espn_mlb: *ESPN MLB Endpoint Overview*

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ESPN MLB Endpoint Overview

Description

Wrappers around ESPN's Major League Baseball endpoints (⁠espn_mlb_*()⁠). They cover ESPN's three public hosts:

• site.api.espn.com – scoreboard, schedule, game summary (play-by-play, team / player box scores), teams, rosters.

• sports.core.api.espn.com – reference data: athletes, coaches, seasons, franchises, draft, futures, leaders, standings, events, plays, and per-competitor game detail.

• site.web.api.espn.com – athlete overviews, game logs, splits, and league-wide statistics.

These complement the MLB Stats API wrappers (⁠mlb_*()⁠), FanGraphs (⁠fg_*()⁠), Baseball Reference (⁠bref_*()⁠), and Baseball Savant / Statcast (⁠statcast_*()⁠) families. The ⁠espn_mlb_*()⁠ naming mirrors the sister SportsDataverse packages – hoopR (⁠espn_nba_*⁠ / ⁠espn_mbb_*⁠), wehoop (⁠espn_wnba_*⁠ / ⁠espn_wbb_*⁠), and cfbfastR (⁠espn_cfb_*⁠).

Details

Play-by-play, scoreboard, schedule, box scores

• espn_mlb_pbp() – play-by-play (pitch- and at-bat-level).

• espn_mlb_scoreboard() – scores / schedule for a date (YYYYMMDD).

• espn_mlb_team_box() – team batting / pitching / fielding box score.

• espn_mlb_player_box() – player batting / pitching box score.

• espn_mlb_game_all() – all three (plays, team box, player box) in one call.

• espn_mlb_game_rosters() – the two game-day rosters.

Reference data

• espn_mlb_teams(), espn_mlb_team_roster(), espn_mlb_standings().

• espn_mlb_team_stats(), espn_mlb_player_stats(), espn_mlb_leaders().

• espn_mlb_athletes_index(), espn_mlb_player_info(), espn_mlb_draft().

HTTP layer

ESPN wrappers call .retry_request() directly without ..., so per-call proxy overrides are not supported. Route requests through options(baseballr.proxy = ...) or the http_proxy / https_proxy environment variables instead.

See Also

Other ESPN MLB Functions: espn_mlb_athletes_index(), espn_mlb_award(), espn_mlb_betting(), espn_mlb_calendar(), espn_mlb_coach(), espn_mlb_coach_record(), espn_mlb_coach_season(), espn_mlb_coaches(), espn_mlb_conferences(), espn_mlb_draft(), espn_mlb_draft_athlete_detail(), espn_mlb_draft_athletes(), espn_mlb_draft_pick(), espn_mlb_draft_rounds(), espn_mlb_draft_status(), espn_mlb_franchise(), espn_mlb_franchises(), espn_mlb_freeagents(), espn_mlb_futures(), espn_mlb_game_all(), espn_mlb_game_broadcasts(), espn_mlb_game_endpoints, espn_mlb_game_info(), espn_mlb_game_odds(), espn_mlb_game_official_detail(), espn_mlb_game_officials(), espn_mlb_game_play(), espn_mlb_game_play_personnel(), espn_mlb_game_player_box(), espn_mlb_game_powerindex(), espn_mlb_game_predictor(), espn_mlb_game_probabilities(), espn_mlb_game_probables(), espn_mlb_game_propbets(), espn_mlb_game_rosters(), espn_mlb_game_situation(), espn_mlb_game_team_leaders(), espn_mlb_game_team_linescores(), espn_mlb_game_team_records(), espn_mlb_game_team_roster(), espn_mlb_game_team_roster_entry(), espn_mlb_game_team_score(), espn_mlb_game_team_statistics(), espn_mlb_injuries(), espn_mlb_leaders(), espn_mlb_news(), espn_mlb_pbp(), espn_mlb_player_awards(), espn_mlb_player_box(), espn_mlb_player_career_stats(), espn_mlb_player_contract(), espn_mlb_player_contracts(), espn_mlb_player_endpoints, espn_mlb_player_eventlog(), espn_mlb_player_eventlog_v2(), espn_mlb_player_gamelog(), espn_mlb_player_info(), espn_mlb_player_overview(), espn_mlb_player_seasons(), espn_mlb_player_splits(), espn_mlb_player_statisticslog(), espn_mlb_player_stats(), espn_mlb_player_stats_v3(), espn_mlb_position(), espn_mlb_positions(), espn_mlb_powerindex(), espn_mlb_scoreboard(), espn_mlb_season_awards(), espn_mlb_season_draft(), espn_mlb_season_group(), espn_mlb_season_group_children(), espn_mlb_season_group_teams(), espn_mlb_season_groups(), espn_mlb_season_info(), espn_mlb_season_leaders(), espn_mlb_season_ranking(), espn_mlb_season_rankings(), espn_mlb_season_type(), espn_mlb_season_types(), espn_mlb_season_week(), espn_mlb_season_weeks(), espn_mlb_seasons(), espn_mlb_standings(), espn_mlb_team(), espn_mlb_team_box(), espn_mlb_team_current_roster(), espn_mlb_team_depthchart(), espn_mlb_team_endpoints, espn_mlb_team_injuries(), espn_mlb_team_leaders(), espn_mlb_team_news(), espn_mlb_team_odds_records(), espn_mlb_team_record(), espn_mlb_team_record_detail(), espn_mlb_team_roster(), espn_mlb_team_schedule(), espn_mlb_team_season_profile(), espn_mlb_team_season_roster(), espn_mlb_team_season_statistics(), espn_mlb_team_stats(), espn_mlb_teams(), espn_mlb_tournament(), espn_mlb_tournament_season(), espn_mlb_tournament_seasons(), espn_mlb_tournaments(), espn_mlb_transactions(), espn_mlb_venues(), espn_mlb_week_ranking(), espn_mlb_week_rankings(), espn_mlb_wp()

baseballr documentation built on Aug. 27, 2026, 1:07 a.m.