STARTERS: BPV leaders, May 2016

Let's begin our monthly look back at the skills posted by starting pitchers during the previous month.

Here were the aggregate stats and skills posted by starting pitchers in May 2016 (data through May 28), segregated by league:

May 2016 Baselines*

Lg  ERA   WHIP | Ctl  Dom  HR/9  GB% | H%  S%  hr/f | FAv   SwK%  FpK% Ball% | BPV
==  ====  ==== | ===  ===  ====  === | === === ==== | ====  ====  ==== ===== | ===
AL  4.63  1.35 | 3.0  7.5   1.3  45% | 30% 70%  14% | 91.8  8.9%   58%   36% |  78
NL  3.95  1.27 | 2.9  7.8   1.0  46% | 30% 72%  12% | 92.2  9.0%   58%   36% |  87
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MLB 4.28  1.31 | 2.9  7.6   1.2  46% | 30% 71%  13% | 92.0  8.9%   58%   36% | ...

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