mlb_stats_leaders {baseballr}

MLB Stats Leaders

Description

MLB Stats Leaders

Usage

mlb_stats_leaders(
  leader_categories = NULL,
  player_pool = NULL,
  leader_game_types = NULL,
  sit_codes = NULL,
  position = NULL,
  stat_group = NULL,
  season = NULL,
  league_id = NULL,
  sport_id = NULL,
  start_date = NULL,
  end_date = NULL,
  stat_type = NULL,
  limit = 1000
)

Arguments

leader_categories

League leader category to return information and ranking for a particular statistic.

player_pool

There are 4 different types of player pools to return statistics for a particular player pool across a sport. Acceptable values include: All, Qualified, Rookies, or Qualified_rookies

leader_game_types

Game type to return information and ranking for a particular statistic in a particular game type.

sit_codes

Situation code to return information and ranking for a particular statistic in a particular game type.

position

Position to return statistics for a given position. Default to "Qualified" player pool Acceptable values include:

• P

• C

• 1B

• 2B

• 3B

• SS

• LF

• CF

• RF

• DH

• PH

• PR

• BR

• OF

• IF

• SP

• RP

• CP

• UT

• UI

• UO

• RHP

• LHP

• RHS

• LHS

• LHR

• RHR

• B

• X

stat_group

Stat group to return information and ranking for a particular statistic in a particular group.

season

Year to return information and ranking for a particular statistic in a given year.

league_id

League ID to return statistics for a given league. Default to "Qualified" player pool.

sport_id

The sport_id to return information and ranking information for.

start_date

Start date to return information and ranking for a particular statistic for a particular date range. Format: MM/DD/YYYY start_date must be coupled with end_date and byDateRange stat_type

end_date

End date to return information and ranking for a particular statistic for a particular date range. Format: MM/DD/YYYY end_date must be coupled with start_date and byDateRange stat_type

stat_type

The stat_type to return information and ranking for a particular statistic for a particular stat type.

limit

A limit to limit return to a particular number of records.

Value

Returns a tibble with the following columns

col_name	types
leader_category	character
rank	integer
value	character
season	character
num_teams	integer
team_id	integer
team_name	character
team_link	character
league_id	integer
league_name	character
league_link	character
person_id	integer
person_full_name	character
person_link	character
person_first_name	character
person_last_name	character
sport_id	integer
sport_link	character
sport_abbreviation	character
stat_group	character
total_splits	integer
game_type_id	character
game_type_description	character

Examples

 try(mlb_stats_leaders(leader_categories='homeRuns',sport_id=1, season = 2021))