statline_from_statcast {baseballr}

Create stat lines from Statcast data

Description

This function allows you to create stat lines of statistics for players or groups of players from raw Statcast. When calculating wOBA, the most recent year in the data frame is used for weighting.

Usage

statline_from_statcast(df, base = "pa")

Arguments

df

A data frame of statistics that includes, at a minimum, the following columns: events, description, game_date, and type.

base

Tells the function what to use as the population of pitches to use for the stat line. Options include "swings", "contact", or "pa". Defaults to "pa".

Details

  statline_from_statcast(df, base = "contact")

Value

A tibble with the additional columns calculated using the Statcast data.