bref_standings_on_date: *Scrape MLB Standings on a Given Date*

In baseballr: Acquiring and Analyzing Baseball Data

Scrape MLB Standings on a Given Date

Description

This function allows you to scrape the standings from MLB for any date you choose.

Usage

bref_standings_on_date(date, division, from = FALSE)

Arguments

date	a date object
division	One of AL East, AL Central, AL West, AL Overall, NL East, NL Central, NL West, and NL Overall. Which divisions exist depends on the date: before 1969 only ⁠AL Overall⁠ / ⁠NL Overall⁠; 1969-1993 adds East/West; 1994 onward adds Central. Requesting a division that did not exist for the date errors with the era's available options.
from	a logical indicating whether you want standings up to and including the date (FALSE, default) or rather standings for games played after the date

Value

Returns a tibble of MLB standings, one row per team in the requested division, with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
Tm	character	Team abbreviation.
W	integer	Wins as of the requested date.
L	integer	Losses as of the requested date.
W-L%	numeric	Winning percentage.
GB	character	Games behind the division leader (-- for the leader).
RS	integer	Runs scored.
RA	integer	Runs allowed.
pythW-L%	numeric	Pythagorean (expected) winning percentage from RS/RA.

Examples

  try(bref_standings_on_date(date = "2015-08-04", division = "AL East"))

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