STARTERS: BPV leaders, May 2017

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

First, here were the aggregate stats and skills posted by starting pitchers in May 2017, segregated by league. It was a good month for hitters:

May 2017 Baselines*

Lg   ERA   WHIP | Ctl  Dom  HR/9  GB% |  H%/S%   hr/f | FAv   SwK%  FpK%  Ball% | BPV
===  ====  ==== | ===  ===  ====  === | =======  ==== | ====  ====  ====  ===== | ===
AL   4.56  1.36 | 3.2  7.8   1.5  43% | 30%/71%   15% | 92.6  9.6%   60%    37% |  77
NL   4.63  1.38 | 3.3  7.7   1.3  46% | 31%/70%   15% | 92.5  9.5%   61%    36% |  75
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MLB  4.59  1.37 | 3.2  7.8   1.4 ...

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