1999 NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL MID-SEASON TRENDS

1999 NCAA Division I Baseball
Mid-Season Trends
(Through games of April 11, 1999)

	Mid-Season 1998	Final 1998	Mid-Season 1999
Teams	273	273	274
Average Number of Games Played Per Team	34.3	52.4	32.7

BATTING Mid-Season 1998 Final 1998 Mid-Season 1999

Batting Average .305 * .306 .301

Scoring 7.22 * 7.12 7.03

Home Runs Per Game 1.03 * 1.06 0.93

Stolen Bases Per Game 1.36 1.29 1.35

BATTING	Mid-Season 1998	Final 1998	Mid-Season 1999
Batting Average	.305	* .306	.301
Scoring	7.22	* 7.12	7.03
Home Runs Per Game	1.03	* 1.06	0.93
Stolen Bases Per Game	1.36	1.29	1.35

PITCHING Mid-Season 1998 Final 1998 Mid-Season 1999

Earned-Run Average 6.14 * 6.12 5.93

Strikeouts Per Nine Innings 7.22 * 7.07 7.29

PITCHING	Mid-Season 1998	Final 1998	Mid-Season 1999
Earned-Run Average	6.14	* 6.12	5.93
Strikeouts Per Nine Innings	7.22	* 7.07	7.29

FIELDING Mid-Season 1998 Final 1998 Mid-Season 1999

Fielding Percentage .950 .952 .951

FIELDING	Mid-Season 1998	Final 1998	Mid-Season 1999
Fielding Percentage	.950	.952	.951

Averages are per game and per team. * Record high.

CONFERENCE LEADERS

Batting Average
1. Missouri Valley .322
2. Big East .316
3. Big Ten .315

Scoring
1. Missouri Valley 8.22
2. Big 12 8.16
3. Southeastern 7.94

Home Runs Per Game
1. Southeastern 1.30
2. Missouri Valley 1.20
3. Big 12 1.19

Stolen Bases Per Game
1. Colonial 2.01
2. Southwestern 1.84
3. Southern 1.72
Earned-Run Average
1. Colonial 4.49
2. Atlantic Coast 4.80
3. Southeastern 5.01

Strikeouts Per Nine Innings
1. Southeastern 8.57
2. Atlantic Coast 8.34
3. Trans America 8.07

Fielding Percentage
1. Southeastern .960
2. Pacific-10 .959
3. Atlantic Coast .959

Conference (Teams)	G	Avg.G	AB	Runs	R/Gm	Hits	BAvg.	HR	HR/Gm	SB	SB/Gm	IP	ER	ERA	SO	SO/9	PO	A	E	FPct.

America East (8)	179	22.4	5659	1102	6.16	1639	.290	124	0.69	184	1.03	1386	855	5.55	1057	6.86	4158	1844	325	.949
Atlantic Coast (9)	325	36.1	11257	2542	7.82	3525	.313	318	0.98	470	1.45	2839	1513	4.80	2630	8.34	8517	3582	513	.959
Atlantic 10 (12)	350	29.2	11375	2286	6.53	3295	.290	245	0.75	496	1.42	2815	1887	6.03	2107	6.73	8456	3666	733	.943
Big East (11)		344	31.3	11664	2547	7.40	3681	.316	322	0.94	461	1.34	2846.1	1791	5.66	2230	7.05	8539	3603	640	.950
Big South (6)		213	35.5	6901	1427	6.70	2061	.299	148	0.69	361	1.69	1755.2	1058	5.42	1479	7.58	5267	2247	366	.954

Big Ten (10)		303	30.3	10345	2338	7.72	3255	.315	344	1.14	384	1.27	2520.2	1648	5.88	2058	7.35	7662	3231	501	.956
Big 12 (11)		405	36.8	14142	3304	8.16	4326	.306	483	1.19	594	1.47	3532.1	2151	5.48	3101	7.90	10597	4428	638	.959
Big West (8)		288	36.0	10109	2107	7.32	3127	.309	238	0.83	344	1.19	2531	1591	5.66	2031	7.22	7593	3316	501	.956
Colonial (8)		276	34.5	9435	2181	7.90	2931	.311	284	1.03	556	2.01	2384	1188	4.49	1944	7.34	7151	3041	487	.954
Conf. USA (10)		325	32.5	11323	2352	7.24	3393	.300	314	0.97	404	1.24	2839.2	1706	5.41	2324	7.37	8519	3663	547	.957

Independents (9)	325	36.1	10571	2127	6.54	3101	.293	325	1.00	340	1.05	2631.2	1986	6.79	2124	7.26	7895	3209	627	.947
Ivy (8)			196	24.5	6086	1038	5.30	1715	.282	105	0.54	253	1.29	1502	1041	6.24	1078	6.46	4506	1877	411	.940
Metro Atlantic (10)	267	26.7	8034	1488	5.57	2265	.282	152	0.57	408	1.53	1994.2	1361	6.14	1468	6.62	5984	2624	580	.937
Mid-American (12)	337	28.1	10972	2283	6.77	3277	.299	335	0.99	378	1.12	2636.2	1879	6.41	2154	7.35	7910	3309	620	.948
Mid-Continent (6)	180	30.0	5534	1141	6.34	1678	.303	164	0.91	274	1.52	1342.1	1295	8.68	1022	6.85	4027	1747	342	.944

Mid-Eastern (8)		254	31.8	7669	1411	5.56	2067	.270	147	0.58	420	1.65	1907.2	1755	8.28	1413	6.67	5723	2299	564	.934
Midwestern (6)		168	28.0	5497	1161	6.91	1642	.299	130	0.77	189	1.13	1304.2	1097	7.57	977	6.74	3914	1688	332	.944
Missouri Valley (9)	296	32.9	10261	2432	8.22	3300	.322	355	1.20	382	1.29	2475.1	1516	5.51	2114	7.69	7426	3094	584	.947
Northeast (9)		249	27.7	8007	1621	6.51	2390	.298	211	0.85	235	0.94	1934.2	1419	6.60	1516	7.05	5804	2556	536	.940
Ohio Valley (9)		301	33.4	9739	1987	6.60	2943	.302	289	0.96	369	1.23	2399.1	1657	6.22	1829	6.86	7198	3185	535	.951

Pacific-10 (9)		336	37.3	11851	2636	7.85	3592	.303	399	1.19	406	1.21	2950.1	1832	5.59	2644	8.07	8851	3546	525	.959
Patriot (6)		156	26.0	4868	823	5.28	1340	.275	65	0.42	210	1.35	1211.1	845	6.28	876	6.51	3634	1651	335	.940
Southeastern (12)	433	36.1	15338	3436	7.94	4778	.312	564	1.30	606	1.40	3822	2129	5.01	3639	8.57	11466	4492	668	.960
Southern (11)		372	33.8	12408	2672	7.18	3802	.306	343	0.92	638	1.72	3034	2273	6.74	2305	6.84	9102	3980	703	.949
Southland (10)		406	40.6	13767	2839	6.99	4104	.298	413	1.02	464	1.14	3399	2146	5.68	2779	7.36	10197	4065	682	.954

Southwestern (9)	278	30.9	7667	1900	6.83	2280	.297	186	0.67	511	1.84	1896.1	1681	7.98	1180	5.60	5689	2266	624	.927
Sun Belt (8)		289	36.1	9628	1874	6.48	2764	.287	274	0.95	361	1.25	2437.2	1384	5.11	2086	7.70	7313	2935	508	.953
Trans America (11)	416	37.8	13425	2974	7.15	4131	.308	465	1.12	627	1.51	3379.1	2059	5.48	3030	8.07	10138	4199	696	.954
West Coast (8)		268	33.5	9398	1790	6.68	2761	.294	246	0.92	295	1.10	2363.2	1420	5.41	1719	6.55	7091	3023	450	.957
Western Ath. (11)	434	39.5	15342	3218	7.41	4758	.310	390	0.90	494	1.14	3772.2	2533	6.04	2938	7.01	11318	4709	762	.955
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Div. I Totals (274)	8969	32.7	298272	63037	7.03	89921	.301	8378	0.93	12114	1.35	73844.2	48696	5.93	59852	7.29	221534	93075	16335	.951

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