mlb_people {baseballr}

Find Biographical Information for MLB Players

Description

Find Biographical Information for MLB Players

Usage

mlb_people(person_ids = NULL)

Arguments

person_ids

MLBAMIDs for players of interest. Multiple IDs should be provided in a vector separated by a comma.

Value

Returns a tibble with the following columns:

col_name	types
id	integer
full_name	character
link	character
first_name	character
last_name	character
primary_number	character
birth_date	character
current_age	integer
birth_city	character
birth_state_province	character
birth_country	character
height	character
weight	integer
active	logical
use_name	character
middle_name	character
boxscore_name	character
nick_name	character
gender	character
is_player	logical
is_verified	logical
draft_year	integer
mlb_debut_date	character
name_first_last	character
name_slug	character
first_last_name	character
last_first_name	character
last_init_name	character
init_last_name	character
full_fml_name	character
full_lfm_name	character
strike_zone_top	numeric
strike_zone_bottom	numeric
pronunciation	character
primary_position_code	character
primary_position_name	character
primary_position_type	character
primary_position_abbreviation	character
bat_side_code	character
bat_side_description	character
pitch_hand_code	character
pitch_hand_description	character

Examples

  try(mlb_people(person_ids = 502671))
  try(mlb_people(person_ids = c(502671,605151)))