STARTERS: BPV leaders, August 2014

Let's continue our monthly look back at the starting pitchers who posted the best skills during the previous month.

Here were the aggregate stats and skills posted by starting pitchers in August, segregated by league:

August 2014 Baselines*

League  ERA   WHIP | Ctl  Dom  HR/9  GB% | H%   S%   hr/f  | FAv   SwK%  FpK%  | BPV
======  ====  ==== | ===  ===  ====  === | ===  ===  ===== | ====  ====  ===== | ===
AL      3.88  1.26 | 2.6  7.4   0.8  43% | 31%  71%   8.4% | 91.7  9.0%  62.2% |  83
NL      3.66  1.25 | 2.8  7.2   0.9  45% | 29%  74%  10.3% | 91.6  8.7%  61.5% |  77
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MLB     3.77  1.26 | 2.7  7.3   0.9  44% | 30%  72%   9.2% | 91.7  8.8%  61.8%...

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