2008 DIII Baseball By The Numbers
Jul
2008
Ever wonder where your team stood in the NCAA Rankings? Sure you can go and see if your team is near or at the top of a statistical category, but where do they rank in caparison to NCAA averages? The following set of useless interesting numbers should answer all your questions for you. So check out the stats below and see how your team stacks up.
Basic Team Averages
.307 Batting Average
.420 On Base Percentage
.429 Slugging Percentage
.850 On Base Percentage
5.85 ERA
1.71 WHIP
More Team Averages
38.5 Games Played
259 Runs
381 Hits
70 Doubles
10.4 Triples
20.3 Home Runs
54.2 Stolen Bases
69 Stolen Base Attempts
142.2 Walks
207.6 Strike Outs
6.9 Complete Games
4.9 Saves
2 Shutouts
Division III Wide Totals
6,817 Games
439, 898 At Bats
91,713 Runs Scored
134,875 Hits
24,790 Doubles
3,675 Triples
7,186 Home Runs
19,181 Stolen Bases
50,335 Walks
73,501 Strike Outs
2,429 Complete Games
1,728 Saves
723 Shutouts
Other Tidbits
78.5% of would be base stealers were safe
14 teams walked more times than they struck out
14 teams had a team ERA over 10
3 teams had a team ERA under 3
**Note these stats are taken from the NCAA website, I did not attend and personally score every game. Also, some provisional D3 members may be included
July 30th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Those of us more familiar with basketball know that assists and steals are the most commonly inaccurate (inflated?) stats in that sport. Unfortunately it seems like there are more judgment calls in baseball, and as an occasional official scorer and former SID I have some … let’s call them trust issues!