chadwick_player_id_lu: *Look up Baseball Player IDs by Player Name*

In baseballr: Acquiring and Analyzing Baseball Data

Look up Baseball Player IDs by Player Name

Description

This function allows you to query the Chadwick Bureau's public register of baseball players and the various IDs associated with them in different systems of record.

Usage

playerid_lookup(last_name = NULL, first_name = NULL)

Arguments

last_name	A text string used to return results for players with that string in their last name.
first_name	A text string used to return results for players with that string in their first name.

Value

A data frame of baseball players and the various IDs associated with them in different systems of record.

col_name	types	description
first_name	character	Player first name.
last_name	character	Player last name.
given_name	character	Player full given (legal) name.
name_suffix	character	Name suffix (e.g. Jr., Sr., III).
nick_name	character	Player nickname.
birth_year	integer	Year of birth.
mlb_played_first	integer	First MLB season as a player.
mlbam_id	integer	MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) player ID.
retrosheet_id	character	Retrosheet player ID.
bbref_id	character	Baseball-Reference player ID.
fangraphs_id	integer	FanGraphs player ID.

Examples

  try(playerid_lookup("Garcia", "Karim"))

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