bref_daily_batter: *Scrape Batter Performance Data Over a Custom Time Frame*

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Scrape Batter Performance Data Over a Custom Time Frame

Description

This function allows you to scrape basic batter statistics over a custom time frame. Data is sourced from Baseball-Reference.com.

Usage

bref_daily_batter(t1, t2)

Arguments

t1	First date data should be scraped from. Should take the form "YEAR-MONTH-DAY"
t2	Last date data should be scraped from. Should take the form "YEAR-MONTH-DAY"

Value

Returns a tibble of batter performance over the requested date range, one row per player, with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
bbref_id	character	Baseball-Reference player id (slug).
season	integer	Season year.
Name	character	Player name.
Age	numeric	Player age during the season.
Level	character	League level (e.g. Maj-AL, Maj-NL).
Team	character	Team name.
G	numeric	Games played.
PA	numeric	Plate appearances.
AB	numeric	At-bats.
R	numeric	Runs scored.
H	numeric	Hits.
X1B	numeric	Singles.
X2B	numeric	Doubles.
X3B	numeric	Triples.
HR	numeric	Home runs.
RBI	numeric	Runs batted in.
BB	numeric	Walks (bases on balls).
IBB	numeric	Intentional walks.
uBB	numeric	Unintentional walks.
SO	numeric	Strikeouts.
HBP	numeric	Times hit by pitch.
SH	numeric	Sacrifice hits (bunts).
SF	numeric	Sacrifice flies.
GDP	numeric	Grounded into double plays.
SB	numeric	Stolen bases.
CS	numeric	Times caught stealing.
BA	numeric	Batting average.
OBP	numeric	On-base percentage.
SLG	numeric	Slugging percentage.
OPS	numeric	On-base plus slugging.

Examples

  try(bref_daily_batter(t1="2015-05-10", t2="2015-06-20"))

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