fg_milb_pitcher_game_logs: *Scrape MiLB game logs for pitchers from FanGraphs*

In baseballr: Acquiring and Analyzing Baseball Data

Scrape MiLB game logs for pitchers from FanGraphs

Description

This function allows you to scrape MiLB game logs for individual batters from FanGraphs.com.

Usage

fg_milb_pitcher_game_logs(playerid, year)

Arguments

playerid	The pitcher's minor league ID from FanGraphs.com.
year	The season for which game logs should be returned.

Value

Returns a tibble of Minor League pitcher game logs, one row per game, with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
Date	character	Calendar date of the game (YYYY-MM-DD).
Team	character	Minor league team the pitcher played for.
Level	character	Minor league classification level (e.g. (AA), (AAA)).
Opp	character	Opponent team; leading @ indicates a road game.
W	numeric	Wins.
L	numeric	Losses.
ERA	numeric	Earned run average (per 9 innings).
G	numeric	Games pitched (1 per row).
GS	numeric	Games started.
QS	numeric	Quality starts (6+ IP, 3 or fewer earned runs).
CG	numeric	Complete games.
ShO	numeric	Shutouts.
SV	numeric	Saves.
IP	numeric	Innings pitched.
TBF	numeric	Total batters faced.
H	numeric	Hits allowed.
R	numeric	Runs allowed.
ER	numeric	Earned runs allowed.
HR	numeric	Home runs allowed.
BB	numeric	Walks allowed.
IBB	numeric	Intentional walks allowed.
HBP	numeric	Batters hit by pitch.
WP	numeric	Wild pitches.
BK	numeric	Balks.
SO	numeric	Strikeouts.
K/9	numeric	Strikeouts per 9 innings.
BB/9	numeric	Walks per 9 innings.
K/BB	numeric	Strikeout-to-walk ratio.
HR/9	numeric	Home runs allowed per 9 innings.
K%	numeric	Strikeout rate (per batter faced).
K-BB%	numeric	Strikeout rate minus walk rate.
BB%	numeric	Walk rate (per batter faced).
AVG	numeric	Opponent batting average allowed.
WHIP	numeric	Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
BABIP	numeric	Batting average on balls in play allowed.
LOB%	numeric	Left-on-base percentage (strand rate).
FIP	numeric	Fielding independent pitching.
ERA-	numeric	ERA scaled to league/park (100 = average, lower better).
FIP-	numeric	FIP scaled to league/park (100 = average, lower better).
xFIP-	numeric	Expected FIP scaled to league/park (100 = average).
gamedate	character	Game date as parsed from the source feed.
dh	integer	Doubleheader game indicator (0 = single game).

Examples

  try(fg_milb_pitcher_game_logs(playerid = "sa3020682", year=2023))

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