STARTERS: One split away—BPV by time through lineup 2013

Let's wrap up our one-split-away series by looking at the skills of starting pitchers during the first, second, and third times they go through lineups.

We'll begin by setting some stat and skill baselines in these three scenarios, an exercise that confirms from our previous research that a SP's skills erode the more times they go through lineups during a game:

• Stats & skills by time through lineup - MLB 2010-2012*
  
  Lineup  ERA   WHIP  |  Ctl  Dom  HR/9  GB%  |  H%   S%   |  BPV
  ======  ====  ====  |  ===  ===  ====  ===  |  ===  ===  |  ===
  1st     4.10  1.30  |  3.0  7.5   1.0  46%  |  30%  71%  |   79
  2nd     4.02  1.34  |  2.9  6.9   1.0  47%  |  31%  73%  |   71
  3rd     4.34  1.41  |  3.0  6.4   1.2  45%  |  31%  72%  |   56
  

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