mlb_game_pace: *Retrieve game pace metrics for major and minor league*

In baseballr: Acquiring and Analyzing Baseball Data

Retrieve game pace metrics for major and minor league

Description

Retrieve game pace metrics for major and minor league

Usage

mlb_game_pace(
  season,
  league_ids = NULL,
  sport_ids = NULL,
  team_ids = NULL,
  game_type = NULL,
  venue_ids = NULL,
  org_type = NULL,
  start_date = NULL,
  end_date = NULL
)

Arguments

season	Year for which to return information (Required).
league_ids	The league_id(s) for which to return information.
sport_ids	The sport_id(s) for which to return information.
team_ids	The team_id(s) for which to return information.
game_type	The game_type for which to return information.
venue_ids	Venue directorial information based venue_id.
org_type	pace of game metrics based on team ('T'), league ('L') or sport('S')
start_date	Date of first game for which you want data. Format must be in MM/DD/YYYY format.
end_date	Date of last game for which you want data. Format must be in MM/DD/YYYY format.

Value

Returns a tibble with the following columns

col_name	types	description
hits_per9inn	numeric	Hits per 9 innings.
runs_per9inn	numeric	Runs per 9 innings.
pitches_per9inn	numeric	Pitches per 9 innings.
plate_appearances_per9inn	numeric	Plate appearances per 9 innings.
hits_per_game	numeric	Hits per game.
runs_per_game	numeric	Runs per game.
innings_played_per_game	numeric	Innings played per game.
pitches_per_game	numeric	Pitches per game.
pitchers_per_game	numeric	Pitchers used per game.
plate_appearances_per_game	numeric	Plate appearances per game.
total_game_time	character	Total game time (HHH:MM:SS).
total_innings_played	numeric	Total innings played.
total_hits	integer	Total hits.
total_runs	integer	Total runs.
total_plate_appearances	integer	Total plate appearances.
total_pitchers	integer	Total pitchers used.
total_pitches	integer	Total pitches thrown.
total_games	integer	Total games.
total7inn_games	integer	Total 7-inning games.
total9inn_games	integer	Total 9-inning games.
total_extra_inn_games	integer	Total extra-inning games.
time_per_game	character	Average time per game (HH:MM:SS).
time_per_pitch	character	Average time per pitch (HH:MM:SS).
time_per_hit	character	Average time per hit (HH:MM:SS).
time_per_run	character	Average time per run (HH:MM:SS).
time_per_plate_appearance	character	Average time per plate appearance (HH:MM:SS).
time_per9inn	character	Average time per 9 innings (HH:MM:SS).
time_per77plate_appearances	character	Average time per 77 plate appearances.
total_extra_inn_time	character	Total extra-inning time (HHH:MM:SS).
time_per7inn_game	character	Average time per 7-inning game (HH:MM:SS).
time_per7inn_game_without_extra_inn	character	Average time per 7-inning game excl. extras.
total7inn_games_scheduled	integer	Total 7-inning games scheduled.
total7inn_games_without_extra_inn	integer	Total 7-inning games without extra innings.
total9inn_games_without_extra_inn	integer	Total 9-inning games without extra innings.
total9inn_games_scheduled	integer	Total 9-inning games scheduled.
hits_per_run	numeric	Hits per run.
pitches_per_pitcher	numeric	Pitches per pitcher.
season	character	Season (YYYY).
total9inn_games_completed_early	integer	9-inning games completed early.
total7inn_games_completed_early	integer	7-inning games completed early.
sport_id	integer	MLB sport ID.
sport_code	character	Sport code (e.g. mlb, aaa).
sport_link	character	MLB Stats API relative sport link.
pr_portal_calculated_fields_total7inn_games	integer	Portal-calculated total 7-inning games.
pr_portal_calculated_fields_total9inn_games	integer	Portal-calculated total 9-inning games.
pr_portal_calculated_fields_total_extra_inn_games	integer	Portal-calculated total extra-inning games.
pr_portal_calculated_fields_time_per7inn_game	character	Portal-calculated time per 7-inning game.
pr_portal_calculated_fields_time_per9inn_game	character	Portal-calculated time per 9-inning game.
pr_portal_calculated_fields_time_per_extra_inn_game	character	Portal-calculated time per extra-inning game.

Examples

  try(mlb_game_pace(season = 2021, start_date = "09/14/2021", end_date = "09/16/2021"))

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