mlb_team_leaders: *MLB Team Leaders*

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MLB Team Leaders

Description

MLB Team Leaders

Usage

mlb_team_leaders(
  team_id = NULL,
  leader_categories = NULL,
  leader_game_types = NULL,
  season = NULL,
  limit = 1000
)

Arguments

team_id	Team ID to return team leader information for.
leader_categories	Team leader category to return information and ranking for a particular statistic.
leader_game_types	Game type to return information and ranking for a particular statistic in a particular game type.
season	Season to return team leader information for.
limit	A limit to limit return to a particular number of records.

Value

Returns a tibble with the following columns

col_name	types	description
leader_category	character	Team leader category (e.g., homeRuns).
rank	integer	Rank within the team leaderboard.
value	character	Statistic value for the leader.
season	character	Season year.
team_id	integer	Team MLBAM ID.
team_name	character	Team name.
team_link	character	API link to the team.
league_id	integer	League MLBAM ID.
league_name	character	League name.
league_link	character	API link to the league.
person_id	integer	Player MLBAM ID.
person_full_name	character	Player full name.
person_link	character	API link to the player.
person_first_name	character	Player first name.
person_last_name	character	Player last name.
sport_id	integer	Sport MLBAM ID.
sport_link	character	API link to the sport.
sport_abbreviation	character	Sport abbreviation (e.g., MLB).
stat_group	character	Stat group (e.g., hitting).
total_splits	integer	Total number of splits in the leaderboard.
game_type_id	character	Game type code (e.g., R for regular season).
game_type_description	character	Game type description.

Examples

  try(mlb_team_leaders(team_id = 137, leader_categories = "homeRuns", season = 2021))

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