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2003 NCAA Division I Baseball
Mid-Season Trends



(Through games of April 20, 2003)


	                        Mid-Season	Final	        Mid-Season
		                2002	        2002	        2003
Teams			        283	        282	        285
Average Number of Games
	Played Per Team		37.7	        *55.1	        36.5

BATTING
Batting Average		        .296	        .296	        .289
Scoring		                6.51	        6.45	        6.09
Home Runs Per Game		0.80	        0.83	        0.71
Stolen Bases Per Game		1.28	        1.22	        1.17

PITCHING
Earned-Run Average		5.50	        5.49	        5.18
Strikeouts Per Nine Innings	6.90	        6.84	        6.90

FIELDING
Fielding Percentage		.954	        *.955	        .957

Averages are per game and per team.
* Record high for completed season.


CONFERENCE LEADERS

Batting Average	                1. Mountain West	.318
	                        2. Big 12	        .307
	                        3. Pacific-10	        .304

Scoring	                        1. Mountain West	7.82
	                        2. Big 12	        7.32
	                        3. Atlantic Coast	7.15

Home Runs Per Game	        1. Mountain West	1.13
	                        2. Pacific-10	        1.04
	                        3. Sun Belt	        0.96

Stolen Bases Per Game	        1. Southwestern	        1.71
	                        2. Big South	        1.61
	                        3. Mid-Eastern	        1.40

Earned-Run Average	        1. Southeastern	        3.94
	                        2. Atlantic Coast	4.07
	                        3. Western Athletic	4.33

Strikeouts Per Nine Innings	1. Sun Belt             7.72
	                        2. Atlantic Coast	7.72
	                        3. Conference USA	7.49

Fielding Percentage	        1. Western Athletic	.969
	                        2. Southeastern	        .968
	                        3. Conference USA	.966




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