mlb_high_low_stats: *Acquire high/low stats for Major and Minor Leagues*

In baseballr: Acquiring and Analyzing Baseball Data

Acquire high/low stats for Major and Minor Leagues

Description

Acquire high/low stats for Major and Minor Leagues

Usage

mlb_high_low_stats(
  org_type,
  season,
  sort_stat,
  team_ids = NULL,
  league_ids = NULL,
  sport_ids = NULL,
  game_type = NULL,
  stat_group = NULL,
  limit = NULL
)

Arguments

org_type	The organization type for return information (Required). Valid values include: player team division league sport
season	The season for which you want to return information (Required).
sort_stat	The stat to sort the return (Required). Valid values can be found from 'stat_lookup_param' below stat_name stat_lookup_param is_counting stat_label stat_groups org_types high_low_types at_bats atBats TRUE At bats hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME total_plate_appearances plateAppearances TRUE Total plate appearances hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME runs runs TRUE Runs hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME runs_batted_in rbi TRUE Runs batted in hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME home_team_runs runs TRUE Home team runs hitting TEAM GAME away_team_runs runs TRUE Away team runs hitting TEAM GAME hits hits TRUE Hits hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME hits_risp hitsRisp TRUE Hits risp hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM home_team_hits hits TRUE Home team hits hitting TEAM GAME away_team_hits hits TRUE Away team hits hitting TEAM GAME total_bases totalBases TRUE Total bases hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM doubles doubles TRUE Doubles hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME triples triples TRUE Triples hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME home_runs homeRuns TRUE Home runs hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM extra_base_hits extraBaseHits TRUE Extra base hits hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM walks baseOnBalls TRUE Walks hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM strikeouts strikeouts TRUE Strikeouts hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM stolen_bases stolenBases TRUE Stolen bases hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM caught_stealing caughtStealing TRUE Caught stealing hitting , pitching, fielding PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM sacrifice_flies sacFlies TRUE Sacrifice flies hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM sacrifice_bunts sacBunts TRUE Sacrifice bunts hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM hit_by_pitches hitByPitch TRUE Hit by pitches hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM left_on_base leftOnBase TRUE Left on base hitting PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM ground_into_double_plays groundIntoDoublePlay TRUE Ground into double plays hitting , pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM strikes strikes TRUE Strikes pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME pitches pitchesThrown TRUE Pitches pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME balks balks TRUE Balks pitching PLAYER, TEAM PLAYER, TEAM , GAME innings_pitched inningsPitched TRUE Innings pitched pitching PLAYER PLAYER errors errors TRUE Errors fielding TEAM home_team_errors errors TRUE Home team errors fielding TEAM away_team_errors errors TRUE Away team errors fielding TEAM chances chances TRUE Chances fielding TEAM put_outs putOuts TRUE Put outs fielding TEAM assists assists TRUE Assists fielding TEAM double_plays doublePlays TRUE Double plays fielding TEAM attendance attendance TRUE Attendance game TEAM GAME game_time gameDuration TRUE Game time game TEAM GAME delay_time gameDuration TRUE Delay time game TEAM GAME longest gameDuration TRUE Longest game TEAM shortest gameDuration TRUE Shortest game TEAM inning innings TRUE Inning game TEAM GAME win_streak winStreak TRUE Win streak streak TEAM loss_streak lossStreak TRUE Loss streak streak TEAM
team_ids	The team_id(s) for which to return information.
league_ids	The league_id(s) for which to return information.
sport_ids	The sport_id(s) for which to return information.
game_type	The game_type for which to return information.
stat_group	Stat group for which to return information. Valid values include: stat_group hitting pitching fielding catching running game team streak
limit	Number of records as the limit of the return.

Value

Returns a tibble with the following columns

col_name	types	description
total_splits	integer	Total number of split records matching the query.
season	integer	Season year for the split.
date	character	Date of the game (YYYY-MM-DD).
is_home	logical	Whether the subject team was the home team.
rank	integer	Rank of the split within the high/low leaderboard.
game_innings	integer	Number of innings played in the game.
stat_at_bats	integer	Value of the sorted statistic (here at bats) for the split.
team_id	integer	MLB team id for the subject team.
team_name	character	Subject team name.
team_link	character	API relative link to the subject team.
opponent_id	integer	MLB team id for the opponent.
opponent_name	character	Opponent team name.
opponent_link	character	API relative link to the opponent team.
game_pk	integer	MLB game primary key.
game_link	character	API relative link to the game live feed.
game_number	integer	Game number within a day (1 unless a doubleheader).
game_day_night	character	Day/night designation of the game ('day' or 'night').
game_content_link	character	API relative link to the game content endpoint.
home_team_id	integer	Home team id (populated for game-level org types).
home_team_name	character	Home team name (populated for game-level org types).
home_team_link	character	API relative link to the home team.
away_team_id	integer	Away team id (populated for game-level org types).
away_team_name	character	Away team name (populated for game-level org types).
away_team_link	character	API relative link to the away team.
combined_stats	logical	Whether the stat combines multiple split sources.
group_display_name	character	Stat group display name (e.g. 'hitting').
game_type_id	character	Single-letter game type code (e.g. 'R').
game_type_description	character	Game type description (e.g. 'Regular Season').
sort_stat_name	character	Snake-case name of the sorted statistic (e.g. 'at_bats').
sort_stat_lookup_param	character	API lookup parameter for the sorted statistic (e.g. 'atBats').
sort_stat_is_counting	logical	Whether the sorted statistic is a counting stat.
sort_stat_label	character	Human-readable label of the sorted statistic (e.g. 'At bats').

Examples

  try(mlb_high_low_stats(org_type = 'Team', season = 2020, sort_stat = 'atBats'))

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