STARTERS: BPV leaders, May 2021

Let's start 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 2021, segregated by league:

May 2021 Baselines*

Lg   ERA   WHIP  K%   BB%  K-BB%  HR/9  GB%  SwK%   Ball%  EV    Brl%  BPV
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AL   4.17  1.27  24%   8%    15%   1.2  42%  11.3%    36%  89.6  8.4%   96
NL   3.87  1.22  24%   8%    16%   1.2  46%  10.9%    36%  88.4  7.2%  102    
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MLB  4.02  1.24  24%   8%    15%   1.2  44%  11.1%    36%  89.0  7.8%   99
*starting pitchers only

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