Mid-Season Final Mid-Season 2001 2001 2002 TEAMS 239 * 246 252 Average Number of Games Played Per Team 37.6 * 54.5 43.6 BATTING Batting Average .251 .252 .256 Scoring 3.51 3.41 3.58 Home Runs Per Game 0.33 * 0.32 0.38 Stolen Bases Per Game 0.96 0.98 0.96 PITCHING Earned-Run Average 2.34 2.44 2.61 Strikeouts Per Seven Innings 4.64 4.49 4.95 FIELDING Fielding Percentage .953 * .953 .951
Averages are per game and per team.
* Record high for completed season.
There are 253 teams competing in 2002, however Morris Brown College did not report.
Batting Average 1. Pacific 10 .295 2. Big Ten .286 3. Atlantic Coast .274 Scoring 1. Southwestern 5.36 2. Pacific 10 4.74 3. Atlantic Coast 4.33 Home Runs Per Game 1. Pacific 10 0.73 2. Big 12 0.61 3. Atlantic Coast 0.54 Stolen Bases Per Game 1. Southwestern 1.97 2. Mid-Eastern 1.47 3. Big Ten 1.30 Earned-Run Average 1. Pacific 10 1.48 2. America East 1.82 3. Big 12 1.90 Strikeouts Per Seven Innings 1. Pacific 10 6.99 2. Big 12 6.34 3. Southeastern 5.95 Fielding Percentage 1. Pacific 10 .968 2. Western Athletic .964 3. Big Ten .962