playername_lookup {baseballr}

Look up Baseball Player Name by ID

Description

This function allows you to query the Chadwick Bureau's public register of baseball players and the various IDs associated with them in different systems of record.

Usage

playername_lookup(id)

Arguments

id

An integer or character string representing a player ID in a baseball database, cross-referenced through the Chadwick Bureau's public register of baseball players.

Value

A data frame of baseball players and the various IDs associated with them in different systems of record.

col_name	types
name_first	character
name_last	character
name_given	character
name_suffix	character
name_nick	character
birth_year	integer
mlb_played_first	integer
key_mlbam	integer
key_retro	character
key_bbref	character
key_fangraphs	integer

Examples

  try(playername_lookup(4885))
  try(playername_lookup("kaaihki01"))