STARTERS: BPV by time through lineup 2014

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.

Our prior research has shown that a SP's stats and 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
  *starting pitchers only

Some interesting takeaways from the above research:

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