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The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever
Description
The raw data behind the story "The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-best-mlb-all-star-teams-ever/.
Usage
mlb_as_play_talent
Format
A data frame with 3930 rows representing Major League Baseball players in given seasons and 15 variables:
- bbref_id
Player's ID at Baseball-Reference.com
- yearid
The season in question
- gamenum
Order of All-Star Game for the season (in years w/ multiple ASGs; set to 0 when only 1 per year)
- gameid
Game ID at Baseball-Reference.com
- lgid
League of All-Star team
- startingpos
Position (according to baseball convention; 1=pitcher, 2=catcher, etc.) if starter
- off600
Estimate of offensive talent, in runs above league average per 600 plate appearances
- def600
Estimate of fielding talent, in runs above league average per 600 plate appearances
- pitch200
Estimate of pitching talent, in runs above league average per 200 innings pitched
- asg_pa
Number of plate appearances in the All-Star Game itself
- asg_ip
Number of innings pitched in the All-Star Game itself
- offper9innasg
Expected offensive runs added above average (from talent) based on PA in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game
- defper9innasg
Expected defensive runs added above average (from talent) based on PA in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game
- pitper9innasg
Expected pitching runs added above average (from talent) based on IP in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game
- totper9innasg
Expected runs added above average (from talent) based on PA/IP in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game
Source
https://www.baseball-reference.com/ , http://chadwick-bureau.com, Fangraphs