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