STARTERS: BPV leaders, April 2017

Let's begin 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 April 2017, segregated by league:

April 2017 Baselines*

Lg   ERA   WHIP | Ctl  Dom  HR/9  GB% | H%   S%   hr/f | FAv   SwK%  FpK%  Ball% | BPV
===  ====  ==== | ===  ===  ====  === | ===  ===  ==== | ====  ====  ====  ===== | ===
AL   3.90  1.29 | 3.2  7.9   1.2  43% | 29%  74%   13% | 92.5  10.0%  64%    37% |  77
NL   4.18  1.31 | 3.1  7.9   1.2  46% | 30%  72%   13% | 92.4   9.5%  60%    36% |  82
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MLB  4.04  1.30 | 3.1  7.9   12  44%  | 30%  73%   13% | 92.5...

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