ncaa_pbp: *Get Play-By-Play Data for NCAA Baseball Games*

In baseballr: Acquiring and Analyzing Baseball Data

Get Play-By-Play Data for NCAA Baseball Games

Description

Get Play-By-Play Data for NCAA Baseball Games

Usage

ncaa_pbp(
  game_info_url = NA_character_,
  game_pbp_url = NA_character_,
  raw_html_to_disk = FALSE,
  raw_html_path = "/",
  read_from_file = FALSE,
  file = NA_character_,
  ...
)

Arguments

game_info_url	The url for the game's boxscore data. This can be found using the ncaa_schedule_info function.
game_pbp_url	The url for the game's play-by-play data. This can be found using the ncaa_schedule_info function.
raw_html_to_disk	Write raw html to disk (saves as {game_pbp_id}.html in raw_html_path directory)
raw_html_path	Directory path to write raw html
read_from_file	Read from raw html on disk
file	File with full path to read raw html
...	Additional arguments passed to an underlying function like httr.

Details

Live usage (reads stats.ncaa.org, which is behind Akamai bot protection and needs the optional chromote + Google Chrome browser fallback, so it is shown here rather than as a runnable example):

ncaa_pbp(game_info_url = "https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/2167178/box_score")

Value

A data frame with play-by-play data for an individual game.

col_name	types	description
game_date	character	Game date (NA on the redesigned page; use ncaa_schedule_info()).
location	character	Venue / conditions line when present.
attendance	logical	Reported attendance (NA on the redesigned page).
inning	character	Inning number.
inning_top_bot	character	Half-inning ("top" or "bot").
score	character	Running score (away-home) after the play.
batting	character	Batting team name.
fielding	character	Fielding team name.
description	character	Play description text.
game_pbp_url	character	stats.ncaa.org play-by-play url for the game.
game_pbp_id	integer	stats.ncaa.org play-by-play (contest) identifier.

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