 1. Pacific 10 6.52 2. Big East 6.10 3. Southern Atlantic 5.64 Fielding Percentage 1. Pacific 10 .968 2. Western Athletic .962 3. Big 12 .962