STARTERS: BPV leaders, May 2013

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

Reference our setting the stage column for historical stats and skills by month and league.  

In May 2013, AL starting pitchers posted a significantly worse ERA than their NL counterparts due in large part to an elevated hr/f:

• May 2013 Baselines*
  
  League  ERA   WHIP | Ctl  Dom  HR/9  GB% | H%   S%   hr/f | FBv   SS%  | BPV
  ======  ====  ==== | ===  ===  ====  === | ===  ===  ==== | ====  ==== | ===
  AL      4.37  1.33 | 2.8  7.2   1.2  44% | 31%  71%   13% | 90.9  8.5% |  77
  NL      4.02  1.28 | 2.8  7.1   1.0  45% | 30%  71%   10% | 90.8  8.7% | ...

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